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  2. "The Black Fox"

    Screenplay based on "Reynard the Fox," adapted from a Franco-German folk tale of the 12th century by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which draws parallels between man's inhumanity to man as portrayed in the folk tale and that was seen in Hitler's Germany. The film was produced by Image Productions, Inc. and narrated by Marlene Dietrich.

  3. "The bleeding sky : my mother's journey through the fire"

    Relates to the early life of Mala Goldrat Brandsdorfer (née Liss) in Poland; life for Jews under German occupation; experiences and observations in the Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek, and Auschwitz-Birkenau; evacuation from Auschwitz; incarceration at Neustadt-Glewe; and liberation.

  4. "The bloody record of Nazi atrocities"

    Consists of two copies of the late 1944 publication, "The Bloody Record of Nazi Atrocities" edited by Joe Weil and published by Arco Publishing Company. The publication is split into two parts, "The Crimes," written by Burnet Hershey, and "The Punishment," written by Johannes Steel. The publication is illustrated with artwork by comic book artist A.M. Froelich and with photographs supplied from the Soviet agency SOVFOTO.

  5. "The Book of Strzyzow and Vicinity"

    The collection includes a copy of a translation of "The Book of Strzyzow and Vicinity," translated from Hebrew and Yiddish by Harry Langsam. The book contains information about the town of Strzyżów, Poland including the history of the community from 1898, notable rabbis and other citizens, the celebration of Jewish holidays, prominent families, the years of the Holocaust, remembrances of Strzyżów citizens by surviving family members, and the diaspora of survivors throughout the world.

  6. "The Brown Terror"

    Consists of one memoir, 99 pages, entitled "The Brown Terror," by Dr. Otto Schorrman, originally of Tarnopol, Poland. He describes the arrival of the German army and the first Tarnopol pogrom, life in the Tarnopol ghetto, and life in hiding.

  7. "The Butterfly"

    Consists of one musical score entitled "The Butterfly," by Seymour Sherman. The music and lyrics were inspired by a poem from "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" by Pavel Friedmann. Mr. Sherman composed the score for a 2003 Yom Hashoah service.

  8. "The Clan of the Komonyies: The Descendants of Marton Lebovics, 1787-2000"

    Consists of a family history entitled "The Clan of the Komonyies: The Descendants of Marton Lebovics, 1787-2000" and a family tree tracing the family from 1787-2000. Written by Michael Shanyi, originally of Nagydobrony, Hungary, the history describes the family's pre-war experiences in Hungary and post-war lives in Israel, the United States, France and Ukraine. Many members of the family perished during the Holocaust.

  9. "The Cost of Freedom; Invoice Number XIIA097689; Paid in Full"

    Consists of the one manuscript, entitled "The Cost of Freedom; Invoice Number XIIA097689; Paid in Full: An Account of Some World War II Training, Combat, and Prisoner of War Experiences," by Arthur Eck, 2000. He describes his experiences as a machine gunner in the United States Army during World War II and his capture and imprisonment in the Stalag XIIA POW (Prisoner of War) labor camp.

  10. "The Crossing"

    Consists of one memoir, 19 pages, entitled "The Crossing," by Ilona Ricardo Kinzer, originally of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. When the Germans invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, Ilona was staying with relatives in the coastal town of Ymuiden. After the Dutch surrender, Ilona helped her uncle and the other employees of the Blast Furnace plant blow up the complex rather than let it fall into Nazi control. She describes her spontaneous decision to escape to England with a one-legged Englishman, Mr. Judd, across the English channel in a rowboat with only a small motor, and her memories of...

  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. "The Diary of Jenö Klein"

    Consists of a photocopy of the handwritten diary of Jenö Klein, originally of Makó, Hungary, written between March 1, 1944 and July 2, 1945. Mr. Klein was deported from Makó to Strasshof, Austria, and from there to Neumuhl to work in a quarry and a forest, then to Gmund to work in a potato processing factory. Mr. Klein became a "Jupo" (Juden Polizei) of the group and was in charge of the distribution of items. In April, the group was transferred to Theresienstadt (Terezin). Mr. Klein was liberated on May 7th by the Red Army. Also includes a typed translation of the Hungarian diary into G...

  13. "The Eyes of Jewish Resistance" memoir

    Consists of a memoir, "The Eyes of Jewish Resistance," 71 pages, by Litman Litow, compiled by Leon Litow. The memoir recounts the childhood of Litman Litow in Visheva, Belorussia, his experiences on the run and in hiding from the Nazis, and his subsequent years as one of the leaders of a Jewish partisan unit. It also describes his experiences in Russia after the war, emigration to Italy and then to the United States, and reflections on Holocaust commemorations. The memoir contains black and white photocopies of family photographs. The collection also contains a copy of the memoir on a CD-RW...

  14. "The Fight for Survival"; Zelik Asher Karpman memoir

    One memoir, 129 pages, which relates the life of Zelik Asher Karpman, born in Biajkow, Poland. He and his family were sent to the Bialobjeg ghetto in 1941. By the summer of 1941, Zelik was the only member of his immediate family who had not been either killed or deported to a work camp. He managed to escape his forced labor within the ghetto and survived the war in various hiding places in Poland. The memoir is written in the format of an oral history.

  15. "The Fine Line"

    Consists of one memoir, 176 pages, entitled "The Fine Line" by Asriel Waldman, originally of Czernowitz. In the memoir, Waldman describes his childhood memories in Vicna and in Zastavna, his memories of his relatives, and of Jewish life. He describes the changes that occurred after the outbreak of the war and after the 1940 Russian occupation. The Waldman family was deported from Zastava on October 14, 1941 to Bershad in Transnistria and Asriel's parents both perished within the first year. In February 1944, Asriel, his siblings, and a cousin were selected to return to Romanian and travel t...

  16. "The First Generations: An early genealogical history of the Shanas, Stracovsky, Kimmelfeld, Gorstein, Mozart, Frimet, Smaller and other related families as they struggle for survival in both the Old World and the New"

    Consists of one manuscript entitled "The First Generations: An early genealogical history of the Shanas, Stracovsky, Kimmelfeld, Gorstein, Mozart, Frimet, Smaller and other related families as they struggle for survival in both the Old World and the New," by Bert Z. Shanas. The manuscript, which includes extensive copies of photographs, family tree information, maps, and documents, also includes a chapter about the members of the family killed in the Holocaust in Ukraine and the family members killed in military service.

  17. "The Freeman Legacy: Their Past, His Future, One Survival"

    Contains one booklet entitled "The Freeman Legacy: Their Past, His Future, One Survival", by Michelle Freeman. In the paper, she describes the Holocaust experiences of her grandparents, Joseph and Helen Freeman, both originally of Radom, Poland, and their post-war life in the United States. She also profiles her father, Louis Freeman, and his experiences as the child of two Holocaust survivors. Includes photographs of the Freeman family.

  18. "The gray coat"

    Contains a memoir which Alice Shragai [donor] describes as a kind of diary about her experiences growing up in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, her experiences with anti-Semitisim, and involvement with a Zionist organization called Betarim. She discusses her life in the Riga ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz along with her return home and eventual emigration to Israel and later the United States.

  19. "The Hill"

    Consists of the English translation of one short story, entitled "The Hill," by Antanas Jonynas, originally written in 1966. This manuscript tells the story of the last hours of a Jewish doctor, Dr. Schmidt, who was killed with his family in the Kupre Forest outside of Kraziai, Lithuania, on August 8, 1941 by the citizens of Kraziai, some of whom were his patients. The doctor had just finished treating a patient, Joseph Martinkus, who later told the story to Mr. Jonynas. The translation was completed by Yuval Lirov, Dr. Schmidt's great-nephew; Mr. Lirov's mother, Dr. Schmidt's niece, heard ...

  20. "The Holocaust Survival of the Katz family, 1941-1944"

    "The Holocaust Survival of the Katz family, 1941-1944" is a 23 page memoir written by Ruth Katz Leiser. The memoir recalls the Holocaust experiences of the Katz family of Godulin, near Maišiagala, Poland.