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  1. Harold Williams photograph collection

    Contains photographs taken at the Buchenwald concentration camp by Harold Williams, a member of the United States Army, shortly after the liberation of the camp.

  2. Selected records of the county authorities of eastern voivodships Akta starostw powiatowych województw wschodnich (Sygn.1179)

    Reports and statistics of the regional municipal offices relating to monitoring of activities of population in political parties, political movments (Ukrainian nationalism, communism, Zionism,) and criminal activities; statistics of population in regard of nationality and religion, lists of organizations and associations under the influence of the Christian Democracy. The collection refers to Ukrainian political movement, German political movement, Jewish political movement, activities of the Jewish Social Democratic Workers' Party Poalej Syjon and Jewish emigration organized by the Żydowsk...

  3. Bedcover recovered by the Gleiser family

    Velvet bedcover used in Pidvolochysʹk (formerly Podwołocziska), in the Tarnopol district, where more than 2,000 Jews lived before 1939. The Gleiser family lived there until they were forced into Pidvolochysk ghetto. Ita Bier Gleiser (b. 1895) escaped together with her children, Moishe (b. 1923), Genia (b. 1926), Riwa (b. 1922), and Frima (b. 1936), and hid in different places until the liberation in 1944. At that point the family returned to their hometown of Pidvolochysʹk and recovered the one item they had before the war – the bedcover. In 1945 the family reached Germany via Szczecin in P...

  4. Police Intelligence Service (Sub-series GB from series G). Special Brigades under German Occupation

    Records of Les Brigades Spéciales (BS) [Special Brigades] of the Préfecture de Police, which were a part of the Direction Centrale des Renseignements Généraux (now called the Department of Intelligence of the Prefecture of Police) and was created specifically to track down enemies of the Vichy government. Records are divided into two parts: a group BS1 to follow Communist and Gaullist propaganda and activities (M.O.I. Francs Tireurs Partisans, etc.), and a group BS2 was created in 1942, to track-down “terrorist” groups and individuals who were planning attacks against the German occupying ...

  5. Hilda and Julius Manasse collection

    Contains a Deutsches Reich Reisepasses (German passports), one issued to Hilda Ruth "Sara" Horwitz (donor), born 1925 in Uelzen, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in 1941 through Portugal; two passports issued to Julius Manasse, born in 1890 in Germany, and his wife Hilda Manasse born in 1899 in Germany, both of whom immigrated to the United States from Germany through Cherbourg, arriving in the U.S. in 1938, along with their son, Kurt, whose American visa is present in his mother’s passport. Kurt and Ruth later married. Also includes immigration identification cards for Hilda an...

  6. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Opole (Oppeln) Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Opolu (Sygn.482)

    Correspondence and reports related to antisemitic attacks and special regulations for Polish Jews issued by German authorities in Silesia, and letters from the Jewish community in Łódź and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs protesting antisemitic attacks.

  8. Lichtenstein and Tisch families photographs

    Consists primarily of postwar photographs of the Tisch and Lichtenstein family members and friends. Many of the photographs are associated with Jozef and Mania (née Tisch) Lichtenstein's stay in the Eschwege DP camp. Included is also photograph of Mania's rescuer Janina Zawadzka.

  9. Touring Italy: horse race; cathedral

    "The Palio at Siena" Attending the horse race in Siena. HAS of riders dressed in elaborate costumes, marching band on streets. Crowd, balloons. Interiors, ceremony. Large crowd in square. 01:01:55 (switches to color). Procession of riders into the stadium, horses, flag-waving. Costumes represent the different city wards. 01:03:55 (switches to black and white) The cermony proceeds, including elaborate floats. Horse racing. Flag-waving. "The Cathedral at Orvieto" (color) VAR, EXT of the cathedral. 01:06:51 "The Ponte Vecchio at Florence" (color) Scenic views of homes along the river in Floren...

  10. Veit Wyler papers Nachlass Dr. iur. Veit Wyler (1908-2002)

    Private papers of Veit Wyler (August 28, 1908 - October 18, 2002), attorney, Swiss refugee aid worker, Jewish community official, and Zionist delegate. The collection consists of photographs, certificates from schools, doctoral studies, military service records, records of his early activities as a lawyer, files of the federal prosecutor, documentation of his commitment to Jewish refugees and of the David Frankfurter trial, autobiographical writings and reports, private and business correspondence, honors, press articles, obituaries, a diary, poems, records of his family history, edited new...

  11. Selected records of the town Starachowice Akta miasta Starachowice (Sygn. 2684) : Wybrane materialy

    Minutes of sessions and resolutions of the Municipal Council of Wierzbnik (a part of Starachowice) related to a number of matters affecting the inhabitants of the town, including documents related to control of migration, correspondence and other documents related to trade, craft and industry. Also included are materials from the German occupation consisting of official orders, announcements and correspondence, including a document from 1940 (File 46) which refer to Jews, and a list of Jews with compulsory employment (948 people).

  12. Aaron Tunick papers

    The collection primarily consists of family correspondence received by Aaron Tunick, originally of Stołpce, Poland (Stolbsty or Stowbtsy, Belarus), after he emigrated from Poland in 1934. The bulk of the letters (1936-1941) are from his siblings, and in particular Henja and Yitzhak. The letters discuss a deteriorating situation, loss of their businesses because they are Jewish, a rise in antisemitism, and an urgency to flee Poland. A small amount of biographical material consists of a birth certificate and a Zionist Organization of Poland identification card. Also included are photographs d...

  13. Watercolor

    Watercolor that forms part of a portfolio depicting the Officer's Quarters in Dachau, Germany. The watercolor is titled, "Living room", and depicts a desk, table, and other furniture within the room. The watercolor is initialed "H" and dated January 1946, in the lower right corner of the verso.

  14. Hitler Youth; dog parade

    “HITLERJUGEND” Hitler Youth march in uniform down the street, the boys at the front play instruments followed by those carrying German and Nazi flags. Women at the end also carry flags. “DOG PARADE” Marching band. Officers with dogs, many are German shepherds. Horse-drawn float with a sign that reads, “Dachshunde.” The float is covered with pine trees, and (what looks like) a toy dachshund. Men and women follow, many walking dachshunds. Car with a Nazi flag draped across the front. Boy with “Foxterriers” sign, followed by folks walking fox-terriers. Procession of “Erdhunde” dogs and their o...

  15. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Diplomatic Legation in Bern Poselstwo Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Bernie (Sygn.495)

    Reports, correspondence, publications, notes and other documents related to the condition of national minorities in Poland, Switzerland and Europe, many records refer to Polish Jews. Also included are records related to condition of refugees and internees, as well as social relief and its organization by the Polish and International Red Cross, taking care of Polish citizens in Switzerland, passport documentation, matters related to searches for individuals and determining their whereabouts, political situation in Poland, registers of prisoners of war, and plans for Jewish emigration to Pale...

  16. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate in Szczecin (Stettin) Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Szczecinie (Sygn.484)

    Reports, instructions, correspondence, studies, and other materials related to the condition, activities and migration of national minorities in Poland: Jews, Germans, Ukrainians, and communist groups.

  17. Spiegel family collection

    Contains documents, photographs and correspondence regarding the experiences of Max and Ida Spiegel and their children Ruth and Alfred, who fled Emden, Germany. Photographs depict the family primarily before the second World War, including images from WWI. The family was able to immigrate to the United States in September 1938. Also includes a booklet detailing the Spiegel family tree, letters from extended family that did not survive, and a pre-war autograph book.

  18. Yosef Yeger collection

    Contains photographs, copyprints, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and two copies of a manuscript relating to the Holocaust experiences of Alexander Shoni Jeger (donor's father; b. October 30, 1930 near Bacău, Romania). In 1942, his mother, Ettel Leida (nee Katz) Jeger, took her two sons, Sandor and Marton (b. July 12, 1933) to Budapest, where she worked as a cook. In 1944 she was taken to a train station for deportation, but when she fainted she was taken to hospital. Both children were in the ghetto. Ettel and her sons survived.

  19. Greek-American couple visits Bucharest, Istanbul, and Salonika before WWII

    Title card: “Bucherest” [sic] Relatives walk down the street in Bucharest, Romania. Group including four women, Anna Mayo is third from left (dark-haired woman in polka dot dress with white trim down the center). Another group shot with Anna Mayo still second from left and Bocko Mayo second from right. Street scenes, including the young man (appearing earlier) on a bicycle. The visitors walk arm-in-arm down the street, pose around a table. An outdoor market. The visiting men and women walking towards the camera, very nicely dressed. They walk by the waterside. They eat a meal by the water, ...

  20. Stephen J. Fraenkel papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Stephen Fraenkel of Berlin, Germany including his immigration to the United States in 1938 with the financial aid of the Sigma Alpha Mu Jewish fraternity at the University of Nebraska, his studies at the University of Nebraska and the Illinois Institute of Technology, his engineering career, his pathway to citizenship, and his efforts to assist his father Max Fraenkel emigrate from Germany. Included are numerous letters sent to Stephen by his father in Berlin from 1938-1942. The bulk of the collection consists of biographical materials, ...