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  1. Hanna Herzig collection

    Contains family photographs of the Herzig and Stock families in Drohobycz, Poland before the war, and in the Foehrenwald DP camp in Germany after the war, including photographs showing Zygmunt Herzig in his official role as legal council. Includes a drawing depicting Zygmunt Herzig's sister, who was murdered in Drohobycz; identification cards of donor's parents from the DP camp; immigration application forms; receipts for donations; and general correspondence, Also includes prayer books from the Foehrenwald DP camp; contemporary photographs showing the house in Drohobycz where the donor's p...

  2. Selected papers of Oscar Plisnier

    Contains records of Oscar Plisnier, Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance and a head of the Committee of Secretary-generals (Comité des secrétaires généraux) which was the highest representation of the Belgian administration under German occupation. Includes minutes of the Comité des secrétaires généraux meetings concerning the position and persecution of Jews. Records relate mainly to action on behalf of political prisoners and Jews, layoff of Jewish officers, retribution of Jewish officers, protest against the arrest of Belgian Jews by the occupying power, and actions against Jews,.

  3. Polish Army on the East Armia Polska na Wschodzie (A.VIII)

    Contains selected records concerning KL Auschwitz, KL Stutthof and other concentration camps, as well as testimonies of witnesses. Also included are documents from Headquarters, Department V, Ethnic Minorities, concerning Jews in the Polish Army and evacuations from Russia (1943).

  4. 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.

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- de Gaulle, Leclerc and others in Chad

    General Charles de Gaulle deplanes and greets Colonel Philippe Leclerc in Fort-Lamy, Chad. The other men with de Gaulle include his Aide-de-camp, Geoffroy de Courcel and General Edward Louis Spears, the British liaison with the Free French. Leclerc is the thin man with the walking stick. De Gaulle greets a line of men and reviews a line of French colonial troops. De Gaulle and Leclerc arrive at an official building by car. LS of a plane (Martin bomber) landing. General Edgard de Larminat on the tarmac and igreeted by the governor of Chad and the mayor of Fort-Lamy. The symbol of the Free Fr...

  6. Letter, Rabbi Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandel to Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung, 1950

    One autograph letter from Rabbi Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandel, addressed to Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung of Manhattan's Jewish Center, on letterhead of the Yeshiva Farm Settlement, Mt. Kisco, NY, 1950.

  7. "My Uncle"

    Consists of one manuscript, 11 pages, entitled "My Uncle" by Yisrael Rudi Lichtner, written in 2011. In the manuscript,Yisrael describes his childhood in Rome, Italy, and the experience of meeting his uncle David, who spent the war as a Hungarian Jewish prisoner in a Siberian prisoner of war camp. He describes David's experiences searching for any family members who survived the war, finding Yisrael's family, getting married and then being separated from them when the Iron Curtain fell over Hungary. David and his wife were able to reunite with them in 1958 and then immigrated to Israel. Yis...

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- De Larminat in Cameroon

    French colonial troops perfomring drills on an expanse of desert sand. As dusk falls the men make fires out of doors. 03:19:16 Colonial troops stand at attention awaiting the arrival of General Edgard de Larminat (the general's arrival is not shown). Some of the men play bugles. General de Larminat sits at a table on his balcony. His aide-de-camp brings him some documents. CU of the general reviewing documents. Larminat and another man travel by car to the Chamber of Commerce building.

  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. Javorkovsky family photographs

    Collection of photographs documenting the Yavarkovsky family in pre-war Riga, Latvia.

  11. Steen Metz photograph collection

    Contains seven photographs of Axel and Magna Metz and their son Steen in Denmark during the World War II in Denmark. Includes pre-war images of Steen, his parents, and paternal grandmother Betty. All were deported to Theresienstadt where Axel died in March 1944. The remaining family members were liberated in May 1945.

  12. "Befriending a Polish Prisoner of the Landsberg Concentration Camp in Germany"

    Consists of one written testimony entitled "Befriending a Polish Prisoner of the Landsberg Concentration Camp in Germany" by Sgt. George C. English, written in July 2010. In the testimony, Sgt. English describes helping a newly liberated prisoner to get new clothes and food in preparation for his return to Poland.

  13. Allied POWs in Paris

    American and British POWs are marched through the streets of Paris under German guard. French civilians watch them pass. 03:03:06 The prisoners pass by a larger crowd of civilians, some of whom kick them as they walk past. A fight breaks out but it is hard to see who is fighting. CUs of some of the POWs.

  14. Nachlass Hans Weyermann (1912-1985)

    Pertains to the activities of Hans Weyermann as the delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1944 in Budapest. Includes material relating to the disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg. Weyermann remained in Budapest after the Soviet forces had driven out the Germans and he was one of few eyewitnesses who saw Wallenberg in 1945, shortly before his disappearance.

  15. Krystyna Siwek-Wilczynska collection

    Four (4) photographs illustrating the experiences of the Diament family before the war and the donor in hiding during the Holocaust in France.

  16. "We Will Never Die" program

    Consists of one program for the June 6th, 1943, performance of "We Will Never Die: A National Historical Pageant Memorializing the Two Million Murdered Jews of Europe" held at Boston Garden, in Boston, MA. The program includes photographs of previous performances, of participants, including author Ben Hecht, photographs and lists of sponsors, and advertisements.

  17. Matchbook advertising Gentiles only US business

    Matchbook issued for use on the east coast of the United States between 1930-1960. It is printed with an advertisement that declares that the establishment is for Gentiles only.

  18. Drimmer and Gruber families papers

    The collection primarily consists of pre-war and post-war photographs of the Drimmer and Gruber families of Drohobycz, Poland (Drohobych, Ukraine). Included are childhood photographs of Marcel and his sister Irena, along with their parents Jakob and Laura (née Gruber) Drimmer, and relatives in the Drimmer and Gruber families in pre-war Drohobycz and post-war Walbrzych, Poland. Also included are photographs of Rywka Gruber who was killed in Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) in 1941, and depictions of Jan and Sofia Sawinski, who hid members of the Drimmer and Gruber families in their barn in Mlynk...

  19. Selected records from the collection of the Prefectura of Muscel from the Argeş branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains selected records from the Prefectura of Muscel and the sub-district of Campulung-Muscel and includes records relating to confiscation of Jewish properties, deportation of Jews, and indexes of Romanian women married to Jews. As well as records from the Regional Inspectorate of Police Piteşti, including orders and reports, and the personal file of Israel Schif. Also includes records from the Legion of Gendarmes Muscel and includes records relating to: surveillance of religious groups, name lists of gendarmerie informants, surveillance of Iron Guard, name lists of deported Jews, and w...

  20. Ernest Waller collection

    Consists of one document, three pages, in English, describing the liberation at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from the collection of Ernest L. Waller, who was with the British Army's RASC, attached to the 163rd forward ambulance group. The report, entitled "Notes on Belsen Camp," describes the terrible conditions after the liberation of the camp in April 1945, including a description of the thousands of prisoners who died due to typhus and other diseases and of the events leading to the liberation of the camp. Also includes a document listing the military units and voluntary organiza...