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  1. Wehrmacht in Russia

    Everyday Wehrmacht life in (most likely) the DULAG 372 camp near Pskov (Pleskau), Russia, in the winter of 1941/42. Includes graphic depiction of mass graves, and the beating of Soviet POWs, as well as the hanging of a Soviet civilian by a Wehrmacht squad.

  2. Stefan and Grete Klinger collection

    This collection consists of documents, correspondence, telegrams, receipts, and forms related to the Holocaust experiences of Dr. Stefan and Grete Klinger, originally of Vienna, Austria. The collection includes extensive correspondence by Cecile Krall Elson, Mrs. Klinger's sister, in her attempts to sponsor the immigration of the Klingers, and documentation related to Stefan Klinger's internment in the St. Cyprien internment camp and their immigration to the United States in January 1942.

  3. Armband with a royal coat of arms worn by Danish resistance fighter

    Blue, red, and white armband with a medallion worn by Mogens Høirup, a Danish resistance fighter, after the war. This style of armband was issued by the Danish Freedom Council on May 4 and 5, 1945. The armbands, which appeared abruptly throughout Denmark, were issued by the Danish Freedom Council, Denmark's unofficial government-in-exile in England from July 1944 to May 1945. The armbands were meant to identify resistance members as legitimate combatants, rather than guerilla forces, to ensure they were protected under Geneva Convention rules defining combatants and how they should be treat...

  4. Selected records from Massuah Institute for the Study of the Holocaust

    The selected archives comprise a collection of documents and publications related to the Holocaust, the Jewish world prior to the Holocaust-community institutions, youth movements, immigration of Jews to Palestine, personal documents, Brichah [Escape, the organized effort that helped Jews escape post-Holocaust Europe to Palestine] and Sh'erit ha-Pletah [the surviving remnant]. It is the chief archive of the history of the Hanoar Hazioni and Akiva youth movements. Consist also of the unique collections of postal items from the time of the Holocaust, personal testimonies of Holocaust survivor...

  7. 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.

  8. Tenin and Dakhis family papers

    Photographs (9) and postcards (2) relating to the wartime experiences of the family of Moshe and Golda (Olga) Tenin, originally of Odessa, 1942-1944. Photographs include family portrait, photographs of individual family members, including son Boris, in his Red Army uniform, daugher Klara, and daughter Paulina, who was murdered by the Germans in 1942. Also includes photograph of Leonid Dakhis, Klara's future husband, as a soldier in the Red Army, and a later photo showing Klara and Leonid at the grave of her parents and sisters, Odessa, 1976. Also includes two postcards, from Soviet authorit...

  9. Max Shattner photograph collection

    The Max Shattner photograph collection consists of photographs related to the wartime experiences of Max Shattner, who survived the war in a Swiss internment camp. The photographs depict Shattner with other refugees living in the camp, and the collection also includes copyprints of his post-war life and family. Also includes a 1972 recording of Mr. Shattner singing German and Hebrew songs, including opera arias, liturgical songs, a Bialik poem, and "Die Uhr."

  10. Bernard F. Graham collection

    Contains a colorized photographic print of Hirsch and Deborah Green Neijman (Newman) who were last heard from in 1939-1940 in Łódź, Poland.

  11. Michael Flack papers

    Collection contains texts of songs and poetry written by Flack during his internment at Theresienstadt, including typescript copies and a leather-bound diary containing hand-written poetry by Flack, dated 1940-1941. Collection also contains correspondence, news clippings about Flack following his immigration to the United States, and materials related to the play "Ester," by E.F. Burian, which was produced at Theresienstadt, including a performance that was directed by Flack, and which received renewed interest in the 1990s.

  13. Majer Feliks Gorewicz collection

    Collection of documents and photographs documenting the experiences of Majer Feliks Gorewicz (donor's father) during the Holocaust and after his liberation. Majer Feliks was originally from Kielce, Poland where he owned and operated a bar and restaurant. He was imprisoned in Stalag VIIa in Moosburg and subsequently sent to the Auschwitz, Dachau, and Flossenbürg concentration camps. He was liberated by American troops in April 1945.

  14. Klapholc and Shoval families photograph collection

    The Klapholc and Shoval families photograph collection consists of twenty-four family photographs depicting the Klapholc family from Oświęcim, Poland and of Henryk Heniek Wasserlauf from Kraków and after the war in Wrocław.

  15. Records of Israel police, Bureau 06, in charge of the investigation and interrogation of Adolf Eichmann

    Contains evidentiary material and the audio recordings of the interrogation of Adolf Eichmann conducted by Captain Avner Less of the Israeli Police. The interrogation took place during a period of nine months in a fortified police station in Yagur, near Haifa in northern Israel. The audio recordings of the interrogation cover the period from May 29, 1960 to February 02, 1961. This collection is a sub-collection of the larger RG 79 Israeli Police, 1948-1985.

  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. Officials review Reichsarbeitsdienst workers

    Private film by Herbert Apfelthaler. Title card reads: “Schnitt, Kamera: Herbert Apfelthaler.” Rows of Nazi Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) march with shovels on their shoulders. A small group of other soldiers, perhaps higher ranking, shake hands and give the Nazi salute. They inspect the lines of Nazi RAD, who stand at attention with their shovels. They march down a path through fields. Shots of them in formation with their shovels in a field, then running into formation. Marching. More maneuvering and inspections. They do exercises in unison in shorts. They perform gymnastics on wooden logs an...

  18. Selected records from the collection Police Detachment of Lipova from the Arad branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records from the Police Detachment of Lipova, including records related to the situation of Jews, propaganda, and miscellaneous items.

  19. Mendel Awerbuch papers

    Consists of two identification documents for Mendel Awerbuch (also spelled Averbuch), one from the Polish Consulate in Brussels confirming his Polish citizenship, and the other from the town of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, permitting Awerbuch to stay in that town and confirming he had formerly been a prisoner at Buchenwald, both documents dated 1945. Includes four photographs of men and women, including Awerbuch, on a street in post-war Belgium; some wearing old concentration camp uniforms. Also includes passport-sized photos of a different man, with addresses in Paris and in Israel.

  20. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Loire

    Contains documents concerning the refugee centers in Chambon-sur-Lignon, run by La Cimade (Côteau-Fleuri) and La Maison-des-Roches. Daniel Trocmé, nephew of Pastor Trocmé and director of the latter, was sent to Buchenwald when a round-up occurred (see PV of his arrest). Also includes records from internment camps like Tence, records connected to Gurs on Noé, and police records relating to immigration, foreign workers in forced labor brigades, house arrests and surveillance of foreigners, round-ups, education and teachers.