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  1. Wooden hearse used to bury Jews in the local cemetery of Piatra Neamt, Romania

  2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Internal political conditions. Deported communists (Group 120 D.4-5)

    Records relating to the arrest and detention of Danish communists and others in June 1941, the illegal printing of "Land og folk," shipping of food packages, medicine to Danish communists transferred to German prisons, correspondence with relatives, some single case files, as well as relating to the visit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to concentration camps in Germany and Theresienstadt.

  3. Hilbert Margol papers

    The Hilbert and Howard Margol papers consist of Margol family wartime correspondence and German postcards acquired by Howard and Hilbert Margol after VE Day. The Margol family correspondence consists of a letter with envelope sent to Mrs. Sarah Margol from US Army Major General Edwin M. Watson, Secretary to the President, in response to her letter sent on June 8, 1944 with concerns about the assignments of her twin sons. The letter is written on White House stationary and dated June 12, 1944. Also included are photocopies of two letters sent to Mrs. Margol in response to her June 8, 1944 le...

  4. Provinzialverwaltung Oberschlesien in Kattowitz Selected records of the Provincial Government of the Upper Silesia in Katowice Zarząd Prowincjonalny Górnego Śląska w Katowicach (Sygn. 118)

    Selected records of the Provinzialverwaltung Oberschlesien in Kattowitz (Provincial Government of the Upper Silesia in Katowice) relating to the region of two regencies: Regierung Kattowitz and Regierung Oppeln. Consists of correspondence, reports, bills, photographs, newspaper clippings and schedules for trainings. Records relate to organizational and general matters of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) and Hitler-Jugend parties on these territories. Included are lists of members of the Hitler Jugend organization.

  5. Albert Ehrlich collection

    Collection of a document and photographs which were acquired and captioned by Staff Sgt. Albert Ehrlich (donor’s father) during his service with the US Army in Europe during WWII. Includes documenta from the hotel they stayed in, a photo of SS troops, a SS troop’s wedding photo, image of the atrocities at Gardelegen, and a photo of Albert Ehrlich sitting on an Army jeep.

  6. Selected records of the Provincial Headquarters of the State Police in Łódź Komenda Wojewódzka Policji Państwowej w Łodzi (Sygn.183) : Wybrane materialy

    Police reports, include name lists of police officers, surveys and surveillance journals, arrest warrants, and photographs of detainees from the register of the State Police, 1938-1939.

  8. Schutzpass

    Contains a Swedish protective passport (Schutz-Pass) issued to Ernst Vidor in Budapest, dated 26 September 1944; endorsed by Carl Ivan Danielsson, head of the Swedish legation in Budapest. Single printed page with typed entries, original signatures and bearer’s photograph. Text in German and Hungarian. Numbered 82/31. Central heavy creases, extremities with chips and some tears, old tape repair on verso.

  9. Police headquarters in Bratislava, Passport administration Policajné riaditeľstvo v Bratislave, Pasová agenda

    Passports and passport applications with supporting documents of Jewish applicants from the Bratislava region, 1939 to 1945. Included are also files of Slovak perpetrators and war criminals. This is an ongoing project.

  10. Joseph Greenblatt family photographs

    Consists of three photographs depicting the sisters of Joseph Greenblatt, formerly Josel Narachinsky (Naruszczynski), who perished in the Holocaust.

  11. Selected records of the First Instance Court in Łódź Sąd Grodzki w Łodzi (Sygn. 184) : Wybrane materialy

    Records of the Civil Department of the Sąd Grodzki in Łódź. The records relate to various private cases: estates (e.g. cases concerning portioning out family property), payments of rent and expulsion from apartments, cases concerning dues of different kinds, drafts, and the like. There are files of writ cases and tutelary cases in the Civil Department (e.g. applications for guardianship of a minor).

  12. Einstein family collection

    Contains correspondence sent and received by Alfred Einstein (donor’s grandfather), co-owner of “La Tribune Juive” Journal in Strasbourg, France; dated 1935-1936.

  13. Cloth doll

    Doll given to Ruth Pollack in the United States in 1937. The doll was a gift from her grandfather Moses Aaron Rozenszain, who was a pharmacist in Pruzhany, and was subsequently killed in Auschwitz. The doll has a Yiddish inscription on the hem from her grandfather.

  14. Stolz and White families papers

    The Stolz and White families papers include biographical material, correspondence, school records, writings, restitution material, and photographs relating to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Erika Stolz and her parents, Leon and Rosa, originally of Vienna, Austria. At the beginning of the war Erika was sent on a Kinderstransport to Christian boarding school in England. Leon and Rosa were divorced in Austria before the war. During the war, Leon and his future-wife Hermine fled to Italy and then Shanghai, where they remained until the invasion of the Japanese Imperial Army. ...

  16. Frants Hvass private collection

    This collection contains records relating to the occupation, 1940-45, the concentration camp Theresienstadt, notes and correspondence, 1928-75, as well as personal memories.

  17. Photograph of Yishuv parachutists

    A group photograph of 21 people, 12 parachutists from the Yishuv, about six months before they were parachuted into occupied Europe. The paratroopers are identified by numbers on the photograph and the names index on the back of the photograph. Photographed on April 23, 1944. The names on the back are on a sticker affixed to the back of the photo, on the back side are glue residues from an album in which the photograph was glued.

  18. Jewish communities in Mexico

    Consists of records of Jewish communities of Mexico City and Guadalajara. Includes records of Jewish organizations, schools, and also includes periodicals.

  19. Portuguese letter of protection

    Contains a letter of protection issued to three members of the Herczog family; prepared by Alberto Carlos de Liz-Texeira Branquinho of the Portuguese consulate in Budapest, dated August 24, 1944, with his stamped signature and the endorsement of as Consulado de Portugal em Budapes; three photos of bearers affixed.

  20. Gary Heymann photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs primarily depicting Nuremberg, Germany in 1936-1938 including Nazi rallies and party officials and the aftermath of Kristallnacht. Depictions of Nazi party members include Julius Streicher, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Rudolph Hess, and Joseph Goebbels. Post-Kristallnacht photographs include depictions of crowds, the destruction of a synagogue, SA men, and a Jewish boy being taken away. The collection also includes an itemized list by Gary Heymann sent to the Holocaust Library and Research Center Associates of San Francisco. The photographs were o...