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  2. "Massenmord" airdropped leaflet

    Double-sided leaflet dropped over Germany in late 1942 following the December 17, 1942 declaration by the United Kingdom and United States stating explicitly that the German authorities were engaging in mass murder of the European Jews. The leaflet describes the deportations and mass murder already underway, and promises postwar punishment for those responsible.

  3. Oral history interview with Toni Gass

  4. Wolfgang and Ruth Hannes papers

    Contains photographs, a photo album, documents, and postcards documenting the experience of Wolfgang and Ruth Hannes and their family.

  5. Selected records from the Division Politica of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina

    This collection consists of records of Argentine embassies and consulates relating to the political situation in all countries between 1933-1955. For example, includes records from the Embassy in Germany relating to persecution of the Jews.

  6. Új Kelet [Newspapers] "New East"

    Zionist Jewish newspaper issued weekly (1918-1920), daily (1920-1940; 1948-2000); weekly (2000-2015): published first in Cluj [Kolozsvár], Romania, (1918-1940 and 1948-2015); and rerstablished in Tel Aviv, Israel (1918-1940, 1948, and 2011-2015), The Új Kelet is currently the main Hungarian-language independent newspaper in Israel and is published on a monthly basis.

  7. "Sunday's Child"

    Contains a manuscript entitled "Sunday's Child," by Lili R. Andrieux.

  8. Oral history interview with Lydia Gerstel

  9. Painting

    Oil on canvas, created by Elly Berkovits Gross, which document her experiences while a prisoner in Birkenau; titled "Black Lake" (2018)

  10. Oral history interview with Sara Fransson

  11. Eva and Győrgy [very brief]

    Eva walks out onto a patio and looks at the camera. MS, she is on the balcony, fixing her hair. She approaches the camera, as exposure starts to increase. Cut to a brief shot of Győrgy Pető. Film ends 00:12

  12. Major Howard Slade papers

    Contains photographs, newspaper clippings, copies of "Rainbow Reville" and the "Rainbow Division World News" concerning the liberation of Dachau, scrapbook pages, and a portrait of Major Howard Slade, all related to his military service in the 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division prior to and during WWII.

  13. Wedding canopy (chuppah) made by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

    Blue cloth with embroidered Star of David in its center with the Hebrew word "Zion" in the center and around it in Hebrew "The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride." [Jeremiah 33:11]. In the lower left, embroidered in gold is "Joint A.J.D.C. made in Palestine" in Hebrew. metal loop attached to each corner in order to spread the canopy on poles.

  15. Oral history interview with Erica Josefson

  16. Oral history interview with Claudio Perra

  17. Edgar Haas law office 621-1/83 Edgar Haas

    Records of the law office of Dr. Edgar Haas, a German Jewish lawyer in Hamburg. Contains only client files.

  18. Selected records from the State District Archive in Jihlava

    Contains records from Jihlava and surrounding towns, including Brtnice, Polná, and Telč, pertaining to the expropriation of Jewish property and assets, anti-Jewish measures, town registers and lists of Jewish inhabitants, emigration and resettlement, as well as post-war trial records from the District Courts of Jihlava, Polná, and Telč.

  19. Selected records from the Military Archives of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia related to the criminal investigation of war crimes on the territory of Yugoslavia during WWII

    Records of criminal investigations and trials pertaining to German, Hungarian, Italian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Slovenian war criminals accused of war crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Yugoslavia during WWII. In addition to the Belgrade trials, the war crimes trials also took place at the Military Tribunals held in Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Ljubljana.

  20. Slaughterhouse and Livestock Market Administration 377-11 Schlachthof- und Viehmarktverwaltung

    Selected records of the administration of meat industry, slaughterhouses and cattle market, import and transport of meat products, implementation of the law for employees and workers (1933-1939), Jewish slaughter ritual, general instructions for "national structure" of events, especially for the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (National Socialist German Labor Party), NSDAP, Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labor Front), DAF, Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy), KdF, and general rules for introduction of the Hitler salute (raising of the stretched right arm) and the German...