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  1. Jews mistreated; Russian prisoners

    Chaos. Jewish men beaten in street, dragged around. CU, faces of Russian prisoners.

  4. Perl Lea Grossman family papers

    The collection primarily consists of letters and photographs documenting the extended family of Perl Lea Grossman from 1917 through World War II. Included are letters sent from Poland to Esther Rifka Beer Tucker in Pennsylvania from 1928-1945. Also included is a prepaid passage contract for Gdynia-American line No. 24295 and the passenger list for the ship M/S Piłsudski which left Gdynia, Poland on Wednesday, November 16, 1938.

  5. Polish Jews; excerpts from Nazi newsreels and Eternal Jew film

    Shots of terror and harrasment by SS soldiers. Quick cuts of EXT of synagogue, INT of synagogue (scrolls and scroll covers). CU Jewish men. SS men line up Jewish men against a building and check their papers. Two Jewish men walking in a rural area followed by two soldiers. Street scene and five haggard Jewish men lined up against a wall; one of them has a stick. Men crammed into an open top wooden wagon. "Der Ewige Jude" outtakes, INT, pan of faces of the Jewish men against the wall.

  6. Ukrainian crimes against humanity

    Ukrainian Newsreel and Documentary Film Footage about the crimes committed by Ukrainian fascists--bourgeois nationalists-who murdered Ukrainians, Russians, Poles, and Jews in September 1942 near Lake Pisotska in the Vollin area. Shots of criminals and the commandant of Ukrainian police. It is forty years since their crimes, but since there is no statute of limitations for crimes against humanity, the Soviets bring the Ukrainian fascists to trial. Trial footage, including testimonies, witnesses, and shots of civilian audience. Narration argues that Zionists and the Jewish Defense League trai...

  7. Address by Leo Laufer to his liberators at the Reunion of the 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion Association

    Consists of a speech given by Leo Laufer at the Reunion of the 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion Association on Sept. 20, 1986. Leo Laufer was was liberated from Ohrdruf concentration camp by the 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion.

  8. Helen H. Waterford manuscripts

    Consists of the original manuscript of "Commitment to the Dead: One Woman's Journey Towards Understanding" (251 pages) and a revised first draft (139 pages) of the same by Helen H. Waterford. The manuscript is Helen Waterford's personal testimony of persecution and suffering during her imprisonment in Auschwitz and Kratzau (a.k.a. Chrastava). Inserted into the text are questions and comments for Waterford's many lectures. Both the original manuscript and first draft are marked heavily with notations by an editor.

  9. Gerda Schild Haas papers

    The Gerda Schild Haas papers include Gerda’s notes on her experiences of Jewish persecution in Berlin from 1940‐1943 and correspondence among Gerda’s family members documenting their efforts to leave Germany from 1939‐1941 and to trace Gerda’s mother and sister from 1945‐1946. Gerda Haas compiled her notes “Das Leben der Juden in Berlin in den Jahren 1940 bis 1943” in 1945 after arriving in Switzerland from Theresienstadt. The notes describe her memories of life in Berlin during the Holocaust, the Jewish hospital where she worked as a nurse, the organization of transports to Theresienstadt,...

  10. Survival oral history, 1933-1945

  11. "The Crystal Night"

    Contains information about the experiences of Lore Metzger during Kristallnacht and during other episodes of persecution as a young Jew in Nazi Germany.

  12. "Survival in the Lion's Den"

    Contains information about the experiences of Fred Angress's family during resettlement in Amsterdam and their life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. The testimony draws from Angress' personal diary and other published sources, all of which are listed in a short bibliography. The testimony is dedicated to Nelly Gispen, a close friend of the author during the Holocaust era.

  13. "Das Heldentum der Besatzung des Krematorium, 1.10.1944, Der Aufstandt im Sonderkommando Auschwitz-Birkenau"

    The collection consists of testimony form Stanislaw Gwizdka regarding the revolt of the crematoria work crew in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October 1, 1944.

  14. Records relating to Wöbbelin concentration camp

    Includes articles concerning the role of the 8th U.S. Infantry Division and the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division in the liberation of Wöbbelin concentration camp. Also included is information concerning the surrender of the 21st German Army at Tippelskirch castle near Ludwigslust, Germany. Other materials include program booklets of a Holocaust memorial service and the 1988 United States Holocaust Memorial Council Days of Remembrance ceremony in Washington, D.C.

  15. Ida Gebel, Wilhelm Wensing, Else Wensing, and Klara Ditschi papers

    Consists of copies of documents relating to the experiences of Ida Gebel, Wilhelm Wensing, Else Wensing, and Klara Ditschi, all Jehovah's Witnesses, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  16. Franz Wohlfahrt papers

    Consists of various materials describing the fate of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust in Austria and the Franz Wohlfahrt family's experiences of persecution, imprisonment, and execution.

  17. Friedrich Wohlfahrt letter from Sachsenhausen

    Includes of a copy of a letter written by Friedrich Wohlfahrt to his family on 06 Dec 1942 while imprisoned at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Also included is an English translation of the letter and a commentary on the contents by Johannes Wrobel.

  18. Alice Stern papers

    Consists of personal papers of Alice Stern that relate to her emigration from Germany to the United States. Among the documents are affidavits from family members; correspondence with the American Consulate in Stuttgart, Germany; and documents concerning Alice Stern's finances at the time of her emigration.

  19. Katz family correspondence

    Consists of three folders of correspondence between Max Katz of Chicago, Ill., and his cousin, Max Katz of Hoboken, N.J. The letters relate to the attempts of Max Katz (Hoboken, N.J.) to collect funds to finance the emigration of Nathan, Selma, and Pauline Katz from Germany to the United States. In some cases, the letters contain detailed genealogical information about the Katz family in Germany and the United States. The letters in German are usually followed by an English translation.

  20. Fried family papers

    Consists of twenty-three documents (photocopies and originals) collected by the Fried family during the Holocaust era. Among the documents are certificates, travel passes, and falsified forms acquired by Elizabeth Fried in order to show that she was a Roman Catholic instead of a Jew. Other documents certify that Jozef Fried was a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps. Many of the documents are accompanied by an English translation. A copy of a letter from George Fried to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which describes his experiences in Europe, was added by the cataloger. This l...