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  1. Amiel Blaiss collection

    Contains two telegrams sent to Mrs. Minnie Blaiss (donor's mother) regarding her husband, Pvt. Amiel Blaiss (donor's father), and his return to the United States after his liberation. Amiel Blaiss was one of 350 American POWs selected from Stalag IXB in Bad Orb, Germany and sent to perform forced labor at Berga, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp.

  2. Picture postcard, "Villa Saint-Cristophe"

    Consists of a photographic postcard depicting Villa Saint-Christophe in Canet-Plage (now Canet-en-Roussillon), France. The villa was later the site of a children's home where Jewish children from nearby Rivesaltes were sheltered by Lois Gunden Clemens (1915-2005).

  3. Leo Mantelmacher memoir

    Typescript memoir, 6 pages, by Leo Mantelmacher (1919-2006), titled "How One Brother Saved His Other Brother's Life Without Knowing It." Mantelmacher, originally of Kozienice, Poland, described the experiences of his family in German-occupied Poland during World War II, and in particular, the evacuation of the Jewish population from his hometown of Kozienice in 1942, his own work as a forced laborer, his experiences working as a tailor on the side for Polish overseers, his experiences at various concentration camps (Auschwitz, Dachau, Allach), and those of his siblings, including his brothe...

  4. American Joint Distribution Committee in Teheran

    Contains three documents regarding the American Jewish Joint Distribution's work in Teheran in the 1940s. Includes a personal postcard sent to the Joint by a Jew from Poland; a registered document, notice about receipt of a parcel in the post office.; and post delivery confirmation.

  5. Elizabeth Ann Malmquist Wilson Papers

    Contains three letters, dated May 20, 21 and June 7, 1945. written by Elizabeth Ann Malmquist, an American servicewoman and nurse who was attached to the 139th Evacuation Hospital in Ebensee, Austria, at the site of the former subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp. The letters describe dire conditions of concentration camp survivors, their health and needs, and Elizabeth’s work. Collection also includes copyprints.

  6. Selected records of the town Działoszyce Akta miasta Działoszyce (Sygn. 2369) : Wybrane materialy

    Minutes of the Municipal Council sessions of 1920-1950, books of permanent inhabitants containing detailed information about individuals, a register of estates, lists of artisans and merchants, town statistics of 1931-1947 (data about the town and its dwellers), extracts of register acts, 1866-1950 (File 81), post-war correspondence concerning abandoned property, registry of Jews, including family members (files 129-504). Almost all records of the town Działoszyce that survived from the pre-war period relate to the Jewish community. Before 1939, the Jewish population constituted almost 90% ...

  7. Sightseeing in Paris; World's Fair 1937; Cherbourg

    "FRANCE" Riverside. "Views of Paris" Street scenes in Paris. Seine. Book market. Street traffic with parked Coca-Cola truck. Shops. La Madeleine church. Arc de Triomphe and cafe. Le Figaro. Riverboats. Fountain. Children playing. Outdoor cafe. Pedestrians crossing the street. American-Express-Co building. 01:05:53 "The World's Fair In Paris" Pan up, Eiffel Tower. Crowds attend the World's Fair. Pavilions with fountains and monuments. 01:06:57 Nazi flag flying from the Germany pavilion. CUs of Great Britain and USA pavilions. Visitors. The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dan...

  8. Selected records of the town Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Akta miasta Ostrowca Świętokrzyskiego (Sygn. 2891) : Wybrane materialy

    Selected records pertaining to personal data of inhabitants of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski as well as a suburb Denków, including: the register books of permanent inhabitants, alphabetic lists of electors with the right to vote in 1939, and birth, death, and marriage registries from the Synagogue of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

  9. Rachel Rottersman correspondence with Grace Cohen Grossman

    Correspondence from Rachel Rottersman, a social worker who had worked with UNRRA at displaced persons camps in Germany following World War II, and Dr. Grace Cohen Grossman, curator at the Spertus Museum in Chicago, dating from 1979-1980. The correspondence largely deals with requests from Rottersman regarding research about a mass grave near Baumholder, Germany; efforts to recognize a Polish couple, Victor and Ludmila Gromadski, as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem; and proposals to interview people who Rottersman knew from the displaced persons camps where she had worked.

  10. Bert Yost letter

    The Bert Yost letter was sent by Bert Yost, an American soldier, to Lt. Dorothy Mosely, a nurse serving in United States military hospitals in Britain and France during World War II. The letter , dated May 10, 1945, describes the military hospital where Yost was stationed in occupied Germany. He also described the former prisoners-of-war and concentration camp inmates who had been admitted as patients to his hospital, the refugees he had seen in the area, and stories he had heard about atrocities committed in the concentration camps include a probably reference to Ilse Koch.

  11. Selected records of the City of Chmielnik Akta miasta Chmielnik (Sygn. 2129) : Wybrane materialy

    Records relating to Jewish property and its fate after World War II in Chmielnik, mainly in reference to abandoned property. The collection includes official correspondence, descriptions of estates, verdicts of the Court of First Instance, loans and sale of those estates, registration of war damages, birth and death files, and correspondence concerning the matter of searching for individuals who were property owners. Prior to World War II, Jews constituted about 70% of the total population of Chmielnik.

  12. Photographic print, entrance to the historic court of Rabbi Gedaliah

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613747
    • English
    • overall: Height: 10.880 inches (27.635 cm) | Width: 13.880 inches (35.255 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)

    Gelatin silver print of the entrance to the historic court of Rabbi Gedaliah in the Jewish district of Lublin, ca. 1935-38.

  13. August Bohny-Reiter papers Nachlass August Bohny-Reiter (1919-2016)

    Private papers of August Bohny-Reiter (1919-2016), a refugee aid worker and teacher. The collection consists of Bohny-Reiter biographical materials: photographs, records of civilian and military service, honors,and a diploma from Yad Vashem (1990); reports, correspondence, clippings, articles, publications and photographs relating to aid to refugees and refugee children in France and Switzerland, the founding of the Pestalozzi Children's Village, and cooperation with the Red Cross.

  14. Clogs

    Clogs: found in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany by donor who was a member of the United States Army Ambulance Corps and was visiting Buchenwald after liberation. He found them in Buchenwald and sent them back to his family in New Jersey.

  15. Sali Friedler photograph collection

    Contains four vintage photographs and two copy prints illustrating the pre-war life of Sali Friedler (donor's husband) and his immediate family in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Sali, born in 1930, was sent on Kindertransport to Glasgow, Scotland in 1939 with his older brother Leo. Their parents, Charlotte and Bernhard, were deported to Riga, Latvia and Auschwitz-Birkenau respectively. Charlotte was deported from Riga to the Stuthoff concentration camp and was liberated in March 1945. She was eventually reunited with her sons in the 1950s in the UK.

  17. Josh Hamerman collection

    Contains a photographic postcard of Garbáty Zigarettenfabrik in Berlin, a Jewish-owned company, decorated for the 1936 Olympics; a photographic postcard of the steam ship Europa; and a postcard, from M. R. Kessel in Kishinev to Mr. M Kessel in care of Mr. Hammerman [not related to donor] and dated April 15, 1940.

  18. Polish Press Agency "Polpress" Polska Agencja Prasowa "Polpress" (Sygn.1926)

    Selected records of the Polska Agencja Prasowa "Polpress", a government press agency set up in Moscow on March 10, 1944, by the communist Polish Patriots Union. Included in the collection are regulations, orders, circulars, registers of service messages, newsletters in Polish and other languages: e.g. Biuletyn Wewnętrzny XI, 1944, Biuletyn Młodzieżowy, Vi-VII, 1945, Centralny Serwis Artykułowy nr 11(VII0, 1945, Biuletyn Polski (Oddział Moskiewski), 1944-1945, Biuletyn: English Release (Yew York), 1944-1945; Biuletyn Felietonowy, 1945, Biuletyn Krajowy i Zagraniczny, 1945, Polish Facts and F...

  19. Benno Elkan collection

    Contains a letter, dated March 2, 1935 to Benno Elkan, stating that he was unable to openly pursue an art career because he was Jewish; a stammbuch of Benno and Hedwig Elkan documenting their marriage and birth of their children, Ursula and Wolf; a letter to Wolf's son Matthew (donor) dated 1985; signature of Benno Elkan on scrap of paper; a photograph of Hedwig and Benno; and a document of change of residence to London.

  20. Kinder Juhren | Blimelech zwei

    Phonograph record 1. Syreno Electro. The disc dates from circa 1929 and preserves rare repertoire from the Polish-Yiddish stage. The operetta "Rumännische Chassene" (The Romanian Wedding), with libretto by Moyshe Shor and music by Peretz Sandler (and featuring contributions by several other songwriters), premiered in New York in 1923 and toured to many European venues, including a lengthy run in Warsaw. Side A: Kinder Juhren (Kinder-yorn). From the operetta "Rumännische Chassene" (Rumenishe khasene). Words and music: Mordecai Gebirtig. Herman Fenigstein, vocals, with unnamed orchestra. Side...