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  1. Irene Adler memoir

    Contains one memoir, 87 pages, written by Irene Adler. In the memoir, she describes her childhood in a north-eastern village of Hungary in the 1930s, hiding in Budapest during the Holocaust, her escape from a death march in late 1944, her life and liberation in the Budapest ghetto, and her ailyah to the newly-founded state of Israel. She also describes the experiences of her husband, Mr. Bernard Adler, who was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz and was liberated in Ebensee.

  2. Lionel Victor photographs

    Consists of four photographs of the extended family of Beru Vigder, of Burdujeni, Romania. The photographs, all dated in the 1920s, depict his siblings Chaya, Leah, and his nephew, all of whom perished in the Holocaust.

  3. Gertrude Gottfried family papers

    Contains information about Gertrude Gottfried's Holocaust experiences; includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war family photographs and embarkation cards for her emigration to the United States. Also includes affidavits of support, naturalization information, identification paperwork in lieu of passports, passenger tickets for the SS Marine Marlin related to the post-war immigration of Josek and Guta (later Joseph and Gertrude) Gottfried.

  4. Documents and letters from the personal archives of Liubov Rozenfeld

    Contains letters of Mikhail Rozenfeld written to his family from the front in 1942-1944 describing his service in the Red Army, liberation of the Nazi-occupied territories, family news, etc. Includes also personal documents and correspondence of his widow, letters sent to Soviet government authorities regarding her permission to return and obtain residency permission in Kiev, employment, and other topics.

  5. Emil Hersch photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs taken of Emanuel Herszkowicz (now Emil Hersch) at the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Includes photographs of Mr. Herszkowicz working in an O.R.T. training facility and as a member of the Landsberg camp's police force.

  6. Giza Wiernik papers

    Papers consist of documents, postcards, and photographs relating to the experiences of Giza Wiernik before World War II in Jamna, Poland, her experiences posing as a Ukrainian woman during the war, and her journey to Israel via displaced persons camps in Germany and onboard the Exodus 1947.

  7. Selected records from the Reichministerium der Justiz (R 3001)

    Contains records related to the laws against Jews, including case files concerning Jews, death penalties, and looting of Jewish assets.

  8. Anna Sorotzkin papers.

    The papers consist of 14 photographs of members of Anna Sorotzkin's family who were deported to concentration camps and ghettos and two postcards written by her father, Paul Weisz, to her and her mother, Lilly Weisz, while they were in the ghetto in Budapest, Hungary.

  9. Hermine Berkovits collection

    Consists of documents that relate the Holocaust era experiences of Hermine Berkovits, a French Jewish woman who survived the war with her children. Her children spent the war in hiding, and while using false papers, she helped to find hiding places for other Jewish children. Includes a copy of a photograph of Hermine, her children, and the children she helped to hide. Also included is a copy of a letter from the Red Cross stating that Henrich Berkovits (Hermine's husband) perished in Auschwitz.

  10. Moshenberg family collection

    Consists of the memoir of Elka Moshenberg, who spent much of her life in Israel and wrote her memoir to memorialize her family members who perished during the Holocaust. She lists those who were killed by the Nazis, and laments that she did not insist that they join her in Israel. Also includes a videocassette and CD-ROM documenting a trip to Turka in 2003, visiting many of the places mentioned in the memoir, as well as four videocassettes depicting a 2000 trip with the donor's cousin, Aba Moshenberg. The family videotaped Mr. Moshenberg's visits to the Gross-Rosen, Gradice, Faulbrick, and ...

  11. Eva M. Goldschmidt papers

    The papers consist of two letters written by Eva Goldschmidt who was living in Chicago, Ill., and searching for information regarding the fate of her mother; one letter was written to James Sweet and the other letter was written to Frau Emil Huber; both letters were sent to James Sweet while he was serving with the United States Army in Europe.

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- French Navy hailing neutral freighters, seizing contraband

    Shots of a French submarine which, according to the dope sheet, captured a German freighter and took it to a Moroccan port. French sailors on the ocean look for ships from neutral countries carrying contraband goods. Sailors board a ship for inspection. The bags in the cargo hold are labelled "Oslo." A ship docked at a harbor (the same ship?) with the name "Tjikandi" visible. Pan across a huge warehouse full of goods, presumably seized cargo. Officials inspect some of these goods. A group of French sailors pulls the outer layer off a bag of cargo to reveal the word "Hambourg" on the inner b...

  13. "My Life: 1920-1943"

    Consists of the one manuscript, entitled "My Life: 1920-1943," by Margot Pogorzelski Hodge, originally of Freystadt, Germany. The eldest of five children, she describes her life in Freystadt, her memories of Nazi persecution, dropping out of school to work to support her family after her father's death in 1933, and her immigration to England in 1939 to work as a nurse.

  14. Evelyn Shadowitz photographs

    Consists of three photographs of pre-war Jewish life in Wȩngrów, Poland. The photographs are of the Lokai family, some of whom perished in the Holocaust. The large family photograph is of the donor's great-grandmother's family, the Greenberg family. The donor's mother, aunt, and grandmother are all pictured.

  15. "A Bizarre Belsen Encounter-Sweden 1982"

    Consists of a memoir, 12 pages, describing the liberation experiences of Peter Gannon, a member of the British Armed Forces that liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He also describes a chance reunion with a survivor of Bergen-Belsen in Sweden in 1982. Mr. Gannon had given the woman chocolate on the day of liberation.

  16. Thomas Macklin photograph collection

    The collection consists of 13 photographs adhered to two photograph album pages and one loose photograph. The images depict groups of German soldiers informally posing, scenic views, and views of Tarnów, Poland, and its Jewish inhabitants bearing identifiable markings such as Star of David armbands. All pages are labeled in German.

  17. Emmi Liberman Pipersberg photographs

    Consists of 11 photographs: pre-war photographs taken in Sosnowiec, a wartime photograph taken in the Sosnowiec ghetto, and photographs taken in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; includes photographs of the Jewish police force and the "Hatikva" soccer team.

  18. Edward Pavlakovich photograph collection

    Consists of 39 photographs taken by Edward Pavlakovich, a member of the 45th Division, upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.

  19. Obsbaum family photographs

    Consists of four pre-war photographs of the Obsbaum family of Warsaw, Poland. Some of those pictured perished during the Holocaust. The photographs were taken at the donor's great-grandparents' photo studio.

  20. Robert Schwab identification card

    The identification card was issued to Robert Schwab [donor's father] in 1942. "Juif" is marked in red ink across the top.