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  1. Katz family collection

    Contains letters and postcards sent by Josel and Sheine Katz (donor’s paternal grandparents) in Naumiestis, Lithuania, to their sons Eliahu Arie Katz and Louis Katz (donor's father), in the United States. Also includes correspondence from Louis’s siblings, Zlata, Mendel and Enoch, to their brother and his family. The last postcard was written on March 16, 1943, by the youngest sister of Louis Katz, Rivka (or Riva) Katz, who was in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan; Rivka was the only member of the family in Lithuania who survived, and she joined her brother in the United States in 1948.

  2. A short film about the Kessler family dogs

    Lizzy-Film Produktion. Mitglied des Klubs der Kinoamateure Oesterreichs. “Unser Hundeparadies” “Sultan, ein Bernhardiner, 3 Monate Alt” “Waldi, ein bissiger Dackel Eva---Mitze” “Hansi, sein herrl, zwei statisten” “Ort Grinzing” “Freunde” Hans Otto Kessler (Hansi) plays with two dogs. The dogs tug on what appears to be a fabric scrap. “Eva stoert den Frieden” The dogs chase a cat and play in the sun. “Drei Monate spaeter” The dogs play in the snow. “Zeit-Vertrib” A woman (possibly the camera operator and Hansi's mother, Alice) entertains the dogs with a stick and they continue to play in the...

  3. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Honorary Consulate in Zürich Konsulat Honorowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Zürichu (Sygn.496)

    Reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, instructions and regulations related to the condition of national minorities, mainly Jews, in Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and other countries in Europe. Included are materials about matters of visa regulations, Jewish communists, anti-fascist militia, testimony of the refugees, participation of the Polish citizen Lejz Horowitz in the work of the XX Zionist Congress in Zurich, commercial information about Polish Jews in Switzerland, Zionist congresses in Zürich, creation of the Polish-Swiss Export Association and their fraudulen...

  4. Selected records from Utena Branch County Archives in Lithuania related to restitution of 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 the individual and communal Jewish property located in the Utena County after World War II.

  5. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Diplomatic Legation in Mexico City Poselstwo Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Meksyku (Sygn.593)

    Notes, circulars, correspondence, memorandums, telegrams, speeches, reports, registers, newspaper clippings relating to search of the opportunities for Polish agricultural settlement and Jewish immigration in Honduras, Santo Domingo, Colombia, Venezuela; social welfare for emigrants and Polish refugees in Mexico, recruitment of Polish workers in Central America, illegal immigration, circulars concerning the forgery of passports, passport regulations of the Free City of Gdańsk, establishment in Mexico of the Committee for the Care of Polish Refugees, negotiations with the Mexican government ...

  7. Lawrence Ferraro Collection

    Contains photographs taken by the donor's uncle, Lawrence Ferraro, shortly after the liberation of Dachau.

  8. Selected records of the Polish Committee of National Liberation Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (Sygn. 185) : Wybrane materialy

    Selected records of the Polish Committee of National Liberation (PKWN), including: A list of the members of the PKWN, and others, who left Moscow for Chełm in 1944, reports of the PKWN delegates of the Department for Jewish Affairs regarding the security of the so-called liberated areas and the organization of Jewish communities, correspondence with the Central Jewish Committee, newsletters of the Jewish Press Agency, 1944, records of the Department of Justice discussing matters of the restitution of property to Jewish survivors, records on the war crime trials, articles written by staff of...

  9. Randy Comins collection

    Photographs: family photographs of Zelda Field's (donor's aunt) family in Vilna, Poland, who died during the Holocaust.

  10. Moritz Löwenstein papers

    Collection of papers including identity card, membership card, receipt, and certificates relating to Moritz and Florica Löwenstein.

  11. Selected records from the Šiauliai Regional State Archives in Lithuania related to history of the local Jewish community before, during and after WWII (Fond 945)

    Records of various state agencies (the County Tax Office. State Notary, County Executive Committee) related to history of the Jewish Community of the Šiauliai County, Lithuania, before, during and after World War II. It includes records related to the payment of taxes, information about real estate, lists of the nationalized property, payrolls and correspondence files, court and notary files concerning inheritance and restitution of Jewish property after WWII and other documentation.

  12. Carl Lutz with his wife Gertrud in America

    Carl Lutz with his wife Gertrud and parents, possibly in Cincinnati, unknown date. They sit on the steps of a fountain and talk. Carl pulls out a camera, which Gertrud looks at. Gertrud sits by a pond looking at and touching flowers. Carl's mother stands with her arm around Gertrud, next to Carl's father. They all look at and touch the different flowers. Carl joins them. The parents and wife walk in this garden, continuing to look at and touch the flowers. More shots of Gertrud amongst the flowers. Carl joins her. She picks a flower and pins it to his lapel. They both stop and smile at the ...

  14. Chaim and Rita Wind collection

    Consists of documents, correspondence, and photographs pertaining to the experiences of Chaim and Rita Wind, formerly of Berlin, after their emigration from Nazi Germany to Shanghai. Included is a postcard sent to Chaim Wind in 1940 from his sister and parents in the Tarnow ghetto.

  15. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate in Buffalo Konsulat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Buffalo (Sygn.491)

    Reports, correspondence, circulars and statistics relating to immigration of Poles and to Polish national minorities, mainly immigration of Jews to the United States.

  16. American family visits the Balkans

    "Dubrovnik in Jugo-Slavia or Ragusa in Dalmatia" Sailors. Outdoor cafe, including a table with the Major family visiting from Kansas. Local people. Band performs. Pan up, church. Religious procession with young girls and boys. Harbor. "Bled The Summer Home of King Peter" (color) LS, lake and mountains in Bled with villas. Switches to black and white, marching soldiers. Rowboats on the lake in Bled. 01:12:30 KODAK

  17. German speaking Jewish community in Bolivia

    Records of the German-Jewish community in Cochabamba, Bolivia, consisting of newspaper clippings, correspondence, manuscripts of articles, photographs of the synagogue inaugurated in 1947, and other documents from several different Jewish assotiations and institutions, including the Landesverband der Jüdischen Gemeinden Boliviens, Federación Sionista Unida en Bolivia, Comunidad Israelita Cochabamba, and Asociación Israelita Cochabamba.

  18. Jacob and Frida Lewinter papers

    The collection consists of documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the postwar lives of Jacob and Frida Lewinter and their children Sophia and Milka in Saint Petersburg, Wrocław, Poland, and Israel. Biographical materials include photocopies of identification papers, genealogical materials, and financial documents. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to Jacob and Frida from their daughter Sophia and her then-husband Arthur Segal. Photographs and albums include portraits and travel photographs of the family in Russia, Poland, and Israel.

  19. Jacqueline Frenkel Lewicki papers

    Consists of a French birth certificate and period copy of an identity card issued to Jacqueline Frenkel, as well as a photograph of Jacqueline Frenkel as a child. The collection also includes a false identity document under the name 'Lucienne Geffroy' used by Ruchla Frenkel while in hiding.

  20. Selected records related to the history of the Jewish community of Dupnitsa and Kustendil

    Records of the Jewish community of Dupnitsa (1915-1978) and Jewish community of Kustandil (1940-1972) relating to various activities of the Jewish communities of Dupnitsa and Kustandil before, during and after WWII. Included are correspondence of communities officials’ with local authorities, Central office of the Jewish Consistory, financial and budget reports of the Jewish communities, minutes of the board meetings, record books of the Dupnitsa Jewish school, statistical information, annual reports, and bylaws etc. The collection also includes personal collection of Assen Grigorov Suitsch...