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  1. League for the struggle against racism. Main Board and Regional Boards in Bydgoszcz and Ostrów Wielkopolski Liga do Walki z Rasizmem. Zarząd Główny i Zarządy Okręgowe w Bydgoszczy i Ostrowiu Wielkopolskim (Syg. 360)

    Selected records of the Liga do Walki z Rasizmem (League for the Struggle against Racism). The collection contains a statute, minutes, receipts, cash books, and name lists of the League members of two regions in Poland: Bydgoszcz and Ostrów Wielkopolski.

  2. C.E. Abbott photograph collection

    Photographic postcard: black and white image of Nazi party members at a 25th anniversary event; men standing, and one seated, in front of Nazi flag, portrait of Hitler, and signage. Photographic print: black and white image of two Wehrmacht soldiers on the front.

  3. Wajsrosen family collection

    Contains a "Certificate of Integrity," based on a background check, issued by the Israeli Police to Malka Weissrozen (donor) for the purpose of issue of US visa; dated April 1955; a photograph depicting Malka on a motorcycle in the Bergen Belsen DP camp, dated: June 28, 1946; an identification photograph, c. 1954, for Mala Malka Bella Wajsrozen b. 12/18/1930 in Sandomierz, Poland, daughter of Cwi Hersch Wajsrozen, b. 1887 and Chana Tuchman Wajsrozen.

  4. Selected records of the Court of the First Instance in Rawa Mazowiecka Sąd Grodzki w Rawie Mazowieckiej (Sygn.1847)

    Mainly consists of court civil cases of the post-war period in Poland. Court cases relate to Jews of Rawa Mazowiecka and include records of possession, reconstruction of acts of marital status (certificates of birth, marriages and deaths), finding dead persons, and cases of inheritance. Contains also inventories and financial books of the bailiff of the Court in Rawa Mazowiecka, 1939-1950.

  5. Selected records of the commune Łazy Akta gminy Łazy (Sygn. 43)

    Consists of the registration book of the commune Łazy in the county Sochaczew in Poland.

  6. Selected records of commune Radzików Akta gminy Radzików (Sygn. 85)

    Consists of correspondence, lists of war graves, cemeteries and abandoned property.

  7. Mildred Reeves photographic collection

    Photo album with collection of mounted photos and loose photographs documenting the Dachau concentration camp after liberation; images include survivors, victims, scenes from around the camp, the Dachau death train, victims' belongings, and German officers who were killed in retaliation; some images captioned on verso; dated April-May 1945; in English

  8. Johanna Dahms collection

    Contains a "Sonderausweis" (postwar identification document) issued to Johanna Dahms (donor's grandmother) who had been interned in Theresienstadt concentration camp, and a membership card issued to Johanna Dahms in Stuttgart, Germany as a victim of the Nazi regime.

  9. Balint family papers

    The memoir “Remember it Well: A Father’s Story,” was written by Pal Balint in Jászberény, Hungary from late 1943 until January 1944. The memoir is a retelling of his daughter’s life, and his imagining what her life in New York was like, based on the letters he received from her, and he expressed his own longing for the family to be reunited. In the memoir, he refers to the difficult circumstances in Hungary of that period, and how his only communication with Susan was through infrequent letters via the Red Cross. Two of those letters, from June 1942 and October 1943—the latter announcing Su...

  11. Jeremiah (Jerry) Tax papers

    Correspondence from Jeremiah (Jerry) Tax to his wife, Deborah, and to his parents, Clara and Ben, while Tax was stationed with the 71st Infantry Division, U.S. Army, in the European Theatre, World War II. Includes correspondence describing Tax's impressions of occupied Germany and Austria and of liberated concentration camps, as well as newspaper clippings, a greeting card, and a booklet titled "The 71st Came to Gunskirchen Lager," commissioned by Maj. General Willard G. Woman, for which Tax authored piece titled "And Afterwards . . .." Also includes a map of the 71st Infantry Division's mo...

  12. Dr. Gerald Holton Collection

    Contains a Kindertransport lottery ticket for England.

  13. Roeckle family celebrations over the years

    INT, people eating and dining on Christmas. Gerald and Berthold play with a toy train set. MS, decorated Christmas tree, Elfriede lights the candles. Theo plugs in electrical lights and smokes a cigarette. 01:08:28 Several shots of men shoveling the snowy streets with a pharmacy and other shops or residences behind them. 01:09:06 The two boys set off a toy plane in a snowy park (Gerald was a model plane enthusiast his entire life). 01:09:18 Back inside the family residence, couples dance (camera on tripod). Family dines. 01:10:36 EXT, garden, child approaches camera "goose-stepping". Two wo...

  14. Andrey Freund papers

    Consists of a soldier's passbook and two documents certifying employment and good conduct, which were issued to Mr. Andrey Freund, a member of the British Forces, Jewish Brigade. The passbook notes his World War II inoculations, training, and other pieces of information, though there are few details about his presence in military theatres. Also includes two documents, both dated May 1948, attesting to his good conduct and work ethic.

  15. Ceramic figurine of a skunk with Adolf Hitler's face

    Figurine of a skunk painted in black and white with the face of Adolf Hitler. The tail is broken off from the body.

  16. Selected records of the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland Główna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce (Sygn. GK 162)

    This collection contains correspondence, lists of documents, copies of lawsuit files, personal files, minutes of sessions, reports, as well as materials collected in the course of the work conducted by the Main Commission such as: name lists of German officers; materials related to the notes of Sonderkommando (including snapshots) found on the area of Birkenau in 1961; writer’s studies of Stanisław Płaski, Janusz Gumkowski, Szymon Datner, Tadeusz Kułakowski, Leszczyński, Mieczysław Roman, Hubert Jan Urbasik, Leon Popławski and Stanisław Krośnicki; list of ordinances of General Government (G...

  17. Roth family papers

    Consists of photographs and documents related to the Roth family, originally of Kraków, Poland. Includes photographs depicting life in the Liebenau and Vittel internment camps (including of poet Yitzhak Katzenelson in Vittel) and biographical materials. The bulk of the collection documents the family's immigration to the United States in 1944, attempts to prove that Chaskiel Roth was born in the United States, repayment for their voyage, and the threat of deportation after the war.

  18. Hermansdörfer family papers

    The Hermansdörfer family papers consist of correspondence relating to the efforts of Jennie Hermansdörfer Bieber and her daughters Sophie Acker and Dorothy Nomberg to bring the Hermansdörfer family from Łąka, Poland (Luka, Ukraine) to the United States before the Holocaust. Correspondence includes letters of support from Adra Day, Elise Gilman, and Philip Acker to the American Consulate in Warsaw; a letter from Leon Hermansdörfer to the Acker family; a rejection letter from the Consulate; and a postwar letter from a cousin in Poland indicating that none of the Hermansdörfer family survived ...

  19. Blessing of Bulgarian military recruits

    Religious procession through a town-square. Locals gather in front of a bank (with sign in Bulgarian) to watch. A military officer greets the line of armed Bulgarian soldier recruits. 01:11:10 Quick CU of priest. Bulgarian military soldiers with backpacks and weapons are blessed by a priest. 01:11:24 CU of priest reading. Locals observe the ceremony. A man leads others in song. Another view, LS, of the blessing. 01:12:24 A Bulgarian officer speaks to the recruits; a civilian dressed in a suit and glasses reads from a paper. CU, the new troops march away. 01:13:15 One by one, the soldiers ki...

  20. Russian War Relief poster

    Lithographed poster after Sergei Nikolavech Kostin issued for the Russian War Relief.