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  1. Philippe Schwed papers concerning the Protocols of the Elders of Zion trial held in Bern Einzelbestand Philippe Schwed Berner Prozess um die "Protokolle der Weisen von Zion" (1933-1939)

    Contains records of various provenance pertaining to Swiss-Jewish history. Includes mainly the Protocols of the Elders of Zion trial held in Bern, 1933-1939.

  2. Portfolio

    Print from a set of 24 published rotogravures of drawings by Jerzy Zielezinski depicting scenes he witnessed from 1943-1945 while a political prisoner in Auschwitz and Flossenbürg concentration camps.

  3. Leon Denski photograph

    Contains a photographic print, black and white, showing two American soldiers standing next to large pile of bodies to buried; taken in an unidentified concentration camp after liberation; dated April-May 1945. This photo was brought home from WWII by Leon A. Denski (donor's father) whose job after liberation was to bury the bodies that were found in the camps into mass graves.

  4. Albert Garih testimonies

    The Albert Garih testimonies consists of two testimonies written by Albert Garih in 2000 and updated in 2011. The first testimony describes Albert Garih’s personal experiences as a hidden child in France. The second testimony describes the experiences of Benjamin Garih, Albert’s father, who was sent to a forced labor camp on the Channel Islands.

  5. Berman family papers

    Photographs of relatives of Mozes Berman including his brother Norbert in medical school in Paris, circa 1938; relatives in israel; Norbert's cousin Mina and her family, and Adolf Berman and his family. Also includes post-war correspondence between Adolf Berman in Israel and Minda Tzupkoff and Norbert Berman.

  6. Jews hiding in a nightclub in Amsterdam (with prologue, added historic footage, and text)

    Film with prologue and text. Introduction and intertitles. Image rolls at 01:42:37 with two women crossing a canal bridge in the city of Amsterdam. The streets are mostly empty. View of houses, bridges and canals, pedestrians, cars, a statue of Johann Rudolph Thorbecke (nineteenth century Dutch politician), businesses, the club Alcazar, a street sign showing "Thorbeckeplein Centrum" [Thorbecke Square Center], the apartment address number "5", more shop windows for the Alcazar club, and the signs "Für Wehrmacht verboten" ["Prohibited for Army"] and "Joodsche Gasten niet gewenscht" ["Jewish g...

  7. School Years 1939/40 and 40/41

  8. Ivan Backer testimonies

    Consists of a series of short written testimonies written by Ivan Backer between 2002-2009 about his childhood in pre-war Czechoslovakia, the German invasion, leaving for England on a children's transport, and adjusting to life in England.

  9. Portfolio

    Print from a set of 24 published rotogravures of drawings by Jerzy Zielezinski depicting scenes he witnessed from 1943-1945 while a political prisoner in Auschwitz and Flossenbürg concentration camps.

  10. Marti Dotan photograph collection

    Contains photographs of the donor and family in the Netherlands. Includes portraits of Dutch children (including donor) who were on the "Exodus," as well as a kindergarten class in Jewish school.

  11. Robert Gray photographs

    Consists of five photographs taken by Lt. Robert Gray, a member of the 7th United States Army, after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. The photographs, which are described by Lt. Gray on the verso, depict the Dachau death train, SS guards who had been summarily executed, and corpses prior to burial.

  12. "Hear Us Speak: Voices of the Second and Third Generations"

    Consists of one folder containing essays by Holocaust survivor Judith Sherman, her daughter, Dr. Ora Gelb, and granddaughter Ilana Gelb. Most of the essays were written for an October 2010 program entitled "Hear Us Speak: Voices of the Second and Third Generations", held at the Monroe Township Public Library and sponsored by the Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee. The essays describe the author's personal experiences regarding the family's Holocaust history. Also includes a presentation written by Judith Sherman entitled "My Reflections on God and the Holocaust. God we missed You. D...

  13. Srul (Sam) Peretsman correspondence

    Contains two copies of a letter written to George Peretsman (donor's uncle) from his relative Srul Israel Peretsman from Ostrog, Ukraine, in which Peretsman describes his experiences during the Soviet occupation of Ostrog, the German invasion, and his escape to the Ural region.

  14. Rudolf Weiss collection

    Consists of pre-war and wartime documents regarding Rudolf Weiss's life as a refugee. Includes his German passport, 1941; letters and postcards from family and friends; documentation regarding emigration to Switzerland and to Honduras; documentation regarding his pre-war life in Milan, Italy.

  15. Stephen Weiner collection

    Contains letters from Bella Flora Wach (donor's mother) to her parents Fajga and David Wach while all them were in hiding in Belgium during the Holocaust; dated December 1943 to June 1944.

  16. "The Holocaust's Second Victims"

    Consists of a typed testimony, in English, entitled "The Holocaust's Second Victims" by Paul Keller. In the testimony, which was written for a Holocaust commemoration, Mr. Keller describes the effects of the Nuremberg Laws and on antisemitic persecution on his education and life as a child in Germany. He describes the culture shock he experienced as a German-Jewish refugee when his family immigrated to the United States in 1937.

  17. Michael Spillias collection

    Consists of six photographs taken by Michael Spillias, a member of the 11th Armored Division, after the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. The photographs depict the collection and reburial of corpses as well as of survivors who were liberated at the camp.

  18. John Daniel Morgan collection

    The John Daniel Morgan collection consists of one CD containing scans of material retrieved at the Dachau concentration camp by John Daniel Morgan (Dan Morgan), a member of the United States Army. The collection includes digital images of two binders of alphabetical correspondence with Nazi party members in the Munich area between 1938-1942; one binder of formal and informal photographs of SS officers mounted on notebook paper, including photographs of drills, ceremonies, portraits (including one of Theodor Eicke), groups of children, German airplanes, and meetings with Japanese officers; a...

  19. Roman Antoniak papers

    The Roman Antoniak papers consists of two identification documents issued by the East German Enamel and Metal Factory and the Ukrainian support committee to Roman Antoniak of Lwow, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine) in 1942.

  20. Arieh Lewinnek collection

    Collection of glass-based negatives taken in Switzerland in 1934 of Arieh (donor), his sister, and mother when they escaped and sought refuge; after six months they returned to Berlin. Contains a Reisepass (numbered 1285) issued to Rosa Halbreich Lewinnek.