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

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

  2. German prisoners in Łódź Zakłady karne w Łodzi (Sygn.198)

    The collection consists of files from four Łodź prisons from the years of the German occupation (1939-1945), including: personal files of the prisoners and officers, indexes of prisoners (they contain such data as the first and last name, date of arrest, relocation from one prison or camp to another one, and whether a prisoner was released or executed). The files relate to the following prisons: 1. Police Prison (Gestapo) on 16 Sterlinga St. (Polizeigefängnis Robert Kochstrasse 16). Prisoners here were arrested by the Gestapo for sabotage, political activity, fighting for independence or be...

  3. Moritz and Therese Paschkes photograph

    Contains a copy print of Moritz and Therese Paschkes (donor’s maternal great grandparents) from Misselbach, Austria and were deported to Minsk on November 28, 1941 and presumed to have been killed there.

  4. Diana Kurz papers

    The Diana Kurz papers include biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and writings documenting Diana Kurz of Vienna, Austria, her Polish-born parents, and her family’s prewar life and immigration to the United States via Italy, Switzerland, England, and Ireland. Biographical materials include identification papers, student records, birth and marriage certificates, and a few business records for the Kurz family’s optical business. This series also includes some manuscript sheet music. Correspondence primarily consists of congratulatory telegrams on the occasio...

  5. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back button, "A Jap's a Jap!"

  6. Oral history interview with Abraham Veder

  7. Jewish families in Israel; marching in Independence Day parade

    Two children dressed in costume dance and play on a balcony (possibly Menachem’s cousins). 06:46 Pan, harbor with cranes, Moshe walks in front of the camera. Children walk and ride their bicycles on a residential street with apartments (Israel?). 07:15 Airplane, well-dressed people waiting in line to board, El Al marked on portable stairs. People in FG wave to the camera. 08:12 [poor VQ] Dark, Moshe with two small pails in either hand, INT shots. CU of Menachem in a carriage, the baby and Hannah play. 08:49 Marching on the street (possibly Independence Day in Israel in 1949), parade, women ...

  8. Alfred Jaretzki, Jr. papers

    Reports and correspondence from American attorney Alfred Jaretzki, Jr., reporting on visits to Vienna and efforts to work with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to assist Austrian Jews with emigration, 1938. Includes one report, undated, 11 pages, describing his trip to Vienna in June 1938, including meetings with American diplomats, journalists, members of the Viennese Jewish community, and non-governmental organizations. Among his contacts were Therese Bloch-Bauer, and her daughter Maria; Josef Löwenherz of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien; the American journalist Vin...

  9. Jewish communities in province of Poznań Gminy żydowskie Prowincji Poznańskiej (Sygn.116)

    Records of Jewish communities from the province of Poznań: Includes registers of marriages, births, divorces and deaths, budget and financial documents, documents concerning schools, minutes and resolutions of community boards, correspondence, materials related to synagogues, graveyards, baths and ritual slaughter, last wills, regulations governing synagogues, and collections of songs.

  10. "One Million Dollar Campaign," broadside ("Yeshiva Reshith Chochma Shearith Hapletah," New York)

    One broadside, titled "One Million Dollar Campaign," related to the fundraising efforts for the Yeshiva "Reshith Chochma Shearith Hapletah," under the leadership of Rabbi Solomon Leib Halberstam (the Klausenburger Rabbi), with the purpose of establishing a Torah institute for Jewish refugees from Europe, in Brooklyn, New York, 1947. In addition to a new year's greeting, the broadside contains a letter in English and Yiddish encouraging the reader to donate to this project, with reproductions of various newspaper articles about it on the verso of the broadside.

  11. Ucko, Eisner, and Tonne families collection

    Contains photographs, documents and correspondence relating to the Ucko family and Eisner family. Includes a photograph and correspondence relating to Salomon Tonne in Telgaua, Latvia, his sister Sara Tonne Boord (donor's grandmother).

  12. "L'histoire de Hersz Jedlinski et sa famille de Czenstochowa" [sic]

    Printed biography, 80 pages, compiled by Eliane and Claude Ungar, recounting the history of Hersz Jedlinski (1918-1992), the father of Eliane Ungar, and his family in Częstochowa, Poland, prior to and during the Holocaust. Included is a genealogy of the Jedlinski family, including relatives living in Israel, and a description of the history of Jews in Czestochowa prior to the war, and the events there following the German occupation and the formation of the ghetto. Jedlinski's own experiences are detailed, including his time as a forced laborer at a HASAG camp in Częstochowa and at other ...

  13. 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.

  14. Mountaineering in Bulgaria

    HAS of roads, housing, and mountaineers. Different views of the men climbing, full trees, a river and the environs. Quick view of filmmaker, Licco Max Haim at 01:09:45 - bald, with glasses, smoking a cigarette.

  15. Herman Kutun collection

    Consists of loose photographs and photograph album pages from the collection of Herman Kutun, a member of the Counter-Intelligence Corps and Army Air Corps. The photographs depict Kutun, his fellow soldiers, displaced persons, and local people in Oberammergau, Kitzingen, and Bad Kissingen. Many of the photographs were taken at a displaced persons camp in Garmisch.

  16. Four Freedoms postal cover

    Envelope, first-day issue of envelope and stamps commemorating the "Four Freedoms." "Freedom of Speech and Religion, Freedom from Want and Fear" hand-cancelled on February 12, 1943. Envelope bears silk-screened imagery and four stamps in upper right corner bearing repeated statement "Freedom of Speech and Religion…" as well as postage-sized photograph of the Statue of Liberty and world flags and statement "The United Nations Fight For Freedom," addressed to Jack Middleton in Hubbard, Ohio.

  17. Yidisher ṿisnshafṭlekher insṭiṭuṭ YiVO Institute in Wilno (Fond 287)

    Various records related to the activities of the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research (YiVO) in Wilno (Vilnius), including correspondence with Jewish organizations and private individuals in Poland, Germany, United States, Austria, Latvia and other countries; records related to the activities of various Jewish organizations and political parties (Zukunft, Bund, Po'alei Zion, Keren Kayemet, Keren Hayesod, etc.); copies of Jewish newspapers published in Poland; financial records, and registry for incoming and outgoing correspondence etc.

  18. Lt. Col. Pinckney McElwee photograph collection

    U.S. Signal Corps photographs taken shortly after liberation at Reichenau, Dachau, and Landsberg camps; includes photographs of a survivor of a death march to Munich and of a mass grave near Waldlager 11.

  19. Hitler Wants Us to Believe poster

    Poster exclaiming that Americans Will Not be Fooled!

  20. UNRRA selected records AG-018-039 : Germany Mission

    Consists of correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, circulars, newspapers, incoming and outgoing cables, intelligence reports, and reports relating to legal matters. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: interpretations, drafts, and revisions of U.S., British, French, and military agreements; military government laws affecting displaced persons and civilians; assistance for displaced persons; voluntary agencies; legal assistance and protection for displaced persons and stateless persons; unaccompanied children; emigration and repatriation of displaced persons; supplies and tr...