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  1. Pamphlet

  2. Polish passport

    The Polish passport (Paszport) was issued to Simon Haber in Lipsk, Poland, and bears an American immigration visa.

  3. Memoirs of George Burman

    Contains a memoir with information about George Burman's experiences hiding in the woods, joining a group of partisans from the town of Polenka, and the fate of his family during the Holocaust.

  4. Jan Istvan memoir

    The Jan Istvan memoir consists of information about the experiences of Roma Holocaust survivor Jan Istvan in various concentration camps, such as Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dora, and his personal philosophy about racism.

  5. Ministry of the State Treasury, Office for Nationalized Property (Ministarstvo Državne Riznice. Ured za Podržavljeni imetak)

    This collection is from the Croatian State Treasury’s Office for Nationalized Property. It contains card files for confiscated Jewish property in the city of Zagreb. Each file is two pages long and contains, in addition to the name and surname of the Jewish victim whose property was confiscated, the following information: a) page 1: address, religion, race, marital status together with the race of the spouse, the number of children under 21, and occupation; and, b) page 2: information about confiscated property (real estate, cash, etc).

  6. Selected case files of the Border Police (Expedientes de Frontera) Spanish border files

    Contains case files on non-Spaniards (mainly German and Italian refugees) arrested and imprisoned for attempting illegal border crossings into Spain.

  7. David Birnbaum family photograph collection

    The collection documents the pre-war lives of the Birnbaum family and friends in Siedlce and Warsaw, Poland and Copenhagen, Denmark.

  8. Remembrances of the Holocaust from then to now the personal stories of members of Agudas Achim Congregation: A project of the Men's Club of Agudas Achim Congregation Alexandria, Virginia

    Contains a compilation of memoirs by survivors, members of the second generation, and others responses to the Holocaust.

  9. Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo). Selected records, France.

    Wide range of documentation of Gestapo activities in France: deportations of Jews, implementation of anti-Jewish legislation (e.g., wearing the star of David, confiscation of property), propaganda, internment camps, relations between German and French police and military authorities, relations with Italian authorities, resistance and repression, and the like.

  10. Book

    Book, printed in English, of purported "Polish" atrocities committed against Germans; published in 1940; Berlin, New York

  11. Paul Kuttner memoir

    Contains a memoir about Paul Kuttner's Holocaust experiences.

  12. Selected records from collection DXXXIII, correspondence sent to Drancy

    This collection contains postcards sent to Drancy by French prisoners of war in German POW camps. (Many Jewish soldiers in the French army were interned as POWs.)

  13. Lillyan Rosenberg papers

    The papers consist of correspondence pertaining to Lillyan Rosenberg's escape from Germany on a Kindertransport to England and the deaths of her parents in Auschwitz.

  14. Francis M. Shea journal

    The Francis M. Shea journal consists of an incomplete set of Shea’s journal entries and corresponding documents related to preparations for the trial of major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and is dated July 12 - October 29, 1945. Documents include correspondence with Justice Robert H. Jackson and Colonel Telford Taylor, memoranda, and meeting minutes and primarily address policy, procedural, and staffing issues.

  15. The liberation of Ohrdruf, April 1945

    Contains a memoir, seven pages, about Art M. Gray's enlistment in the United States Army in October 1940, his reactions to Ohrdruf on April 10, 1945, and thoughts regarding his military service.

  16. That We Remember and Never Forget

    Contains a memoir about Dina Freilach Bolimovsky's experiences before World War II, Dina Freilach Bolimovsky's life in a labor camp in Czechoslovakia, and later emigration to Israel; information about how Winston Churchill negotiated with Germany for the release of Leah Frumer and her three young sons.

  17. Polish invasion

    Title: "Part IV Wars of Aggression 1939-1944" Title: "Invasion of Danzig 1 September 1939" German troops fight in Danzig. Hitler arrives to accept the surrender. Title: "Invasion of Poland 1 September 1939" Tanks, cavalry, and infantry cross the Polish border. Title: "Goering Discusses Invasion of Poland" Goering discusses the invasion as scenes of the Luftwaffe are shown.

  18. Ita Dimant papers

    The Ita Dimant papers include correspondence, photographs, personal documents, a diary, and memoirs relating to Ita Dimant’s experiences in hiding under false papers and in a labor camp in Germany. The collection includes false identification documents, correspondence between Ita and her family and wartime and post-war correspondence with the Brust family, who helped protect Ita. Also included are photographs of Ita’s family and her diary, in Polish, kept during her time as a forced laborer in Germany as well as English, Polish, and Hebrew editions of her memoir, based on her diary. The dia...

  19. Oral History interview with Hersz Milner

  20. Ring given to a Jewish woman in the Łódź ghetto

    Given to Mania Sendziszew in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by dying, unknown Jewish woman whom Mania was caring for, immeadiately following Liberation. Ring originally made and given to unknown woman in Łódź ghetto by woman's fiancee.