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  1. Jiři Eisenstein letter

    The Jiři Eisenstein letter consists of one letter dated 1942, 6 pages of text written in English to Peter Kussi. Though unsigned, the letter was written by Mr. Kussi's uncle, Jiri Eisenstein, who explained his life from 1939-1942 in Prague under the Nazi regime in very poetic, exact terms. The letter was smuggled out of Prague and sent to New York, where Mr. Kussi received it in 1944. In January 1944, Jiri Eisenstein was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. His wife, Mimi, was killed in Auschwitz in March 1944.

  2. Kurt Goldstein collection

    Consists of a postcard sent to Kurt Goldstein from his father, who was in L'viv, Poland, in 1940. The postcard is dated May 20, 1940. Also includes an envelope sent by Mr. Goldstein to Kurt, who lived in New York, in July 1940. Mr. Goldstein was deported and perished in the Holocaust.

  3. "The Reminiscences of a Young Holocaust Survivor"

    Consists of one memoir, 7 pages, entitled "The Reminiscences of a Young Holocaust Survivor" written by Yuri Prizov, with copies in English and Russian. In the memoir, Mr. Prizov describes his childhood, initially in Zaysan, Kazakhstan, and later near the Polish border, as well as his memories of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the family's escape east, to the region of Karachay-Cherkassia, in the Caucasus, as well as the massacre of Bogdanovka (near Stavropol), where his mother's family lived; posing as non-Jews, and life in Grozny after the war. In the memoir, he described the way...

  5. "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...

  6. Palestine Government. Custodian of Enemy Property

    Contains 34 registers of enemy debts, 1941-1946, and case files of claims to property in the year 1947 in enemy or enemy occupied countries, such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Hungary, etc.

  7. Central Committee of Jews in Poland. Department of Registration and Statistics Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Ewidencji i Statystyki (Sygn. 303/V)

    Minutes, reports, briefs, correspondence, personnel files, and statistics on the Jewish communities throughout Poland; the central index books and registration forms for Jewish survivors in Poland (approximately 280,000 cards); portions of the Lublin, Łódź, Gliwice, and Bielsko-Biała card files; a card file created by the Warsaw committee of the CKŻP; and a file on people sent from Lvov to Poland during the population exchange with Ukraine. Accretion of records consists of two important files: #595 and 596, the so-called Lublin Registry Books-the earliest list of Polish Jews who survived th...

  8. Records of the Oberreichsanwalt beim Reichsgericht Leipzig (R 3003)

    Contain approximately 600 files (30,000 pages) of the chief prosecutor at the German supreme court during the Reichstag Fire prosecutions; over 300 additional files on the ensuing repression of the Social Democratic and Communist Parties. The Reichstag fire trial held before the Supreme court of the German Reich began September 21, 1933; the accused being Marinus van der Lubbe, Ernst Torgler, Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoi Popov and Vasil Tanev. The concluding day of the trial, December 23, 1933, presiding Justice Wilhelm Bünger pronounced the verdict guilty against van der Lubbe for high treason...

  9. Records on prisoners camps of the Reich Ministry of Justice (Reichsjustizministerium), R 3001 (R 22)

    Contains records of Reichsjustizministerium (Reich Ministry of Justice) on Emsland camps which document the fate of individual prisoners and holds biographical information and detailed reports about the conditions of camp life and slave labor. Files contain personal information; lists of prisoners of the camps; and transport lists, including name, profession, and duration of sentence. Prisoners included criminal prisoners, homosexuals, Jews and political opponents of the National Socialist regime. German soldiers who were sentenced under military laws also were deported to these camps, maki...

  10. Collection of documents from the German Consulates in Palestine (RG-67)

    Documents of German consulates in Jerusalem, Jaffa, and Haifa, including records of relations with the Ottoman authorities, tax matters, the acquisition of property, Jewish immigration, civil and criminal cases, representation of German interests by the Spanish Consulate (1917-1926), and a variety of other subjects. Collection reflects Germany’s takeover of the Austrian Consulate in 1938. The collection also documents the Haavara Agreement between Nazi Germany, the Zionist Federation of Germany, the Anglo-Palestine Bank, and the Jewish Agency.

  11. Selected records from collections of the Tulcea branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records from the District of Tulcea, Commission of Romanization (CNR) consisting of lists of Germans repatriated from the district of Tulcea, payments to guards to protect expropriated Jewish goods, goods from repatriated Germans, tables of Bulgarian and Italian citizens, renting of real estate and goods belonging to Jews and Bulgarians, selling of German goods, instructions and tables of goods confiscated from Jews taken from Tulcea, Sulina, and Babadag, administration of the Ruth Gottlieb Mill.

  12. Simon Slivka collection

    The Simon Slivka collection consists of one document, 3 pages, in Polish, written on February 12, 1937, unsigned. The document talks about the author's philosophy on life and reflections on training for hachshara. Also includes a photograph of a young man.

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. Selected records from the collections of the Arad branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records from the Pretura (police unit) of Chişineu-Criş and includes records relating to: lists of registered Iron Guard, Jewish shops, Jewish enterprises, correspondence regarding Iron Guards and Jews, the situation of Jewish goods, indexes of Jewish addresses, and CNR goods (Aryanization) (Microfilm Reel 1-8). Includes records from the Legion of gendarmes Arad including various files regarding to the Iron Guard rebellion in Arad district, surveillance of religious groups, and the history of religious groups in Arad district (Microfilm Reel 9-12). Also includes records from the Je...

  16. El Male Rachamim Holocaust Memorial - Chile document

    Contains one document on letterhead of the Comite Central de Educacion y Cultura Judia de Chile (Santiago), with text in Hebrew

  17. "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.

  18. Secret and confidential records Secretos y Reservados

    This collection contains confidential reports from various Argentinean government agencies and political offices to the Argentine Ministry of the Interior, including the Ministry of Foreign Relations, various provincial Governor's offices, the national police, the Ministry of War, the Postal and Telegraph Service, the Ministry of Agriculture, and others. Also includes records pertaining to Jewish immigration (both legal and illegal) to Argentina and other Latin American countries, the Jewish colonization movement, Nazi activities in Patagonia and other parts of Argentina, and communications...

  19. Hermann Goering's Art Purchases (Fond 211)

    Contains photocopies of art collections dating from the period 1940-1945 concerning transactions in the Netherlands and other European countries; some concern the collection J. Goudstikker. Reichsfeldmarshall Göring (1893-1946) bought art in large quantities in occupied Europe. These transactions were partially organized by his private assistant, Gisela Limberger, Dr. K. Mühlmann and the director of the art collections of Goering, Walter Andreas Hofer.

  20. Jozef Bryf memoir

    Consists of one CD containing the handwritten memoirs, in Yiddish, of Jozef Bryf. The memoirs, written in the 1980s, cover the period of 1920-1980 and describe Mr. Bryf's childhood in Łaskarzew, Poland, the German bombardment of Warsaw in 1939, and escaping with his future wife, Hanna Bleiwais, into the Soviet occupied territories. In 1941, the couple was deported to Siberia for forced labor, but after a year, moved to Tashkent, where they spent the war. After the liberation of the area, they moved back to Poland, from which they escaped in 1946 and ultimately joined family in France.