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  1. Oscar Reiss papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Oscar K. Reiss, originally of Munich, Germany. Included are immigration paperwork, his German passport, United States Army records, and an affidavit related to his attempt to help his family in Germany immigrate to the United States. Also included are a small number of photographs which include depictions of Oscar’s mother Irma Reiss prior to the Holocaust, and Oscar in his U.S. Army uniform.

  2. Circulo Israelita in Bolivia records

    Contains photocopies of various documents and newspaper clippings related to immigration of Jewish people to Bolivia and creation of Jewish community in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz.

  3. Kaethe Wells collection

    Consists of material related to the Schohl family, including correspondence and documents illustrating Max Schohl's efforts to secure affidavits for his family's emigration from Germany to the United States and the efforts of his cousin, Julius Hess. Included in the collection are correspondence between Max and Julius, documents and identification papers for members of the Schohl family and photographic prints.

  4. Polish Consulate General in Jerusalem Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Jerozolimie (A.16)

    Contains selected records of the Polish Consulate General in Jerusalem of the Polish government-in-exile.The Consuls General of the Polish Consulate General in Jerusalem were Witold Hulanicki (1936-1939), followed by Aleksy Wdziękoński (1939-1945).Includes records relating to deprivation of the Polish citizenship of Jewish soldiers in the Polish Army for desertion, activities within Jewish communities and contacts with different religious groups: Wolf Patron’s -- Jewish; Mustafa Alexandrowicz’s -- Muslim; Stanisław Funfstuk -- Christian. Also incorporates files of the Consul General, Hulani...

  5. Ernest Sterzer memoir

    The Ernest Sterzer memoir consists of a copy of a memoir, 23 pages, untitled, by Ernest Sterzer, originally of Vienna, Austria. In the memoir, which is in English, Mr. Sterzer describes his experiences as an insulin-dependent diabetic during the Holocaust, including his family's 1942 deportation to Theresienstadt (Terezin), and the lengths his family went to in order to obtain insulin. In October 1944, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he eventually went into the hospital because he didn't have insulin. He was deported to Heinkel, Germany, where he performed forced labor, sporadically obt...

  7. Selected documents and photos from the private collection of Raoul Cohen-Addad

    This collection comprises the records of Raoul Cohen-Addad (1916-2003), an Algerian-born Jew. Conscripted into the French army in 1939, he worked with the resistance to liberate Algeria in 1942. He was then deported to a forced labor camp under the Vichy regime. The collection includes personal and family papers, photos, documents pertaining to the judicial procedures Cohen-Addad instigated in an attempt to receive reparations for damage to his career, documents concerning the association of former North African resistance fighters from 1947-1949, the activities of the “Association of Frenc...

  8. Frederick B. Lea collection

    Consists of material related to the experiences of Frederick B. Lea, Company Commander of the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, Fourth Armored Division of the United States Army, who participated in the liberations of the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps in April 1945. Includes Mr. Lea's written testimony, entitled "Recollections of a Liberator," photographic prints and slides taken at Ohrdruf and at Buchenwald, which Mr. Lea described, a copy of a map of the movement of the Fourth Armored Division, and photocopies of the photographs taken by Mr. Lea.

  9. Estate of Albert Mülli Nachlass Albert Mülli (1916-1997) NL

    Contains records relating to Albert Mülli's years of imprisonment as a political prisoner of the Nazis.

  10. Peter Albrecht passport

    Consists of an Austrian passport for Peter Albrecht, born August 25, 1921 in Vienna. The passport, issued in 1929 and renewed in 1934, shows photographs of Peter and multiple stamps from 1929-1938 for travel in Austria, Switzerland, Nazi Germany, and France.

  11. Special Penalty Court in Kraków Sąd Specjalny Karny w Krakowie (SSKr) (Sygn. GK 203)

    Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted in the Special Penalty Court in Kraków during the years 1947-1949. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles in Poland during the German occupation. Most of investigation were discontinued. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's ...

  12. Oral history interview with Anna Wolf

  13. Herbert Huberty collection

    Contains photographic prints, black and white images documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation; images include survivors, victims, the memorial erected at the camp, and gallows; some include handwritten inscriptions in pencil on verso; dated April 1945. The photographs were brought home from the war and some taken by Herbert Huberty (donor's grandfather) who served with the US Army during WWII. Also includes additional photographs from Herbert Huberty's wartime experiences, including two photo booklets, lists of members of the platoons in the 976th Engineer Maintenance ...

  14. Charles Vogel papers

    The Charles Vogel papers consist of documents, diaries and testimonies, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings acquired by Charles Vogel during his efforts to document and record what occurred to the 350 American soldiers held prisoner at Berga an der Elster. The collection also includes originals and photocopies of trial documents relating to the war crimes trial of Erwin Metz and Ludwig Merz. Correspondence includes letters sent from Charles to Berga survivors and family members regarding his efforts to collect information to present to the War Department and letters from su...

  15. Prewar Jewish life of the Weinlaub (later Vanlaw) family

    Scenes shot on the latter part of the Weinlaubs' trip from Los Angeles to New York, including street scenes in Chicago (see highway sign at 01:01:44) and views of Washington, DC (01:04:13 to 01:05:15). The couple was travelling cross-country because Kurt's company had transferred him back to New York (see Biographical Notes field for more information). The Washington scenes include the Washington monument, the White House, the National Museum of Natural History, and other famous buildings. Lily (Rehfisch) Weinlaub first appears at 01:01:35 and Kurt Weinlaub at 01:01:38. From 01:02:36 to 01:...

  16. Announcement for a prayer and public fast in honor of victims of the Holocaust

    Small poster announcing a prayer assembly in memory of victims of the Holocaust at the Churvat Yehuda Ha-Chasid synagogue in Jerusalem on December 21, 1943. It includes a commemorative prayer for a fast day to be held on Wednesday, the 24th of Kislev [December 21, 1943], the day of Hanukkah. Among the attendees was the Imrei Emet of Gur, Avraham Mordechai Alter. The prayer is based upon an adaptation of a traditional prayer chanted for the dead at funerals, El Male Rahamim, adapted to honor "the souls of many hundreds of thousands of Israel, men, women, boys and girls who were murdered and ...

  17. Albert and Pola Altschul collection

    Contains a poem written from memory by Pola Altschul, and one document issued to Albert Altschul.

  18. Michael Erlitzki memoir

    Consists of one copy of the handwritten testimony, by Mr. Michael Erlitzki. The memoir, 17 pages, in Polish, describes Mr. Erlitzki's Holocaust experiences as a teenager.

  19. Selected records of the Romanian Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of the Minister (Cabinetul ministrului)

    Contains excerpts from records concerning Iron Guard activities, surveillance of Jews, interment of Jews in camps, deportation of Romanies and Jews to Transnistria, notes concerning the ghettos in Transnistria, and forced labor in Ragat. It also includes postwar documents on the confiscation of property and on war criminals.

  20. Records of the headquarters of the Polish Army Akta władz naczelnych Polskiej Armii (A.XII)

    Contains selected records of the headquarters of the Polish Army of the Polish Government in Exile. Records relate to the Polish-American and Polish-Soviet relations, Katyń massacre, desertion of Jews from the Polish Army 1943-1945, evacuation of Jews from the USSR, situation in Romania, Italy and Hungary, displaced persons, Jews, Ukrainians, and orthodox. Includes reports and announcements of the Home Army 1942-1943, and the name list of Jewish deserters.