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  1. Marshall W. Minard photographs

    The Marshall W. Minard photographs consist of 14 photographic prints and postcards documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp immediately following liberation and the Dachau death train. The Buchenwald photographs are captioned “Buchenwald Stalag” on the back. The images depict survivors, victims, skin with tattoos, exterior and interior of buildings, an effigy of Hitler, and American soldiers. The Dachau photographs depict victims inside and next to the open railcars of the Dachau death train.

  2. Albert Henry Aronson collection

    Contains a "Programm fur die Ausländischen Ehrengäste des Führers," for an event dated April 20, 1939; the pamphlet was brought back to the U.S. after WWII by serviceman Albert Henry Aronson. Includes a letter written by Albert to his sister Emelia (Mitzi) Aronson Rosenberg (donor's mother) explaining how he found the brochure.

  3. Tunisian Jews removing star badges

    Contains a black-and-white press photograph of Jews removing the yellow Star of David badge from their lapels, overseen by Allied soldiers, in Tunisia; "MG 97C47" [or 97647] in lower left corner of image. The verso includes a newspaper clipping adhered with caption "In a Tunisian village, Allied soldiers watch little Jewish boys taking off the yellow stars they'd been made to wear as if they were lepers.' Handwritten inscriptions in pencil on verso correct caption "Note: Jews but NOT PALESTINE or ISRAEL" as well as subjects; stamped "USED / MAR 24 1944" and multiple stickers adhered with ba...

  4. Anti-Nazi, zoo animal caricature, printed in Palestine

    Anti-Nazi caricature depicting animals with the faces of prominent Nazi leaders, published in Palestine in the early 1940s. If the instructions on the paper are followed, and the sheet is properly folded, the joined animals will create an image of Adolf Hitler. To escape persecution from the Nazis, many German and European Jews began immigrating to Palestine, which was awarded to Great Britain following World War I. Before and after the British takeover, successive waves of immigration (Aliyots) dramatically increased the region’s Jewish population. However, during this period of immigratio...

  5. Collection of documents

    Contains an identity card ("Kennkarte"), a yellow card marked on front with "J," issued to Chana Bajla Filozof, born in Łódź, Poland, on January 15, 1922; photograph of bearer affixed. Includes an "Arbeitsausweis" (worker identification card), an employment certificate of "Organisation Todt," dated circa 1944, issued to Carlo Michelutti, born 23 May 1888. Also includes an official letter printed on the stationery of "Der Oberste Kommissar in der Operationszone 'Adriatisches Küstenland'" (the commissioner of the operation zone of the Adriatic Coast), Trieste, dated April 28, 1945, regarding ...

  6. List of Polish Jewish orphans

    Contains a list of Jewish orphans from Łańcut, Poland, who immigrated to Palestine with the "Tehran Children." Next to the names of the children appear names of relatives in Łańcut; names of places where they had been lodged (among them Givat Brenner, Beit Yehoshua and the religious youth village by Kfar Hassidim); and general comments. Includes a handwritten copy of a response from Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever about the rules of Mikve, which had been printed in the book "Khikre Halacha She'elot uTeshuvot" published in 1944.

  7. Naomi Waldman collection

    Contains four photographs depicting young people, including Holocaust survivors, in Anvers and Brussels, Belgium, dated 1944-1945; all captioned on verso, some with personal inscriptions.

  8. Sarina and Jacques Colonomos photograph

    Photographic postcard: black and white image of studio portrait of woman wearing print blouse under dark jacket next to man wearing dark suit with polka dot tie; inscribed in red ink on verso "Souvenir / affectouzo al caro / oncle Ely de / Sarinai Jacov Colonomos" and "Skopje 1946" in dark ink in lower left corner. Pictured are Sarina Colonomos (donor's maternal aunt) and with her husband Jacques.

  9. Organization of survivors of the Nazi persecution (She'erit Hapleita) Asociación de Sobrevivientes de la Persecución Nazi en la Argentina. Archivo de Sherit Hapleitá

    Organizational records and publications from the Sheerit Hapleita in Argentina held in Sheerit Hapleita office at Paso Street. The records include correspondence, photographs, office files, press releases, and printed material; project folders related to campaigns, memorialization events and other activities of Holocaust survivors in Argentina.

  10. Teofila Kotlewski sings

  11. Wooden Lazy Susan decorated with an inlaid windmill scene created by a Latvian in a displaced persons camp

    Handmade, Latvian, wooden turntable with an inlaid windmill scene created in Kleinkötz Displaced Persons (DP) Camp at Günzburg in the American Zone of Germany between 1945 and 1951. Latvia had a long tradition of woodworking, and many skilled artisans lived in DP camps following the end of World War II (1939-1945), where they made some additional income from the sale of pieces and trained others. Kleinkötz had a population between 1,000 and 2,500 refugees, and a large percentage of those were from the Baltic nations, including Latvia. Following the end of the war, Allied forces established...

  12. Else Cheimovits Parnes papers

    Contains a handwritten document, prepared by Elsa Cheimovits (born 1925 in Velkysevlus, Czech Republic) on January 28, 1947, while she recuperated in the Renstrams Civic Hospital in Göteborg, Sweden after being liberated from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with her sister Irene. The document records the deaths of Elsa's parents, Jeno and Zuhanna, and her siblings Eva, Elisabeth, Blanka, Frida, Mozes and Judith [Judit], whom Elsa believed all perished at Auschwitz.

  13. Sheindel Trebits Sussman papers

    The Sheindel Trebits Sussman papers include a diary, ID card, and photographs relating to Sheindel “Bella” Trebits Sussman’s experiences during the war. The diary begins on July 8, 1945 and relates Sheindel's memories of her hometown of Bácskossuthfalva, Serbia, the German invasion of Hungary in 1944, her deportation to the Bácsalmás ghetto and Auschwitz, working in a munitions factory, and liberation on April 14, 1945. The last entry is dated September 1945. The collection also includes a color copy of the diary and a membership ID for Poalei Agudat Israel issued to Isak Scharf, Scheindel’...

  14. Fuld family papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Arthur Jacob Fuld (Artur Jakob Fuld), originally of Gießen, Germany, including his immigration to the United States via Cuba in 1941, his United States Army service as a sergeant with the 970th Counter Intelligence Corps, and his marriage to Ursula Gertrud Erftemeier in 1949. Included are identification papers, army records, birth certificates, historical family documents, post-war archival research and correspondence regarding the Fuld family, Ursula’s naturalization certificate, a postwar personal statement ("Lebenlauf"), and one m...

  15. Odenheimer family papers

    The Odenheimer family papers consist of correspondence, family history and genealogy, immigration files, photographs, and restitution files documenting the history of the Odenheimer family in Odenheim, Germany, Kurt and Ilse Odenheimer’s immigration to the United States in 1939, Marie and Isidor Odenheimer’s deportation to and internment in southern France in October 1940, the deaths of Isidor and Julius Odenheimer in concentration camps, and Marie’s immigration to the United States in 1941. Correspondence primarily consists of letters exchanged between the Odenheimer family in Germany and ...

  16. Antisemitic propaganda handbill warning Americans that Jews are against serving in the military

    Handbill, printed in New York City, with fraudulent quotes on the front and an antisemitic cartoon on the back. The cartoon shows two men with stereotypical Jewish features outfitting a Christian American man for combat, while the radio broadcasts Jewish pro-war messages. The Talmud quote is ripped from its original context and used to legitimize the antisemitic canard that Jews sought exemption from military service, while simultaneously advocating American intervention in World War II. The handbill’s purpose was to provoke anti-Jewish sentiment in the United States by perpetuating the myt...

  17. Schutzpass

    Contains a Swedish protective passport (Schutz-Pass) issued to Ernst Vidor in Budapest, dated 26 September 1944; endorsed by Carl Ivan Danielsson, head of the Swedish legation in Budapest. Single printed page with typed entries, original signatures and bearer’s photograph. Text in German and Hungarian. Numbered 82/31. Central heavy creases, extremities with chips and some tears, old tape repair on verso.

  18. Selected files from the UK National Archives

    Selected files from the UK National Archives relating to the British investigation and prosecution of war crimes immediately after World War II (WO 309: War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office, British Army of the Rhine War Crimes Group (North West Europe) and predecessors: Registered Files (BAOR and other series) & WO 311: Judge Advocate General's Office, Military Deputy's Department, and War Office, Directorates of Army Legal Services and Personal Services: War Crimes Files (MO/JAG/FS and other series) and WO 310: War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office, War Crimes Group (Sout...

  19. Gershon Yelin papers

    The collection documents the pre-war and post-war experiences of Gershon Yelin, originally of the Free City of Danzig, including post-war family photographs documenting Gershon with his family in Austria and Israel, with friend Yehuda Nir in Vienna; Report card issued in May 1936 by the Jewish School in Danzig to "Gerson Jelen"; Declaration of Intention form for Gershon Yelin to become a citizen of the United States, June 6, 1962; Letter of support for Samuel Gelles who wishes to bring Dr. Gershon Yellin to the United States, April 16, 1962; Contract between Montefiore Hospital of New York ...

  20. Carl and Robert Gamer papers

    This collection is clearly delineated into two parts, each potentially very valuable for future scholarship. The Dr. Carl Gamer papers cover the coursework, research, and writing of his 1940 doctoral dissertation at the University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana, “Freedom of Religion in Germany: A Study of Theory and Practice Under the National Socialist Regime, with Special Attention to Free Churches of American and English Origin.” The term "free churches" referred to the non-established churches that historically had been either churches stemming from the Reformation but (in the early 19th ...