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  1. Edward Anders papers

    The Edward Anders paper consists of a Latvian identification card issued to Edward Anders (then known as Edwards Alperovics) in 1941; his mother, Erika Alperovics’ Latvian passport, issued in 1942; documents and related correspondence, including his draft notice for the Waffen-SS, in German and Latvian, circa 1943; a pamphlet, in German and English, entitled "Baltic War Criminals, Witnesses Urgently Required Again the Persons Mentioned Overleaf!," published by a Group of Baltic Survivors in Great Britain and addressed to surviving Jews and non-Jews in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia; documen...

  2. Harry Goodrich papers

    The papers consist of an identification card issued to Harry Gutreich [donor] after his release from Buchenwald concentration camp, a telegram to Harry Gutreich in Zurich, Switzerland, from Lotti Gutreich sent after his release from Buchenwald, and a telegram sent from "Uncle Max" in London, England, to Harry Gutreich in Basel, Switzerland, after the latter's release from Buchenwald.

  3. Carl Romack letter

    The Carl Romack letter is a three-page letter was written by Carl Romack, a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Air Force to family in the United States, April 17, 1945. The describes his eyewitness experience of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

  4. The memoirs of Tova Klein Sego during World War

    Contains Tova Klein Sego's account of her experiences in Kassa, Hungary, (until 1938 known as Košice, Slovakia) during the Holocaust; her life in the ghetto; her escape to Slovakia where she was reunited with her sister, Margaret; the arrival of her parents and brother, Michael, a few weeks later; their life in hiding in various villages and in the mountains; their liberation by the Russians in February 1945; and their reunion with other members of their immediate family and return to Košice.

  5. Leonid Rubinshteyn memoir

    Contains a handwritten memoir, eight pages, in Russian.

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- Hitler in Sudetenland

    Hitler in Sudetenland. 03:51:52 MCU on Hitler, acknowledging crowds, cheering throngs. Nazi elite, including Goebbels, behind Hitler, looking pleased. Crowd, policemen four deep. 03:53:13 Hitler, Goering walk down street, in motorcade, town covered with swastika banners. 03:53:40 EXT banquet of Nazis. Himmler at Hitler's left, ring of Nazi soldiers surround them. 03:54:06 Hitler in motorcade. Great shots of crowds and people everywhere: windows, corridors, women crying from joy and chanting. MCU Hitler. Chaos. 03:55:17 Flowers.

  7. Oskar Licht passport

    The passport is stamped with a "J" and was issued to Oskar Licht in Vienna, Austria, in 1938.

  8. Kahan family collection

    Contains identification cards ("Kennkarten") for donor, Hildegard Kahan, and her mother Else.

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Ship en route to South America

    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). On deck playing, in swimming pool, sunbathing. 01:23:16 People sit around table with sailor. 01:23:59 Games. 01:25:24 Standing around pool, diving. 01:26:40 Breckinridge Long, George Messersmith, and other diplomats relaxing on deck, talking. 01:28:35 Practicing a play on Neptune deck. 01:30:39 Fooling around. 01:31:18 Eating, buffet.

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  11. Edward V. Migdalski collection

    Contains photocopies of photographs of Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau (Austria) and of scenes of 3rd Army troops at the Stutthof concentration camp; an English-language translation by Ephraim Margolin of an interview by Burit Harel of Edwin T. Jacob, an inmate of Ebensee concentration camp, in which he describes the liberation of the camp by American troops, May 6,1945, and which was published in the Israeli press June 22, 1990; photocopy of the schedule, in English, German, Italian, Russian and French, for the commemoration ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of the liberation of E...

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- Lisbon, gold mint

    Gen. Jordana reviewing Guard of Honor before leaving Portugal. Military parade, officials standing in moving car, saluting, soldiers on horses. LS, entrance of exhibition hall of the Ministry of Propaganda of President Carmona of Portugal. Men looking at exhibition paintings by Portuguese painter Henri Malta. Antonio Ferro, director of the Propaganda Ministry, admiring a collection of dolls wearing regional Portuguese costumes made by Miss Dalila. 05:30:31 Mint in Lisbon where gold money is made. Silver blocks transported in truck, loaded in stamping box. Men carrying gold blocks, weighing ...

  13. Otto and Susanne Perl papers

    The Otto and Susanne Perl papers consist of identification papers and emigration and immigration paperwork for Otto and Susanne Perl, military papers for Otto Perl, and a death certificate and burial records for Martha Perl.

  14. Registration cards for Jews from Lviv ghetto and a register of the Jewish cemetery in Lviv

    Contains alphabetically ordered index cards from a file of those L’viv ghetto inhabitants who went to places of work in the city each day. Included are the name of each Jew, some biographical data, and addresses of workplaces. Also included is a register of burials in the Jewish cemetery in L’viv from 1941 to 1942. This collection is part of the Fond 701, RG -31.033M, Jewish religious community in Lwów, Poland records.

  15. Norbert Landecker family papers

    The Norbert Landecker family papers measure 1.0 linear foot and date from 1912‐1942, 1957‐1969, and 1988‐1992. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, subject files, a photo album, and printed materials documenting the Landecker family, their military service, medical careers, immigration to the United States, and efforts to receive restitution. The collection also includes a copy of Heinrich von Trietschke’s Deutsche Geschichte im 19. Jahrhundert published in 1933. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates, a sports club membership bookl...

  16. Selected records from the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD)

    Contains records relating to the German occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to1945; persecution of Jews in the Netherlands; looting of Jewish property; activities of the SS and Gestapo in the Netherlands during the German occupation; anti-Jewish measures in Dutch society after the German invasion; Jewish refugees; and German concentration camps and work camps in the Netherlands during World War II.

  17. Eyewitness: the story of Ceslav Mordowicz's escape from Auschwitz

    Contains a typescript testimony, 62 pages, told in third person by Fred Bleakley, about the life of Ceslav Mordowicz, including his escape from Auschwitz in 1944.

  18. Otto Leib collection

    Collection contains a newspaper article entitled "Civilian Internment Camps in Switzerland and Censored Mail" and a letter to Regina Rothschild (in German) from the Turnverein Konstanz, Verein fuer Turnen, Sport, Spiel, und Wandern, dated April 27, 1933, regarding termination of membership.

  19. Eva Mandeau papers

    The papers consist of a document ("Voorloopig Bewijs") issued to Eve Neumann (later Eva Mandeau) by the Amsterdam Organisation; a Dutch identification card issued by the Joodsche Raad Voor Amsterdam to her mother Hertha Neumann-Moses; and a certificate of exception ("Ausnahmebescheinigung") issued to Hertha Neumann-Moses in the Netherlands.

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- Einstein speaking in California

    Einstein outside at microphone speaking from notes, hair blowing, big crowd, California