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  1. Ajlkichen and Fleichaker families papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Ajlkichen family of Brussels, Belgium, including the efforts of Kiwa Ajlkichen and his wife, Tcharna Fleichaker, to hide their children Roza and François, and the deportation of their daughter, Dora, in 1942 and her murder at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Documents include identification papers, a Polish passport, correspondence, a family book, a personal narrative describing Roza’s experiences, and material related to the family’s effort to learn the fate of Dora. Photographs include prewar family photographs of the Ajlkiche...

  2. Harry Lee photograph collection

    Contains photographs depicting post-liberation Dachau concentration camp in Germany. The images belonged to Private Harry Lee, US Army 7th Armored Division (donor's step-grandfather). Images depict open train cars containing victims, and others wearing concentration camp uniforms moving the deceased; labled on verso in English.

  3. Sammlung Benjamin Murmelstein (P151)

    Personal papers of Benjamin Murmelstein and his family: correspondence, official reports and documents from the Jewish Community Vienna, family photographs, articles and manuscripts written by Benjamin Murmelstein.

  4. Spinning plant; anniversary

    Private films. Agfa 1938. Spinning plant Schründer in Greven, Westphalia - 1938 anniversary elebration of fifty years of the factory. With multi-generational faces, Nazi symbols, children, machines spinning wool. Banner at the factory “1888-1938.”

  5. Norbert Krasnosielski photograph collection

    Collection of photographs documenting Norbert Krasnosielski and his experiences while serving with the Polish Army and Russian Army during WWII.

  6. Autobahn

    Cars, Holiday ride 1938. Street sign "Albrechtstraße" (Berlin), boy climbs on the sign and points to the lettering, house No. 40. Trolley from behind, Market, downtown, fountains, street scenes, Weißes Rössl, lake, family on the shore, excursion boat.

  7. Sardine address label

    Label with pre-printed destination address of Austauschlager Bergen-Belsen. One of a set of four Lisbon pre-printed sardine address labels from Gremio dos Exportadores de Conservas de Peixe for registered shipping to different concentration camps including Bergen-Belsen, Lager Barneveld, and Birkenau bei Neubrunn.

  8. Circular letters, Jewish Agency for Palestine.

    Mimeographed circular letters, distributed by various offices of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, primarily between 1936 and 1944, describing various developments and issues related to the re-settlement of European Jews in Palestine. Some of the letters are from the Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews, and others relate to Youth Aliyah and the resettlement of Polish Jews by way of Iran. Included are carbon copies of two letters from Henrietta Szold, addressed to communities that had welcomed youth from Germany, 1936-1937.

  9. Estonia 1941-1945

  10. North African campaign, Erwin Rommel

    Company Appeal of the 3rd Company, Arab with flock of sheep by the sea, close-up of luggage vehicle, car ride, soldiers with locals, photos with Knight's Cross bearer, turtle with swastika and palm, man with donkey, troop entertainment, horses, camels, soldiers disguised as Arabs and Indians

  11. East Prussia, Breslau

    Several short documentaries with titles on East Prussia, Silesia, Transylvania, Refugee Camp in Denmark

  12. Wehrmacht soldiers perform drills

    AGFA 8 1939 Title: “Meine Soldatezeit” Intertitle: “Grußubung” German soldiers perform drills. Intertitle: “Fußdienst.” The men do more exercises. Intertitle: “Gewehrubungen.” They perform drills with their guns. Intertitle: “Nachrichten-dienst.” They stand with a sign with the letter F on it. They use a field telephone. The men in a field. They look at a sheet of paper. The men set up wire lines and use the field telephone. Intertitle: “Bedingungs-schießen mit Karabiner.” A soldier hops. Shooting practice with the Karabiner 98k. Soldiers lay on a wooden table and fire the gun. Intertitle: ...

  13. Groszman family papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Groszman family of Vámosmikola, Hungary, including wartime life in Budapest, Hungary; post-war immigrations to Vienna, Austria and Buenos Aires, Argentina. It also documents the experiences of Gabriel’s Groszman’s wife Ruth Heda and her family, primarily of Trnava, Slovakia, including their immigrations to England and Argentina. The collection consists of biographical materials, immigration paperwork, and photographs. Biographical material includes identification papers; birth, marriage and death certificates; education papers of...

  14. State Attorney Hamburg Staatsanwaltschaft Landgericht (213-12)

    Court proceedings relating to post-war Nazi court cases after 1945. Files mostly contain documents concerning preliminary research, state attorney, court proceedings, and sentences. The collections contains 3,451 procedures, 1946-1995 and 320 charges against 598 persons.

  15. Hitler Youth

    Winter maneuver, Military hospital, Roll-call, Hitler Youth

  16. UNRRA selected records AG-018-028 : Switzerland Mission

    Selected files of the Switzerland Mission (S-1405), 1944-1949: Records include statistics, correspondence, files of displaced persons, lists of children, offers of temporary asylum for children, movement of children to Switzerland, Red Cross actions and personal inquires requesting tracing of individuals, as well as reports on activities of the UN relating to refugees and displaced persons.

  17. Cooperative Bank of Industrialists and Merchants in Częstochowa Bank Spółdzielczy Przemysłowców i Kupców w Częstochowie (Sygn. 1419)

    Financial records of one of the Jewish banks in Częstochowa, included are: the records of the opening balance during liquidation of 1941, and other liquidation files of the bank.

  18. Municipal Government in Rawa Mazowiecka Zarząd Miejski w Rawie Mazowieckiej (Sygn.1637)

    Minutes of sessions of the Municipal Government of Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, from the period immediately following World War II. Includes lists of war damages, statistics related to the town from 1945, matters related to synagogue and Jewish graveyards, matters of exhumation of bodies, lists of war graves, various certificates related to the estates, a list and administration of abandoned property in the area of Rawa Mazowiecka, and issues related to the provision of help to the war victims.

  19. Polish campaign; Lukow; Jews with armbands; Russian campaign; Holland

    Various private films beginning in France, beach life. 10:14:51 March 23, 1940: Poland: City of Lukow, Polish farmers. 10:15:14 Jews with armbands, Jewish children offer goods for sale (veal tray). 10:16:44 At the squadron of II / RR 22: Village idyll, ducks, horses are examined. 10:16:49 Sign: "Wehrmacht block. No one is allowed to enter without permission for anyone not belonging to the Wehrmacht". Germans and Poles. 10:18:06 Veterinary Staff. 10:18:18 Polish women farmers beat flax, drawing well, threshing on the threshing floor. 10:19:21 Obstacle riding: Colonel von Bruch, Lieutenant Mi...

  20. Cookbook