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  1. "Graves at Gunskirchen"

    Consists of "The Graves at Gunskirchen" by David Ichelson, a United States Army soldier who served with the 71st Infantry Division, documenting his eyewitness account of the conditions of the Gunskirchen concentration camp three days after abandonment by SS troops in May 1945. The testimony describes the severity of starvation among the camp inmates, the number of dead at the time the 71st Infantry Division entered the camp, and the mass burial of Gunskirchen victims at the direction of American troops. Ichelson also describes his thoughts and feelings during a return visit to the camp site...

  2. Liberation of Landsberg and other camps

    Consists of various materials relating to the liberation of Landsberg and other concentration camps. Included are copies of sworn statements by liberators; copies of articles concerning liberation; and a chronology of major events of the Holocaust.

  3. Leonhard Prager papers

    Includes information about German Jews, transports to Terezin, life in the ghettos and concentration camps, and the search for Holocaust survivors.

  4. Allied propaganda leaflets

    Contains nine propaganda leaflets produced by British and American forces. Included are quotes by Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring and information about the activities of the U.S. and British air forces over Germany from circa 1941 to circa 1944.

  5. Isaac Frankel testimony

    Includes two testimonies (one original and one photocopy) written by Isaac Frankel. Both testimonies are attached to letters that summarize Mr. Frankel's life as a Holocaust survivor. The testimonies describe Frankel's experiences of deportation, the loss of his young family, his imprisonment in ghettos and forced labor camps, his survival of several selections, and his survival of Buchenwald. The second testimony is not a copy of the first but contains similar information.

  6. Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld memoirs

    Consists of a copy of an article written by Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld concerning his family history and experiences during the Holocaust. The article includes detailed information on the dispersal of Maltiel-Gerstenfeld's relatives who eventually perished in the Lvov ghetto, his activities as a Zionist youth, his life in Romania under an assumed identity, and his emigration to Palestine at the end of World War II.

  7. Records relating to the Committee for Refugee Education

    Contains information about the Committee for Refugee Education, teachers working for the committee, and survivors of the Holocaust who eventually became students in the committee's program.

  8. White Rose pamphlets

    Consists of copies of pamphlets published in Munich, Germany by the White Rose resistance group.

  9. List of French deportees killed in Mauthausen

    Cotains copies of two issues of "Hier Cauchemar Aujourd'hui Espoir: Bulletin interieur d'information et de liaison de l'Amicale des Deportes Politique de Mauthausen." The first issue, November 1945. - No. 3, contains a partial list of French deportees who perished at Mauthausen. The list is arranged in alphabetical order starting with ABADE, HENRI and ending with DENIS, ROGER. The second issue continues the alphabetical list with DENTROUX, JEAN and concludes with ZWEIBEL, ERICH. The main alphabetical list is followed by separate list of women's names. The date on the second issue is illegib...

  10. Camp log books and administrative records from the Auschwitz Memorial Museum

    Consists of copies of Auschwitz administration records and copies of log books of prisoners' names. The documents relate to general camp operations, distribution of labor, orders from the Kommandant, transfer of prisoners to and from other camps, and biographical information concerning several Auschwitz prisoners. See RG list for titles of RG-04.01301 through RG-04.01306.

  11. "Homoe-Homini: Czyli Martyrolagia Zydow w Deblinie"

    Consists of a copy of "Homoe-Homini: Czyli Martyrologia Zydow w Delinie" by Josef Edmund Lucinski and published by the Association of Friends of Dęblin in August 1987. The manuscript is based on personal accounts that describe the terror experienced by the Dęblin Jews from 1939 to 1945. Diagrams of the city designate concentration camps and mass graves in the vicinity. Also included is a layout of a "Labor camp 1" and the Stalag 307 II with lists of prisoners for each.

  12. "Buchenwald, near Weimar"

    Contains a copy of "Buchenwald, near Weimar;" music score by Patricia King and words by Joseph Langland. The song text contains Joseph Langland's reflections on his participation in the liberation of Buchenwald. The cassette recording features the piece performed by John Lemly, bass, and Sheila Jillson, soprano, accompanied by Joseph Rogers on cello and Patricia King on piano.

  13. Records relating to the Soviet Union under Nazi Occupation

    Contains public notices, maps, testimonies, letters, and reports relating to killing in Lithuania during Nazi occupation; killing in retaliation for sabotage; activities of Einsatzgruppe A from October 1941 to January 1942; mass shootings of Soviet citizens; Soviet POWs; creation of ghettos; operation “Hornung“; the annihilation of Jews in Slutsk (Minsk Oblast); killing of Soviet citizens in retaliation for partisan activities; interrogation of Kiev inhabitants concerning the massacre at Babi Yar; operation “Swamp Fever“ near Minsk; operation “Magic Flute“ in Minsk; operation “Kottbus“ in B...

  14. George Herbenstreit photograph collection

    Contains two photographs taken after the liberation of Buchenwald, depicting rows of corpses of prisoners.

  15. Acrylic painting by Rick Prol

    Acrylic painting by Rick Prol created in 1984.

  16. Seymour Krieger papers

    The Seymour Krieger papers include correspondence, a diary, and printed material relating to Seymour's involvement with the office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel during the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at the Nuremberg trials. The collection also includes military documents relating to Seymour’s service in the United States Army and two photographs of Seymour in Nuremberg and with his wife, Rita Krieger. Correspondence includes almost daily letters to his wife, Rita, describing his activities as a member of the prosecution team as well as his daily activities. Also included is a lett...

  17. Gardelegen massacre photographs

    Consists of nine photographs taken of the Gardelegen massacre. The photographs were presumably taken by the donor, Dr. Peter B. Kamin, a member of the 44th Evacuation Hospital of the First Army.

  18. David and Louise Schneider papers

    The David and Louise Schneider papers contain documents and correspondence relating to David “Deszo” Schneider and his wife Louise Schneider (née Roth). Both in Belgium at the time of Nazi occupation, David spent 6 months in Camp de Gurs before escaping in 1943 while Louise hid in an attic in Mons-lez-Liège, Belgium to evade capture from 1942 until her liberation.. Included in the collection are correspondence with family, identification cards, photographs, and paperwork related to restitution from the German government. The David and Louise Schneider papers primarily consist of corresponde...

  19. Rev. James Burwell Ficklen III papers

    The Rev. James Burwell Ficklen III papers consist of photographs and a letter sent by Ficklen, Chaplain in the United States Army, to his wife relating to the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. The photographs and letter provide details of the camp and descriptions of what he witnessed.

  20. Adolf Hitler-Strasse street sign acquired by a US soldier

    Adolf Hitler-Strasse street sign, taken by Harmon R. Stone, a US soldier, during the Allied occupation of Germany in May 1945.