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  1. Romanian Jewish wedding invitation

    Contains an invitation to wedding of Fanchette Schlanger-Calafaleanu and Adolf Cohn on July 22, 1945 at the Great Synagogue of Bucharest.

  2. Ludwig Hiss collection

    The collection documents the post-war experiences of Ludwig Hiss of Borysław, Poland in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp; other DP camps in Linz, Austria; and the Bellfaire orphanage in Cleveland, Ohio. Documents include a civilian transportation pass from Linz; a newspaper clipping describing Ludwig’s story; and two writings of Ludwig describing his experiences during and after the war. Photographs include depictions of the DP camps, Ludwig’s immigration to the United States onboard the SS Marine Perch, and the Bellfaire orphanage he lived in after he arrived. There are also a few pre-...

  3. Watercolor

    Watercolor that forms part of a portfolio depicting the Officer's Quarters in Dachau, Germany. The watercolor is titled, grüße aus bayern, or "greetings from Bavaria" and depicts flowers, interlacing hearts, and a mountainside gravesite. The watercolor is initialed "H" and dated February 1946, Dachau, Germany in the lower right corner. The watercolor has been taped to a white piece of paper.

  4. Anne-Gilberte Stemmer Hercberg collection

    The Anne-Gilberte Stemmer Hercberg collection consists of prewar and wartime photographs of Anne-Gilberte Stemmer, a hidden child, and her parents, Charles Salomon Stemmer and Malka Tennebuam. The photographs also include photographs of Jules and Odette Hébrard, who hid Anne-Gilberte during the war by acting as her aunt and uncle on a farm in the village of Lasalle, France.

  5. The Bulgarian Claims Committee of the United States collection

    The institutional archives of the Bulgarian Claims Committee of the United States; including but not limited to: papers, correspondence, publications, financial records, documents and other materials gathered by Donny J. Casarella, Vice Chair of the Committee [donors' grandfather].

  6. Hauptamt Wissenschaft (RG 216)

    Consists of individual files on German academic personalities, scientists and institutions; checks and reports on their political reliability; and examinations of their political credentials before granting promotions, appointments or honors. Includes also reports, newspaper clippings, summaries of lectures, petitions, applications and correspondence of various Nazi institutions. Records relate to the activities of the division of the Main Office of Science of the Nazi Party (NSDAP-Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei) under the direction of Alfred Rosenberg. The records are inco...

  7. District Notary Office in Stropkov Obvodný notársky úrad Stropkv

    Selected records pertaining to anti-Jewish regulations and decrees, the persecution of Jews, and Aryanization of Jewish property in the Stropkov district. The collection consists of minutes, notes, legal decrees and other documents concerning the Jews living in Stropkov. Files 1939-1944: handwritten minutes and notes of the General Council in Stropkov; regulations of the Stropkov government commissioner, relating to execution of anti-Jewish legislation; measures relating to Jewish real estate, immovable property of Jews who were deported. Files 1941: documents relating to various anti-Jewis...

  8. Records of Jewish communities and institutions of Peru Legajos de Comunidades e Instituciones Judías del Perú

    Records from the Jewish community in Lima and several Jewish institutions in Peru, including the "Asociación de Sociedades Israelitas del Perú," "Colectividad Israelita del Perú," the German-Jewish community in Peru "La Asociación Judía de 1870," "Unión Israelita del Perú," "Colegio León Pinelo," "Hanoar Hatzioní," "Asociación Fraternal Israelita de Lima," and others. Includes correspondents, name lists, circulars, financial records, list of members of the Sephardic Charity Society, list of students of the Colegio León Pinelo, Lima, photographs of students, bulletins, publications and perio...

  9. Charles Dennis Bobo collection

    Contains a photograph album compiled by Charles Dennis Bobo (circa 1960s) of images, copies created likely from negatives or other original images of Nazi propaganda, Nuremberg defendants, and a visit to the Dachau memorial site.

  10. Mira Rosenblatt collection

    Consists of a photograph, dated 1933, of a group of friends in Siewierz, Poland with signatures and messages from those depicted and a photograph depicting Franya Szytra and Cesia Zelonka from Sosnowiec, with an undated message. Also includes two enlarged maps showing the route of two death marches, one showing the route from Grünberg to Helmbrechts, January 25th-March 15th,1945, and one showing the route from Helmsbrechts to Prachatitze in from April 13th to May 5th, 1945.

  11. Wolf and Rachael Munic collection

    Collection of materials documenting the postwar life of Wolf and Rachel Munic in various locations including Linz, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Hamilton, Canada. Includes their Canadian passports, a notebook, handwritten memoirs by Wolf Munic dated circa 1948, their ketubah, identity papers, correspondence, and other documents from the late 1940s to early 1970s.

  12. Ruth Mueller papers

    The Ruth Mueller papers include biographical material, a diary, correspondence, and photographs relating to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Ruth Mueller and her family, originally of Frankfurt, Germany. Biographical material includes a birth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, and driver’s license for Paul, Ruth’s father, as well as a copy of a death certificate for Maria, Ruth’s mother. The diary is written in German and was started by Ruth in 1930. In the diary Ruth writes about escaping Germany, her voyage to the United States, and adjusting to life in...

  13. Tema Posalska Bauer collection

    Photograph of Ella Mislouska, Allen Greener and Tema Posalska Bauer in Łódź, Poland, 1937. Ella and Allen were friends with Tema Bauer (donor's mother). Ella survived in Russia. Tema, also known as “Femcia," was born in Zdunska Wola or in Łódź and lived in Łódź, Poland. She was deported to Skarszysko Kamienna, where she was a slave laborer and then was then sent to Buchenwald in August 1944, where she worked for the Hasag munitions factory. She married Moisze Bauer also a survivor from Łódź. They lived in Pocking displaced persons camp where their first Child, Chil, was born.

  14. Selected records from Telšiai County Branch Archives in Lithuania related to restitution of the Jewish property after WWII

    Records of various county agencies (State Notary, County Executive Council, People's Court etc) related to the restitution and inheritance of individual and communal Jewish property located in the Telsiai County after World War II, includes sales contracts, wills, sales records and personal documentation of Jewish residents trying to re-establish ownership over their property and/or inheritance rights.

  15. Erna Low memoirs

    Contains two memoirs by Erna Low titled "I was in Oświęcim" and "Visit from Addis Ababa." The first memoir includes a postscript by her son-in-law Alfred Wolkenberg dated November 1983.

  16. Selected records from the Ministry of Foreign Relations and Culture of Chile

    Diplomatic dispatches, cables, and reports sent by the Chilean embassies and consulates in Europe to the Ministry of Foreign Relations and Culture in Santiago, Chile, including records pertaining to Jewish refugees. Consists of 53 original volumes for the period 1933 to 1945 (non-consecutive). Also features 15 digitized passports of individuals immigrating to Chile from Nazi Germany, including Jewish refugees, and one passport of an individual immigrating to Chile after the war.

  17. Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika

    Phonograph record 2: Syreno Electro. The disc was recorded in Berlin in 1932 and originally issued on the German Semer label. Date of Polish reissue to be determined. Side A: Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika (Leybke fort keyn amerike), part 1. "Folk song." Pinkas Lavender, voice; Max Janowski, piano. Side B: Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika (Leybke fort keyn amerike), part 2. "Folk song." Pinkas Lavender, voice; Max Janowski, piano. Pinkas Lavender (aka Pinchus Lawenda) (1898-1976), Polish-born actor and singer; active in interwar Germany; residing the US after 1928. Max Janowski (1912-1991), composer, c...

  18. Singer family collection

    Photographs and negatives documenting the lives of Ludwig Singer of Uzhhorod (Ukraine) and his wife Atalia Rosenheck of Nadwórna, Poland (Nadvirna, Ukraine). Includes depictions of family life in Nadwórna and Jerusalem, Ludwig's opera performances, and various friends and relatives. Negatives are housed separately.

  19. Kurt Weiser collection

    Collection of documents, photograph albums, and correspondence related to Kurt Weiser's experiences during World War II. Born in 1922 in the Czech Republic, Kurt was raised in Chorzow, Poland and deported or forced to flee to Siberia and further east into the Soviet Union. After the war, Kurt settled and worked in the New Ulm displaced persons camp, and eventually immigrated to Buffalo, NY.

  20. Oral history interview with David Abir