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  1. Page listing contents of portfolio

    Portfolio tabel of contents for a book of ten prints by Leon Wyczolkowski, either signed or signed in plate.

  2. Selected records of the Prefecture of Police of the Capital (Bucharest) ( Fond 1695)

    Includes records related to the surveillance of Jews, Jewish organizations, and Jewish movements; temples and synagogues in Bucharest; Sephardic Jews; emigration of Jewish children to Palestine; anti-Jewish laws and their application; the forced labor of Jews in Bucharest and elsewhere; the confiscation of Jewish property including radios; the surveillance of Freemasons; the Iron Guard rebellion; Jews deported to Transnistria; internees from Targu Jiu, a camp for both Jewish and non-Jewish political prisoners in Romania proper; liberation from the camps; and other matters.

  3. Sign for Dachau concentration camp acquired by a US soldier

    Sign lettered Dachau taken by James Vasilopoulos, a US soldier, upon his arrival at Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945, the day of its liberation by American troops. He took the sign from the main gate and detached it by sliding it out of a slot. He and another infantryman were point men for their company and opened one of the gates at Dachau. It was not locked. He said once they were inside the "pandemonium and happiness of the prisoners was beyond description." Vasilopoulos, 25, was a member of K Company, 157th Infantry Regimnetm, 45th Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, a Thunderb...

  4. Portfolio cover page

    Portfolio cover page for book of ten prints by Leon Wyczolkowski, either signed or signed in plate.

  5. PM Daily newspaper

    Consists of one copy of the September 30, 1943, issue of the "PM Daily" newspaper, containing, among other wartime news, an article entitled "Report Bears German Camp Horrors In Poland" that describes daily life in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

  6. Antonius (Tony) Van Achthoven collection

    Consists of one manuscript, 80 pages (with additional copies and articles), written by Antonius (Tony) VanAchthoven as a series of letters to his grandson, Daniel; as well as letters to a scholar named Kellin. In the letters, Mr. VanAchthoven, who is Catholic, describes his memories of growing up during the occupation of the Netherlands, of witnessing antisemitism, and of his immigration to the United States in 1948. Includes copies of photographs, articles, and related documents.

  7. Yakov and Tosia Klinger collection

    Collection consists of a letter from Yakov and Tosia Klinger in the Warsaw ghetto to Yakov's sister, Rozia Piotrkowski; the letter was written shortly before the Klingers and their young son, Sunio, were deported to Treblinka in 1942, where they were murdered. Also includes an original photographic print of Yakov and original modern writings by Michael Koenig, the nephew (by marriage) of Yakov Klinger.

  8. Fasching [Carnival] parade with antisemitic float

    Carnival in Munich. Shots of large crowds watching the parade. A group of men wearing wine barrels march down the street. One float shows a huge caricature of a man holding large letters spelling "Kolonien." Marching men hold letters spelling "KDF." Raucous carnival celebrations in Mannheim. Men on horseback hold signs reading "Ufa." Crowds cheer loudly and parade participants yell and play to the camera. One of the floats contains a caricature of a Jew brandishing a quill pen and wearing a Star of David on his chest. A sign on the float reads "Die Luegentante der Weltpresse." [The lying au...

  9. Records of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Serviciul Special de Informaţii (Romanian Special Information Service)

    This collection contains reports on surveillance by the secret police, Serviciul Special de Informaţii, concerning Romanian Jewish organizations and reports on Jewish leadership, as well as antisemitic organizations and publications, the wartime repression of Jews, and the wartime "aryanization" (confiscation) of Jewish property.

  10. Print 2, Deby Rogalinskie, depicts trees

    Print 2 of 10, in a book of ten prints by Leon Wyczolkowski, either signed or signed in plate.

  11. Engelmann family papers

    Contains a memoir, correspondence, and legal documents pertaining to the Holocaust experiences of the Engelmann family. Originally from Berlin, Germany, the family emigrated to Turkey in 1937, where Peter, his Jewish father, Konrad, and Christian mother, Ilse, remained for the entirety of the war. Includes articles and narrations by and about various family members, with a focus on Dr. Susanne Engelmann, the donor's aunt, who wrote "From the Golden Horn to the Golden Gate" about her experiences.

  12. Donald Molofsky collection

    The Donald Molofsky collection contains mainly correspondence sent from Donald to his parents, from 1947-1948. Molofsky served as an engineer on the SS Exodus, but the correspondence does not contain much information about the voyage itself. The correspondence concerns details from Donald’s time spent on vacation in Haifa, Na'an, and in France. Also included are correspondence from the Molofsky family to Donald, letters from Donald’s friend Zeev “Vivy” Siegel’s parents to the Molofsky family, and various other letters. The Donald Molofsky collection contains mainly correspondence sent from ...

  13. Selected records of the Hungarian Saving Bank's Central Mortgage Bank (MOL Z 105)

    Contains records related to the implementation of any-Jewish laws. Includes circulars, reports, correspondence, bank statements and income records of Jewish employees at the bank.

  14. Eric Sommer collection

    Collection consists of two false ID cards issued to Eric Sommer’s parents, David and Hilde Sommer, German Jews who were able to survive the Holocaust in France passing as non-Jews. The cards were issued to "Emile Schwebel" and "Henriette Schwebel" in March 1943 in La Mure and February 1943 in Sainte-Colombe-la-Campagne, France. Also included with the collection is a copy of a handwritten memoir.

  15. "The Freeman Legacy: Their Past, His Future, One Survival"

    Contains one booklet entitled "The Freeman Legacy: Their Past, His Future, One Survival", by Michelle Freeman. In the paper, she describes the Holocaust experiences of her grandparents, Joseph and Helen Freeman, both originally of Radom, Poland, and their post-war life in the United States. She also profiles her father, Louis Freeman, and his experiences as the child of two Holocaust survivors. Includes photographs of the Freeman family.

  16. Booklet

    Folksongs and songs glorifying Hitler and Germany, including music and guitar chords, for members of the Hiltler Youth.

  17. Maxine Winn collection

    Contains two copy prints and one copy of a letter written by father's brother-in-law during the war. The donor's father, Nathan Kenig, was in the Kutno ghetto before he escaped and was captured and sent to the Majdanek concentration camp, from which he also escaped. He eventually became head of the Polish division of the Russian army where he remained untill the end of the war.

  18. "My War Years"

    Consists of one memoir, 13 pages, written by Cass Lewart, originally of Łódź, Poland. Mr. Lewart describes his family and life before the war, his memories of the German invasion, during which the family briefly fled to Warsaw before returning to Łódź. After witnessing the German occupation of Łódź, Mr. Lewart's father decided to move the family back to Warsaw, and managed to obtain false Aryan papers for them. The family lived outside the ghetto until they were denounced in the fall of 1942, and briefly imprisoned. Mr. Lewart and his mother were released and established a new false i...

  19. "Ancestors and Descendants"

    Consists of one CD-ROM containing the text of a book, 1736 pages, entitled "Ancestors and Descendants," by Leopold Hoenig. The book is subtitled "The Descendants of Related Jewish Families from Bassenheim, Burgbrohl, Euskirchen, Flamersheim, Gappenach, Mertloch, Merzbach, Münstermaifeld, Niederzissen, Ochtendung, Pillig, Polch, Schweinheim, Sinzig, Wierschem, and Neighboring Towns in Germany and in Meerssen, the Netherlands." Includes an extensive family tree of the families and a names index.

  20. Rabbi Jay Stein collection

    Collection consists of 10 liberation photographs from Buchenwald concentration camp in April, 1945, taken or reproduced by the United States Army. Also included is a photograph of Weimar, labeled on reverse as being "Platz Adolf-Hitler." Images include survivors as well as army personnel and barracks and gallows within the camp.