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  1. 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...

  2. 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:...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Albert and Pola Altschul collection

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. "Living Surgical History, or Sisyphus at the Water Fountain"

    Consists of two chapters of a memoir entitled "Living Surgical History, or Sisyphus at the Water Fountain" by Dr. Henry Gans, originally of Zevenaar, the Netherlands. In these chapters, Dr. Gans describes his memories of his schooling in Arnhem under the German occupation of the Netherlands, learning his father was selected for deportation to Westerbork, and the decision for his family to go into hiding. Dr. Gans, a teenager at the time, spent thirty months in hiding with his brother at a farm in Angelo, a small village in the Netherlands. The family was reunited after the Allied liberation...

  9. Selected records from the Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Beirut, Lebanon (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Letter Books (FO 226)

    Contains general correspondence and reports from the British Embassy and Consulate in Beirut relating to Arab responses to Jews in Palestine, Arab investigations into Jewish smuggling of arms into region, Jewish immigration, and demonstrations and protests against Jews in Palestine.

  10. Hedwig Ems memoir

    Consists of a memoir written in 1947 by Hedwig Frank Ems, originally of Halle, Germany. The memoir, which is in the original German and accompanied by an English translation, describes Mrs. Ems' experiences when she was deported at age 73 from Berlin to Theresienstadt. Mrs. Ems describes life in wartime Berlin, the constant threat of deportation, her deportation in late October 1942, and life in Theresienstadt. She describes life in Theresienstadt in great detail, including death, disease, inspections, and witnessing the mass transports out of the camp. In February 1945, she received notice...

  11. Hugo Princz restitution case files

    Consists of documents pertaining to the restitution and indemnification case brought by Mr. Hugo Princz against the German Republic. Mr. Princz's case was represented by Washington DC attorney Steven R. Perles. Mr. Princz was one of the exceptionally few American-Jews who was liberated from a concentration camp in 1945. The case was settled for $2.1 million dollars.

  12. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Hautes-Pyrénées

    Contains material related to the use of forced labor, expropriation of Jewish property, exclusions preventing Jews from practicing medicine or dentistry, antisemitic legislation, and measures taken against Freemasons in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

  13. György Ránki collection

    Consists of color copies of materials related to György Rosenberg (later György Ránki), who was fourteen years old when he was deported from Budapest. The collection includes copies of the note he threw from the train addressed to his father; identity papers he received after his liberation in Lübeck, Germany, and later in Sweden; a Red Cross search card; and other documents.

  14. Selected records from the Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Belgium: General Correspondence (FO 123)

    Contains general correspondence from the Embassy and Consulates of Belgium relating to the possibility of Jewish refugees in Vichy France to be admitted to the Belgian Congo, 1942.

  15. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Cher

    Contains documents concerning the internment of Jews and foreigners, as well as border crossings between the free and occupied zones by Jews and foreigners in the Cher.

  16. District self administration Gauselbstverwaltung

    Contains only those records of the district self administration that were continued in the financial division after 1945. The records pertain mostly to the confiscation of Upper Austrian cloisters and monasteries, properties owned by the Schwarzenberg family, as well as other "Aryanization" or expropriation cases. The administration of the real properties is partly documented until the 1950s. The collection also contains some unrelated earlier and later records dealing with agricultural activities as well as the Oberösterreichische Kraftwerke.

  17. District Court in Białystok (SOB) Sąd Okręgowy w Białymstoku (SOB), Sygn. GK 205

    Contains selected files from trials in the District Court in Białystok from 1945 to 1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles during the German occupation. 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 first legislation on liability for war crimes committed during World War II. This...

  18. Cipora Rozensztajn Hurwitz photograph collection

    Fourteen (14) original photographs: Images of Feiga Cipora Rozenstajn (donor) and her family in Hrubieszow, Poland before the war and after the war in Lublin, Hrubieszow, and Bad Reichenhal DP camp in Germany. Three (3) copy photographs: images of the Rozensztajn and Zauberman families in Hrubieszow before the war and portrait of Shalom Rozensztajn (donor's brother).

  19. Official Nazi photographs

    Consists of thirty-two official photographs taken of Adolf Hitler, members of the SS, Nazi parades, military installations, and various other staged and propaganda events. The photographs are numbered with stamps on the verso.

  20. Gelb family collection

    The Gelb family collection consists of documents and photographs related to the family of Josef and Helena Feldmanova Gelb, originally of Vynohradiv (Sevlus), Czechoslovakia. In 1928, Mr. Gelb immigrated to the United States and managed to bring his family in January 1933. Includes photographs taken in Czechoslovakia, visa and immigration paperwork, and paperwork regarding the Gelbs' son Jacob, who fought as a member of the United States Army during World War II.