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  1. Celia Rothstein Elbaum collection

    Contains a handwritten memoir (apparently written by the donor's niece whose name is unknown) and handwritten interview notes describing the experiences of Celia (Cesia) Rothstein Elbaum in the ghetto in Lask, Poland, until it was liquidated; her transfer to the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, where she stayed from 1941 to August 1944; her transfer, along with her sisters and brother, first to Birkenau concentration camp, where one sister was selected for extermination, and then with her surviving sisters and brother to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they volunteered for work in hopes of...

  2. March of Time -- outtakes -- Palestine, 1938

    Military convoy of the Second Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment (stationed in Haifa) on the way to Qadun village. The convoy was made up of lorries, machine guns, men, officers, donkeys, cannon, and medical units with the objective to find terrorists around Attil village. Soldiers leave barracks, drive on road. Camels proceed. Convoy going through village with Arabs drawing water in BG. Villager watches convoy. Machine guns. Fields just before Attil village. Arab explains directions to Army. Convoy unloads bombs, mortars, machine guns, donkeys. Soldiers awaiting orders, eating, load...

  3. March of Time -- outtakes -- Belgium

    In Ghent, EXT of Castle of the Knights. Monument with statue, cathedral in BG. Church, horse and carriage. 04:11:09 Canal, boat unloading. 04:11:45 Square with Hotel de Ville at St. Niklaas (halfway between Ghent and Antwerp), with wedding procession arriving, crowd outside church, bride proceeds up Town Hall steps. 04:12:11 Pan of riverside to Belgian Congo Line Quay, ship unloading, more ships. 04:13:13 Hotel des Boulevard, outside Gare du Nord, at night time. Neon signs, "Colonies" and "Splendid". 04:14:00 INT, Rotisserie Ardennaise (bar/restaurant). 04:14:50 INT, Malines Cathedral. Brid...

  4. Siemion family papers

    Contains photocopies of letters and telegrams written primarily by Paul Siemion's mother, Czarna "Sala" Philipson Siemion, in Warsaw and Otwock (Poland) to her husband, Yeshajahu "Schaja" Siemion, and her son, Paul, in London and Leeds (England). Photocopies of a few letters from Paul's grandparents and other family members, a telegram, two newspaper clippings, and family photographs are also included. A "Preamble" by Paul Siemion describes how his family, then living in Berlin (Germany) where his father was chairman of the Polish Bund, became separated shortly after World War II broke out:...

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Embassies in Rio de Janiero

    MTT 672 N October 20, 1938: Entering Rio de Janeiro harbor in SS Brazil (tendered by the US Maritime Commission to North and South American diplomats, bankers, and businessmen to initiate the "Good Will Service" to South America). Rain. City. 02:13:00 Crowds and reception committee on dock waiting, including Ambassador Caffrey and brass band. 02:14:10 Unloading cargo. Sign on crane, "Deutsche Maschinenfabrik A.G. Duisburg." 02:15:15 Ship turning. INT, SS Brazil at official reception with Ambassador Breckinridge Long, President Vargas, and Admiral Emory S. Land, dining, foreign ships. 02:17:...

  6. Bar soap

    The soap was acquired by Frida Goldenberg in Austria from an unknown survivor.

  7. Lamp unto my feet, change my name to life

    Script telling story of European Jewry before, during and after the Holocaust.

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Clearing ruins/rubble in Warsaw

    Men demolishing parts of wrecked walls, still standing on Place Napoleon. 06:12:03 LS and CU insert, sign with name of the future avenue dedicated "To the heroes of the Ghetto." A monument has been erected to their memory. LS the same surrounded by ruins. 06:12:25 Men and women working on tram line crossing Ghetto. 06:14:08 Old woman working on top of a heap of bricks. In FG wrecked buildings of Warsaw. LS ruins of the ghetto. Wrecked wall still standing draws a cross in the sky. 06:15:31 Cement cross emerging out of a heap of bricks. Cart loaded with rubbish passing through ruins of the gh...

  9. Max and Shari Bronner papers

    The Max and Shari Bronner papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and immigration files documenting Max Bronner’s successful efforts to bring Shari Bronner to the United States from Nuremberg via France and his unsuccessful efforts to bring his parents to the United States from Nuremberg via Palestine, Mexico, Cuba, or the Dominican Republic and to bring relatives Frieda Eichenbronner, Maximillian Schaefer, and Simon and Gertrude Einhorn to the United States. Biographical materials include Max Bronner’s birth certificate, driver’s license, French identification document, G...

  10. Elijahu Yones collection

    Contains a German-language version of his memoir titled "Am rande des Grabes" which was published, in Hebrew, in Israel in 1960 and an English-language copy of his Hebrew University doctoral thesis, "Jews in Lvov During World War Two and the Holocaust, 1939-1944," submitted in September 1993.

  11. Joanna Bruzdowicz collection, 1989-1997

    Contains a copy of Joanna Bruzdowicz's score, "The song of hope and love," for cello and piano, with the composer's dedication to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum handwritten on the inside cover as well as copies of two pamphlets and of several newspaper articles concerning her career as a pianist and composer. The world performance of "The song of hope and love" took place at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 22, 1997.

  12. Michael V. Roth photographs

    The Michael V. Roth photograph collection consists of photographs of relating to the Holocaust experiences of Michael (Miklos) Roth of Ricse, Hungary. The pre-war photographs include photographs of children in Ricse, Hungary, Michael Roth as a child, and members of the Roth family. The post-war photographs include the exterior of the Kloster Indersdorf children’s home and a group of children at the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp. There are also photographs of a group of people in New York City in 1955.

  13. Shifra Altshuler letter

    Photocopy of a typescript version of a memoir written in the form of a letter dated October 12, 1942, from Shifra nee Altshuler (married name unknown) to her sister, Rochelle, and two brothers, Barryl and Aryeh, describing in detail the sufferings of the Jewish Community of Ivyeh, Poland, at the hands of both the Poles and the Nazis. The memoir covers the period of October 12 to December 23, 1942.

  14. Jan Willem Slotboom letter

    Contains a photocopy of an eight page 1945 letter written by Jan Willem Slotboom, in which he describes his internment in "Heinkel Werken," a "commando" of the main camp Sachsenhausen where he met Wieb Dop. Slotboom describes camp life and friendship with Wieb, but does not know what happened to him.

  15. Molly Bastocka Ingster collection

    Contains correspondence, a memoir, and newspaper articles with information regarding survival in Bergen-Belsen's women's camp including a description of starvation. Newspaper articles discuss Bastotzky's Holocaust related experiences. A letter fromTom Lantos, dated March 14, 1994. A list of family names and their fates, dated August 22, 1991. A written, unsigned statement regarding the usage of skin to make lamp-shades, baby's body fat to make soap, and mattresses from hair of gassed victims. Copy of UNRRA certificate. Copy of letter from American GI to the Jewish Welfare Board who met Bast...

  16. Interview with Stella Rippel

    Contains the transcript of an interview with Stella Rippel, conducted by Herbert Katzki for the Joint Distribution Commiittee Oral History Project in 1988. Stella Rippel was a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw who worked in the JDC’s Warsaw office in 1949, where she assisted survivors in locating relatives and worked in the Children’s Department.

  17. March of Time -- outtakes -- Amsterdam - May 1939

    May 9, 1939: General activity on Muntz Plein, in the center of Amsterdam. Trams, bicycles, busy. Sailors. Policeman directing traffic. 05:34:44 View of square, street scenes. 05:35:26 Cases unloaded from barges on the River Amstel. Barges. More materials unloaded. 05:37:37 View of canal, tour boat, Dutch houses in BG. 05:38:12 Policeman directing traffic. Boat unloading. 05:39:09 Sailing boats at dusk, going down canal. Amsterdam station. People entering. 05:39:30 April 18, 1939: View of Kalverstraat, the main shopping street of Amsterdam. People getting on trams, street scenes, shop window...

  18. Denise Kopecky collection

    Contains receipts, orders, identification cards, travel permits, postcards, certificates, photographs, and other documents relating to the persecution, deportation, imprisonment, and hiding experiences of the Elbert family during the Holocaust. Includes photographs of Hugo and Alice Elbert, of Jewish members of the Slovakian Army, and of the Novaky labor camp.

  19. "19 Wasted Months: diary and notes of my internment"

    Contains a copy of a booklet entitled "19 Wasted Months: diary and notes of my internment" by Kurt Lewinski. The booklet, which is a typed English translation of the original German, describes Lewinski's experiences in an internment camp for enemy aliens in England; life on the HMT Dunera ship, which transported him to Australia in 1940; and life in the Hay, New South Wales and in the Tatura internment camps. The text is written in the form of daily diary entries, and includes two epilogues written in 1942 and 1945 which reveal that Mr. Lewinski joined the Australian military.

  20. Frida Rabenstein memoir

    Contains a handwritten memoir, two pages, describing the author's deportation in June 1944 to "Lager C" in Auschwitz concentration camp; her transfer to an ammunition factory in Hunsfeld labor camp; the death march to Gross Rosen concentration camp in January 1945; her transfer to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where she was liberated by British troops on April 15, 1945; and her postwar life in Sweden and the United States.