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  1. Ruth DeVries photographs

    Consists of two photographs of Ruth DeVries as a young child in France between 1937-1941. In one photograph, Ruth is held by her mother, and in the other, she is playing with a doll.

  2. Forced burial of death march and concentration camp victims by German civilians; DP camp

    (LIB 6492) Hagenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommerin, Germany (now the site of the Hagenow Memorial to the Wöbbelin Camp Victims). LS of German civilians digging rows of graves. Closer shots showing white-sheeted corpses beside each grave. American soldiers wander among the rows, watching the Germans. 02:26:50 German civilians unload large white crosses (grave markers) from a wagon. Three former prisoners, still wearing striped uniforms, walk toward the camera bearing a large wreath. They lay the wreath on the graves. CUs of corpses. 02:27:13 A group of American soldiers, some of them chaplains, and...

  3. Gertrud Mainzer oral history transcript

    Consists of one oral history transcript, 217 pages, of an interview with Gertrud (Traute) Sinzheimer Mainzer, born in 1914 in Frankfurt, Germany. In the interview, which was conducted in pieces between 1984 and 1988, Gertrud describes her father, Hugo Sinzheimer, a famous lawyer, the family's emigration to the Netherlands in 1938, her memories of Anne and Margot Frank (both in the Netherlands and reuniting in Bergen-Belsen), the birth of her children, and separating from her children so they could all go into hiding in July 1942. In late 1943, after discovering her children had been betraye...

  4. "In His Hand"

    Consists of one typed memoir, 13 pages, entitled "In His Hand" by Josephine Guarnieri, as told to Lisa Hnath. In the memoir, Mrs. Guarnieri describes her childhood in Settefrati Frosinone, Italy and her memories of being unable to join her father and brother in the United States because of the outbreak of war. She also describes the Allied bombings and going hiding to escape from the bombing and the German occupying troops. She credits God for her family's survival.

  5. "Piles of Pine Needles"

    Consists of one memoir, 127 pages, entitled "Piles of Pine Needles" written in 2005 by Abraham Shavit (born Strikovsky), originally of Skępe, Poland. In his memoir, Mr. Shavit describes his deportation to the Szczechowo ghetto, life in hiding on a farm near Osowo, and post-war life in the Feldafing displaced persons camps. Mr. Shavit also describes his immigration to Uruguay and from there, to Israel. The memoir, which was translated into English by Mr. Shavit's son.

  6. Portfolio

    Folio cover for an introductory insert and 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.

  7. Caroline and William Schneider photographs

    Contains photographic prints documenting the lives of Caroline (Lilly) Davidovics (donor) and her huband William Schneider, who were married immediately following the Holocaust in Romania. Includes pre and post-war images including those of their marriage and war-time images of William in a forced-labor battalion; dated 1926-1957.

  9. 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.

  10. Portfolio

    Signed portfolio of rotogravure prints, number 0004 of 1000, of 24 drawings by George (Jerzy) Zielezinski depicting scenes he witnessed of daily life and death as a prisoner in German concentration camps from 1943-1945. The set includes a portfolio cover, a folded introductory insert discussing the prints signed by Zielezinski, and 24 individual reproductions. These sets were sold in the US for $10 by the American Friends Service Committee to raise funds for Zielezinski, then working as a dish washer in New York City. Zielezinski, a Polish Catholic, was arrested in Warsaw by the Germans for...

  11. Ration Coupon

  12. Simon Silver collection

    Consists of one typescript biography, 44 pages, entitled: "Simon: from Darkness at the Break of Noon 'til Dawn's Early Light, an Abridged Oral History" by Dave Hunterman (pen name), written in 2011. Huntermann describes the experiences of his father, Simon Silver, who was born in Chelm, Poland. After the German invasion and after briefly spending time in the Warsaw ghetto, he returned to Chelm and managed to briefly escape deportation. He was sent on a death march and bribed a Nazi soldier with a gold coin to avoid being shot. Simon, his brother, brother-in-law, and friend escaped during a ...

  13. Tomasz Wilinski letter and photograph

    One letter, sent by Tomasz Wilinski, from the Stutthof concentration camp, addressed to Leon Stefankowski, in Kolno, near Lomza/Bialystok district, February 1944. Includes one copy photograph of Wilinski while he was a factory worker in New Jersey, taken 6/20/1920.

  14. 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.

  15. German Auxiliary Police photograph album

    Contains a photo album possibly owned by Franz Schneider, a policeman who served in the German auxiliary police force and later taught in the police school of Bohemia. Some of the photographs show an inspection by SS-Obergruppenführer and Generaloberst der Polizei Kurt Max Franz Daluege, deputy Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, and Major General Max Ziervogel, a Luftwaffe general and the Wehrmacht chief of staff for Bohemia and Moravia. The photographs in the album include family shots with wife and daughter in 1942; border-patrol maneuvers in Königshütte in October 1942; firefighting...

  16. 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.

  17. George Jellinek collection

    Consists of one photograph taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp of the American military and Holocaust survivors looking upon the bodies of SS officers who were killed as part of summary justice after the liberation of the camp. Includes a note on the verso explaining the photograph written by Lt. George Jellinek, who was part of the liberating forces. Also includes a copy of a 1943 photograph of Lt. Jellinek.

  18. Harry Thon papers

    The collection documents the experiences of Harry Thon who served as Chief Investigator for the Prosecution at the trials of perpetrators of the Malmedy massacre and against Otto Skorzeny, at Dachau, 1946-1947. Includes reports, correspondence, photocopies, photographs, and texts of interrogations of Generals Jodl, Keitel, and Warlimont, conducted by Thon.

  19. Selected records of the sub-district of Pecica from the Arad Branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records from the sub-district of Pecica, including records relating to various state-owned Jewish goods and goods that were confiscated by the Centrul Naţional de Românizare (CNR).

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- Communist protest in New York City

    Title onscreen says that "50,000 "Reds" gathered in New York City." Police on horseback ride amongst a crowd of protesters. Demonstrators carry signs protesting unemployment. 03:23:16 Signs with caricatures of Hitler and Mussolini. Nice wide shot of the large crowd. Leaflets blow in the wind.