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  1. Geheime Staatspolizei Neustadt records

    Contains three interrelated collections pertaining to the Gestapo headquarters in the city of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Gestapostelle Neustadt). These Gestapo records cover the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.The three collections are as follows (a. - c.): a. Bestand H90 (Geheime Staatspolizei Neustadt-Verwaltung): Administrative files of the Gestapo headquarters in Neustadt. Contains financial records, building plans, rules and regulations, and records pertaining to the monitoring of the French border, the transfer of political prisoners to the concentration camp Neustadt, registra...

  2. Pratiche relative ai cittadini di origine ebraica Practices relating to citizens of Jewish origin

    Selected records concerning the discrimination and persecution of foreign and Italian Jews in Pesaro, Italy. Consists of list of Jews and seizures of Jewish assets in Pesaro.

  3. Joseph Kanarek papers

    Photos, documents, Rosh Hashana card, Yom Kippur card from Mittelbau

  4. Gross and Lichtman Papers

    The Gross and Lichtman Papers include World War II Food Ration Books issued to the family of Emerick Gross and a letter to Emerick and Violette Gross from their nephew Leon Lichtman, who served in the 120th Evacuation Unit after the liberation of Buchenwald.

  5. Zborow Association in New York

    Zborov Landsmanshaften association events in New York City filmed by Nathan Okon.

  6. Der Moment

    The Yiddish journal "Der Moment", an Orthodox Zionist weekly published in Montevideo from the early 1940’s until the early 1960’s.

  7. Walter Materna war diaries and personal documents

    The Walter Materna war diaries and personal documents includes Materna’s World War I diaries (four volumes); World War II and immediate post-war diaries, including inserted World War II photographs (volumes 1-3, 5-10, 13-17); and World War II and immediate post-war documents such as leaflets, telegrams, and personal documents. Materna’s World War II diaries describe events in Poland (Generalgouvernement), Ukraine (Kharkiv, Berdychiv, Donetsk, Dnipro), and Russia (Voronezh, Livny). The diaries include numerous antisemitic statements and descriptions of local Jewish populations by Materna, in...

  10. Correspondence addressed to Adolf Hitler offering him honorary citizenship to communities across Germany

    Consists of a single folder of correspondence addressed to Adolf Hitler authored by local officials throughout Germany. The content of the letter primarily concerns offers of honorary citizenship and requests for local acknowledgement and visits by Hitler.

  11. Heny Hersh papers

    The collection includes about 25 prewar and DP camp photographs documenting the donor's parents: Heny Hersh nee Stern (1926-2017) and Artie Hersh (b. 1927, Osoj – currently residing in Boynton Beach, FL). Heny Hersh survived Romanian ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ober Hohenelbe, DP camps Admund, Salfenden, Rivoli, Barletta, and immigration to the US in 1950. Artie Hersh survived Auschwitz, Hausdorf, Ebanzei, DP camps Rivoli, Kobenz, Bagnoli, and immigration to the US in 1950.

  12. Oral history interview with Lajos Sághy

  13. Fodor family papers

    Documents of Charles S. (Karoly Sandor) Fodor, his father József Fodor, and photographs of Charles, József, his mother, Mathilde Weiler Fodor, and members of the extended family.

  14. Gurs Machzor

    Gurs Machzor of Jacob Rothschild, Gurs 1941, 6 pages

  15. Liberation photographs from Mauthausen

    Liberation photographs from Mauthausen. Donor's father was present post-liberation.

  16. Cecile Melvegier Winter papers

    Affidavit of support & notifications about what happened to the donor's parents

  18. Arthur and Ruth Balsam collection

    Collection of postcards, received by Artur and Ruth Balsam in New York City from family in the Łódź ghetto; documents and correspondence relating to the Artur and Ruth (Rosalia) Balsam journey to the United States and attempts to track down the fate of their loved ones.

  19. Okresný úrad vo Vranove nad Topľou District Office in Vranov nad Topľou

    Contains documents of the District Office in Vranov nad Topľou which was the regional state administration body. Besides documents about various social and economic issues, this fond features records on the persecution of the Jews living in the territory of the district of Vranov nad Topľou in 1938-1945. It includes documents on the appointment of governmental trustees of Jewish-owned properties and businesses, records on the dismissal of Jews from public service, and essential documents on the registration of Jews in preparation for their deportation from Slovakia in 1942 such as the only ...

  20. Irma Maurer memoirs

    Consists of one handwritten memoir, stapled and bound by a red cover with each entry dated 1985, telling the story of her family, childhood, and adulthood, ending with her family’s arrival at the Riga ghetto in 1941.