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  1. Eugene Shelton collection

    Consists of materials related to the experiences of Corporal Eugene Shelton, who participated in the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Includes a photograph of corpses, a one-page testimony written by Cpl. Shelton about his experiences, and a large hand-drawn map of the movements of the 355th Infantry Regiment, which participated in the liberation of Ohrdruf.

  2. 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...

  3. 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.

  4. Selected documents from the Departmental Archives of the Belfort Territory

    Contains documents pertaining to the expropriation of Jewish property in The Belfort Territory during the war and restitution and indemnification issues after the war. Also contains the diary of Henriette Bloch, a Jewish school teacher whose son, Julien, was captured as the Bloch family attempted to escape into the Jura.

  5. Oral history interview with Hildegard Lee

  6. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Gers

    Contains material concerning measures taken against Jews, foreigners, and Freemasons in the Gers. Includes files on expropriated property, name lists of refugees and prisoners, antisemitic legislation, and Monsignor Saliège, the Archbishop of Toulose.

  7. 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.

  8. Selected documents from the Departmental Archives of the Indre

    Contains records from local offices including the Prefect’s office and the Police Department dealing with foreigners, the “Jewish question”, the demarcation line between the occupied and unoccupied zones, and refugees, including those from Alsace-Lorraine. Documents from the sub-prefecture of La Châtre (3 Z) are also included, as well as the “Internernent Administratif” section dealing with the camps of Pellevoisin and Douadic. Also contains information on an OSE-created clandestine center to place Jewish children in non-Jewish families in the “chef-lieu, Châteauroux,” lists of arrests and ...

  9. Selected records from the French Diplomatic Archives in Nantes concerning Palestine

    Contains a collection of diplomatic dispatches sent to all French diplomats during the period 1938-1949 concerning Palestine. Various subjects discussed include: illicit immigration to Palestine in 1939 (the exodus of Polish Jews toward the Levant); surveillance of the activities of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in October, 1939 and his "escape"; Zionist politics; a letter from the French Ambassador to Turkey in 1942 to the Admiral of the Fleet under Vichy in 1942 on the "Strouma Affair" [Struma]; "Jewish Terrorism in Palestine," dated November 9, 1944; the evolution of the Palestinian econo...

  10. 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.

  11. "The Silent Story of Those Children"

    Consists of a memoir entitled "The Silent Story of Those Children" by Rosette Kleinmann Lissek, who was born in Paris in 1940 and survived the war in hiding in various places. Rosette's father was interned in a number of French internment camps, while Rosette, her mother, and her younger sister Jeanine (born 1942) hid in France and Belgium with the help of OSE. After the war, the family immigrated briefly to Israel, then back to Europe before leaving for Bolivia, and ultimately, to Argentina in 1951. Also includes copies of family photographs and documents. Copies of the memoir exist in Eng...

  12. Selected records from the Bologna State Archive

    Contains records from the Prefettura and Questura di Bologna, 1938-46 relating to the 1938 racial laws and their implementation in Bologna, as well as the deportation of the Jews of Bologna and their efforts after 1945 to reclaim their property and rebuild their community. This collection also includes 2,000 individual files with personal data.

  13. Selected records from the Perguia Regional State Archive

    Contains records from the Prefettura and Questura di Perugia, 1938-46 relating to the racial laws of 1938 and their implementation in Perugia, the deportation of the Jews of Perugia and their efforts after 1945 to reclaim their property and rebuild their community. Also included are 200 files containing personal materials on individuals. The collection also contains records from the province of Perugia and include records from smaller cities, such as Assisi documenting their reaction to the racial laws.

  14. 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.

  15. Collection of documents from ghettos and camps in Eastern Europe. Jewish Council Łachwa Kolekcja dokumentów z gett i obozów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Rada Żydowska w Łachwie (Sygn. 216)

    Contains a single document dated on August 25, 1941. Its content relates to confirmation of delivery of the Jewish workers by the Judenrat to Łachwa authorities.

  16. "Die Fahne Hoch!...Wesen werden und Wirken des Dritten Reiches"

    Consists of a copy of the original typed manuscript of "Die Fahne Hoch!..Wesen werden und Wirken des Dritten Reiches" by Fritz Ginszberg. The manuscript, which was offered to publishers, includes images tucked or pasted into the text and was published in 1946.

  17. Dachau liberation photographs

    Consists of two photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes one photograph of a room filled with corpses, and one photograph of two American soldiers looking at corpses in an open railcar.

  18. George Feger letters

    The George Feger letters consist of letters send to George Feger of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from members of the Feger family of Vienna, Austria in 1938. The letters request assistance and support in the form of affidavits for immigration from Austria. The family was unsure whether they were related to George Feger, but hoped he would assist them based on sympathy and the potential family connection.

  19. Oral history interview with Irene Austern Schopp

  20. "Of Ships and Men: From Toledo to Leghorn and then to Tunis"

    Consists of one manuscript, 104 pages, entitled "Of Ships and Men: From Toledo to Leghorn and then to Tunis," with a copy in French, by Giacomo Nunez, originally of Tunis. In the manuscript, Mr. Nunez describes the history of the Jewish community in Italy, Spain, and Tunis throughout history, focusing specifically on the experiences of the Nunez family. He also describes his own childhood in Tunis and memories of World War II as a Jewish boy in North Africa, including his memories of bombings and forced labor.