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  2. "Equality" Egyenlőség [Newspapers]

    A Jewish weekly newspaper issued in Budapest, Hungary, 1882-1938.

  3. Aerial views of Paris; POW camp

    EXT shots of military planes, and a plane taking off. The propellors of plane 771 spin, preparing for take-off. People board plane V4. Aerial shots from plane show views of Paris and a chateau with large gardens. Clouds and the city below. 01:17:44 Two men stand in front of a military jeep smoking cigarettes. A young man in uniform walks towards the camera, hands in pockets and smiling. Building with an arched roof and a steeple has a sign in front that reads “Post Chapel”. 01:18:13 POW camp (?). Camera pans left to a plane, watchtower, a basketball court and rows of buildings. View from pl...

  4. Charles Paul Kogel collection

    The Charles Paul Kogel papers include biographical materials and photographs documenting Charles Kogel from Antwerp, Belgium; his prewar, wartime, and postwar experiences in Belgium; his wartime alias in France; and his immigration to the United States in 1952 with his second wife, Sara Kahan, and their son Henry. Biographical materials include military papers, a 1942 letter on behalf of the King of Belgium, false French papers in the name of "Andre Ravaux," Charles and Sara's wedding booklet, a certificate awarding Charles a war medal, a Belgian passport, an American naturalization certifi...

  6. Oral history interview with György Fenyö

  7. Oral history interview with Peter Solyom

  8. An American relative visits Schiffer family in Budapest

    “Danubius Pathé Baby Budapest.” Family group sits at a table for a meal on a hillside overlooking city of Budapest (could be Janoshegy). Laci Schiffer’s wife, Marcsa (nee Fried), on a visit to Budapest to meet the family (in 1933?). She waves from an upper level of a building. Two groups walk down the sidewalk past a building (sign with “... Adolf Fiai…” is barely visible) in Budapest and wave to the camera, including Marcsa, János, Ernö, Bözske, Gyuri, and Alice. Nice LS of city street with this building. CUs the group walks in the cobbled street and waves. Pathé 9.5mm logo with rooster.

  9. Irving Fink photograph collection

    The collection includes three photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation and a photograph of US soldiers in Domazlice, Czechoslovakia. Irving Fink, who served in the United States Army, brought the photographs home with him after the war.

  10. Norman R. Stupp collection

    Photograph of Dachau at liberation, from the donor's father, Norman R. Stupp, PFC, 82nd Airborne Division. The photograph depicts a pile of corpses of camp prisoners.

  11. Oral history interview with Edgar Cohn

  12. UNRRA selected records AG-018-009 : Italy Mission

    Correspondence, memos, statistics, publications, circulars, bulletins, financial documents, and reports relating to the Displaced Persons Operations, medical care, education and recreation, vocational trainings, emigration and resettlement.

  14. Oral history interview with Estera Jablonski

  15. Oral history interview with Laura Manoni

  16. Swimming in Budapest; zoo visit

    The Schiffers put coats on and children play on a grassy hillside. (01:30) Anni and János swim with Ernö at Szecheny bath/pools in Budapest in July 1934. (02:42) At a restaurant on Lake Balaton. The family takes a boat trip, views of water, horizon, sailboat. (05:11) At Szecheny bath, swimming, including János, Anni, Bözske, Alice, Gyuri, and nurse-maid Tete. (06:20) Trip to the zoo that includes elephants, camels, zebras, and other animals. János and others ride ponies and horses at the zoo. (09:20) They greet more animals, including peacocks, tigers, and bears. (10:02) Newborn Éva (János’...

  17. Records of the New Israelite Congregation, Uruguay (Nueva Congregación Israelita)

    Copies of La voz newspaper, minutes of meetings of the General Assembly, minutes of the Board of Directors and assembly of representatives, correspondence, and marriage registrations.

  18. Stella Luftig collection

    Contains two photographs: one, dated 15 May 1927, a studio portrait of two boys; the other, undated, of a woman with three children in a park.

  19. Oral history interview with Franciska Levy

  20. Carl and Edith Zucker papers

    The collection primarily documents the post-war experiences of Carl Zucker, originally of Zakroczym, Poland, and his wife Edith Zucker (née Guzy), originally of Olkusz, Poland, in the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp. Included is biographical material such as identification cards, birth and marriage certificates, displaced persons documentation, and restitution paperwork. There is also a small amount of photographs primarily depicting Edith’s sister Esther Guzy and her brother Lajzer Guzy, both of whom perished in the Holocaust. Biographical materials include documents related to Carl, Ed...