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  1. Sofia Flynn collection

    Postcard from Auschwitz was written by Jozef Bednarczyk, donor's brother, to his parents. One photograph of Jozef Bednarczyk was taken around the time of his arrest in 1941. Three passport shots of Bednarczyk were taken at Auschwitz. He died in Auschwitz June 25, 1942.

  2. Robin Dawidowicz papers

    Contains two black-and-white photographs of Robin Dawidowicz [donor] with handwritten notations on reverse; a photocopy of certification of donor's concentration camp internment, and thus he is eligible to become a member of ZBoWiD (Association of Fighters for Liberty and Democracy); and handwritten letter from donor to "Chairman of Council to Memorialize the Extermination of Jews," mentioning his imprisonment in Mauthausen and his escape from Kielce in 1946.

  3. Nina Falk collection

    Letter, dated 22 June 1957, to Nina Falk [donor] typed and signed by Otto Frank.

  4. Kurt and Johanna Fish family papers

    The Kurt and Johanna Fish papers consist of correspondence, testimonies, documents, and published materials. Testimonial materials include a narrative written by Kurt Fish entitled “A Player to be Named” in which he tells his own family history and wartime experiences through a pseudonymous friend in the military named “Connie,” as well as a transcript of an oral history interview with Kurt, which was conducted by Rosemary Lawson in 1978. Kurt edited and made corrections to the transcript in 1991. The vast majority of the collection consists of correspondence between Kurt, in Vienna and lat...

  5. In the shadow of death: Austrian Jews and the Nazi threat

    Author examines Jewish responses to antisemitism in Austria in the aftermath of World War II.

  6. Alexander Jacquemart collection

    Consist of photographs (Photo Archives), inmate uniform (Art & Artifacts), and forms from Dachau.

  7. How I survived in German occupied Hungary: a memoir

    Testimony: Typescript, 15 pages, "How I survived in German occupied Hungary, March 1944 - January 1945," by Maya Ben-Ari, dated 1996.

  8. Jacob Miller collection

    Letters to the donor's parents Helen and Bernard Miller, dated 1947-1948. Postcard in Russian to the Millers, dated 1945. Certificate regarding immigration visa, 1945. Letter from National Council of Jewish Women, 1945, regarding Gitta Levin. Copy of pamphlet entitled "It Has Become Clear To Us."

  9. Peter Gelbart papers

    The papers consist of a German passport for foreigners ("Fremdenpass") issued to Siegfried Gelbart [donor's father], a photograph of Siegfried Gelbart, and a bound copy of translated identification documents and letters of recommendation relating to Siegfried Gelbart and his family.

  10. Henry Bauer memoir

    Consists of an essay written by Henry Bauer, who was born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1917. Mr. Bauer emigrated to the United States in February 1940, joined the American military and was sent to North Africa and assigned to administer Allied internment camps for German and Italian prisoners of war. He was transferred to Italy and then participated in the invasion of southern France. After the end of the war, he found out that his parents, who were not able to emigrate prior to the war, were deported and killed in Auschwitz. This essay, 2 pages, was excerpted from an article published in the D...

  11. Leib Garfunkel - Ghetto Kovno

    Leib Garfunkel describes the Kovno ghetto, where he was vice-chairman of the Jewish council, and the Aktion of October 1941, during which 9,200 Jews were murdered at the Ninth Fort. This was the first interview that Lanzmann conducted for Shoah and Garfunkel died one week after it was filmed. FILM ID 3125 -- Camera Rolls #1-3 -- 01:00:18 to 01:21:29 No sound until 01:05:32. Irena Steinfeldt, Lanzmann's assistant, reads passages from Garfunkel's book. Garfunkel talks about the first meeting between the Kovno Gestapo and representatives of the Jewish population. He tells of the Germans enteri...

  12. Judgment and sentencing at Medical trial

    (Munich 619) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 1 (Medical Case), Judgment and Sentencing, Nuremberg, Germany. The voice of Justice Walter Beals is heard reading the judgment. Cut-ins, defendants sitting in box as voice of Judge Beals gives summary as to why the defendants were tried and convicted. MLS, Judge Crawford reading judgment. Note: Siegfried Ruff, Weltz, Rostock, Blome, Romberg, Schaefer, and Pokorny were found not guilty.

  13. Franz Grassler

    Franz Grassler was assistant to Heinz Auerswald, the Nazi commissioner of the Warsaw ghetto. Lanzmann tries to get him to talk about the ghetto, but he claims that he remembers very little.. Lanzmann asks about Adam Czerniakow and his suicide, typhus, the black market, the ghetto wall, filming in the ghetto, and more. Grassler conveniently remembers things when he thinks they might be documented in Czerniakow's diaries. FILM ID 3402 -- Camera Rolls #1,2,3 -- 00:01:24 to 00:27:52 CR 1 00:01:24 Franz Grassler sits on a red couch, presumably in his home. In response to a question from Lanzmann...

  14. Jan Piwonski - Sobibor

    Jan Piwonski gives a detailed description of the extermination process at Sobibor. He also provides a harrowing account of the brutal treatment the Jews received in the process of building the camp. He could hear the screams of the victims from his home three kilometers from the camp. Lanzmann quizzes him about relations between the Poles and the Jews. Piwonski says that the Poles were surprised by the Jews' lack of resistance. FILM ID 3339 -- Camera Rolls #7-8 -- 01:00:08 to 01:18:05 Lanzmann and Piwonski are seated outside on a bench in front of a small building speaking through translato...

  15. Book

  16. Postage stamp

  17. Selected Records from the Archive of the Foreign Ministry of Spain

    Contains information relating to European refugees (including Jews) in Spain during the Holocaust.

  18. A memoir

    Letter and copies of extracted pages from a publication relating to the 71st Infantry Division's liberation of Gunskirchen.

  19. Commissariat général aux questions juives

    Consists of records relating to the operations of the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives. On 29 March 1941, the Vichy Government of France formed the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives (CGQJ). The CGQJ was responsible for defining Jewish status, inventorying Jewish persons and their possessions, excluding Jewish persons from the French economy, and ultimately, interning Jewish persons to facilitate the implementation of the "Final Solution." The collection contains a variety of documents encapsulating the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives' operations in Toulouse, Marse...

  20. Selected records of the Russian State Military Archives (Former Osobyi Archives Collections) from the Yad Vashem

    Contains fragmentary excerpts from captured German documents, including directives, decrees, name lists relating to the emigration of Jews from Germany, reports, correspondence, and various other documents relating to the administration of the SD and Gestapo, Zionist organizations; RSHA and Gestapo personnel; religious conversions of Jews and Christians; the Vienna Jewish community; activities of various Jewish organizations; anti-Jewish laws; Jewish emigration; activities of the German Labor Front; activities of the Zentralbauleitung der Waffen-SS und Polizei in Auschwitz; liquidation of J...