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  1. William Steiner papers

    Collection includes identification documents of William Steiner, one photograph of members of the Vienna Maccabi Sportsclub with William Steiner's sister, and one photograph of William Steiner and his sister. The identification documents contain: one Schuelerausweiskarte, issued in Vienna on October 25, 1933, one Deutsches Reich Reispass, issued in Vienna on August. 25, 1938; one Deutches Reich Kennkarte, issued on January 30, 1939; and one Ausschliessungsschein, issued in Vienna, on August 5, 1939.

  2. Eva Salier papers

    Consists of 13 letters sent by Eva Salier in the Vught concentration camp, to her mother's assistant in Amsterdam.

  3. Photograph of Mrs. Grove, her sister, and her son

    The photograph depicts the Grove family in Vienna, Austria. The image shows two women and a small boy, identified as Mrs. Grove, her sister, and her son, Fred. Mrs. Grove's husband and family perished during the Holocaust.

  4. Israel Joe Sachs photograph collection

    The collection consists of 28 photographs showing pre-World War II Jewish life in Poland and displaced persons camps in Germany after the war.

  5. Rolf Preuss papers

    The Rolf Preuss papers include biographical materials, genealogical materials, notes, and business cards documenting Preuss’s childhood as a Jewish refugee in Shanghai from 1939-1947. Biographical materials include rental agreements, business contracts, a vaccination record, identity papers in lieu of passports, a receipt for the payment of a tax related to American immigration, and student records. Inquiries from the Committee for the Assistance of European Jewish Refugees in Shanghai document the efforts of Adolf and Frieda Preuss’s family members to escape Germany for Shanghai. Genealogi...

  6. Joseph Remi Fontaine letter

    The Joseph Remi Fontaine letter was sent by Joseph Fontaine, a member of the United States Army, to his parents on May 6, 1945. The letter describeds Fontaine's experiences with Army in Munich, Germany, and at the Dachau concentration camp. He provides details regarding the liberation of the camp, its survivors and victims, and buildings.

  7. Dried flowers kept within a memorial book saved by a Hungarian Jewish family while in hiding

    Dried flowers preserved from the funeral for Samu Kornhauser by his widow Malvina. She pressed the flowers in the memorial book, Emlekezesek Konyvet, [Book of Remembrance] between pages 34 and 35. The book is record 1999.282.4. The book was preserved during World War II by Malvina, her daughter Margit Pick, her husband Istvan and son Gyorgy. Malvina, ten year old Gyorgy, and his parents lived in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, from November 1944-January 1945. Hungary, an ally of Nazi Germany, had adopted similar anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. Istvan, an engineer, lost his job in May 1939 becau...

  8. Miriam Levitt photograph collection

    The collection consists of 27 photographs documenting the experiences of Eli and Esther Kushelewicz and their daughter, Miriam donor, in the displaced persons' camp in Lampertheim, Germany.

  9. Escort magazine

    Publication entitled "Escort: Occupation Edition," from "Inter Education Office," 357th Fighter Group, U.S. Army Air Force, Summer 1945.

  10. Nazi Party poster stamp

  11. 101st Police Battalion photo album

    Photograph album from a member of the 101st Police Battalion. Contains 899 photos.

  12. Eichmann Trial -- Session 105 -- Servatius re-examines the Accused

    Session 105. Tape begins with Eichmann midsentence, reading a quotation. This is a duplication of a segment of Tape 2187. It is a description of what Eichmann told his subordinates as Berlin was under siege. He said he was glad it was the end, and expected to die gloriously in this final battle. 00:02:39 After the tape is interrupted by a slate, the translation of Eichmann continues. He describes how many millions died in the war, including, he estimates, 5 million Jews. He says that the text following his statement is forged. 00:09:17 Court adjourns, shots of crowd, Dr. Servatius, and others.

  13. Zachariasz family photographs

    The collection consists of four photographs of Judit Popinski (born Judyta Zachariasz) and her family while in the Łódź ghetto, Poland.

  14. Karliner family papers

    The Karliner family papers consist of wartime correspondence and photographs taken of the Karliner family in Germany before World War II, aboard the MS St. Louis, in France while in hiding at Oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) homes, and during the post-war years. The correspondence is written by members of the Karliner family, many of whom perished in the Holocaust at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Written by Joseph, Martha, Ilse, Ruth, and Walter Karliner, the letters are dated circa 1927-1944. The Karliner family photographs include photographs of Josef Karliner’s store; the family i...

  15. Eichmann Trial -- Session 113 -- Prosecution continues summing up

    Session 113. Hausner talks about Eichmann's decision to execute those who knew too much. 00:06:47 Tape jumps. Hausner reads a quote from a poem about the experience of the Jews. 00:13:31 Hausner enumerates the crimes that Eichmann is accused of under the law for Nazis and their collaborators, and explains each of them and how the Prosecution has proven these accusations. The accusation of Eichmann's committing a crime against the Jewish people performed with the intent of exterminating all or part of the the Jewish people is examined at length with frequent questions from the Judges. His ro...

  16. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 107 and 108 -- Questioning Eichmann's loyalty and character

    Session 107 and Session 108. Eichmann is handed a paper and asked who wrote it. He wrote it recently, and says that he cannot feel completely innocent because his receiving orders is irrelevant thanks to retroactive paragraphs. He says that he has thought over his situation many times, and he decided that he was a tool of others, and at least to himself, he is innocent. 00:10:07 Skip to an earlier sequence duplicated in Tape 2193. Eichmann is asked about his statements concerning being brought to Israel against his will, and later saying that he was relieved to be brought there to justify h...

  17. Central Jewish Committee in Poland, Education Department Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Oświaty (Sygn.303/IX)

    Contains files of the Central Committee's Education Department, including correspondence, reports, inspection reports, minutes of meetings, statistics, I.Q. tests, school programs, text books, song lyrics, programs for community centers, school certifications, index cards of surviving Jewish children, indexes of found and hidden children in Germany and other European countries, adoption documents, index cards of children in orphanages, and financial statements. Accretion of 2018 includes documentation of several departments: Organizational files (1717-1756): Lists of childcare facilities, i...

  18. Records of the Consistoire Israélite, Luxembourg

    Relate to deportations, the confiscation of property, emigration, finances, the press, the mood of the population, and orders in German-occupied Luxembourg. Included is information about Łódź (Litzmannstadt), Terezin (Theresienstadt), the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland, elderly Jewish people, questionnaires for Jews, the German authorities, and Jewish demographics.

  19. Cikánsky tábor Lety u Pisku Lety concentration camp records

    Contains ledger books, indexes, and lists from the Lety concentration camp for Roma near Písek, Czechoslovakia. The materials contain information relating to camp finances and expenses, prisoner personal information, prisoner entries into the camp, prisoners releases from the camp, prisoners sent to the hospital, prisoner escapes, and prosecution of prisoners in court.

  20. Leaflet