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  1. Selected records from the Central State Archives of the Republic of Kazakhstan related to the evacuation to Kazakhstan during the Second World War II

    The collection contains copies of the archival records related to the evacuation of civilians to Kazakhstan during WWII that includes information about resettlement, employment and food supplies and medical assistance provided by the local authorities. This collection also includes records related to the special assistance given to foreign political immigrants (mostly members of the Communist Parties of the Nazi occupied countries) who were evacuated to Kazakhstan by the Soviet authorities.

  2. Artwork by communist resistance fighter Boris Taslitzky plus catalogue of Vichy exhibition on "Bolshevism"

    The collection consists of reproductions of a series of sketches and other artwork by Communist resistance fighter Boris Taslitzky after he was deported to Buchenwald, and a photo album of a 1942 Paris exhibit on “Bolshevism against Europe.”.

  3. Obersitzker family papers

    Documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Siegfried Obersitzker (a Polish born German Jew) and his wife Charlotte Reuter Obersitzker (a German born non-Jew) who fled from Berlin with their son Horst in December 1938 to Havana, Cuba where they remained until ultimately immigrating to the United States in 1941. Included are affidavits of support for the Obersitzkers, German passports, landing permits for Havana, as well as immigration correspondence for Charlotte's mother Franziska Reuter who emigrated from Berlin to the United States in 1947.

  4. Alicia Wassertheil collection

    Identity card of Alicia Wassertheil's grandmother; collection of photographs pertaining to Ms. Wassertheil [donor] and her family in Krakow (prewar and post-war), period newspaper.

  5. Lt. Albert Montenaro collection

    Consists of five photographs taken by Lt. Albert Montenaro, a member of the 4th Armored Division, after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Includes photographs of corpses and of a pyre in which bodies were burned before liberation.

  6. Selected records of the Archives départementales de l'Eure-et-Loir

    This collection contains documents from the prefect’s office; the administration of the Voves camps, where most persons identified as Communists were sent, often transferred from other camps; the Chartres prison; and private families and notaries. Documents include a register of Jews interned at the Chartres prison (1055W); several collections in the J Series (from private sources); the papers of the family of the deported doctor Goldberg; and records concerning compensation made to victims of spoliation by the Vichy regime and the German occupying forces.

  7. The Striker, Number 16, April 1938, 16th year 1938 Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, Germany) [Newspaper]

    One issue of the antisemitic newspaper Der Stürmer, from April 1938 with the headline: Die habsburger und die Juden.

  8. Crossing Rur River; liberation; atrocities

    Allies Overrun German Positions in Big Push. American infantry troops advance into Germany. Troops march past badly damaged buildings and footage shows some artillery fire. Long shot of Jeeps of the US 9th Army crossing the Rur river (small river in western Germany, not to be confused with the Ruhr). Troops pass through Linnich. Dead German soldiers in Juelich. German POWs march down the road. The narrator says that the enemy's casualty lists have surpassed one million on the Western front. Shot of German civilians and devastated buildings. Generals Eisenhower and Simpson inspect the area n...

  9. Uri Hirschmann papers

    The Uri Hirschmann papers include a photo album, travel pass, and Palestinian naturalization certificate documenting Hirschmann’s family in Frankfurt am Main before the war and his relocation to Palestine. Photographs depict Hirschmann’s family, their home, bar mitzvah and Purim celebrations, and Hirschmann at a Hachschara camp in Germany, and a Youth Aliyah camp and a kibbutz in Palestine.

  10. Bloch family collection

    Contains letters and postcards written by Ingrid and Hannelore Billigheimer, their parents Irma and Kurt Billigheimer, and grandmother, Marie Hochherr, from Fürth and Karlsruhe in Germany and later from Gurs and Rivesaltes internment camps in France, and from an OSE children’s home in Le Couret, dated October 29, 1939 to April 5, 1943; the last letter was written by Marie Hochherr on June 11, 1945. All the letters were addressed to Drs. Bloch in Zurich, Switzerland. Includes receipts for food packages sent by Dr. Charlotte Bloch to the Billigheimer family, and a copy photograph of a group p...

  11. Hoess and others arriving in Warsaw for trial; snapshots from Germany

    Welt im Film. Issue no. 60 Title: Vor dem Warschauer Prozess: Ankunft der Hauptangeklagten [Before the Warsaw trial: arrival of the main defendants]. Nazi defendants disembark from a plane under guard by Polish soldiers. The narrator says that they are guilty of countless crimes against justice and humanity. Some of the men are made to stand posed for the camera as they are identified: Josef Buehler, Hans Frank's deputy in Poland; Ludwig Leist, mayor of Warsaw; Jaeger, the police president of Posen, Beckmann, former head of the Krakow Gestapo; Polnikow, head of the Posen Gestapo, Daume, rep...

  12. Therese Wertheim diary

    The collection consists of a photocopy of a journal, written in German, by Therese (Tesi) Wertheim, originally of Stuttgart, Germany. The journal was written immediately post-war and describes Tesi's experiences between May 10, 1940, when the Germans invaded Enschede in the Netherlands, and April 3, 1945, when the town was liberated by the Canadians. In her journal she describes the arrest of her son, Martin, who was killed at Mauthausen in October 1941, anti-Jewish legislation, life in in the underground in Enschede, and the aerial attacks on the city. The collection also includes an Engli...

  14. Daniel Catan collection

    Consists of documents, newspapers, and handbills related to wartime and post-war France. Includes an anti-Mason, anti-war handbill entitled "Assassins!", correspondence regarding and copies of the "Lectures Francaises," "Histoire du Frontisme," and "Resurrection Nationale" publications, 1941 and 1944 copies of the newspaper "France," a 1945 document regarding the history of the "France" newspaper, and five copies, 1948-1949, of "Le Droit de Vivre" newspaper.

  15. Myron (Mike) Moses collection

    Consists of nine photographs from the collection of Myron (Mike) Moses, a member of the United States Army. The photographs depict wartime devastation, Myron Moses in his office (he was responsible for Signal Corps supplies), a staged crematorium photograph, the liberation of a French town, a post-war POW enclosure, and a 1944 photograph of American soldiers at Rosh Hashanah services in France. Also includes two booklets, one entitled "Britain", the other "A Pocket Guide to France." These booklets were distributed to American soldiers so they would know the customs of these countries.

  16. David Gur collection

    Collection of copy prints of Hashomer Hazair, Dror, Bnai Akiva and other youth movements who participated in underground Zionist activities during WWII in Hungary. Includes one vintage photographic print; image of Miriam Renyi, David Grosz [donor], and Ezra Reichman; dated March 1944.

  17. Fonds Joë Nordmann

    Contains documents pertaining to the resistance activities of Joë Nordmann, a French jurist, and the resistance efforts of other members of the French judicial system. Also contains articles from "Le palais libre," a resistance newspaper edited and distributed by Joë Nordmann.

  18. Stuart Cohn collection

    Consists of one handwritten manuscript, in Yiddish, of the Holocaust testimony of Jack Greenspan. Also includes one photocopy of a prewar postcard sent by Mendel Kane to his son, Jake Cohn. Mr. Kane perished in the Holocaust.

  19. Ettelbruck, Luxembourg collection

    Consists of scanned articles, on DVD and on CD, which were published in a journal entitled "De Rieder: Informatiounsblad vun der Gemeng Ettelbréck" between 1998 and 2002. The articles, co-authored by Will Dondelinger and Arthur Muller, are entitled "Jüdische Bevölkerung in Ettelbrück," and describe the history and Holocaust experiences of the Jewish community of Ettelbrück, Luxembourg. The articles include scanned images, documents, and family information.

  20. Selected records from the Ivano-Frankivsk (Former Stanisławów) State Regional Archives in Ukraine related to the Jewish communities of the region during the interwar period

    The collections consists of the records of various government institutions related to activities of the Jewish communities of the Ivano-Frankivsk (former Stanisławów) województwo during the interwar period. The bulk of the records represents correspondence files regarding Jewish communities (registration, bylaws, elections of the board, membership fees and budget) of the region. The collection also includes correspondence between Jewish public, cultural and Zionist organizations and Polish government agencies regarding opening/closure and various activities of Jewish organizations (bylaws, ...