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  1. Collection of Marian Godziszewski concerning crime in Wawer Zbiory Mariana Godziszewskiego dotyczące zbrodni wawerskiej (Sygn.1583)

    Materials related to the Wawer Massacre on December 27, 1939. Archives were collected by Marian Godziszewski, whose father was murdered in Wawer Massacre. The collection includes, among other materials, extracts from the trial of Max Daume accused of crimes (copies of court files), outlines of articles, exhumation descriptions, lists of executed people, including Jews, lists of people who were murdered in the first months of the war near Wawer, surveys of families of victims of Wawer massacre, correspondence with publishing houses, backstage of the book about the Wawer crime, parts of the a...

  2. Amalia Willinger Gordeski papers

    The collection contains letters written to Amalia (Mali) WIllinger, who immigrated to the United States prior to World War II, from her parents and siblings in Hungary. The letters date from 1940-circa 1950s and are in Hungarian. Also included is a self-published book, "A Century of Love" by Marian Farago. The book describes the history of Marian's parents, Martin Willinger (later Martin Farago) and Edith Schwartz (later Edith Farago) including their experiences during the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.

  3. Selected records of the Provincial Office in Tarnopol Urząd Wojewódzki w Tarnopolu (Sygn.1180)

    Monthly reports of the Tarnopol regional municipal offices regarding regional security, social and political movement, professional associations, communist organizations; papers from conferences of governors, maps of the voivodship showing the activities of political organizations; correspondence regarding communist propaganda; reports on sabotage actions, and lists of foreigners displaced from the Polish People's Republic (Illegal trips, seeking refugees for deportation).

  4. Tamar Lazerson-Rostovsky diaries

    The Tamar Lazerson-Rostovsky diaries include two diaries composed from 1942-1947 describing Tamar's experiences in the Kovno ghetto, her escape from the ghetto, recollections of her time in hiding, and brief entries about life after the war. This collection also includes two copies of "Yellow Stars."

  5. Foster Adams collection

    Contains a bound volume of documents, photocopies, reports, memos, transcripts, as well as loose papers and reports prepared by Foster Adams as part of The United States of America vs. Alfried Krupp court proceedings (Subsequent Nuremberg proceedings 10, known as the Krupp Case). The defendants were arraigned on November 17, 1947. The trial began December 8, 1947 and judgement was returned on July 31, 1948. Foster Adams (1899-1987) served as counsel and economic adviser for the Krupp Case. After the war he worked as the Director of Progress Reports and Statistics in the Office of the US Sec...

  6. Paul Bojko papers

    The collection documents the experiences of Paul Bojko of Stawok (Kremenchuk), Ukraine after World War II in the Weissenburg DP camp and the IRO Children's Village at Bad Aibling, and his immigration to the United States in 1951. Documents consist of his International Certificate of Innoculation, USS General C.C. Ballou newsletter, Declaration of Intention form, and naturalization certificate. Photographs depict the Bojko family in Ukraine prior to deportation, the Weissenburg DP camp, and Paul as a scout at Bad Aibling.

  7. Jean Nordmann papers Nachlass Jean Nordmann (1908-1986)

    Private papers of Jean Nordmann, president of the Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund, SIG (Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities). The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, speeches related to Nordmann's activities in the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities, the Swiss Jewish Christian Community, and the Jewish Community of Freiburg. Also included are papers of Nordrmann's father, son and daughter.

  8. Photographic print of a porter resting, Warsaw

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613748
    • English
    • overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) pictorial area: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 10.630 inches (27 cm)

    Gelatin silver print of a porter resting, Warsaw, ca. 1935-38.

  9. The Zionist Organization/The Jewish Agency for Palestine/Israel-Central Office, London (Z4)

    Correspondence between the Zionist Organization, London and various individuals and organizations regarding the nature of a future state in Palestine, a proposal to the Zionist Organization of America, and Zionist organizations in Russia and Palestine, other matters, correspondence with Chaim Weizmann, minutes of meetings, outgoing letters, newspaper clippings, resolutions, Zionist congress proceedings, reports on the situation in Palestine and Jewish immigration, circulars of the Executive Committee, statistics, correspondence with various Zionist organizations in Nazi Germany, corresponde...

  10. Otto Eidlitz diaries

    The Otto Eidlitz diaries consist of three diaries written by Otto Eidlitz between 1940 and 1943. The diaries cover the period of his escape from Hungary to Spain and his time in the Miranda del Ebro prison. The diaries also include his handwritten Hungarian to Spanish dictionary.

  11. Bronze Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 3rd Class Order

    Cross of Honor of the German Mother (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter), 3rd class order, Bronze medal issued by the Nazi Party between May 1939, and the end of World War II in May 1945. More commonly known as the Mother’s Cross (Mutterkreuz), the medal served as a propaganda measure to promote National Socialist population policy of glorifying family life and increasing population levels. It was a civilian award instituted following a December 16, 1938, decree by Adolf Hitler to encourage German woman to bear more children. Recipients were nominated by the Nazi Party or government officials,...

  12. Watercolor of the Bavarian Alps

    Watercolor titled "Bavarian Alps", signed H.C. January 1946. The drawing, done in both watercolor and pencil, depicts the Alps as well as chalets. The backing originally attached to the frame had the inscription, "With many good wishes for the future! To M. Robbie from Helen" February 1946, Dachau, Germany."

  13. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Embassy in Bucharest Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Bukareszcie (Sygn.487)

    Correspondence, studies, publications and other materials related to the condition of national minorities in Romania, Hungary and Poland; records related to education of Jewish and Ukrainian communities, emigration to Palestine, re-emigration to Poland; and reports and statistics representing a numbers of Jewish teachers and students in Poland.

  14. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic: Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Munich Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Monachium (Sygn.480)

    Reports, studies, correspondence, statistics and other documents related to the condition of national minorities in Poland and Germany: registers of Polish citizens expelled from Germany, materials about the expulsion of Polish citizens, mainly of Jewish ethnicity, from Bavaria, orders to citizens to return to Poland for military service, and a descriptive list of Jewish organizations.

  15. Comedy about a family eating

    Lizzy Film Produktion. “Familie Unterernährt isst Gansl. Lustspiel in 2 akten” “Es folgen nun zu diesem stück die akteure: alle disk” “Glühlampen putz ich bei der watt doch ess’ ich gans sind alle platt” (00:00:36) A man addresses the camera in a slightly exaggerated way. “Ich bin immer renitent das ist mein temperament” A women (possibly Lizzy or her mother/mother in law) smokes and talks. “Ich bin der susi, den a jeder kennt hochintelligent” Jakob? speaks to the camera. “Eine mastkur soll ich machen? Ah, da muss ich selber lachen!” Lizzy? speaks, then laughs. “1.Akt” (00:01:23) Man in che...

  16. Klainman and Rosenstein families collection

    Collection of photographs depicting the Kleinman and Rosenstein families in Czernowitz and Galati, Romania and later in Israel.

  17. Sightseeing in Bavaria and the Rhine district in 1937

    "Peasants in the Fields" Farmers. "Rothenburg on the Tauber" (color) Bavarian district. Medieval buildings with lush plants. "Dinkelsbuhl" Facades of businesses with flowers, hotel, local civilians, street scenes. 01:04:02 (switches to black and white) Street views in Dinkelsbuehl. CU, entryway with memorial plaque. Schoolgirls in white walk in the road. 01:04:58 "Heidelberg" (color). Scenic views of castle in Heidelberg, river, bridge, and buildings. 01:07:06 "On the Rhine" Small group of musicians play instruments on the street. HAS, Autobahn with passing truck, overpass. "Coca-Cola" refr...

  18. Would you Tell Secrets to Spies? Then Don't Talk About Military Matters WWII Public Utilities Commission broadside

    Broadside, "Buy Defense Bonds! Your Buying Keeps 'Em Flying", on one side, and "Would you Tell Secrets to Spies? Then Don't Talk About Military Matters" on the other side.

  19. Greissman and Aronsfrau families collection

    Correspondence; from relatives in Berlin, dated September 1933, in Yiddish; from Anna Greissman Aronsfrau, sister of donor’s grandmother; dated December 12, 1940, from London, UK, in English; letter from Sophie Kanarek Aronsfrau from Lisbon explaining whose names should appear on an affidavit, dated January 22, 1941; and a telegram sent by Sophie Kanarek Aronsfrau from Lisbon on March 15, 1941 asking about the status of the affidavit. Also includes the front cover of a prayer book; inside, Mary Greissman wrote the names of her children, their dates of birth and Bar Mitzvah.

  20. Sección Khurbn un Vidershtand

    Consists of a mixed provenance collection of documentation donated to Fundacion IWO in Buenos Aires, Argentina by survivors starting in the immediate post-war years until the 1970s. Includes documents, photographs, manuscripts and other records.