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  1. Memoirs relating to experiences in Salonika and Bergen-Belsen

    Testimony, typescript, 4 pages, titled "Biographical Narrative for Survivors Registry," of Leon Benveniste, and another one for Flora Benveniste, along with copied documents, all relating to experiences in Salonika.

  2. Klara Strazhnik memoir

    Klara Strazhnik's memoir describes the Holocaust in the ghetto in Zhmerynka, Ukraine.

  3. Linda Marcus papers

    The papers consist of a letter from the Committee for the Defence of the Rights of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe in Paris, France, to the French Minister of the Interior on behalf of Lowy Isak Weitzner and an announcement ("In Neerland Roumt Israël") signed by O. Cahen.

  4. A memoir relating to experiences in Auschwitz, Łódź, Poznań, Dachau, and Muhldorf ghettos

    Testimony, photocopy of typescript, 4 pages, describes childhood in Saarland, Kristallnacht, emigration of siblings, training at school in Berlin, deportation to Łódź ghetto, and then to Auschwitz and Dachau, and liberation.

  5. Charles and Lois Apfelbaum collection

    Contains handwritten and typescript photocopies of miscellaneous correspondence and publications that include a draft of a manuscript, newspaper articles, letters, notes, and vitae of Josef Mengele, all related to the publication of the short story "One Tin Soldier."

  6. Testimony relating to the execution of Jews

    Testimony, in form of one handwritten fragmentary letter, dated 1995, from a man who said he had just shared a hospital room with someone who would be a "first class witness for your Holo-Institute." He recounts the experiences of the man, Hermann Knoch, who served in the army on the Eastern Front and was witness to mass shootings of Jewish civilians.

  7. A memoir

    Contains photocopied and printed material including excerpts from the "Drohichin book" (Sefer Drohitshin), about experience of Jews in Drohyczyn, Poland during Holocaust.

  8. War crimes court pass for Luneburg Court

    Pass, admitting one person to War Crimes Court at Luneburg, Germany, on 17 October 1945.

  9. Arkadiy Korabelnik memoir

    Consists of one handwritten memoir, 6 pages, entitled "Testimonies about life experiences during the German occupation" by Arkadiy Korabelnik, who spent the war in the Slonim district of Grodno.

  10. Letter about experiences in Buchenwald

    Consists of a copy of a letter relating to Buchenwald, 27 May 1945.

  11. Samuel and Helen Taub papers

    Photographs and copies of articles in Yiddish.

  12. A memoir relating to experiences in Łódź, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald

    Contains a testimony, typescript, 4 pages, likely created for restitution case in 1956, when author (Weintraub) lived in Norfolk, VA. Composed under oath and notarized, account describes Weintraub's experiences in Łódź ghetto during occupation.

  13. French pilots; heroic Soviet soldiers

    Titles: "Soviet Newsreel"/ "12"/ "Moscow"/ "February 1944"/ "Directed by M. Fidelevoy"/ "The Red Army will follow comrade Stalin's orders with honor"/ ELS military procession. Soldiers march and salute while others look on. A message from Stalin is read to soldiers from an elevated platform. Title: "Infantry school" ELS long line of infantry at attention. LS officer reading Stalin's orders. Various CUs and MSs of soldiers. Title: "Moscow's salute" Various ELSs of fireworks lit up over Moscow cityscape. Title: "Stalin's order inspires new combat and labor achievements in the Soviet people"/ ...

  14. A memoir and news clippings relating to experiences in Hungary, Auschwitz, and Czechoslovakia

    Testimony, 3 pages, typescript, plus photocopies of newspaper stories from 1990s that told story of Elizabeth Kishazi. All tell of her pre-war life in Hungary, forced labor, deportation to Auschwitz.

  15. Russian News (1944, No. E)

    On the liberation of Vilna, Latvia. Tanks and infantry move down a dirt road past cottages. "Road sign: Litovskaia SSR" [Road sign reads Lithuanian SSR]. Field guns and mortars are loaded and fired. Infantry runs past dead Germans. Soldiers advance from house to house. Flames pour from windows. Tanks pass through the streets. Machine guns are fired from rubble. Telephone wire is strung. Germans leave shattered buildings and surrender; long columns of them are marched to the rear. Troops march past two road signs indicating path to Grodno, Kaunas; and Kaunas Keningsberg. Victorious Russians ...

  16. Weinmann family papers

    The Weinmann family papers contains primarily financial and immigration papers for Gustav Weinmann, and documents relating to his efforts to escape Vienna, Austria. The financial documents cover primarily restitution and transfers of money. This includes attempts to transfer funds, collect pensions, and other efforts to receive money owed. Also included are tax documents concerning the Jewish “Atonement Fee,” levied after Kristallnacht, documents concerning the sale of Gustav’s tobacco shop, and a lawsuit filed after Gustav’s dismissal from his job following his incarceration at Dachau. The...

  18. Samuel L. Tennenbaum papers

    Testimony, consisting of photocopied fragment of wartime diary of Tennenbaum, later published as "Zloczow Diary," as well as photocopies of supporting documents, such as identity cards and correspondence.

  19. "My escape Into prison and other memories of a stolen youth, 1939 -1948"

    Contains a memoir entitled "My escape Into prison and other memories of a stolen youth, 1939 -1948" relating to experiences in Poland as a Jewish partisan and in the USSR as a political prisoner, also includes an article relating to the persecution of Jews in Slovakia.

  20. Selected records relating to homosexuals and sex offenders

    Photocopies of various documents from DOW, selected according to topic.