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  1. A memoir relating to experiences in Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and Neustadt

    Testimony, 3 pages, typescript, from Sagi, of Delray Beach, FL, but originally of Budapest. Describes deportation from Hungary to Auschwitz, and experiences there, and later deportation to Ravensbrueck.

  2. A memoir and photographs relating to Rabstein concentration camp

    Letter to USHMM from ex-POW (Donald Ebsch), relating his experiences and seeking to contact other former prisoners. Was imprisoned in a number of locations between Nov. 1944 and May 1945, but was seeking info about camp Rabstein, a subcamp of Flossenbürg, which had an underground aircraft factory, and from which Ebsch was liberated in May 1945. Includes photos of memorial site in 1993.

  3. Oral history interview with Helga Melmed

  4. Erna Rettberg Bauer papers

    The Erna Rettberg Bauer papers comprise documents assembled by Erna in pursuit of legal action to regain her family’s property. Many of the documents focus on Julius Rettberg and his relationship with Friedel Bredderman, the wife of Sturmabteilung Trooper, Paul Bredderman who was allegedly responsible for taking advantage of Julius and the Rettberg family. These documents include correspondence with members of the United States House of Representatives, copies of Julius’ will, citizenship papers, and identification papers, paperwork relating to the deed of the property, testimony from frien...

  5. Irene Shapiro papers

    Contains a memoir entitled "Revisiting the Shadows," and songs written by Irene Shapiro [donor] in the Bialystok Ghetto and in Lipstadt.

  6. Ostasiatische Lloyd newspaper article

    Contains the front page of a 1945 issue of the "Ostasiatische Lloyd" newspaper, published in Shanghai, China, with the headline "Der Führer gefallen/Großadmiral Dönitz zu seinem Nachfolger ernannt." Includes a picture of Adolf Hitler, in profile, at the right edge, just above center.

  7. A memoir and letter relating to Holocaust experiences

    Testimony, 19 pages, typescript; and letter, 2 pages, typescript, from Ellenberg, of Nashville, TN, describing his experiences as child in Mannheim, witnessing Kristallnacht, arrest and imprisonment at Dachau, being a forced laborer in Paderborn for 4 years, then deportation to Auschwitz.

  8. Stamped envelope

    Addressed in ink to "Herrn Heinrich Potischel (sp?) Wien XII Hauptstrasse 2" with one 4-cent Deutsches Reich stamp and nine 12-cent anti-Nazi stamps attached. Also has five ink stamps dated 8.IV.43.

  9. "Miriam's Way: Real Life Story of Miriam Kenigsberg Poster"

    Testimony, typescript, approximately 120 pages, titled "Miriam's Way: Real Life Story of Miriam Kenigsberg Poster," about experiences of her family in Vilnius; told in a novelized form.

  10. Manon Marliac collection

    Identification documents, faded color photographs, photocopies of documents, and news clipping from the Washington Post, about story of Roger Marliac and family, in France during WWII.

  11. Memories revisited

    Testimony, typescript, 13 pages, "Memories Revisited" by Fred Rosenbaum, 1995. Recounts feelings and experiences in returning to his childhood home in Vienna fifty years after his family fled the Nazis.

  12. A memoir relating to Experiences in Hungary, Poland and Germany

    Testimony, 1 page, typewritten, 1994. Describes Klein's experiences in Hungary, 1944, with deportation to Auschwitz and then march to Melk (Austria) and Gunskirchen.

  13. A memoir relating to experiences in Belgian and French forced labor camps

    Testimony, photocopy of handwritten text, 16 pages. Describes experiences as forced laborer in Belgium and northern France, interment at Mechelen, deportation to Auschwitz, escape during evacuation of Jawischowitz (Jawiszowice), eventual capture by Russian forces and deportation to Soviet Union (Murmansk, Moscow), and return to Belgium after war.

  14. The papers of Harry Frank

    Testimony, consisting of photocopies of handwritten and typescript memoirs that Hellmut (Harry) Frank wrote for high school English courses in U.S. in 1946, as well as photographs, German passport, photos from U.S. Army after WWII, including destruction in what may be Frank's hometown of Krefeld.

  15. Julien D. Saks collection

    Contains a captioned replica of a portrait painted by Lucy-Jane W. Saks's husband, Julien D. Saks; testimonials from various publications relating to the death of Lucy-Jane W. Saks' husband and his participation in the liberation of a Kaufering group camp (perhaps Landsberg), a subcamp of Dachau; and five slides.

  16. Photocopies of documents relating to a German Jew's attempt to verify American citizenship and emigrate to the United States

    Photocopies of letters from Rebecca Gotthelf relating to her attempts to escape Germany in 1935.

  17. Edward S. Lowenstern papers

    Photo of anti-semitic caricatures near donor's former home in Germany (1936), small leaflets with antisemitic and Nazi slogans on them (such as "Wir achten keinerlei Klasse, sondern die arische Rasse!"), and news clipping.

  18. Clipping

    The "Linzer Wochenblatt" was self-identified as a Roman Catholic paper. The headline announces Chancellor Kurt Schussnigg's planned national referendum on achieving an "Anschluss" with Germany. The referendum was to be held on March 13, 1938.

  19. Barbara MacArthur papers

    Memorial commemoration: News clipping and program for an interfaith Holocaust memorial commemoration at Temple B'nai Israel in Petoskey, Michigan, 1994.

  20. Helen L. Dickerman collection

    The bulk of the collection is composed of correspondence, accounts, and other documents relating to the office of reparation at the preparatory commission for the International Refugee Organization, from 1945 to 1948.