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  1. Leon Gildesgame papers

    Consists of a cover letter addressed to Meir Grossman of the American Jewish Conference by Leon Gildesgame and two original enclosures. The original enclosures include a typewritten account of SS-Unterscharführer Franz Xaver Sommerhoff articulating his participation in the killing of Jewish civilians and others, and a typewritten copy of First Army Special Report titled "It Happened in the Twentieth Century," detailing the interrogation of Dr. Gustav Wilhelm Schübbe. Schübbe, a medical doctor, admitted to the killings of thousands of Jews, Romani people, and others by morphine injection in ...

  2. Minna Karp photograph collection

    Contains four photographs depicting Minna Karp and her friends in Davos, Switzerland after the war.

  3. Carson P. Pate collection

    Contains 19 photographic postcards and postcards preserved by Carson P. Pate (donor's father ), who served with the 30th Signal Corps and the 30th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army.

  4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Deported Danish police officers and "antisocial" repeat offenders (Group 84.A.29a-g)

    Selected records concerning the deportation of Danish police, individual files relating to the repatriation of prisoners from Germany, internment in Froslev camp, case files, arrests of border guards, and deportation of criminals.

  5. Ruth Pizyc Berlinger collection

    Contains a memoir (photocopy of an original held by Yad Vashem) written by Miriam Pizyc Flint (donor's sister) regarding the Warsaw ghetto uprising; a letter and envelope written to Ruth in Sweden after the war by Casimier Bieberstein (later Casimir Biebers) in Canada, in English; letter in Polish written to Ruth from a friend dated June 19, 1946; family photographs and copy print of Ruth with her husband and friends in Stockholm after the war; and a glass negative with image of Ruth and her pet dog taken in pre-war Warsaw, circa 1936-1937.

  6. Blatt family papers

    Consists of documents, photographs, passports, correspondence, and other original material pertaining to Gunter H. Blatt and Marie Blatt, formerly of Berlin, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in 1941.

  7. La Comunidad Judía en Uruguay Uruguay - Jewish Communities and Organizations

    Files of the Comité Central Israelita del Uruguay (1940-1975), the Organización Sionista del Uruguay (OSU) (1954-1975), Sociedad israelita Hungara del Uruguay" (SIHPU) (1933-1962), Keren Hayesod (Campaña Unida pro Israel) del Uruguay (1948-1964), Keren Kaiemet LeIsrael (1948-1976), WIZO (1938-1959), the Congreso Judío Mundial en Uruguay (1941-1970); files of the various Jewish communities (1920-1972), the Vaad Hajinuj del Uruguay and various Jewish schools (1939-1975); youth, social and other organizations (1908-1972) in Montevideo as well as many periodicals and publications (1942-1979).

  8. General Directorate of Studies and Investigations : Special Section devoted to Germany Direction generale des etudes et recherches : Section Speciale Allemagne (SSA) (GR 28 P 7)

    The collection contains the archives of the SSA and primarily documents the organization and personnel of the German special services (RSHA and Abwehr) during World War II. The archives come from two different sources: 1) the archives “ DALO” from the Bureau of Documention in Germany (Bdoc 9000) and to which the second office gave a classification scheme of two to seven digits beginning with 4, and 2) the archives “K” arranged thematically. The collection includes reports on the German special services and documents pertaining to the Abwehr and the SIPO-SD/ RSHA, collaboration, the Wehrmach...

  9. 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.

  10. British Pathé (Unissued/Unused) -- Refugees are given clothing and food

    Titles read: "ALLIES FEED AND CLOTHE REFUGEES FROM WAR ZONES". Refugees (probably from Eastern Europe) carry bundles on their backs and heads walk to and from a building guarded by soldiers (unknown location). CUs of refugee adults and children outside the building. INT, women and children are given clothing. Refugees sit at long tables and eat. General view of refugees milling about outside the building.

  11. Henry Eisenman collection

    The Henry Eisenman collection includes sheet music related to the work of composer and musician Henry Eisenman. The collection includes the score and parts for "Hebrew Rhapsody" (alternative title, "Jewish Rhapsody") by Eisenman, which was part of the repertoire of Henry Baigelman's jazz band, "The Happy Boys," while touring displaced persons camps after the Holocaust. The collection also includes sheet music and arrangements for "Balet [sic] Suite No. 1," “Bess You is My Woman” from Porgy and Bess, “The Canary’s Escape,” “Flameco [sic],” “Funeral March,” “I Apologize,” “Lolita (Spanish Ser...

  12. Selected records of the Office of the District Starosta in Łódź Starostwo Grodzkie Łódzkie (Sygn. 334) : Wybrane materiały

    Cases and registers of foreigners, and the index of Polish citizenship certificates.

  13. Judenrat in Drohobycz Kolekcja dokumentów z gett i obozów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, 1939-1944. Judenraty Rada Żydowska Drohobycz (Sygn. 258)

    Records of the Judenrat in Drohobycz, Poland (currently Drohobych, Ukraine). Consists of a private letter from S. Friedmann to "Rózyczka" (a last name is unknown).

  14. Pathé Front Page -- Nuremberg trials: verdicts announced; shots of war criminals; prosecutors and local civilians

    Title reads: "Nuremberg" Various shots of sentenced war criminals, Rudolf Hess and Franz Von Papen standing out from the group, chat together and bid farewell in the courtroom, while U.S. military police look on. Various shots of the citizens of Nuremberg buying "Nuremberger" newspapers and reading the result of the trials. American armoured cars patrolling the streets. American soldier inspecting pass of civilian CU of an emblem carved in stone on the outside wall of the Nuremberg Courthouse, showing scales encircled by a laurel wreath. HAS of British team of prosecutors (most in military ...

  15. Hans Fischböck papers

    The Hans Fischböck papers consist of correspondence, official documentation, biographical materials, and photographs, documenting Fischböck's National Socialist career which involved the systematic expropriation and Aryanization of Jewish properties and assets in Nazi-annexed Austria and the Nazi-occupied Netherlands; Fischböck's flight to Argentina after the war; his life and work in Latin America; and his eventual return to Germany and Austria. It contains official certificates of promotion and commendations issued to Hans Fischböck by high-ranking Nazi officials including Adolf Hitler, H...

  16. Gabriel Chaim Zvi Pappenheim papers

    The Gabriel Chaim Zvi Pappenheim papers include correspondence, forms, name lists of immigration candidates, and notes documenting Pappenheim’s work with Agudat Israel to obtain immigration permits to Palestine for the Jews in Europe during the Holocaust. Correspondence includes letters from Jacob Griffel (representative of the Rescue Committee in Turkey) and Julius Steinfeld (representative of the Rescue Committee of the Association of Rabbis in the United States) among others and document efforts undertaken in Jerusalem, Istanbul, Ankara, New York, and Switzerland. Forms consist of Jewish...

  17. Collection of Rabbi Viktor Kurrein Sammlung Rabbinder Dr. Victor Kurrein (P148)

    Private collection of Rabbi Dr. Victor Kurrein. Consists of private letters, certificates, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the synagogue in Linz.

  18. Colman and Jean Steuer papers

    The collection documents the pre-war and post-war experiences of Colman and Jean Steuer, originally of Sosnowiec, Poland. Documents include identification papers, including one from the Feldafing DP camp; immigration and naturalization papers; change of name affidavits; restitution paperwork; and tickets from the United Nations General Assembly, 28-29 November 1947. Photographs primarily consist of pre-war family photographs.

  19. Selected records of the Voivodship Office of Silesia in Katowice Urząd Wojewódzki Śląski w Katowicach (Sygn. 185)

    Selected records of the Urząd Wojewódzki Śląski w Katowicach (Voivodship Office of Silesia in Katowice) related to complicated socio-political situation in Silesia after World War II: General and political situational reports, correspondence, regulations, registers, leaflets, appeals, and newspaper cllipings. It contains reports on the political and security situation in Katowice districts, such as terrorist acts, robberies, rapes on women by members of the Red Army stationed in Silesia, the strike in the Jowisz mine in Wojkowice Komornych, and strike in the Radzionków mine, Volksdeutsch ma...

  20. Selected records of the Amtsgericht Schroettersburg Sąd Obwodowy w Płocku (Sygn. 651) : Wybrane materialy

    Criminal cases against Poles and Jews for theft, smuggling, fencing, illegal trade of meat, bread, and helping Jews. The accused were sentenced to very severe punishments: death penalty, concentration camp, a prison camp, and a fine. Most of the convicts did not survive.