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1. Dino A. Brugioni collection
Document | Accession Number: 2003.433.2
Date:
inclusive: 1944-2001
… (NPIC). During World War II, Brugioni flew in 66 bombardment missions, as well a number of reconnaissance missions, over North Africa, Italy, Germany…
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 … War II, Brugioni flew in 66 bombardment missions, as well a number of reconnaissance missions, over North Africa, Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia and France…
2. Oral history interview with Marion Pritchard
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1984.1.1.24 | RG Number: RG-50.157.0024
Date:
interview: 1984 September 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… physically abused; leaving Holland in 1945 to work with the United Nations in displaced persons camps in Germany; becoming active with Zionists trying get to…
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 … school on Saturdays, so those you knew, but didn't mean very much. And then in 1934 or '35, a lot of German Jewish children came from Germany to the…
3. Oral history interview with Helen Waterford
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0352 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0246
Date:
interview: 1989 November 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Helen Waterford, born in Germany in April 14, 1909, discusses her 1933 marriage; her move to Amsterdam in 1934; working for many years to help Jews…
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 … 14th, 1909. Q: And where were you born, Helen? A: In Germany. Q: Helen, tell me about your childhood? Can we talk about that for awhile? A: Sure. My…
4. Oral history interview with Margot Lawson
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.52 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0052
Date:
interview: 1987 May 01
interview: 1987 May 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Contains interviews with 95 Christian rescuers in Germany, Netherlands, Canada, France, Belgium, CSSR, United States and Israel…
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 … have no idea how many Nazis there still are in Germany. The problem is that people, especially in Holland did not want to hear about the Holocaust. This…
5. Aenni and Eric Kaufman papers
2013.124.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2013.124.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1972
bulk: 1945-1972
…Aenni Karoline Ehrlich (later Aenni Kaufman, 1894-1952) was born on 24 August 1894 in Berlin, Germany to Paula (née Kaufmann, 1868-1942) and Emanuel…
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 … lawsuits brought forth by Aenni and Eric Kaufman, originally of Berlin, Germany, to recover ownership of shares of I.G. Chemie (later known as Interhandel…
6. Gerald Rosenstein family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.313.1
Date:
inclusive: 1845-2009
…Gerald Rosenstein (1927-2016) was born Gerhard Rosenstein on May 21, 1927 in Bensheim, Germany to Max Rosenstein (1893-1959) and Sophie Rosenstein…
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 …, originally of Bensheim, Germany, who was a survivor of Gleiwitz III subcamp of Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau). The collection also documents his parents Max…
7. Wissbrun family papers
2017.624.1_BookEnclosure Box 1 0053
Document | Accession Number: 2017.624.1
Date:
inclusive: 1886-1985
bulk: 1940-1985
…, Germany to Hugo (b. 1875 in Munich, Germany) and Melanie (née Meyer, 1884-1943, born in Cologne) Wissbrun. His father was a businessman and married Melanie…
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 … to Fritz’s education in Germany and the United States. Languages: German, Dutch, English Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use…
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8. Oral testimony of Otto Frank
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.488.1 | RG Number: RG-90.112.0001
Date:
Recorded: 1974
Alternate Title:
Otto Frank Speaks to Park View, 1974
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Otto Frank discusses his daughter Anne's birth; the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany; his decision to immigrate to the Netherlands; the German…
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 … different. I lived it. Anne was born in 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. The situation at this time was a difficult one in Germany as in consequence of…
9. Renata Laqueur papers
1995.A.1169.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1169.1
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1995
…Refugee camps--Germany.…
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 …‐‐Netherlands. Refugee camps‐‐Germany. Typhus fever. Women concentration camp inmates. World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Hospitals‐‐Germany. World War, 1939‐1945…
10. Riesenfeld family papers
2017.389.1 Box 1 Folder 29 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 2017.389.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-2001
bulk: 1938-1949
…Bruno Kurt Riesenfeld (1899-1974) was born on 27 October 1899 in Würzburg, Germany to Alfred (1866-1936) and Jenny (née Brauer, 1866-1938) Riesenfeld…
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 … number: 2017.389.1 Creator: Riesenfeld (Family : Würzburg, Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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11. Schames family Papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.460.1
Date:
inclusive: 1871-1984
…Max Schames (later Max James, b. 1896) was born in 1896 in Stuttgart, Germany to Heinrich (1871-1928) and Franziska Sara (née Tiefenthal, 1870-1940…
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 …, Germany including the pre-war lives of Max and Käthe Schames and their children Annemarie and Heiner in Stuttgart, their flight from Germany to Amsterdam…
12. Oral history interview with Margot Lawson
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1984.1.1.14 | RG Number: RG-50.157.0014
Date:
interview: 1984 September 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Margot Edith Lawson, born April 3, 1909 in Mannheim, Germany, discusses her life in Germany leading up to World War II; growing up in a Catholic…
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 … now Lawson. And where and when were you born? I was born April the 3rd, 1909, in Mannheim, Germany. What were your parents' complete names? Hans Scharf…
13. Oral history interview with Anna Stern
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1273 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1273
Date:
interview: 1988 December 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Anna Stern discusses her young childhood in Cologne, Germany; her father's position as president of a railroad company; her family's wealth and…
14. "Survival in the Lion's Den"
Document | Accession Number: 1989.121 | RG Number: RG-02.019
Date:
1937-1989
…Fred Angress was born on 14 April 1923 in Berlin, Germany. His family fled to England in 1937 in order to avoid Nazi persecution. Angress and his…
15. Oral history interview with Edith Kaiser
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1213 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1213
Date:
interview: 1988 January 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Edith Kaiser describes her childhood in Aurich, Germany; her brother's immigration to the United States; the remaining family's escape to Holland in…
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 … Francisco. 15 We are sitting in inaudible at lovely table 16 talking to Edith Kaiser. 17 Edith where were you born 18 MS. KAISER was born in Auih Germany. 19…
16. Oral history interview with Elisabeth Model
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.448.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0163
Date:
interview: 1990 September 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Elisabeth Model (née Dittmann), born in Bayreuth, Germany in 1897, describes her family; getting married in 1922 and moving to Amsterdam, where she…
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 …. What happened in 1933. A: You know that was that terrible....the beginning in Germany. And of course, we were terribly not only touched but all the…
17. Oral history interview with Fred Angress
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.547 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0547
Date:
interview: 1990 June 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Fred Angress discusses his childhood in Berlin, Germany; his father's decision to leave Germany; the family's travels to England in the late 1930…
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 …RG-50.477*0547 Name of Interviewee: Angress, Fred Date of Interview: 6/20/1990 Fred Angress was born on April 14, 1923 in Berlin, Germany. His family…
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 …. was born in Berlin Germany on April 14 19 1923 and lived there until was 14 years old and we 20 had to leave Germany in 1937 because my father was…
18. Trudy Katzer papers
2005.175.1 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 203
Document | Accession Number: 2005.175.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1976
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… (Grete) Katz. Walther was born on December 12, 1906, in Kesselbach, Germany, where his parents, Simon and Malchen Katzenstein Schoenfeld, had a farm. He…
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 … Margareta were living in Germany, but deciding that it would be too dangerous to remain, they moved to Amsterdam in 1936. In 1939, Trudy was born. After the…
19. Oral history interview with Dolf Ringel and Dottie Ringel
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0117.6 | RG Number: RG-50.044.0006
Date:
interview: 1988 December 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Frankfurt am Main (Germany)…
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 … city in Western Germany. And after a few years, my parents moved to Frankfurt. My parents came from what is now Poland. I believe that my mother was born…
20. Strauss family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.565.1
Date:
inclusive: 1792-2003
bulk: 1844-1966
…Siegfried Strauss (later Fred Strauss, 1898-1956) was born in Marburg, Germany to Hermann (1856-1934) and Johanna (née Wertheim, 1859-1942) Strauss…
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 …: 2016.565.1 Creator: Strauss family (Marburg :Germany) Extent: 1.33 linear feet (2 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 2 book enclosures, 2 oversize folders…