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  1. Jews and other refugees moving into the USSR

    Shot of a Soviet border guard on a bridge at the border between the Soviet Union and Romania after the Soviet Union seized northern Bukovina in 1940. Long shot of a mass of refugees waiting to cross the border into the Soviet Union. Refugees, including Jews, move across a bridge from Romania to what is now the Soviet Union. Close-up on a Jewish family as they show their papers to a guard before they cross the bridge. The guard smiles and shakes hands with the couple. Shot of refugees running across the bridge.

  2. Josef Horowitz papers

    The papers consist of documents and photographs relating to the experiences of the Horowitz family in Krakow before World War II, and their experiences in the Krakow ghetto and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War II. Also included are documents and photographs relating to their experiences in Belgium after liberation.

  3. Photograph of Gretel Bergmann

    Consists of one photograph, taken in 1936, of Gretel Bergmann (now Margaret Lambert). Gretel was an extremely accomplished athlete and was ranked third in the world as a high jumper, yet was barred from the Berlin Olympics by the German government as she was Jewish. In the photograph, she is standing on an outdoor athletic field. In the background is Harry Bergmann (no relation).

  4. Annexation of Austria; Munich Pact; German invasion of East and West; Territorial expansion

    Part 2 of ENGLISH language version [corresponds to NARA reels 3 & 4] Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg addressing government, speech in progress. Schuschnigg replaced by Arthur von Seyss-Inquart in Austria, riding in automobile, waving to crowd. CU, transcription of Goering's conversation with Keppler. In city street, Nazis round up civilians, slowly closing in on them with horses and police, man carried away. Nazis marching in streets, heiling, waving flags. Crossing Austrian border, over bridge LS, lifting up pole, Austrians with big grins. "21 May 1935" Annexation text superimpose...

  5. Selected records from the Consistoire Central, Union des Communautes Juives de France

    This collection contains documents pertaining to Jews in France before, during, and after World War II, including information on the French rabbinate, deportations from France, French concentration camps and deportation centers, the expropriation of Jewish property, postwar restitution, and the operations of the Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF).

  6. Municipal nursing facilities of Buch Selected files from the collection: Städtische Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Buch (A. Rep. 003-04-01)

    Contains registration forms and guidelines for registration; correspondence related to ethnic background. Records relate to the shortage of nursing staff; Jewish employees; dismissals related to the Reichs law concerning medical doctors; “racial politics"; transfer of Jewish patients; abolition of health insurance for Jews; and unauthorized renting out of property to Jewish people. Also includes lists of Jewish patients.

  7. Dr. Gunnar Vetne survivor photographs

    Consists of six photographs of female concentration camp survivors transferred to Halsingborg, Sweden. The photographs appear to be of three different women in hospital beds and show severe emaciation and malnutrition. They were taken by Dr. Gunnar Vetne, MD, in the spring of 1945.

  8. Hans Edward Prager letter

    Consists of one letter written by Hans Edward Prager, originally of Berlin, Germany, on May 9, 1947, from Birmingham, England to John H. Prager of Washington, DC. In the letter, Hans Prager describes his wartime experiences and asks John Prager, whom he does not know, for an affidavit so that he might immigrate to the United States.

  9. Judith Rosenbluth-Mogendorff papers

    Contains a postcard sent by Josef Mogendorf (donor's father) in the Netherlands to his grandson, J. Rosenbaum, in Switzerland; dated September 7, 1942. Also contains a telegram, dated December 23, 1943, sent to J. Rosenbaum in Switzerland from family in Tel Aviv, related to their efforts to assist Josef Mogendorf. Josef Mogendorf was deported from Holland and killed in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on July 16, 1944.

  10. Elmer Rothermich letter

    The Elmer Rothermich letter consists of a nine page letter with an envelope, written by Elmer Rothermich on April 10, 1945, in Germany, describing his experiences liberating the Ohrdruf concentration camp as a member of the 81st Field Infantry Battalion of the United States Army. Also includes additional information regarding Mr. Rothermich's service record, his wife's memories of the receipt of this letter, and a copy of an article in the St. Charles, MO "Banner News" quoting from the letter.

  11. Postwar Zurich

    Aerial views of Zurich: tram station, pedestrians, Tram #15, traffic along main street next to river, bank, cathedral and mountains in BG. War damage to city structures.

  12. Illegal immigration to Palestine (RG 17)

    Contains deportation orders of illegal immigrants, 1938-1946. Records include memoranda of personal data (political), confidential questionnaires of the Palestine Police Force with portrait photographs that provide biographical data on illegal immigrants to Palestine from Nazi occupied Europe. Questionnaires also include biographical data and photographs of Jews from Vienna and Bratislava who were subsequently deported to a holding camp on Mauritius.

  13. "Jablonka Family History, 1941-1945"

    Consists of one manuscript, 56 pages, entitled "Jablonka Family History, 1941-1945" by Philip Zion. The Jablonkas were Polish Jews who immigrated to France in 1929. In 1941, Boruch Jablonka was imprisoned in Pithiviers and was eventually deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. His wife, Helen, and children, Paulette, Rachel, and Raymond, were eventually able to escape into Spain and subsequently to the United States; Paulette and Raymond in 1943 and Helen and Rachel in 1945. Includes copies of photographs and documents. Also includes one DVD-ROM oral history interview with Helen Jablonka,...

  14. Shneur Elgar papers

    Papers consist of two identification cards issued to Baruch Engler and Shlima Engler, Shneur Elgar's parents, on July 18, 1942 in Romania.

  15. Bronka Harz Kurz memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 3 pages, in English, by Bronka Harz Kurz, originally of Nadvirna, Poland. The family moved to Kolomyja, Poland, before the war and after the German occupation in 1941, were forced to wear a Star of David and move into the ghetto. Bronka and her mother tried to escape the ghetto multiple times, but were caught and sent back. In one instance, upon their return they learned that Bronka's father and other relatives had been deported and killed in Belzec. Bronka and her mother finally escaped to Lwow, where, until their liberation by the Russians in 1944, they lived in co...

  16. Oral history interview with Rachel Wallach

  17. "J'étais une juive allemande: Histoire de Senta Luzie, née en 1926, à Talheim"

    Consists of one memoir, 19 pages, entitled "J'étais une juive allemande: Histoire de Senta Luzie, née en 1926, à Talheim", by Senta Luzie Manesse Victorovich, originally of Talheim, Germany. Orphaned as a child, Senta was deported with her sister and grandmother to the Gurs concentration camp in 1940. She and her sister managed to escape the camp and were hidden for a time before Senta joined a group of Austrian Communist resisters in Lyon, France, with whom she worked until the end of the war. The collection includes a full translation of the memoir into English by Roger Langsdorf.

  18. "Memoirs of Ludwig Bauer, PhD"

    Consists of one memoir, 113 pages, entitled "Memoirs of Ludwig Bauer, PhD", written by Ludwig Bauer, originally of Forchheim, Germany. Dr. Bauer, born in 1926, relates the history of the Jewish community in Forchheim, focusing on his memories of Kristallnacht in Forchheim and the Kristallnacht bombing of the Forchheim synagogue. Includes an article written by Sabine Ponater regarding the Jews of Forchheim, Dr. Bauer's impressions of Forchheim after a 1987 visit and a copy of an emailed interview between Dr. Bauer and a history class from the Ehrenbürg Gymnasium in Forchheim.

  19. Perlberger family collection

    Consists of color photocopies related to the Holocaust experiences of Claire Perlberger-Untermans and her sons, Martin, Jacques, and Ralph Perlberger, originally of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Perlbergers were imprisoned in Westerbork and were able to escape being transported east for the majority of the war. On February 1, 1944, the Perlbergers were sent to Bergen-Belsen, and in April 1945, the family was placed on a transport east, now known as "The Lost Transport," which was liberated by the Russian Army on April 23, 1945 near Troebitz.

  20. Helena Maria Erlich Falik Wieteska photographs

    Consists of approximately 137 pre-war photographs of Buczacz and Lvov, Poland. Many of the photographs are of Helena Maria Erlich (later Falik, and subsequently Wieteska) and her family. Helena survived the war on false papers and retained this name and identification after the war, hiding her Jewish origins from her second husband and daughter. While Helena had obtained a law degree in the 1930s, she chose to work as a clerk rather than admit her Jewish origins, as her former name was on the law degree.