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  1. Bramson family photographs

    Consists of pre-war and post-war photographs of the Bramson family, originally of Ostrov, Russia, taken between 1923-1956. The bulk of the photographs are portraits of the Bramson family, taken in Berlin, Germany; Leningrad, Russia (now St. Petersburg); and Ostrov, Russia. One photograph depicts Alexander Bramson who was a part of the French resistance during the World War II. He is standing in the center between Isaac Bramson and Eujenk Yofe Bramson. Also includes photographs of Dr. Leon Bramson, who founded the World ORT Union in 1921.

  2. Leo and Ida Schoenhorn correspondence

    Contains letters sent from Leo (Leib) and Ida Schoenhorn, of Berlin, to their son, Sigi, and other family members in the United States, dated 1941-1942. Includes several letters addressed to Sigi from June to November 1941, and one Red Cross letter, sent to brother-in-law Max Zukerman of Bridgeport, Connecticut, December 1942.

  3. Komar and Frey families collection

    The Komar and Frey families’ collection consists of articles, clippings, and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Dr. Leo Komar, who emigrated from Poland to England in 1933 and served in the British Merchant Navy as a physician during World War II. Also included is information regarding Erich and Elsbeth Frey, the parents of Liselott Frey Komar, wife of Dr. Leo Komar. Erich Frey was legally blind and worked at the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind in Berlin, Germany. Also included are photographs of 2009 visit to the workshop, which is now the Museum Otto Weidt; a ; a DVD of...

  4. Photographs from Radom Fotografie z Radomia (Sygn. 265)

    Contains various photographs (the size of passport photos) submitted with applications for identity cards to the Jewish Councils in Radom (Judenrat). The office of the Jewish Councils in Radom was created on November 28, 1939, mainly to execute the German administrative regulations concerning the Jewish people. In February 1941, the Council started to issue the identification cards to the Jews, as ordered by the German authorities. A part of these photographs survived in the archives of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny in Warsaw, Poland. The identification of people on the photographs is s...

  5. Selected records of the Holocaust collection: Postwar testimonies and Jewish Social Mutual files (RG VII-123)

    Contains approximately 922 survivor testimonies of Holocaust survivors collected by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Bucharest, Romania immediately after WWII, in April or early May 1945, and original files of the Zespół Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (Jüdische Soziale Selbsthilfe; Jewish Social Mutual Assistance), related to the Jewish communities in Poland: Bobowa, Bychawa, Busko, Cyców, Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Ropczyce, Rudnik, and Uniejów.

  6. Oral history interview with Albert Davis

  7. "Megilat Haman"

    Typescript draft of a play, 16 pages, titled "Megilat Haman," written on the occasion of Purim, mid-1940s, and attributed to a member of the Jewish Brigade. Play makes comparisons between Haman and contemporary Nazi leaders (Hitler, Goering, Goebbels). Undated, approximately mid-1940s.

  8. Bernard Kutas collection

    Consists of mimeographed documents and resistance tracts issued between 1943-1944 by various groups involved in the resistance movement in France. Includes tracts distributed by "Francs-tireurs et partisans--main d'oeuvre immigrée" (FTP-MOI), "Le Mouvement National Contre le Racisme," "Radio France," "L'Humanite," "L'Avant Garde," "L'Union de la Jeunesse Juive," "Le Comité Central du Parti Communiste Francais," and other resistance groups. Also includes a document used to assist resistance groups in identifying facets of the German occupation forces.

  10. David "Chim" Seymour photograph collection

    Contains 18 photographs taken by photographer David Seymour for the Magnum Press Agency, in the mid to late 1940s, in Poland and Israel. Photographs depict children in schools and orphanages in post-war Poland, as well as newly-arrived immigrants in Israel after 1948.

  12. Letter to Max Wolff, from the Reichsmusikkammer, March 1937

    One letter, addressed to the German Jewish composer Max Wolff, sent from Peter Raabe, president of the Reichsmusikkammer, effectively banning Wolff from exercising his profession in Germany, March 31, 1937.

  13. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Ille-et-Vilaine

    Contains records kept by the local Feldkommandantur including anti-Jewish measures, declarations of bank holdings of Jews, the aryanization of Jewish property as well as investigations, statistics, and files on Jewish businesses. Includes also records from the Rector of Education on the application of anti-Jewish measures as well as an interesting private collection belonging to the local union of medical doctors concerning the exclusion of Jews from the profession.

  14. Treuhandstelle Posen Urząd Powierniczy w Poznaniu (Sygn. 759)

    Contains records of the Urząd Powierniczy w Poznaniu (Treuhandstelle Posen). This office was created to identify and control Polish national and private property. Treuhandstelle Posen confiscated, seized and distributed Polish property to the administration of the trustee /Treuhandstelle through leasing, offering it for sale or liquidation.

  15. Jewish Brigade text and songs for Passover

    Consists of three documents, including one text discussing the writing of a new version of the Passover Haggadah; two typewritten drafts of a song from the Passover Haggadah, containing references to the Jewish Brigade; and a handwritten draft of a song titled "Slaves We Were," with updated references to World War II.

  16. Hartshorne family papers

    The Hartshorne family papers primarily contain correspondence and memoirs documenting the experiences of Americans Richard and Lois Hartshorne, along with their children Marguerite and Judith, in Nazi occupied Austria during his sabbatical from 1938-1939. The correspondence consists of letters written by Richard and Lois to their families describing their experiences in Vienna, Austria, as well as letters from Jewish friends and others they were trying to help with monetary aid or visa assistance for emigration. Included are letters from Wolfgang Hoff, an Austrian chemist who spent several ...

  17. Alexander Freud restitution records (Sig. 71)

    Contains legal correspondence pertaining to Holocaust restitution and reparation claims of Alexander Freud, Harry Freud, and Sophie Freud.

  18. Torah fragment from the Pforzheim synagogue

    Fragment of a desecrated torah scroll discovered by Max Hausspiegel (later Houss) in the rubble of the Pforzheim synagogue in the days following the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 9-10, 1938. He took the torah fragment with him when his family emigrated to the United States in the spring of 1939.

  19. "War Crimes Trials Nurnberg Germany Nov. 20, 1945-"

    Program: "War-Crime / Trials / Nurnberg / Germany / Nov. 20, 1945-"; 7 loose pages; program contains biographies of the defendants and a floor plan of the courtroom; dated November 1945; in English; brought home from the war by Maj. Fred Brown (donor's father) who attended the trials.

  20. Henri Moskow collection

    Consists of pre-war and post-war (1930's-1950's) documents, photographs, a photograph album, and correspondence pertaining to Henri Moskow and his family. The collection includes pre-war family photographs, documents, and correspondence attesting to his resistance activities in France.