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  1. Hannelore Wahlhaus papers

    The papers consist of letters, postcards, telegrams, a passport, a passport photograph, and other documents relating to the experiences of Hannelore Wahlhaus [donor's mother] and her emigration from Germany in 1937, with the assistance of the German-Jewish Children's Aid organization. The collection also documents the subsequent efforts of Max Schrayer, Wahlhaus's "adopted" father in the United States, to bring her parents, brother, and extended family to the United States.

  2. Adam and Roma Zandel papers

    The Adam and Roma Zandel papers contain personal items and documents relating to the immigration of Adolf Adam Zandel and Roma Kleczewska to the United States. Adam’s documents contain documents such as his birth certificate, visa information, documentation of health, travel permits, proof of identity, and his diplomas. Also included are two photographs of his parents, and a memoir he wrote for his daughter, Susan. The papers of Roma Kleczewska contain primarily correspondence, written from Roma’s parents (Maurycy and Karola) and grandparents (Teofila and Salomon Kupczyk) while they lived i...

  3. Emma Thalmann identification card

    Contains a French identification card for Emma Thalmann (née Heilbronn).

  4. "Our Story"

    Consists of one story, 3 pages, entitled "Our Story," by Ruth and Paul Keller. They tell of their initial meeting as children in Germany in 1934 and their chance encounter in New York in 1942 after their respective emigrations to the United States to escape Nazi persecution. The Kellers presented their story at a 2005 Yom Hashoah commemoration.

  5. Pamphlet, "Beitrage zur Einheit von Bildung und Sprache im Geistigen Sein"

    Pamphlet published by Walter de Gruyter & Co. Berlin.

  6. Anti-semitic, Anti-British, and other propaganda

    The excerpt opens on a group of well-fed people around a table eating a sumptious dinner. They complain about rationing as they eat. A young boy dressed in a Hitler Youth uniform comes in and stands at the door listening, where he is joined by the maid. She says that if people don't give things up for the war, then it will end up as it was in 1918. The boy says, "yes, and they are waiting for that in London." The next scene, which is set in London, shows a group of German Jews meeting with a representative of the BBC. The Englishman leaves in frustration after voicing his opinion that the p...

  8. Charles Blythe papers

    The papers consist of captioned United States Army Signal Corps photographic prints of concentration camps taken immediately following liberation as well as a card with a photograph of Charles T. Blythe and the caption: "Born: May 13, 1924 / Last Wishes: July 11, 2001"; "Look out for one another."

  9. "Rundbrief an die Spender für die überlebenden Juden in Lettland und Litauen"

    Consists of 22 issues of a newsletter entitled "Rundbrief an die Spender für die überlebenden Juden in Lettland und Litauen" (newletters aimed at Latvian Holocaust survivors), published by Wolf Middelmann in Göttingen, Germany, from 1994-2004. The newsletters focus on financial support for survivors and their families.

  10. Registration Office in Biała Podlaska. Registration cards of Jews. Biuro Meldunkowe w Białej Podlaskiej. Karty meldunkowe ludności żydowskiej. (Sygn. 244)

    Contains 2844 registration cards of Jews in Biała Podlaska from 1930 until 1942, and from 1945-1946, indicating date of departure, death, or deportation to Mie̜dzyrzecz Podlaski on 26 September 1942. Each card contains the following personal data: name and surname, occupation, address, name of father and mother, date and place of birth, confession, identity card number, information about the children.

  11. Woebbelin/Dillenberg photographs

    Consists of 130 photographs taken upon the liberation of the Woebbelin concentration camp; photographs of the citizens of Ludwigslust, Germany, burying the victims of Woebbelin and participating in a funeral ceremony; and photographs of survivors in the Dillenberg, Germany, displaced persons camp.

  12. Barbie Trial -- Day 7 -- The prosecution questions expert witnesses

    17:16 Witness Holtfort continues his testimony, explaining that there is written documentation coming from the January 20, 1942 conference about the decision to use Jews for forced labor, forcing them to create roads toward the East. Those who survived the labor needed a 'special treatment' (i.e. extermination). 17:20 Discussion of a document from 1942 in which Dannecker, the Paris head of the BDS-SIPO-SD, communicates to the head of the transport division in France the plan to exterminate French Jews.This information was disseminated from Paris to the regional offices, and the head of the ...

  13. Olczak family photograph collection

    The Olczak family collection consists of twenty-three black and white photographs and one photographic postcard depicting Ludwik Olczak's family in Zamość, Poland before World War II, and after the war in Bielawa, Poland and Israel.

  14. Elsa and Selmar Biener papers

    The Elsa and Selmar Biener papers consists of immigration documents, correspondence, photographs, and financial materials related to the emigration of Elsa and Selmar Biener aboard the MS St. Louis, their disembarkation in England, and their internment on the Isle of Man. The correspondence includes letters and telegrams to / from Selmar and Elsa Biener, their family, and various Jewish aid societies, dated 1929-1968, and undated. The papers also includes receipts for sending registered postal packages, 1940, and a collection of messages written and received by members of the Friedler famil...

  16. Leo M. Drachsler oral history: Nuremberg, 1946

    Consists of one oral history, circa 1985, of Leo M. Drachsler. Mr. Drachsler, an attorney, relates his memories of his work on the I.G. Farben case during the Nuremberg war crimes trials; his interrogations of Hermann Göring; and of being questioned regarding the suicide of Göring. Also includes photocopied documents including copies of pre-war letters to the United States from European relatives in the Drachsler and Neugeboren families.

  17. Lathe demonstration at Agro-Joint in Jankoi

    MS Many men seated outside next to a picket fence. Three men demonstrate their new lathe to Morris Troper.

  18. "17 Rue Saint Fiacre" documentary

    Consists of one documentary, entitled "17 Rue Saint Fiacre," by Daniel Meyers. The documentary tells the story of Leon and Rachel Malmed, who were hidden in Compiegne, France, by the Ribouleau family. The DVD includes personal interviews and family photographs of the Malmed and Ribouleau families, as well as a reunion between Leon and Rachel and the Ribouleaus. Yad Vashem has named the Ribouleaus "Righteous Among the Nations."

  19. German POWs

    German POWs in military vehicles, including one with a red cross insignia (medical troops), travel down a road in a town. German civilians wave at them from the side of the road. Shots of German civilians, including many children. Germans pick through an enormous, still-smoking pile of rubble for salvageable items, which they put into carts. Very brief, dark shot of a slate which indicates that the cameraman is Lindsay. Low aerial shots of towns, roads, and vehicles. Another very brief shot of a slate, then scenes of Germans riding in horse-drawn carts down the streets of a town. They carry...

  20. U.S. soldiers inspect debris in small town

    Panoramic shots of countryside, steeple, trees are bare, most likely shot in winter. Peasant walking in fields, cow sitting in the grass. High angle views, agricultural town. MS, US soldiers inspecting building debris, many brick buildings, sign for "Huile" (Oil) in French. VS, unidentified town, civilians moving about, soldier or police officer (dark colored uniform, wearing high boots, unable to identify uniform). CU, memorial/monument to soldiers of WWI, inscription in French. VS, American soldiers exiting building, smiling for camera, descending steps. US flag is flying on a flagpole on...