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  1. Theodore Mattern family papers

    The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other related documents, documenting the immigration of the Mattern (originally Matfus) family from Vienna, Austria in 1938-1939. Includes correspondence to Theodore Mattern, living in the United States, from his parents, Izak (Josef) and Olga, his grandmother, Leontine Loewy, and his sister, Kitty, during the various stages of their emigration from Europe, including the period that Mattern's parents spent in Shanghai prior to their immigration to the United States. Also includes photographs of the family during this period, earlier f...

  2. Oral history interview with Joseph Weismann

  3. Reichsarbeitsdienst in Poland 1940

    "RAD Lager Freiburg" 1940. Boarding train. Fires. Ruins. "Rückfahrt nach Radom" Swimming.

  4. Charles Keller papers

    The Charles Keller papers include two photographs of Charles Keller and a Third United States Army memorandum quoting the orders of General George S. Patton directing members of the Army to bury victims of Nazi atrocities reverently. The photographs depict Keller in military uniform and one shows him with fellow soldiers stationed in Puerto Rico right before he was sent to Europe in about 1943..

  5. Rachel Levin collection

    Contains letters, with envelopes, from Rachel Levin and her daughter, Hannah Narwitch, in Raguva, Lithuania to Pesia Phyllis Levin Costell (donor's mother) in the United States. In the letters, Rachel describles her husband's (Moyshe Levin) illness and death, the progress of the war, and requested affidavits of support for the family ("kartechke"). Includes photographs which belonged to Phyllis Levin created c. 1941 in Raguva; Phyllis had left Lithuania 1928 for Canada and then came to the US in 1939.

  6. Primo Levi manuscript collection

    The Primo Levi manuscript collection consists of the typescript text of a working draft of Primo Levi's original manuscript Se questo è un Uomo [If This Is a Man], which recounted his experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz, and was later published as Survival in Auschwitz. Contains handwritten corrections and additions in red pencil; and includes 10 of the 17 chapters that were eventually included in the final publication. Many of the texts conclude with the date on which they were written, along with Levi’s name.

  7. Felix Rosenthal papers

    The collection includes typescript memoirs and essays written by Felix Rosenthal describing his childhood in Germany, his emigration from Germany in 1933, his stay in Italy and eventual immigration to the United States, and his service in the United States Army as a “Ritchie Boy” during World War II. The collection also contains other essays and reflections from Felix’s experiences in the Army, including during his time serving with occupation forces in Germany from 1945-1947.

  8. De Kadt family in winter

    Sonja and Louis de Kadt each push Willie on a sleigh on a snowy day, as does another adult (possibly a nanny); Willie plays in the snow; 01:03:03 Indoors, close-up of Willie and a baby (possibly Maarten as the can label indicates); Willie romps in the snow; the village in winter, seen from across rows of fences; Willie and baby (Maarten?) ride in a sleigh.

  9. County Command of the State Police in Zawiercie Komenda Powiatowa Policji Państwowej w Zawierciu (Sygn. 1050)

    Reports and information from police officers and police informers relating to political, social and labor organizations; as well outgoing correspondence from the Police.

  10. Deutsche Wochenschau 1945

    Moscow strikes back. Soviet propaganda recordings

  11. Metal Star of David template

    Template for a Star of David used to create cloth badges to be sewn on clothing.

  12. Oral history interview with Hertha Kluge

  13. Selected records from the District Court in Kielce Sąd Okręgowy w Kielcach (Sygn. 1134)

    Court files of civil cases (litigations: succession, liabilities, voiding of documents, opening of last wills, auctions and others) and criminal cases from 1939-1945. Indexes include date of trial, subjects of a case, and the date of a verdict. There are cases concerning the Jews from Kielce and its surroundings, as well as the immediate postwar period, such as information about death of relatives.

  14. Krakow Society of Israel photograph collection

    Collection of photos, primarily pre-war, of Jewish life in Krakow, Poland

  15. Leah Press Kalina photographs

    The Leah Press Kalina photographs contain photographic prints, photographic postcards, and Rosh Hashanah cards documenting the post-war experiences of Leah Press Kalina, her sister Ruchel, and friends. The majority of the images in this collection depict Leah in the Deggendorf displaced persons camp between 1946 and 1947. Images include daily activities within the camp, friends, weddings, and Leah in a uniform. Also included are photographs of Leah with friends and several images of a friend named Saul Eckstein in Rome and Israel after the war. Pre-war images depict Gershon Press and his mo...

  16. Inauguration of the Carl Benz monument, April 1933

    10:00:51 April 1933, Mannheim: Monument unveiling: Carl Benz monument in Mannheim. Large crowd, wreaths are carried to the veiled monument. 10.01:04 motorcycle relay of the NSKK, mounted police

  17. Fanny Freund collection

    Collection of documents and certificates documenting the experiences of Fanny Freund (b. 1923 in Tarnopol), before during and after the Holocaust. Collection includes a certificate stating that Fanny Freund was liberated by the British Army from the Belsen concentration camp, dated December 14, 1948; an IRO processing card issued to Fanny Freund, November 1949, with photo of bearer attached; blank registration card; Arbeitskarte (work card) issued for "Maria Chrestschenko" (Fanny Freund's false identity), photo of bearer attached, issued January 27, 1944; a deposition stating that Fanny Fre...

  18. Rothstern family papers

    Correspondence, identification and citizenship documents, school report cards, letters of reference, photographs, and other items, that primarily document the lives of Irma Rothstern and her son Heinz, of Hamburg, Germany, during the 1910s to 1930s, and then following their forced emigration due to Nazi persecution, in Shanghai, China from 1939 to 1955. Included is a document about the citizenship of Irma's husband, Isidor; and of Heinz's wife, Julia, as well as unidentified family photographs from approximately the 1910s. The bulk of the documents in this collection were used to establish ...

  19. Rubin Family photographs

    The collection consists of photographs primarily depicting Sucher and Lola Rubin and their son Jack in the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp between 1945 and 1949. Some photographs may also have been taken at the Landsberg displaced persons camp.

  20. UNRRA selected records AG-018-037 : South West Pacific Area Office (SWPAO)

    Selected files of the UNRRA Headquarters Office-Subject Files: Mainly files on the displaced persons and war relief matters.