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  1. Hannover-Ahlem concentration camp records and photographs

    Contains an unpublished booklet of photocopies of photographs, correspondence, documents, survivor testimonies, and extracts from publications compiled by Vernon W. Tott and relating to the history of Hannover-Ahlem concentration camp and the liberation of the camp by the 84th Infantry on April 10, 1945. The booklet includes Benjamin Sieradzki's 38-page typewritten testimony, "A teenager survives the Holocaust," describing conditions in the Łódź ghetto, his deportation in 1944 to Auschwitz concentration camp, his transfers first to Birkenau and then to Hannover-Ahlem concentration camps, ...

  2. Andrew Laszlo papers

    The papers consist of ten postcards and four letters written and recieved by Andras Laszlo [donor] in Kó́szeg, Hungary, and Zsibo, Romania, to and from Erzsebet Laszlo [donor's mother], Laszlo Laszlo [donor's father], Miklos Laszlo [donor's uncle], Alice Laszlo [donor's aunt], and Sandor Laszlo [donor's brother] in Szombathely, Hungary, as well as one poem written by Andras Laszlo in Zsibo, Romania.

  3. Heinrich Himmler itinerary

    Itinerary of Heinrich Himmler from January 1, 1941, to December 30, 1942.

  4. Print

    Lithograph of Oranienburg

  5. Photograph of a Hungarian Jewish family

    The photograph depicts a Hungarian Jewish family.

  6. Helena Aussenberg papers

    The Helena Aussenberg papers consists of two essays: "The history of the Jewish commune in Radomysl Wielki" includes descriptions of the impact of the Holocaust in this community. "Radomysl Wielki--partisan Warfare," is an account of Helena Aussenberg's participation in partisan activities in this area.

  7. Loeb family papers

    The Loeb family papers consists of materials relating to the emigration of Olga Loeb and her son, Hans Otto Loeb, aboard the MS St. Louis. The papers contain telegrams, telegram receipts, correspondence from family members, a document relating to identity papers for Hans Otto Loeb, menus from the MS St. Louis, and an untitled poem written aboard the MS St. Louis. The collection also includes Loeb family photographs and photographs of Hans with classmates from the Jüdische Anlernwerkstatt, a Jewish vocational school, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Loeb family papers consists of material...

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Palestine, 1938 Chaim Weizmann & others

    02:28:16 EXT of The Daniel Sieff Research Institute at Rehovot. INT scenes, Dr. Chaim Weizmann's lab, research, main entrance, name of institute. Dr. Weizmann leaving the Institute by car in company of Brig. Harrison, Commander of the Sarafand Army Base and 2) with Gen. Haining, Commander in Chief of British troops in Palestine. 02:29:54 City walls of Jerusalem, convoy/vehicles at bottom of hill, pedestrians walking on road. Western wall. 02:30:39 Jerusalem street scenes, automobiles and pedestrians. 02:30:58 Dr. Weizmann leaving the Sieff Institute by car with Gen. Haining, Commander in Ch...

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Refugees to Canada

    Refugees to Canada. Good scenic shots, mountains, trains and wheat fields. 04:31:24 Title: "Great Four-Engine Freights Creep Up the Wilderness Grades" 04:31:28 Train, title: "Twilight" 04:32:00 Title: "Wheat" 04:32:35 Title: "Wheat - Dim Horizons Across Endless Prairie"

  10. The Hungarian Holocaust

    Contains a photocopy of "The Hungarian Holocaust," five pages, written by Alexander Cohen in 1997.

  11. Holocaust survivor testimonies Relacje ocalalych z Holocaustu (Sygn. 301)

    Contains approximately 7,000 Holocaust survivor testimonies. Testimonies describe the destruction of an entire Jewish community during World War II. From the autumn of 1944 to the summer of 1947, Centralna Żydowska Komisja Historyczna (Central Jewish Historical Commission) developed a questionnaire and trained interviewers to record the testimonies. Survivors came forward from bunkers in the forests, from partisan units, and from newly liberated concentration and labor camps wishing to relate to the Commission's field workers what they or their families had endured during the occupation. In...

  12. Adela Salberg memoir

    Contains a handwritten memoir, six pages, in which Adela Salberg describes life in prewar Warsaw; conditions in the Warsaw ghetto; relatives who died in Treblinka concentration camp; her postwar reunion with her husband, Marcus, and daughter, Barbara, who had been in hiding; and their immigration to the United States.

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- Foreign press in Warsaw; printing press; film production in Łódź

    October 17/18, 1947: Mr. Victor Grosz, director of the press and information department, presiding over a meeting of foreign press correspondents in Warsaw, including Larry Allan (AP), Sydney Gruson (New York Times), Nicolas Carroll (Kensly Papers), Mr. Kantiouchin (Agency Tass), two women, and Mr. Marechal (France). People entering room, sit around table talking, many smoking. 03:10:27 Taking notes. Grosz talking. 03:11:30 November 11, 1947: Tram, building with door marked "Czytelnik" (an evening press), people leave and enter. 03:11:57 Man fixing mold frame of printing press. Printing new...

  14. German minority census of May 17, 1938 to 1939 Reichssippenamt Volkszählung vom 17.05.1938 durchgeführt 1939

    Contains records of the census of "non-Teutonic" (Jews) peoples in Germany conducted by the Reichssippenamt in 1939.

  15. Witold Siodmiak letters from Dachau concentration camp

    Contains two letters written by Dachau prisoner Witold Siodmiak, one dated August 2, 1942, and one dated August 8, 1943.

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- Warsaw after liberation

    LS crossroads of main streets (Sikorski and Marszchalkowska streets) in Warsaw. In BG, wrecked buldings. MS policeman ruling traffic. 05:55:35 Polish carts carrying bricks for rebuilding the city pass. In BG famous Poniatowski bridge. Same crossroads. In BG, temporary shops built since liberation. 05:56:05 Female policeman directing traffic. 05:56:50 A lorry carrying children towards devastated quarter of Warsaw. Cabs and lorries wait to cross pontoon-bridge on Vistula River. In FG, one of destroyed bridges. Cross bridge, side by side with pedestrians. LS sign in Polish: "The first Regiment...

  17. Esther Sonheim collection

    Collection contains correspondence, in Yiddish, and official documents issued to Esther Sonheim [donor] including a Polish passport; a green card issued by the U.S. Immigration Agency; and receipts for food packages which were sent by the donor and her aunt from Chicago, IL to family members in Warsaw.

  18. Print

    Lithograph of Oranienburg

  19. Golda Wainberg Tatz collection

    Contains a photocopy of Oswaldas Balakauskas's score for cello, piano and string quartet entitled "Betsafta" ("Together"), composed in 1995, which was premiered by Golda Wainberg Tatz with the Vilnius String Quartet; and a photocopy of a newspaper clipping about Golda Wainberg Tatz's memories of the Holocaust experiences of her mother, Judith, and of her own musical career in Lithuania and the United States.

  20. How the Jews should combat the situation in Germany?

    Contains information regarding how to win American Gentile support in order to help save German Jews from being mistreated by the Nazis; written in August 1933.