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  2. Klara Halberstadt-Carels papers

    Correspondence and other documents related to the claims that Klara Halberstadt-Carels filed against I.G. Farben, seeking compensation for medical experiments that were performed on her during her imprisonment at Auschwitz. This file contains a photocopy of a form identifying Halberstadt as a displaced person in the Netherlands (1945); correspondence from the United Nations Economic and Social Council (1952), explaining the conditions under which claimants can pursue compensation from I.G. Farben; and subsequent correspondence from the Tripartite I.G. Farben Control Group (1952-1954), respo...

  3. Records from the Archives of the Jewish Community of Iannina, Greece

    Records of the Jewish Community of Ioannina (1947-2014), one of the oldest Jewish communities in Greece, whose members are predominantly Romaniot Jews. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence files of the Community Council as well as documentation related to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust. Among the records are the minutes of the Community Council’s meetings; notes, memoranda, reports, correspondence with other Greek Jewish Communities, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, institutions inside and outside the country; financial documents: l...

  4. Moritz Rubinstein papers

    The collection includes a Swiss refugee identification card for Moritz Rubinstein (born 1919), a businessman originally from Lublin, Poland, a document from a work camp for internees in Birmensdorf (Zürich), and a pamphlet addressed to refugees issued by the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police.

  5. Selected records from the State Archives in Szczecin

    Contains selected records from the State Archive in Szczecin, records originate from the towns Sianów, Myslibórz, and Łowicz ( county Lębork), files of the Oberpräsident von Pommern (bulk 1933-1934), and Regierungspräsident Stettin (bulk 1933-1943). Includes lists of Jews, records relating to religious matters, Jewish parties and organizations (Haszomer Hacair, Poalej Syjon, Mizrachi), Jewish schools, social welfare, health care; the weekly „Tygodnik Informacyjny”, and „Nasze słowo” Nr. 1. , 1946; German orders and regulation; anti-Jewish demonstration and boycott of Jewish shops, a list of...

  6. Elizabeth Rosenbaum Pilossoph photographs

    Consists of 14 photographs and photographic postcards depicting life in prewar Kolno, Poland, as well as pre-war photographs of members of the extended family of Betzalel (Charles) and Tzipporah (Faye) Olek Rosenbaum of Kolno.

  7. Gerard Moss collection

    Consists of one page of typed testimony written by Gerhard Moos (now Gerard Moss) about his arrest in Munich on Kristallnacht and being imprisoned in Dachau at age 16. Also includes copies of official documents, an original wedding announcement, and testimony related to the experiences of Max Rosenbaum, originally of Munich, who was also arrested in Kristallnacht and imprisoned in the same barracks in Dachau as Mr. Moss. Also includes a biographical statement and letter related to the experiences of Dr. Maurice Schweizer of Euskirchen, Germany. Dr. Schweizer was imprisoned in Westerbork, th...

  8. Jack Bornkind photograph collection

    The collection contains two photographs of United States Army soldier Private First Class Jack Bornkind in uniform and one of his grave.

  9. Hospital; German POWs march; SA headquarters; Russian captain with US military and Germans

    (LIB 6276) Former POW hospital complex now occupied by American troops from the 666th Medical Collecting Company. The CUs of patients are former Soviet soldiers. Malnourished former prisoners of war stare at camera from hospital beds. CU of emaciated body. 00:00:27 Wounded man with amputated leg lies crying in bed. CU of injury. Former prisoner still in striped uniform in bed. 00:01:00 Hospital complex. Soldiers relax on lawn. One has a bandage covering his eye. Group posing. Soldiers look at sky. The complex. 00:02:04 Sign reads "Prov. PWX Hospital Hamm." The letters "PWX" overlay the orig...

  10. Eva Friedman collection

    Consists of letters, dated between August 21, 1939 and March 14, 1940, from family members Paul, Herman, and Clara, to Martha, who had escaped from Czechoslovakia to Palestine with her family. In the letters, the family (likely siblings) inform Martha of their imprisonment, fears, and the increasing German persecution, as well as their inability to escape. Clara, who was Martha's sister, sent her letters from St. Nazaire, France, and while Herman and Paul's letters do not include a location, Herman was likely writing from Prague, while Paul was imprisoned in an unnamed camp. Also includes o...

  11. Ambassador to France visits Dachau; US soldiers at Himmler's summer home; POWs in Linz; Austro-Italian border; high-ranking military personnel meet at Augsburg

    (LIB 6480) AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE VISITS 7TH ARMY SECTOR, Dachau, Germany, 8 May 1945. Prisoners (still in their uniforms) and military personnel crowd around Ambassador Jefferson Caffrey wearing the black suit. Inmates watch tour of officials. 00:00:30 CUs of prisoners. 00:00:54 Prisoners salute and cheer for camera while holding up banners. Decorated camp gate after liberation. Caffrey talks to prisoners wearing arm bands and shakes hands. German helmet and broken rifle burning commemorates German defeat. Caffrey shakes hands and tours camp. Inspecting opened jet engines. 00:03:37 (LIB 6481...

  12. Goldstein and Bursztyn family papers

    The Goldstein and Bursztyn family papers consist of Elie Goldstein's and Hela (Chajcia) Bursztyn Goldstein's diaries, written in Yiddish, describing Nazi occupied Poland, the liquidation of the Siennica ghetto, their time at the Mienia labor camp, and their experiences hiding in the Polish countryside with Christian families, on farms, and in fields. The collection also includes photographs documenting the Goldstein and Bursztyn families and their friends before, during, and after the war in Poland and Germany.

  13. "Zug Bist Ahtzen"

    Consists of one typed memoir entitled "Zug Bist Ahtzen" ["Say You're Eighteen"] as told by Auschwitz survivor Gary S. Rubinstein to his grandson, Benyamin Moalem. In the memoir, Mr. Rubinstein describes the German invasion of his hometown of Wołomin, Poland. He describes being placed in a ghetto and his attempted escape to Łomża, Poland, in the fall of 1942. Almost immediately upon his arrival, the Jews of Lomza were marched to Zambrów , and, six weeks later, deported to Auschwitz. He was assigned to Kanada, where he sorted prisoner belongings and describes both the Nazi officers smugglin...

  15. Verwaltungsschef im Militärbezirk Łodź Szef Zarządu Cywilnego Okręgu Wojskowego w Łodzi (Sygn. 175)

    This collection contains records of the various departments of the Verwaltungsschef im Militärbezirk Łodź (Administrative Office of the Military District of Łódź), of the German occupation authorities. The records include office documents, journals of ordinances beginning on Sept. 19, 1939, daily ordinances, headquarters ordinances, reports of the Committee of Citizens of the city of Łódź, documents relating to personnel matters of the employed officers, operations against Polish leaders, German minorities in Poland, membership of the NSDAP, exchange of prisoners of war and war refugees b...

  16. Samuel Gottesman Collection

    Consists of one memoir, 76 pages, entitled "A Chronicle, 1923-1947," written by Samuel Gottesman, originally of Irshava, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine). He describes pre-war religious life in a small town, and his town being rounded up and deported to the ghetto in Berehove in the spring of 1944. He describes life in the ghetto and their deportation to Auschwitz, where he was forced to work on various construction projects. In January 1945, when Auschwitz was evacuated, he was sent on a forced march and placed in a open rail car, finally arriving at Bergen-Belsen. In the spring of 1945, he wa...

  17. Murray Bucher collection

    Photograph album titled "Buchenwald/or a Glance at German 'Kultur'" by Murray Bucher (donor's uncle), creator of the album and a member of the United States Army Air Force, in 1945. Album was created in a blank book notebook, originally from Russia, and contains photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. Album contains clipped newspaper articles about the camp, all in English, as well as photographs that depict American forces delousing former victims, remains of victims who did not survive, group photographs of child survivors, Jewish ...

  18. Hungarian officials tour Hajduhadhaz labor camp

    Andras Galambos and fellow laborer Ladislaus Radnai documented their Jewish forced labor battalion's efforts with still and motion picture cameras. This film shows an official visit of politicians and military officers to Hajduhadhaz labor camp, likely for an exhibition of the laborers' photographs. Several high-ranking officials are probably pictured, including Defense Minister Karoly Beregffy, General Geza Lakatos, and politician Lajos Szasz. Cars approaching Hajduhadhaz labor camp on a country road. Small railcar with Hungarian flags and personnel. Official exits car. Men in uniforms and...

  19. Illustration 8 from a handmade portfolio of illustrations by Herbert Heyne and Erich Kästner

    Book of illustrations sent by Herbert Heyne to Walter Furst. The book was a gift from Heyne to Furst and was written with Erich Kästner in 1945. It features color illustrations by Heyne and offers a comical and critical depiction of National Socialism and Nazi militarism.

  20. Borowski family papers

    The collection includes correspondence, type-written copies, concerning the plight of Szloma Borowski, his wife, Janet and daughter Helen who survived the Holocaust in Poland and Lithuania. Included are letters exchanged between Maurice Borofsky, Senator Leverett Saltonstall, US Polish ambassador Arthur Bliss, and diplomats Edmund Dorsz, Reginal Kazanjian and G. J. Haering. The letters discuss efforts to get the Borowski family out of the displaced persons camp in Walbrzych, Poland and date between 1946 and 1947. Also included is a translation of Janet’s account of fleeing Nazi-occupied Pol...