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  1. Heinz Dieter Menge papers

    The collection documents the World War II-era and post-war experiences of German Luftwaffe fighter pilot Heinz Dieter Menge, who was a prisoner-of-war in Australia from 1941-1947 and later immigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Included is biographical material, correspondence, clippings, immigration documents, two guest books with personal inscriptions and signatures by Menge's guests from the 1950s to 2000s, and photographs. There is also material pertaining to the German POW camp Dhurringile in Australia and reunions of former POWs, including over 50 group photographs. Many of these phot...

  2. Oral history interview with Fred Heyman

  3. Obschatko family papers

    Photographs of the people gathered at the Monument of Remembrance for the Victims of the Shoa, Argentina.

  4. Mass family papers

    Immigration papers, restitution claims, photographs and other documents related to Moses and Dina Mass, Polish Jews who immigrated to Barbados from the Netherlands in 1932 and later to the United States in 1949. Immigration documents include Moses and Dina’s declarations of intention and letters from the Mizrachi Organization of America, which sponsored several members of the family. Restitution claims relate to inheritance claims of property of Moses’s father and uncles. Other papers include two letters in Yiddish, a newspaper clipping in Yiddish, and documents related to Jack Mass’s educa...

  5. Sightseeing in Washington, DC

    The Lindemanns visit Washington, DC. US Capitol building. The White House with autombile traffic and visitors by the fence. Fountains at the Washington Monument. The reflecting pool and the Lincoln Memorial. More sightseeing. Pan of the Union Station. A friend approaches the camera coming down stairs. Cherry trees in full bloom at the Tidal Basin, train passes by in the BG.

  6. Ellen Kaufmann Boucher papers

    The Ellen Kaufmann Boucher papers include Holocaust-era and postwar correspondence addressed to Ellen in the United States from family and friends in Europe, the memoir Ellen drafted between 1988 and her death, prewar and wartime photographs of her family in Mainz, Germany, and a transcript of an interview she gave in 1995. Holocaust-era letters are addressed to Ellen primarily from her parents and sister Marianne in Mainz and relates family news and good wishes. A letter from a friend of Marianne’s in Montevideo describes an opportunity for Marianne to immigrate to Uruguay. A letter from a...

  7. Selected records of the Prison in Sieradz Więzienie w Sieradzu (Sygn.199) : Wybrane materialy

    A daily calendar from January 17, 1923 to November 7, 1928 with the names and surnames of prisoners admitted and released, a list of prisoners (prisoner category and penalties); personal files with information related to an admission order, a prisoner's description, a visit permit, an exemption order, petitions and complaints, reasons for conviction, like as: propagating communism, pedophilia, pimping, theft.

  8. Dreyfuss, Reutlinger and Pollack families collection

    Contains documents and photographs related to Wilhelm (William) and Recha Reutlinger, as well as documents and photographs related to Leo Dreyfuss and his family (both the Dreyfuss and Pollak families). includes a Swiss identity card; Zeugnis and other documents about Leo Dreyfuss as a young refugee in Switzerland; correspondence regarding U.S. immigration paperwork including affidavits; a death certificate from Rivesaltes; and academic documents and credentials regarding Wilhelm Reutlinger.

  9. County Gendarmerie Headquarters in Brno 1864-1949 Zemské četnické velitelství Brno 1864-1949 (B 72)

    Records pertaining to police and gendarmerie units in various towns in Bohemia and Moravia, including: lists of members of police, gendarmerie or guard units in Terezin, the Roma camp (Zigeunerlager) in Hodonin, and other locations and camps; lists of persons suspected to be part of assassination plots against German officials; anti-Jewish activities; ordinances and decrees; situation reports; police searches for Jewish individuals including from Nazi-annexed Austria; reports of parachutist and partisan activities; and other relevant records.

  10. Helen Tichauer papers

    The Helen Tichauer papers consist of subject files and a photograph album of Feldafing displaced persons camp, clippings regarding Auschwitz war crimes trials in Wuppertal, Germany, and a small amount of correspondence. The photograph album was assembled by Helen Tichauer, a survivor of Auschwitz, who was deported there from Bratislava in 1942, and lived in Feldafing after the war. It depicts Helen, her husband Erwin Tischauer, and numerous friends and activities associated with the camp. Correspondence includes letters received from historian Konrad Kwiet and United States Holocaust Memori...

  11. Collection of Polish underground press Zbiór polskiej prasy konspiracyjnej

    A collection of 359 titles of the Polish underground press from all areas of the occupied Poland. The collection includes both titles issued by parties associated with peasant parties about the organization of the Peasant Battalions, as well as titles published by the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) and the National Armed Forces (Narodowe Siły Zbrojne).

  12. Archive of the City of Moravské Budějovice Archiv města Moravské Budějovice

    City administrative records, registers of employees, registers of livestock, death books, correspondence; included are decrees against Jews and records of the expropriation and aryanization of Jewish properties in Moravské Budějovice (German: Mährisch Budwitz).

  13. Albert Cohen letter

    The Albert Cohen letter was written by Albert Cohen, while he was serving in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. The letter and envelope are addressed to Cohen’s mother, Estelle Cohen, in Milwaukee, April 26, 1945. The letter describes Cohen’s experiences at the Buchenwald concentration camp shorty after it was liberated.

  14. Werner Best diary

    Diary of Werner Best, from July 1, 1943-December 31, 1944. Werner Best was a German Nazi and served as civilian administrator of France and Denmark while Nazi Germany occupied those countries during World War II.

  15. Gertrude Basinger Oppenheimer papers

    The collection consists of documents related to Gertrude Basinger Oppenheimer's emigration from Bruchsal, Germany to the United States in 1936. Included are affidavits of support, German emigration documents, an immigrant identification card, anda naturalization certificate. Also includes a handmade book illustrated and authored by her brother, Paul Basinger and sent to her in Bruchsal prior to her immigration to the United States.

  16. Public Prosecutor Office District Court of Berlin Staatsanwaltschaft beim Landgericht Berlin (B Rep. 058)

    Selected records of the Public Prosecutor at the District Court of Berlin relating to criminal cases concerning crimes against humanity, war crimes trials, and Nazi crimes against Jews, homosexuals, Sinti and Roma, the disabled, political prisoners, Jehovah’s witnesses, forced laborers, as well as documents regarding euthanasia facilities, ghettos, concentration camps and prisons. Includes interrogations, testimonies, judicial examinations of war criminals and witnesses; reports of the International Tracing Service Arolsen about concentration camps, documents on deportation of Berlin Jews t...

  17. Oral history interview with Gershon Yelin

  18. Police Station of the Polish Police of the city of Warsaw Komisariat Policji Polskiej miasta Warszawy (Sygn 1711, XV)

    The collection contains control books of the 15th Police Station of the Polish Police to register reported crimes and record the results of investigations.

  19. Hauptgruppe Gewrbliche Wirtschaft und Verkehr in der Distriktkammer fuer die Gesamtwirtschaft in Warschau Grupa Główna Gospodarka Przemysłowa i Ruch w izbie Okregowej dla Gospodarki Ogólnej w Warszawie (Sygn. 496//II)

    Selected records of German industrial factories in the GG. Includes lists of trading companies in Warsaw, statistics on workers, numerous materials regarding the borders of the Warsaw ghetto, relocation of companies from the ghetto area, allocation of premises in the ghetto, various corespondence and reports.

  20. Koplowitz and Shlafer families papers

    Consists of pre- and postwar photographs of Michael and Dina (née Schlafer) Koplowitz and relatives, formerly of Łódź, Poland, as well as documents relating to the couple's experiences while living as displaced persons in Germany and their later immigration to Israel. Included are IRO documents, a copy of Michael Koplowitz's birth certificate, Michael and Dina's marriage certificate, a statement of witnesses attesting to the identity of Dina Koplowitz, a letter in Yiddish, and an Israeli identity document issued to Michael Koplowitz. The collection also includes a photocopy of Dina's sist...