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  1. Banner

    Nazi War banner collected in Germany during or immediately following the Second World War.

  2. Photo album and memorabilia

    Contains an album of photographs, military patches, badges, and other memorabilia, compiled by a woman who served in some capacity in the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division during WWII. Most photographs appear to be in Belgium or the Netherlands, and many concern a pharmacy where she may have worked.

  3. The Morris Wollach collection

    Consists of miscellaneous correspondence circa 1944-1989 relating to the Holocaust and postwar emigration experiences of Morris Wollach.

  4. Alan J. Reyner collection

    Contains information on the donor's experiences in World War II, specifically camp Berga.

  5. Olga Shtutman memoir

    Testimony: Photocopy of manuscript, 7 pages, from Olga Shtutman, describing what happened to her family in Moldova during Holocaust.

  6. Joseph Finkelstein papers

    Consists of death certificates, police certificate, and English translations.

  7. "Jewish congregation of Damboritz in the years of 1870-1900"

    Contains an article entitled "Jewish congregation of Damboritz in the years of 1870-1900" by MUDr. Adolf Huber; translated by Fred and Leon Deutsch.

  8. Franz Schalling - Chelmno, gas van

    A hidden camera interview with a member of Ordnungspolizei in Chelmno. Franz Schalling describes the process of execution by gas vans at Chelmno. FILM ID 3355 -- Camera Rolls #1-3 -- 01:00:00 to 01:29:05 CR 1 The image is black and white and not very clear, and also somewhat tilted. Schalling sits at a table in front of a window and Lanzmann sits on a couch next to him, with his female interpreter/assistant next to him. Schalling tells of how he came to be in Chelmno. He was part of the Schutzpolizei stationed in Litzmannstadt (Łódź) and had no idea what Chelmno was when he got there. He as...

  9. History of the Jewish community in Boppard, Germany

    Manuscript article on the history of the Jewish community in Boppard, Germany, from 1074-1945.

  10. Jewish councils Rady Żydowskie (Sygn. 214, 215, and 220 through 224)

    Contains reports, name lists, correspondence, financial records, and various other records relating to the work of Jewish councils (Judenrat in Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Końskie, Warsaw, Jasło, Falenica, Lochów, Staszów, Włoszczowa, and Pińsk. The majority of the files relate to the work of the Sanitation Commission of the Jewish council in Staszów, Poland.

  11. Bella Heppenheimer papers

    The papers consist of two German passports ("Reisepass") issued to Albert and Selma Levy in Germany in 1941 and a vintage photostat produced in 1941 of the marriage certificate issued to Albert and Selma Levy in Birkenfeld, Germany.

  12. Filip Mueller - Auschwitz Sonderkommando

    As a member of a Sonderkommando unit in Auschwitz Filip Müller worked in the crematorium. He describes the gassing and cremation process in precise detail and with great pathos. FILM ID 3206 -- Camera Rolls #1-4 -- 01:00:13 to 01:28:59 Müller recounts the first time he saw the gas chamber of the crematorium. Müller was a member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz. He was assigned to the Sonderkommando in May 1942, when he was 20, and worked as a Heizer, or someone who undressed the corpses (when they were clothed), put them into the crematorium, and stirred the fire while they burned. FILM I...

  13. Sketch

  14. Oral history interview with Larry Kowalsky

  15. Memoir

    Testimony: Manuscript, nine pages of note paper, with one page family tree.

  16. Defendants and Taylor at Medical Trial

    (Munich 479) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 1 (Medical Case), Nuremberg, Germany. Opening statement, American trial and American judges. LS shot of courtroom from above. Judges enter, MLS 4 judges. Defendants answer one by one. President of the Tribunal states that as names are called, they will rise and answer questions. Karl Brandt, Paul Rostock, Oskar Schroeder, Rose, Pokorny, Oberhauser, Handloser, Ruff, Fritz Fischer, Blome, Sievers, Brock, Becker-Freysing, Weltz, Romberg, and 4 others. MS, Gen. Telford Taylor tells of "nameless dead...These wretched people were...

  17. Virginia Panzer photograph collection

    The collection consists of twelve photographs depicting corpses and prisoners at Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps at liberation.

  18. Sketch

  19. Book

  20. Never forget: poems of the Holocaust

    Collection of poetry includes "The Holocaust," "Hangman on the Rhine," "Burning memories," "Of Nazi vans," "Without tears," "Mielec," "Kristallnacht," "To kill the Jews," "The silent partners of the crime," "Man's jailer," "The worker," "The carousel," "Judah," "The stamped numerals," "Inquisition," "Of life and death," "Malka," "The Warsaw ghetto," "Shalom," "Without tears," "The ghetto lion," "Mother," and "Remember."