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  1. Abstract painting by Jimmy Ernst

    Allegorical oil painting created by Jimmy Ernst in memory of his mother, Louise, who was killed in Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during the Holocaust.

  2. Albert Schiff photograph collection

    Consists of twenty-two original prints taken after the liberation of Dachau, Buchenwald and Mauthausen concentration camps.

  3. Ukrainian Nationalists

    Documentary that combines Ukrainian newsreel and documentary film footage about the crimes committed by Ukrainian fascists--bourgeois nationalists--who murdered Ukrainians, Russians, Poles, and Jews. This short documentary uses footage of the trials held in the Ukraine post war, wartime newsreel footage, and oral history interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses. This film addresses the issue of war criminals who are believed to be still missing, or in hiding. There is an interview with a contemporary Ukrainian official who states that over 7,000 Ukrainian war criminals are still at large ...

  4. Richard Bishop photographs

    Contains seventeen photographs taken by U.S. Army soldiers shortly after the liberation of Buchenwald. Includes images of three Army soldiers, identified as "Smith," Duffy," and "Grimm," at various places on the grounds of the Buchenwald camp site, and images of medical specimens found at the camp.

  5. Gerald Trees photograph collection

    Consists of seven photographs of the Kaufering sub-camp of Dachau soon after liberation.

  6. Dr. W. Lehman Guyton collection

    Consists of twelve photographs, some bearing inscriptions, taken of the Gardelegen massacre site, and of the Hillersleben displaced persons (DP) camp.

  7. Nordhausen photographs

    Consists of seven photographs from the liberation of Dora-Nordhausen. Contains images of victims' bodies and German civilians forced removal of corpses.

  8. Poland: excerpts from Polnische zigeuner: historische und sittenskizzen

    Consists of a copy of an excerpt from "Polnische zigeuner: historische und sittenkizzen" by Jerzy Ficowski. The excerpt contains information relating to the treatment and persecution of Roma in Poland during World War II and their suffering in concentration camps. Also included is information about medical experiments conducted on Roma children (twins) by Josef Mengele, the imprisonment and murder of Roma in Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Roma transport statistics.

  9. German newspaper articles concerning the treatment of Romanies from 1936 to 1984

    Consists of articles (copies and originals) from various German newspapers concerning Romanies. The articles focus on the plight of German Romanies, making comparisons between their treatment during the time of the Third Reich and their treatment in the 1980s. Also included is information concerning the forensic research conducted by Dr. Joachim Gerchow, executive director of legal medicine at the University of Frankfurt in 1983, and statistics relating to the number of Romanies killed during the Holocaust.

  10. Charlene Schiff papers

    The collection primarily documents the postwar experiences of Charlene Perlmutter Schiff, originally of Horochów, Wolyn Poland (Horokhiv, Ukraine), including her life in the Föhrenwald and Bensheim displaced persons camps (DP camps) and immigration to the United States in 1948. Included are documents, correspondence, and photographs. Documents include a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) immunization card, notes, a copy of a legal document, and songs and poems. One poem, “I Remember” was written in 1985 and read by her at a Holocaust memorial service at Fort Bel...

  11. Robert Pettit collection

    Consists of 27 photographs taken by Robert Pettit, a member of the United States Army, after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of liberated prisoners, of captured German soldiers, of Mr. Pettit in the camp, and of camp architecture. Also includes photographs taken during the Battle of the Bulge and of destruction in Germany. The photographs are described by Mr. Pettit.

  12. "An unpublished chapter in the history of the deportation of foreign Jews from France in 1942"

    Consists of a copy of "An unpublished chapter in the history of the deportation of foreign Jews from France in 1942" written by Roswell McClelland, a representative of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), in 1942 or 1943. The "Unpublished chapter..." is McClelland's personal account of the round-up of foreign Jews in France during 1942 under the direction of the Germans, including a deportation from the Les Milles camp in August 1942. Included in the piece are descriptions of various French concentration camps, the treatment of Jewish children, the division of age groups for depor...

  13. Articles concerning the liberation of Landsberg and Hurlach

    Consists of copies of several articles published circa 1983 concerning the liberation of Landsberg, Hurlach, and other camps in the area of Dachau concentration camp. The articles describe the conditions in Landsberg and other Dachau sub-camps at the time of liberation, lists statistics for Jews killed in the Dachau camps, and quotes the eyewitness accounts of American liberators present at the Landsberg liberation.

  14. Photographs of Armenian genocide from the Armin T. Wegner collection

    The collection consists of 56 copy photographs depicting the results of the Armenian genocide from 1915 to 1923 in the Ottoman Empire. Images are of children and adults in various activities, corpses in ditches, hangings, Armenians as refugees living in tents in the Syrian desert, and piles of skulls and burned bodies.

  15. Adam S. Buynoski photograph collection

    The photographs were taken by Adam S. Buynoski in Apr. 1945 during the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp. Images include soldiers, civilians, buildings, and bodies. Photographs are 1987 prints from the original 1945 negatives.

  16. John F. Manning collection

    Contains seven photographs taken by John F. Manning Apr. 28, 1945, during the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp. Images include soldiers, cyclists, jeeps and cars, a guard platform and gatehouse, bodies, and burned buildings. Photographs are 1987 prints from the original 1945 negatives.

  17. Ironic drawing celebrating VE day by a Hungarian concentration camp survivor

    Cartoonlike drawing of a hand with two fingers, one dripping blood and missing the top half, raised in the V for Victory sign. It was drawn by Ernu Homanye-Grytze on May 8, 1945, VE (Victory in Europe) Day, the day the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. The coloring was added in 1946. Homanye-Grytze was a self taught artist from Hungary with moved to Paris. In September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and World War II began. In June 1940, the Germans occupied France. Around this time, Homanye-Grytze returned to Hungary. Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944. At...

  18. Joseph Tenenbaum papers

    The collection documents the career of urologist, author, and activist Joseph Tenenbaum, originally of Sasów, Poland. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, and scrapbooks that document his medical career; his writings on medical topics, Judaism, and the Holocaust; his involvement in Jewish organizations such as the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and the Zionist Organization of America; and his work as the founder and chairman of the Joint Boycott Council of the American Jewish Congress (1933-1941...

  19. Cynthia Jaffe McCabe papers

    The Cynthia Jaffe McCabe papers consists of correspondence, photocopies of archival documents, photographs, slides, and other ephemera collected by art historian Cynthia Jaffe McCabe in preparation for a planned exhibit regarding the work of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee. Includes photographs of Fry and various artists and intellectuals, including Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse, in and around Villa Air Bel, the Emergency Rescue Committee offices in Marseille, and other locations in unoccupied southern France in 1940-41. Also includes clippings, exhibition catalogs, unpublish...

  20. Ukraine under Nazi occupation presentation photo package from USSR

    Contains photographs of sites in Ukraine under Nazi occupation; some photographs include descriptions.