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  1. Oral history interview with José Moskovits

  2. "The Struggle for Life"

    Consists of one typed translation of a memoir, approximately 47 pages, entitled "The Struggle for Life" by Feivel (Shraga) Solomiansky. In the memoir, he describes hiding during two German raids on his hometown of Iliya (now Ilʹi︠a︡), when inhabitants were rounded up and shot, and his subsequent escape to the nearby forest, where he hid and eventually joined a partisan group. He describes raids against German units and German-held towns; attempts to free Jews from ghettos; a raid in Miadel (Myadel); the daily life of his unit; a raid on the Lida airport; and finally encountering the Red Arm...

  3. Fridling Family collection

    Contains photographs of donor's family in Schlachtensee DP camp and their immigration ship, the General W.G. Haan, in Bremerhaven; newspaper clipping from unknown German publication, which includes the photograph of donor being held by General Lucius Clay in Schlachtensee DP camp.

  4. Sendzischew and Mottes family papers

    The Sendzischew and Mottes family papers primarily contain biographical papers, restitution claims, and photographs of Holocaust survivors David and Sala Sendzischew of Sosnowiec, Poland. The biographical papers are chiefly identification papers, marriage certificates, and immigration and naturalization documents. Also included is a testimonial statement from Sala, and letter to her from a soldier who helped her during the war. The photographs include family members and friends of the Sendzischew and Mottes families; David, Sala, and Israel Jacob Sendzischew; a photograph album of the famil...

  5. Jewish societies in Lithuania (Fond 1140)

    Correspondence and other records of various Jewish Zionist and public organizations active in Lithuania before WWII.

  6. Norman Winiker papers

    The Norman Winiker papers primarily contain letters from Norman Winiker of the 65th Infantry Division of the United States Army to his parents and two sisters in Brooklyn, New York. The letters were written from different locations in Germany and Austria, and span March 25-August 9, 1945. Topics include fighting at Saarlautern, Germany (now Saarlouis), attitudes of Germans, rounding up German soldiers in Austria, Germany’s surrender, General Patton, prisoners of war, guard duty in Linz, Austria, descriptions of Mauthausen concentration camp and other camps, daily life, and getting an injury...

  7. 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.

  9. Selected records from the State Archive of Venice

    Records concerning the discrimination and persecution of Jews in Italy in the community of Venice.

  10. DPs; newborn children; DPs celebrate a special occiasion

    Displaced persons climb into a truck [same men in march in Film ID 4154?]. Babies in a crib. Brief shots of a newborn. A group celebrates, gathers around a table before a decorated sign in Hebrew.

  11. Rolleiflex camera taken by an American soldier

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn526520
    • English
    • a: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) b: Height: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) c: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) d: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)

    Standard Rolleiflex 6 x 6 K2 camera, in leather case with accessories acquired by Hilbert Margol while serving with the US Army. Margol took it from a German soldier and then used it throughout the rest of his time while serving overseas.

  12. Looking Back, But Not in Anger The Story of One who Eluded the Holocaust by the Skin of his Teeth

    Consists of one memoir, 12 pages, entitled "Looking Back, But Not in Anger: The Story of One who Eluded the Holocaust by the Skin of his Teeth," by Herbert P. Paisley, originally of Berlin, Germany. In the memoir, he describes his childhood in Germany, schooling in Belgium, imprisonment in St. Cyprien and Gurs, joining the French Foreign Legion and later the British Pioneer Corps, where he worked as an interpreter.

  13. Imre Gross memoir

    Memoir, typescript, 129 page, written by Imre Gross (Emery Robert), describing his childhood and youth in Hungary, his conscription into a forced labor battalion between 1942-1944, his imprisonment by the Arrow Cross and subsequent escape and hiding in Budapest, liberation, and return to his hometown in 1945. Also described are his experiences in the immediate postwar years, including reunion with his father and sister, university studies, and emigration from Hungary in 1946, life as a displaced person in Germany for three years, and immigration to the United States in 1949.

  14. Selected records of commune Helenów Akta gminy Helenów (Sygn 59)

    Consists of correspondence of the Department of Municipal Economy, the lists of companies, properties and their owners, records of population in commune Helenów including a register of Romanies in 1949, and a register of properties in Podkowa Leśna.

  15. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Axis pin

  16. American siblings visit Berlin during the Nazi Olympics

    Americans visit Berlin. Street views and city monuments in Berlin. Nazi flags and banners. 01:56 Sign on hood of car: “Nancy Jeux Olympiques” [Nancy Olympic Games]. More street views and monuments and churches. Flags of the participating countries displayed on the street. The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Victory Column, Reichstag building and exterior of Olympic stadium with crowds and rows of parked cars outside. 04:04 Field from the crowded stands; a procession begins. SS man seen in the stands. 05:00 People saluting en masse in the stands. More processions, a flock of birds is released from ...

  17. Herbert Klein papers

    The Herbert Klein papers consist of identity, education, employment, and immigration records related to Herbert Klein of Vienna, Austria and his parents and pre-war, wartime, and post-war financial and restitution documents regarding the expropriation of the family's automobile garage and repair shop in Vienna, "Berthold Klein and Co."

  18. Selected records of commune Pass Akta gminy Pass (Sygn. 60)

    The register of sought people from the Pass commune in Poland.

  19. Murray and Hana Lustig Greenfield collection

    Collection of pre-war photographs of Hana Lustig Greenfield (donor's late wife) from Kolin, Czechoslovakia. Included are several documents. Hana survived Terezin and Auschwitz. Collection of photos and two negatives pertaining to donor's participation in MACHAL - "Overseas Volunteers" who came in 1947-1949 to fight for the nascent State of Israel during its struggle for survival and independence.

  20. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Axis pin