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  1. [Visita do General Carmona à sede da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa]

    O Marechal Carmona assina o livro de honra da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa.

  2. [Vistos autorizados pelo Consulado de Portugal em Marselha sem menção de trânsito]

    Comunicação do Cônsul de Marselha sobre a autorização de vistos sem menção de trânsito devido a recusa do Cônsul de Espanha em visar passaportes previamente visados pelo Consulado de Portugal em Marselha com a menção "em trânsito". Inclui também instruções do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para a não omissão da informação "em trânsito".

  3. [Vistos consulares concedidos pela Legação de Portugal em Cantão a súbditos japoneses com destino a Macau]

    Comunicação do Consulado de Portugal em Cantão sobre o aumento de vistos concedidos a súbditos japoneses com destino a Macau. Contém também informação sobre os seguintes processos de pedido de visto: Processo de pedido de visto ao Consulado de Portugal em Cantão para Yasumitsu Fukui, de nacionalidade japonesa e residente no Japão, com destino a Macau. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto ao Consulado de Portugal em Cantão para Hiroshi Sakurai, de nacionalidade japonesa e residente no Japão, com destino a Macau. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto ao Consulado de Portugal ...

  4. [Vistos de trânsito para os Açores e Madeira]

    Comunicação da Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros referente à suspensão da autorização de vistos em trânsito pelos Açores e Madeira. Inclui também instruções para que o Cônsul de Portugal em Nova Iorque deixe de passar vistos de trânsito sem autorização superior.

  6. A Appelfeld Words and Images

  7. A blueprint for Hebrew freedom:a letter from Peter H. Bergson to Dr. Ch. Weizmann, 1945 April 2

    Collection contains this published letter regarding the Jews and antisemitism in the aftermath of the Holocaust; the difficulties being encountered by Jews when trying to emigrate to Palestine; the proposal of a "Jewish Commonwealth" and the role of Zionism; and proposals to establish a successful Jewish community.

  8. A brief diary of my war years

    Contains a two-page, typescript testimony recounting the author's experiences in occupied Poland.

  9. A Cabaret in the Warsaw Ghetto

    Contains a cabaret of music with readings from the Warsaw Diary of Chaim Kaplan.

  10. A catharsis November 1991

    Describes how the the author joined the 5th Ranger Battalion; the author's participation in and observations of Buchenwald's liberation; and the author's experiences after leaving Buchenwald concentration camp before the end of World War II.

  11. A chemist in the internment camps of Vichy, France

    Contains a typescript copy of a memoir written by Eva Bamberger Stahl's father, Curt Bamberger, entitled, "A Chemist in the Internment Camps of Vichy-France," which described how he used his skills as a chemist (he worked for IG Farben until 1938) to assist inmates at Gurs and St. Cyprien concentration camps.

  12. A collection of records of the Association of the Former Prisoners of the Lublin Castle and Pod Zegarem prison

    The collection includes both original documents concerning the prisoners of the Lublin Castle and the copies of archival materials as well as photographs and evoked sources like surveys and prisoners’ accounts.

  13. A collection of stories about the Holocaust

    Testimony, typescript (presumably unpublished), of interviews conducted by Silberman, primarily in Riga in the mid-1960s with Holocaust survivors living there at that time. A manuscript compilation of some of these from 1988 is included.

  14. A compilation of the letters and memorabilia from the war years of Irvin Shapiro, 1943-1946

    Consists of one volume, entitled "A Compilation of the Letters and Memorabilia from the War Years of Irvin Shapiro, 1943-1946," compiled by his son, Fred Michael Shapiro, in 2005; and a bound addendum to the volume. The volumes contain scanned images of letters, artwork, and memorabilia, and transcriptions of the letters. Irvin Shapiro was a member of the United States Army from 1943-1946. In 1945, after being injured on the front, he was assigned to be an artist assisting with USO shows; the collection includes artwork and memorabilia from his time with the USO. He comments in his letters ...

  16. A conversation with Betty Kane

    Contains an oral history transcript of an interview with Betty Kane about her Holocaust experiences.

  17. A doctor talks My experiences in Sachsenhausen concentration camp last November

    Contains narrative descriptions of antisemitic incidents that happened to Hermon Preuss (b. 1911) as a youth during his school years in a Berlin's medical school and his later experiences in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

  18. A dramatic story of Jewish wandering: brother and sisters meet in Argentina after 46 years of separation

    The newspaper article, "A dramatic story of Jewish wondering, brother and sisters meet in Argentina after 46 years of separation," from the 28 November 1959, Buenos Aires issue of "Die Presse", describes the war-time experiences of Charles Zacepitzky's children whose surviving family members were able to meet in Buenos Aires in 1959. The article also relates how some members of this Polish Jewish family: hid and tried to survive in the forests; joined the partisans; suffered in ghettos; and were killed by Nazis or antisemitic Poles. The newspaper article also includes a photograph of the su...

  19. A Duquesa de Palmela e Margarida de Morais

    A Presidente da Secção Auxiliar Feminina, Margarida de Morais e a Duquesa de Palmela ( à esquerda).

  20. A family history

    Contains a typescript testimony containing the family history of the Todtenkopf family from Gross Konarzyny, in Pomerania, prepared by Harry Todtenkopf. Includes a fold-out family tree.