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  1. Alkalay family photographs

    The Alkalay family photographs consists of two photographs of members of the Alkalay family in Bulgaria. One photograph taken in Haskovo, Bulgaria, dated July 1943, depicts Lora Alkalay with two friends, Suzi and Mali, eating bread and butter given to them by Suzi’s father who worked as a baker during the war. All three girls are wearing the Jewish Star of David badge. The second photograph depicts Nissim Alkalay with his friend, Jacques Safonov, in front a Balkan building opposite the palace of the King in Sofia, Bulgaria.

  3. Hiking; Performance in Vienna; Family holidays - Easter and Christmas

    Title: “Buntes Allerlei” “Mitglied des Klubs der Kino-Amateure Österreichs” “Schulwandertag April 1931-May 1933”. Shaky views of a school group hiking trips, dining outdoors. Girls dressed up in gowns embrace. Horse races. The group hikes, older man with a cane, they relax at the Liesing Brewery. 01:01:46 Ferdinand Hausner. Ducks. More shots of the school group at the brewery. 01:02:58 A different group of friends at a brewery, carrying flower bouquets. Cinema [Kino] in Vienna, “Weisse Woche”. “Verbands Kunstlaufen” sign. Crowds at Heldenplatz. Indoor performance. “Ostern 1933” Scenic shots...

  4. Oral history interview with Rina Diamand

  5. Donald Douglas papers

    Consists of research material, commemorative material, oral history interviews, and audiocassettes produced and collected by Dr. Donald Douglas, a professor at Wichita State University, who organized Holocaust remembrance events in the Midwest beginning in the 1970s. The collection includes material related to Yom Hashoah events from 1979-2000; research materials related to the World War II letters of Harold Porter, a member of the US Army; and transcripts of oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors who settled in Kansas, which formed the basis of Douglas's manuscript, "Survivors in...

  8. Oral history interview with Norman Gleiss

  9. Presentation by Samuel Schryver

  10. Hillel (Harry) and Liza Zelmanovich collection

    Contains papers, identity cards, photographs, passports, correspondence relating to the experiences of Harry and Liza Zelmanovich. Includes postwar identification documents and medical forms issued in Munich, including an Identity Card for Ex-Con[centrarion] Camp Inmates, and United States naturalization records.

  11. 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...

  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.

  13. Willstätter family collection

    Contains documents, correspondence, passports, ID cards, newspaper clippings documenting the experiences of the extended Willstätter family and their internment in Camp de Gurs.

  14. András Pető is born

    Éva is pregnant with András. Éva and György’s first child was born on October 3, 1943, and he was killed in a concentration camp. Reel shows the first few months of András, bathing, eating, playing, tummy-time, bundled up outdoors. Eva holds Andras and pushes him in a carriage in town. Film ends 02:59

  15. Stolzman and Cala families papers

    The collection consists of documents, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and a photograph album related to the experiences of Aaron Stolzman and Molly Cala Stolzman, who met as displaced persons after the Holocaust and later immigrated to the United States. Biographical material includes family history researched by a Polish researcher, clippings, a card from Aaron’s bar mitzvah, Aaron and Molly’s marriage certificate, and Aaron and Molly’s naturalization certificates. Correspondence includes pre-war postcards and a letter from Aaron’s father Chiel Sztolcman and wartime postcards from ...

  16. Oral history interview with Josef Klima

  17. The Furman family visits London en route to relatives in Poland

    The ocean. A man on a ship deck walks towards the camera several times, a big smile on his face. Ocean waves. A child runs around on the ship deck. A woman runs with her. They continue playing, holding hands. Small waves in the ocean. A ship with two funnels moves past, its deck crowded with people. Another large liner. A seagull flies. A man struggles with a large rod. People walk through city streets in London, officers, buses, and officers on horseback for annual The Lord Mayor's Show on November 9 to introduce the city to it's new Lord Mayor. The filmmaker stands opposite The Royal Cour...

  18. Camhi and Hirtenstein families papers

    The collection consists of documents and photographs regarding the Holocaust-era experiences of Joseph and Veronika (née Hirtenstein) Camhi, along with his parents Avram and Vida Camhi, in Budapest, Hungary. The bulk of the collection consists of documents regarding Joseph, and includes diplomas, passports and other identification documents, birth and marriage certificates, and business records. There are also documents related to forced labor in Budapest and property stolen by the Gestapo in 1944. Other documents include false baptism certificates for Joseph, Veronika, and their son Janos ...

  19. Swearing-in Engelbert Dollfuss as chancellor; Heldenplatz

    Probably the May 20, 1932 swearing-in of Engelbert Dollfuss as chancellor of Austria. 01:00:29 Title: “Reception of the Cardinal Legation.” Crowded street scenes in Vienna as people watch parade of people carrying Catholic flags. 01:01:41 Archbishop of Vienna (later Cardinal) Theodor Innitzer. Crowded street scenes continue as several groups of men and boys, wearing different types of uniforms, march down the streets of Vienna. Informal shots of men wearing elaborate uniforms and hats. 01:04:41 A photographer prepares his camera on a tripod at the far left of the frame. 01:05:31 Title: “At ...

  20. Eiland family collection

    Collection of documents, certificates, affidavit, and envelopes relating to the Eiland family including Adolf and Cecilia Eiland, and their children, Rudolf and Helen.