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  1. Abram Lenkowski papers

    The papers consist of correspondence, documents, and newspaper clippings relating to Abram Lenkowski and Maria Lenkowski. The documents concern claims for reparations from Germany made by the Lenkowskis who survived the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Their families died in the ghetto or were murdered in Auschwitz in August 1944.

  2. Barbie Trial -- Day 9 -- A civil party testifies regarding the UGIF raid and her subsequent deportation

    15:50 Vergès asks the witness whether he has a relationship with prosecutor Ryan; the witness replies that they had one long conversation 15:51 Vergès questions the witness as to why he left the French Army and joined the U.S. Army during the war; Cerdini interjects that the question is irrelevant to the trial 15:53 President Cerdini suspends the hearing 16:23 Cerdini resumes the hearing and introduces a new witness, Gilberte Jacob née Levy 16:25 The witness testifies; she worked at the UGIF as an assistant at the time of the raid; she recalls working at her desk in the early afternoon, whe...

  3. Magyarországi Zsidók Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottsága (DEGOB) card file collection

    Collection contains card files created in Budapest, Hungary, in 1945 and early 1946, by the charitable organization called DEGOB (Magyarországi Zsidók Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottsága/National Committee of Hungarian Jews Supporting Returning Deportees). The individual cards usually carry the name and personal data of the client, and details about the support she/he received (e.g. financial aid, clothing, food, shelter).

  4. Helena Krystyna Singer photograph collection

    The collection consists of four photographs of Helena Krystyna Singer [donor's mother] taken while she was working in a military hospital in Tengeru, Tanzania, in 1945 and 1946.

  6. Drawing

  7. Dunson family at Christian mission

    At the Kiamichi Mountain Christian Mission in Nashoba, Oklahoma, where Harold Dunson and his family were sent as missionaries in 1947. VS, young man and young woman riding a horse, riding bicycles, setting is the countryside. VS, ranch hands, sitting on a corral fence, corralling cows, branding cattle- many shots of this process, in CU, the branding iron makes the mark "JB". CU of branding, tying down the steer, etc.

  8. "Un Enfant dans la Tourmente: 1942-1944"

    Consists of one memoir, 42 pages, entitled "Un Enfant dans la Tourmente: 1942-1944," by Albert Goldsztejn. Mr. Goldsztejn, a young child during the war, hid with his parents in the towns of Sassenage, France and Marcollin, France, posing as Poles and Catholics.

  9. Jakob Lapides papers

    The papers consist of a commemorative card given to Jakob Lapides as recognition for his contribution in the students' self-government in the orphanage in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Also included in the collection is a newspaper published on Aug. 1, 1941, in the Łódź ghetto

  10. Harold Floyd photograph collection

    The Harold Floyd photograph collection consists of thirteen photographs of the Dachau Concentration in March 1946. The photographs include images of various buildings within the camp, the crematoriums, gallows, a tree used for hangings, a mass grave, and the headquarters of the Dachau War Crimes Group. Captain Harold Floyd was assigned to the Publications and Microfilm division of the Field Information Agency Technical, which copied documents of interest to the Allies.

  11. Max Joseph collection

    This collection includes personal papers of Max Joseph, who kept detailed records relating to his pre-World War II experiences in Berlin from 1935 to 1938. The papers also document his immigration to Australia in 1939, his internment in the Tatura internment camp from 1940 to 1941, and his work with Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors through the 1960s.

  12. Selected records related to anti-Masonic measures in Belgium

    Contains documents pertaining to the prohibition of Freemasonry in occupied Belgium and various anti-Masonic measures carried out against Freemasons.

  13. French antisemitic literature

    Consists of one book, title unknown, published in France in 1944. The book consists of antisemitic propaganda attesting to a vast Jewish conspiracy to assert negative influence in politics, finance, morality, the arts, education, and warfare.

  15. Haggadah commemorating the Holocaust

    Consists of one haggadah, entitled "Pessach Haggadah in Memory of the Holocaust", illustrated by David Wander with calligraphy and micrography by Yonah Weinrib. Published by Goldman's Art Gallery in Haifa, Israel and by the International Society for Yad Vashem, the haggadah is copy 115 of 250. It consists of 12 prints, 31 illuminated pages, and 13 black and white pages. It is housed in a large leather box.

  16. Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman papers

    Contains photographs and documents relating to Vera Lechtman's parents, Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman, before World War II in Vienna, Austria, and in Łódź, Poland; their immigration to Palestine in 1936; and their subsequent immigration to Europe in 1938. Includes photogaphs of Sioma Lechtman in the Gurs concentration camp in France, where he was interned after fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

  18. Drawing

  19. Agro-Joint in Odessa

    Young men work with hammer and anvil at the industrial training school Jevrabmol Technicum. MS young man posing. Several young men working on truck wheels and tires. Great CUs of young boys and girls, some play trumpets and ham it up for camera. MLS of JDC inspection team and members of workshop staff standing in front of construction rubble. Quick CUs of the group.

  20. Raymonde Garber photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight pre- and post-World War II photographs documenting the life of Raymonde Garber and her family in France during the Holocaust.