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  1. Helen Sternlicht Jonas photograph collection

    Contains three photographs: one of Adam Sztab that was saved by Helen Sternlicht upon arrival at Auschwitz by hiding the photograph in her mouth while they were in the showers; one copy photograph of Szymon Sternlicht (Helen's father), the original of which was also saved by Helen Sternlicht in her mouth upon arrival at Auschwitz; and one copy print of a pre-war photograph of Helen Sternlicht, her sisters Betty and Sydell, and her mother Lola, original dated circa 1934, at Wawel castle, Krakow, Poland.

  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. Krakauer family collection

    Contains photographs related to the Krakauer family and their experiences during the Holocaust. Includes a family portrait showing (from left) Chaja Brajna (mother), Gisela, Chaim (father) and Malvine, taken in Vienna, Austria, c. 1932; a photograph of the Krakauer and Schwadron family, with Malvine in the front, c. 1935; a photograph of Malvine Krakauer and her best friend Anita Maibaum walking in the street in Brussels, Belgium with their Stars of David visible on the coats, dated June 1942; and a business card of Chaim Krakauer, who manufactured work clothes. In July 1942 Anita and anoth...

  4. Ethel Davidson photographs

    Contains 26 photographs of pre-war Poland, including from resort areas Szczawnica and the Pieniny mountains, and post-war displaced persons camps in Germany, including Zeilsheim.

  5. Herzberg family papers

    The Herzberg family papers include biographical materials and photographs documenting the family of Jacob and Margaret (née Bloch) Herzberg, and their daughter Rachel, originally of Fulda, Germany. Included are family photographs and documents, including birth certificates, and certificates related to religious ceremonies and weddings, extending back to the late 1890s. Also included are forms and correspondence related to the efforts of the Herzberg family to emigrate from Germany, their successful arrival in the United States, Jacob Herzberg's application to not be considered as an enemy a...

  6. Jews hiding in a nightclub in Amsterdam (with text)

    Film with text. The film (as seen in Story 1315) repeats with added intertitles in Dutch (see linked document). Image rolls at 01:16:19 with an older couple stands and converses. An adolescent boy comforts a young woman [this scene is clearly acted out with the characters wearing stage makeup]. An older man then opens the door, enters the room, and converses with a girl. Several people arrive and are greeted warmly. They all wear yellow stars. INTs of the apartment. The table is set. A girl sits and knits. People lounge about; others arrive. The boy and young woman look out the window onto ...

  7. Bruchsal Kreistag 1938

    Footage shot at the 1938 Kreistag in Bruchsal, showing scenes of athletic and social activities combined with marching and speeches. Agfa 1938 logo. Shot of a building heavily decorated with Nazi paraphernalia, with a sign reading "Kreistag Bruchsal". Quick shot of a parade of SA men marching in the street, followed by street scenes with many Nazi flags blowing in the breeze. Children splash each other in a fountain. Four uniformed men walk toward the camera. LS of a man standing at a podium with uniformed Bund Deutscher Maedel girls facing him. An officer arrives in a car and is saluted by...

  8. World War II Iron Cross

    Iron Cross that may have been awarded to Franz Schneider, a policeman in the German auxiliary police force in the Reich Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in the former Czechoslovakia.

  9. 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.

  10. Judit Schichtanz collection

    Photo album and documents relating to the Schichtanz family's experiences in Hungary before, during, and after WWII. Included are images of Judit Schichtanz at her First Communion after her mother Ella and she converted to Roman Catholocism in 1941; baptismal certificate for Judit Schichtanz; pre-war photographs of Judit's father Lorand, who was later deported to a Hungarian forced-labor battalion in 1944 is presumed to have perished in Mauthausen.

  11. 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."

  12. 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.

  13. Helena Minzer letters

    The Helena Minzer letters concern Helena Minzer, a Polish Jewish woman, and her experiences during the Holocaust. Forced to live in the Lwow ghetto, Helena Minzer escaped under a false name and went into hiding with the Szychlińska family in Mosty Wielkie before entering a forced labor camp. Her papers are comprised of 8 letters written by her to Janina Szychlińska while in the camp and immediately after liberation in 1945.

  14. RAD labor in July 1943

    Private film by Herbert Apfelthaler. Title card reads “Soldaten der Arbeit” with a Nazi insignia. Another title card briefly reads “Ein Ferrania Film der Hera / von: H. Apfelthaler. / Mitwirkende: Führer und Mannschaft des RAD Abt S/343 Schönering.” Nazi insignia. Title card: “Student u. Handwerker, Bauernsohn u. Lehrling, zu einer Gemeinschaft zusammengeschweißt, arbeiten unter dem Zeichen des Reichsarbeitsdienstes.” View of houses on the other side of a river. A mini-bus drives down the road on the side of the river. Young blond men, part of the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD), ride in the car....

  15. Frederick E. Jaeggi photographs

    Consists of four photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, including images of corpses gathered for burial and of survivors of the camp.

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- Popes Pius XI and XII

    Compilation of footage from the tenure of Pope Pius XI (Pius XII's predecessor) on the occasion of his death. Title onscreen: "Universal Newsreel Vatican City Impressive Scenes Mark the Passing of Beloved Pontiff." Crowds outside the Vatican. Priests and others attend to Pope Pius XI as he lies in his bed. Pius XI visits the king and queen of Italy. 02:01:23 Pope Pius XI on the balcony at the church of St. John Lateran. Pius XI blessing the Alpine Chausseur (French mountain troops), followed by footage of Pius XI being crowned pope. 02:01:58 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (Pope Pius XII) walks to...

  17. Arthur Fishman collection

    Photographs, photograph album pages, and a letter documenting Arthur Fishman’s experiences as a soldier in the United States Army visiting the Dachau concentration camp shortly after its liberation in April 1945. The photographs include depictions of corpses in the camp and the Dachau death train, survivors, German prisoners, and camp architecture. There are also photographs of a 3rd anniversary celebration of the 2829 Engineers “C” in Flintsbach, Germany, and of Arthur Fishman in uniform. The Dachau photographs include original photographs in the album pages and loose contemporary copy pri...

  18. Valentine and Politzer family papers

    Correspondence and documents pertaining to the extended family of Teodor Valentin and Vilma (Politzer) Valentin. Includes a memoir written by Vilma Valentin titled "Kalište Report," which details the family's experiences from 1942-1945, while in hiding in the partisan-controlled village of Kalište, Slovakia, near Banska Bystrica

  19. Joseph and Josie Peretz papers

    The Joseph and Josie Peretz papers comprise documents and photographs concerning Joseph and Josie Peretz, a Jewish couple living in Antwerp, Belgian who survived the Holocaust. Joseph, after being released as a prisoner of war with the Belgian army was deported to a labor camp in northern France and escaped after procuring false French papers, while Josie, a Polish-born Jew, lived with a couple in Tourcoing, France under a false identity. Included in the collection are documents pertaining to Joseph’s service in the Belgian military, ration coupons from the labor camp, and poems he wrote wh...

  20. German Jewish refugee boys arrive at Quincy-sous-Senart

    Refugee boys from Berlin arrive at a chateau owned by Count Hubert Conquere de Monbrison in the town of Quincy-sous-Senart, located about 30 km south of Paris. He and the Princess Irena Paley (a niece of the last Russian czar who later became Monbrison's wife) used the chateau to house refugee girls from the Russian and Spanish civil wars. In 1939 de Monbrison was approached by his children's Jewish physician, who was a member of the board of the OSE, and asked whether he would take in a group of forty German Jewish refugee children. The count agreed and the Kindertransport of boys arrived ...