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  1. Cecile Rojer Jeruchim photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Cecile Rojer Jeruchim's experiences as a hidden child in Belgium during the Holocaust. Included are depictions of Cecile, her siblings Anny and Charles, and parents Abraham and Geshewa before World War II, the children's home of "Hirondelles," a meeting with Sister Clotilde in 1946, and post-war trips to London, England, and Rochefort, France.

  2. Selected records from the war trial cases of the Nazi collaborators tried in the Kazakh SSR

    Contains material from trials conducted in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) from 1943 to 1950. The material includes documents from pretrial investigations by the "SMERSH" ("Death to Spies"-Soviet military counter-intelligence units)) and Kazakh NKVD (MGB and KGB), as well as protocols of interrogations, indictments, verdicts and sentences. For each trial, the principal defendant, the geographic area where the defendant committed his/her crimes, the rank/occupation, and the year of trial are listed.

  3. Munich phone booth photograph

    Consists of photograph of a sign on a telephone book in Munich, 1943. The sign reads that Jews are forbidden to use the phone booth.

  4. Epstein family papers

    Contains documents and correspondence pertaining to Max, Hans, and Nella Weissmann Epstein's emigration from Vienna, Austria, in 1938. Includes passports, birth and marriage certificates, official correspondence, and travel documentation.

  5. Eva Biro Slott collection

    Consists of one memoir, written by Eva Biro Slott, describing her experiences in the ghetto and in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, during the Holocaust. Includes letters written to Eva by Jozsef, Sari, and Judit Biro, family members who did not survive the war, describing life in the Mindszent ghetto and preparations for their deportation. Also includes material regarding Arie Kadar, cousin of Eva Slott, including a metal tag from Stalag XVIII A and military papers describing him as a prisoner of war, as well as an affidavit attesting to the role of Endre Szervanszky in Eva Slott's survival an...

  6. Arie Sagi photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Rachel Roza Weksler, originally of Švenčionys, Lithuania, her husband Mordechai Sergowicz, and Rachel’s brother Hirsz Zvi Weksler, all of whom survived the Holocaust in Švenčionys and the Soviet Union.

  8. The march of evil a history of the rise and fall of the fascist evil

    Contains a magazine-style publication, 79 pages, published in New York in 1945 by F.F.F. Publishers, entitled "The March of Evil : A History of the Rise and Fall of the Fascist Evil: Photo-record of Axis Crime" by Adolf R. Lerner, with forewords by James Sheldon and James W. Gerard.

  9. Shraga Weiner testimony

    Contains testimony, written by Mr. Shraga Weiner, describing incidents from his wartime experiences in the Kovno, Lithuania, ghetto and in the Dachau and Landsberg, Germany, concentration camps. The four "episodes" are entitled, "Diary of the Ninth Fort," "The 'Mediator'," "The Betrayal of M. Levin--A Mysterious Story," and "Gleams of Hope."

  10. Edith Millman photographs

    Consists of four pre-war and wartime photographs of the family of Edith Greifinger, of Warsaw, Poland. Many of the family members pictured perished during the Holocaust.

  11. Warsaw uprising in 1944

    Part 1. Warsaw uprising of 1944, which began on August 1 and lasted for 63 days. Film opens with poor quality still photos and names of uprising fighters. Credits and music play. Footage of the people of Warsaw preparing for the uprising. They prepare bandages, guns, bullets. People create barricades and lay communications cable. Fighting in the streets. Men swimming and shaving in a river. Interior shots of men and women of the Home Army forces printing partisan newspapers. Young boys run out of a building carrying the papers for delivery. Polish Home Army movements in the streets. 00:09:3...

  12. Pia-Kristina Garde collection

    Consists of forms, correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs collected by Pia-Kristina Garde [donor] from Holocaust survivors who had been evacuated to Sweden after liberation. Inspired by the 1945 book "De dödsdömda vittna" ("Those Who Were Sentenced to Death Witness), which was based on questionnaires given to the survivors, the donor searched for these survivors to find out what happened to them later in life. The collection consists of her research files (including correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs she received from survivors) as well as copies of the original questionnair...

  13. Salomon-de Winter family papers

    The papers consist of documents, photographs, transcripts, newspapers, and a booklet concerning the experiences of the Salomon and de Winter families during the Holocaust. Included in the papers are post-World War II photographs of the Salomon family, a false identification card issued to Curt Salomon under the alias "Hendrik Piersma," and a false identification card issued to a family friend, Eva de Friese, under the alias "Johanna Huften." Also in the papers are photographs of the de Winter family before and after World War II, a document issued to Judik de-Winter after her liberation fro...

  14. "The Cost of Freedom; Invoice Number XIIA097689; Paid in Full"

    Consists of the one manuscript, entitled "The Cost of Freedom; Invoice Number XIIA097689; Paid in Full: An Account of Some World War II Training, Combat, and Prisoner of War Experiences," by Arthur Eck, 2000. He describes his experiences as a machine gunner in the United States Army during World War II and his capture and imprisonment in the Stalag XIIA POW (Prisoner of War) labor camp.

  15. Szczukowski family photographs

    Consists of eight pre-war photographs of the family of Mendel and Hynda Szczukowski, originally of Łódź, Poland. Of their seven children in Poland (an eighth, Esther, emigrated to Poland in 1916), five perished during the Holocaust, as did Mendel. Hynda passed away in 1932. Also includes post-war photographs of Mojzesz Szczukowski in a displaced persons camp in Hofgeisman, Germany, participating in the sport of boxing.

  16. Hof displaced persons camp album

    Consists of a CD-ROM of scanned pages from the "Jidiszer D.P. Lager in Hof" book. Book contains photographs with captions of Jews who worked in administrative positions within the camp.

  17. "Fröhlich-Schipper family history"

    Consists of memoir, 55 pages, by Agnes Schipper regarding her mother, Sabine Fröhlich Schipper, who survived the Holocaust as a hidden child in the Netherlands. Although her older brother Andreas perished, she and her parents survived by moving constantly with the help of family friends. Sabine eventually married one of the resistance fighters who helped her, Cornelis (Cor) Schipper.

  18. March of Time -- outtakes -- Pierre Laval trial

    The trial of Pierre Laval, former head of the Vichy government in France. Views of the interior of the crowd in the courtoom, including civilian spectators. Laval's attorney, Albert Naud, is also shown. A group of attorneys or judges enter the courtroom and are seated. One of them is Attorney General Mornet, who is shown seated alone at a high desk framed by two lamps. Naud is shown standing and reading from a sheet of paper, then speaking with Laval. Laval's other attorney, Jacques Baraduc, is shown speaking. Shots of Laval listening to the proceedings, then speaking angrily. He speaks at ...

  19. Aron Raboy family photograph

    Consists of photograph of the Raboy family of Berezno, Soviet Union, consisting of Abraham and Feiga Raboy and their children Buncia, Shaindel, Beila, and Aron. Only Aron survived the war.

  20. Jan Szelubski papers

    The papers consist of pre-war, wartime, and post war photographs, documents, and identity cards illustrating the life of Jan Szelubski before the Holocaust in Lida, Lithuania, (now Belarus). During World War II, Szelubski was a company commander of the Armia Ludowa during the Warsaw uprising and received the "Virtuti Militari" medal for his bravery. After the war, he joined the diplomatic service.