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  1. How to prevent and combat infectious diseases Pamphlet

    Educational pamphlet on how to prevent and cure infectious diseases.

  2. Parliament (People's Congress) records (Fond 173)

    Contains requests made by the People's Representative Professor Stainov to the Chairman of Parliament and to the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding deportation of Asian Jews. Also includes Law of Protection of the Nation records: telegrams, resolutions, and other supporting documents.

  3. Eichmann Trial -- Session 88 -- Direct examination of the accused; decision on Sassen document

    The footage begins in the middle of Session 88. Eichmann, under direct examination, answers the question posed by Servatius about whether he talked to Theo Grell of the Foreign Office about the number of Jews being exterminated. Servatius asks Eichmann to comment on Grell's recollection that Eichmann said he had six million deaths on his conscience. Eichmann says that he was not referring to Jews at all but to the American and Russian bomber fleets. This is duplicate footage that also appears on Tape 2117 (at 00:59:17 to 01:07:26) and Tape 2120 (at 00:00:25), where it is more complete than ...

  4. Rogers family postcards

    Contains three postcards from Irene Hayek addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kohl.

  5. Refugee Assistance Fund letter

    Contains a printed announcement in letter form about the "Refugee Assistance Fund." The letter indicates that some money was raised at Albert Hall "as a result of his (Einstein's) generous and unselfish help when he spoke to the only public gathering he has ever addressed," but more money is needed for the cause.

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

    Session 105. People are standing a chatting in the courtroom. The Judges enter, and the 105th session of the Eichmann Trial is begun. 00:06:26 Eichmann is to be re-examined by his Counsel following the cross-examination by the Judges. Dr. Servatius is questioning Eichmann, first asking whether or not some of the documents presented in cross-examination were forgeries. Eichmann answers that he doesn't know them as forgeries, but they are quite strange to him. 00:11:57 Eichmann is asked about the efforts to publish his memoir. He is presented with a translated article from a French magazine c...

  7. Inge Berner papers

    The papers consist of post-war photographs of Inge Gerson Berner and her husband, Wolf Berner, during their time as refugees at the Wittenau displaced persons camp in Berlin, Germany as well as three certificates relating to Wolf’s employment in the DP camp.

  8. Liberation papers

    Contains one booklet entitled, "Berlin," prepared under the direction of the 78th Division Special Services Office, an album of black and white picture postcards of Germany, a map of Berlin showing the location of Special Service Clubs, American Red Cross Clubs as well as other recreational facilities, and thirty-four signal corp black and white photographs.

  9. "I Recall"

    Contains a memoir, 40 pages, about Kayla Gitla Skop's Holocaust experiences.

  10. Adler typewriter with fitted case used by a Jewish family in a displaced persons camp

    Adler typewriter with gray case purchased by Shaya Yurfest from a local German while the family was living in Windsheim displaced persons camp in 1946. The family used it to assist other refugees with their paperwork.

  11. Steven Paskuly papers

    Contains Steven Paskuly's editorial work on "Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz."

  12. Eichmann Trial -- Session 71 -- Testimony of G. Ben-Zvi and M. Chen

    The tape begins in the middle of Session 71, with testimony from Gedalia Ben-Zvi. Ben-Zvi describes his attempt to get into the commando unit in "Canada" and his duties in that unit. "Canada" was the nickname for the looted property taken from arriving transports, and referred the supposed riches possessed by people who lived in Canada. A portion of the last segment is repeated. Ben-Zvi gives an account of seeing Zyklon B gas, its usage in "Canada" as a disinfectant, and the storage of the gas in a Red Cross truck. The witness goes on to describe the types of clothing received in "Canada" (...

  13. Irene Horn papers

    The papers document the experiences of Irene Horn (born Irena Szachter), originally of Bodzentyn, Poland, and her family immediately following WWII. The collection includes a composition book used by "Szachter Ira" containing notes on dentistry, a membership card issued by the Society of Jewish Sport Organisations and Center for Phisical Education of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Occupied Zone of Germany for Abram Hirshenhorn, Irene's husband, in 1946, and twenty-nine family photographs

  14. Leo Melamed collection

    The Leo Melamed collection consists of immigration and identification documents issued to the Melamdowicz family (later Melamed) of Białystok, Poland. Also included are blank postcards from Japan; a notebook kept by Leo Melamed containing Lithuanian words and their Yiddish meaning; a second grade notebook, a letter signed by Tomlin Bailey, the American vice-consul regarding immigration visas, December 12, 1939; and a photograph identified as a Białystok Bund demonstration, 1934.

  15. Sam Katz photographs

    The collection consists of 11 photographs taken at Zeilsheim displaced persons camp near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Three of the photographs depict a Zeilsheim demonstration for the independence of Israel, and one photograph depicts the police department at Zeilsheim.

  16. Moniek Wien photographs

    Consists of photographs (14), combination of wartime photos of unidentified concentration camp, as well as postwar photos of Bergen-Belsen memorial and a memorial event, at unidentified camp (could be Bergen Belsen).

  17. Fritzi Schiffer photograph collection

    The collection consists of two photographs depicting a performance on stage in Romania in 1940 and two photographs depicting a group of young men and women on an excursion in Romania in 1937.

  18. Gertrude S. Ogushwitz collection

    Contains photocopies of a deportation list of Hungarian women taken to Auschwitz concentration camp and computer print outs of genealogical information for Janka and Etelka Weisz.

  19. Goldstein family collection

    Contains two international certificates of inoculation and vaccination for Regina and Emil Goldstein and three other legal documents from Regina and Emil Goldstein.

  20. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 82, 73, 75, 70, 87 -- Eichmann's role in camps, first trip, Goldstein testimony, submission of documents

    Session 82. Dr. Servatius submits the second series of documents, this about Bohemia and Moravia. The first is a letter saying that Eichmann solved many problems within concentration camps. He asks Eichmann what those were, and if he really was involved. Eichmann says that he was not involved, this letter is not truthful. He says he had no role, no functions, no authority within the camps. The language of the original record is questioned; German is decided upon. 00:10:22 Session 73. Dr. Servatius submits another letter. This one concerns the search for Jews. Another concerns the Italian co...