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  1. "A Tale of Terezin"

    Consists of one transcript, 20 pages, of an oral history conducted in 1998 by Esther Levy with her mother, Miryam Levy, originally of Khust, Czechoslovakia. In the interview, Miryam shares memories of her childhood, the family's deportation to Terezin (Theresienstadt) in December 1941, and her memories of the filming of the Red Cross visit to Terezin. The family was liberated by the Russian Army in Terezin on May 5, 1945.

  2. Genichesk collection

    Consists of one article, entitled "Swimming in the Sea of Azov" by Barry Gaines, which was published in the spring 2006 issue of "Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought." In the article, Dr. Gaines describes his experiences visiting the hometown of his father, Genichesk, Ukraine, in 1994 and learning about the history of the town and his search for information about his relatives. Includes ten photographs (with 10 enlargements of these photographs) taken of a handwritten names list of 244 Jews from Genichesk who were executed by the Nazis in 1941.

  3. Robert S. Tullman collection

    The Robert S. Tullman collection consists of two scrapbooks and a photograph album relating to the career of operatic performer and cantor Robert S. Tullman (Tulmann). The scrapbooks include articles and announcements of his performances in German, 1925-1930. The photograph album contains photographs of Tullman in various performances, as well as photographs of Robert S. Tullman and his wife in the United States, circa 1930s-1940s.

  4. Judaica collection

    Consists of a program for a 1941 Passover seder celebration held at the Mooragh Internment camp on the Isle of Mann. In the program, the celebrants express their desire to be free next year. Also includes one program for a Passover 1945 service held at Agudath Israel be-Eretz Israel in Palestine in memoriam for the victims of the Holocaust.

  5. "The Diary of Jenö Klein"

    Consists of a photocopy of the handwritten diary of Jenö Klein, originally of Makó, Hungary, written between March 1, 1944 and July 2, 1945. Mr. Klein was deported from Makó to Strasshof, Austria, and from there to Neumuhl to work in a quarry and a forest, then to Gmund to work in a potato processing factory. Mr. Klein became a "Jupo" (Juden Polizei) of the group and was in charge of the distribution of items. In April, the group was transferred to Theresienstadt (Terezin). Mr. Klein was liberated on May 7th by the Red Army. Also includes a typed translation of the Hungarian diary into G...

  6. First Home Saving Bank of Pest City (MOL Z 100)

    This collection contains aryanization records of the Hungarian First Savings Bank, Secretarial. Includes correspondence, minutes, bank statements, list of Jewish debts, and inventories of Jewish estates.

  7. Dr. Jacob Auslander collection

    Consists of correspondence written by Dr. Jacob Auslander( also called Bi), a physician in New York City, to his family in Europe, namely, his sister Cilli, who survived the war in Vienna. The Auslander family originally lived in Radatz, Romania; while Cilli survived the war in Vienna, the rest of the family was deported to Transnistria. In the letters, the siblings discuss wartime experiences and post-war Europe.

  8. British Federation of University Women

    The collection includes minute books and correspondence of the British Federation of University Women (BFUW), the Refugee sub-committee, relating to new applications for assistance, progress of cases, and case files of refugees assisted by the BFUW.

  9. Print 7, Deby z Teki Bialowieskiej, trees

    Print 7 of 10, in a book of ten prints by Leon Wyczolkowski, either signed or signed in plate.

  10. Ed R. Harris photograph collection

    Collection consists of ten photographs taken by Ed Harris, an American soldier, immediately following the liberation of the Ebensee concentration camp in Austria.

  11. Central Historical Commission : Nazi Documentation-Munich Municipality (M.1.DN)

    The collection contains files concerning persecution of Jews during the Nazi period, mainly in Munich, but also in Frankfurt am Main, Ansback, and a number of other towns in Germany.

  12. Selected records from collections of the Bihor branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains information on the numbers of Jews killed in rural areas of Romania; investigations of Nazis, Iron Guards, and Hungarians by the inspectorate of gendarmerie of Oradea; correspondence of the gendarmerie in Bihor regarding the treatment of Jews, the handling of war criminals and the Iron Guard, Jewish emigration to Palestine, and the treatment of Jews and Romanians by the Hungarians. Police records on the surveillance and/or arrest of individuals in Oradea by order of the new people’s court, information on the internment of ethnic Germans and SS, name lists of Jews and members of the...

  13. Basia Garfinkel Lemel photographs

    Eight original vintage photographs documenting Basia Garfinkel, Sala and Heniek Garfinkel, and Gitl Beitner before the war in Będzin and after the war in Sosnowiec and Piotrolesie, Poland.

  14. Moshe Stern collection

    Collection consists of a photograph depicting the donor wearing a Star of David in Budapest, in 1944.

  15. Eva K. Wolman Unterman collection

    Collection of four postcards and 64 photographs of the Kafeman family, taken by Gustawa Jacheta Kafeman, [maternal grandmother of Eva Unterman, donor], when she immigrated to Palestine from Łódź, Poland in 1930's. She returned for a family visit in July 1939 and was forced into the ghetto, deported to Auschwitz and Stutthoff in August 1944, where she was murdered. These photographs were given to donor by her cousin in Israel.

  16. Eli Wallach collection

    Collection of 31 Nazi propaganda photographs found on the floor of the Propaganda Ministry in Berlin, Germany, August 1945.

  17. Collection of the Polish passports of the Jewish immigrants to Palestine, deposited in the Polish consulate in Haifa Kolekcja polskich paszportów żydowskich emigrantów do Palestyny zdeponowanych w polskim konsulacie w Haifie (Sygn.123)

    The collection contains 3747 passports of Jews, Polish citizens, that had emigrated to Palestine before the war, aiming to settle there. Most of them are with photos. Some of them with group photos, as each passport was made up for entire family.

  18. Jews remove stars during liberation of Tunisia

    Scenes from the liberation of Kairouan, Tunisia on April 4, 1943 by the 8th British Army. View of the city, followed by shots of French General Philippe Leclerc. Residents of Kairouan cheer and greet the entering British troops. Jews remove their star badges, throw them to the ground, and step on them. A man removes a sign that reads, "Durchgang fuer Wehrmacht Verboten [entry by the Wehrmacht forbidden]."

  19. Wehrmacht soldiers are welcomed in Yugoslavia

    Wehrmacht soldiers preparing to invade Yugoslavia from Hungary on the morning of April 10, 1941. Smiling soldiers marching, tanks rolling down a road. Kessel says that the soldiers called the battalion commander "Ohm Krueger." Quick shot of Serbian civilians wearing home-made swastika armbands. Kessel notes that the German soldiers viewed these men, who had shortly before been enemies of the Germans, with "mixed feelings." Men identified by Kessel as Croatian farmers wearing Serbian uniforms give themselves up to the Germans. A Serbian officer gives a Hitler salute. Romanian soldiers search...

  20. Nathan Schwalb papers/Hechalutz Office Geneva

    The collection contains correspondence, reports and photographas related to the situation and fate of Jews in Europe during the Second World War and the rescue activities of the Hechalutz movement. Mainly includes correspondence with Hechalutz members in the Nazi-occupied territories and the JOINT; reports about the situation of Jews in various countries; reports about the concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, and Westerbork; and miscellaneous internal records pertaining to the activities of the Hechalutz headquarters in Geneva.