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  1. County Mediatory Office for the Property Matters of Farmers in Włoszczowa Powiatowy Urząd Rozjemczy do Spraw Majątkowych Posiadaczy Gospodarstw Wiejskich we Włoszczowie (Sygn. 1589)

    Files of cases concerning various disputes in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin.

  2. Drypoint etching created by David Friedman of Jewish Prisoners in KZ

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn737794
    • English
    • pictorial area: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 8.880 inches (22.555 cm) overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)

    Drypoint etching depicting Jewish prisoners in a concentration camp by David Friedman.

  3. Court of Peace in Miechów Sąd Pokoju w Miechowie (Sygn. 177)

    Files of court cases concerning various disputes in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. The cases concerned, among others, payment of debt, rent, division of inheritance, compensation, termination of the contract and other disputes.

  4. Więzienie w Będzinie (Sygn. 1589) Prison in Będzin

    Personal files of prisoners of Jewish origin convicted of various crimes, e.g. theft, fraud. In addition, other materials, e.g. lists of prisoners, statistic data. Personal files contain the prisoner's personal data and characteristics, as well as an accusation and official correspondence.

  5. Selected records from the State Archives of the Ternopil Region, Ukraine

    The main part of the collection consists of pre-war records (1919-1939) of various Polish state institutions related to the socio-economic and political history of the Jewish communities of the Ternopil region. This includes government permits to open Jewish businesses and Jewish social organizations, payment of taxes by Jewish shop and business owners, school records, court records, and police reports related to the surveillance of Jewish organizations, Jewish political parties, and individuals; demographic and statistical data, etc. The wartime documentation contains selected records from...

  6. Ivan Vamos memoir

    Consists of a memoir titled “My early years, the war years. The recollections of Ivan Vamos, from March 1938 to October 1947”, written by the donor, Ivan Vamos

  7. Oral history interview with Galina Alpatova

  8. Selected Records of the College of Journalism in Warsaw Wyższa Szkoła Dziennikarska w Warszawie (wybrane materiały) (Sygn. 221)

    Personal files of students of the College of Journalism in Warsaw from 1925-1939 (number of students approx. 300-400). Initially, the school was located in Warsaw at Małachowskiego Square no 1, then transferred to 44 Rozbrat Street. A typical folder contains a photo, an application for admission to school containing personal data, a short curriculum vitae, original or a copy of birth and secondary school-leaving certificates, various other documents and student book with exam grades.

  9. Herbst family papers

    The Herbst family papers document the prewar, wartime, and postwar experiences of Manny Herbst, his siblings Bernard Herbst and Silvia Herbst, and his parents Adolf Herbst and Sara Herbst (née Weintraub), including the siblings’ immigration to the United States in 1940, Adolf’s attempt to get to Palestine, and subsequent deportation to Mauritius in 1940, and Sara’s deportation from Vienna to Izbica transit camp in 1942. Biographical material includes identification papers, immigration paperwork, and family genealogy materials. The bulk of the collection consists of letters sent from Adolf i...

  10. Endzweig family papers

    Comprised of correspondence, photographs, and identity documents, such as work permits and registration certificates for Leopold Endzweig, annotated by his son, the donor, Manfred Endzweig. Documents capture Leopold Endzweig's experiences once liberated from Buchenwald.

  11. Albert and Alice Genis collection

    Consists of documents and family photographs that capture the pre- and postwar experiences of Albert and Alice Genis (formerly Genichowicz), the donor's parents. Additional documents include certificates indicating their residency of the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1951, papers related to their university studies in Munich, their ketubah, and their 1958 US Naturalization certificates after they immigrated to United States in 1951.

  12. Paulis liberation photographs collection

    Includes photographs taken or inscribed en verso by United States soldier Andrew Paulis of the 628th Medical Clearing Company, one of the first soldiers' units to arrive at Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its liberation on April 11, 1945.

  13. Lobsenz family papers

    Consists of correspondence between extended Lobsenz (formerly Lubzens) relatives in Poland, the Warsaw ghetto, and Łódź ghetto, and loved ones in the United States, including the donor's father, Jack Lobsenz, who immigrated to the US from Lipno, Poland in 1920. Also includes a photo in a portfolio, photographic postcards, a money order receipt, an envelope, and a certificate.

  14. Oral history interview with Doris Kumar

  15. Marokus family collection

    The papers consist of photographs related to the Marokus family, Leon, Lajcia, Henryka, and Pola. Leon Marokus, who immigrated to the United States in 1938 from Poland, worked to bring over his wife and daughters. Also included is a leaflet picked up by Leon while in the military during WWII.

  16. Ludwig May reisepass

    Includes the Deutsches Reich Reisepass, or passport, of Dr. Ludwig May (1903-1973), who was a passenger aboard the MS St. Louis after his 1938 internment at Buchenwald.

  17. 1933 Reichstag election material

    A bound collection of printed, German-language materials relating to the March 5, 1933 Reichstag election in Germany. The dated materials range from January to March 5, 1933, though many are undated. They include portions of text from newspapers and magazines, as well as some advertising materials and smaller propaganda pieces. At the back, an oversize propaganda poster has been folded numerous times to make it fit within the book. All the pieces are bound between hard, black covers, and the front cover bears a handwritten label, “Material Reichstagswahl 5. Marz 1933”.

  18. George Kolinsky collection

    Consists of the handwritten memoir of George Kolinsky (1892-1974), the donor's maternal grandfather, and its English translation, titled A History of the Recent Past, 1939-1945. It was written originally in Yiddish following his arrival in the United States from Poland in 1951 after serving in the underground there between 1939 and 1945.

  19. Escape from Treblinka: The Joseph Polonski Story

    This documentary film details the Holocaust experience of Joseph Polonski, one of two known individuals to escape from the Treblinka death camp. The film profiles Polonski's life before, during, and after the Holocaust. It includes original narration, excerpts from an interview with Joseph Polonski, as well as archival photographs and film. 01:35 Early Life. 02:40 Lukow Ghetto 07:45 Deportation 10:04 Cigarette Ally 12:12 Treblinka 14:31 Escaping Treblinka 15:44 On the Run 18:47 Becoming a Partisan 20:37 Starting Over 26:01 Closing credits

  20. Manifesto des Juifs de Bedeau

    Consists of the document "Manifesto des Juifs de Bedeau" in French and a vintage mimeographed copy of the typed documen that is double-sided. It was written by the donor's father Sidney Chouraqui when he was leader of the resistance movement in Bedeau Internment Camp in Algeria.