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1. Archiv Horst von Wächter
Document | Accession Number: 2014.103 | RG Number: RG-17.049
Date:
inclusive: 1901-1984
… city. Identified as a war criminal since 1942, he evaded capture, went into hiding in Rome, protected by the Austrian bishop Alois Hudal, and died there…
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 …, postcards, photographs, private documents, diaries and other archival material created by the donor's parents, Otto von Wächter and Charlotte von Wächter (b…
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 … Rübelt, Austrian sports photographer and friend of Otto Wächter, recorded by Charlotte Wächter (CW) in the late 1970s about Rübelt's relationship with Otto…
2. Baksztanska and Sierpinski families papers
2004.331.3 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2004.331.3
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1969
Special Collection:
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…The Baksztanska and Sierpinski families papers include biographical material and photographs relating to the pre-war and wartime experiences of Wiera…
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 … Baksztanska and Sierpinski families papers include biographical material and photographs relating to the pre-war and wartime experiences of Wiera Baksztanska…
3. Beatrice Muchman papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0269.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1999
… saved. Beatrice had always felt that her parents abandoned her, and she had kept a diary during the war, but now she could understand her history more…
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 …, diary and poetry books, a memoir, photographs, and a prayer book documenting the Westheimer family of Berlin, their flight to Brussels, Beatrix Westheimer…
4. Brunn and Ornstein family photographs and diary
2004.225.2 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 57
Document | Accession Number: 2004.225.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1915-1950 September
Special Collection:
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… Szendrő and Hajdúnánás, Hungary, respectively. Photographs include pre-war and wartime originals and copies of Anna and Paul and their extended family in…
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 … Ornstein, originally of Szendrő and Hajdúnánás, Hungary, respectively. Photographs include mainly pre-war and wartime originals and copies of Anna and Paul…
5. Edward Herzbaum Hartry papers
2012.471.1 Box 1 Folder 24 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2012.471.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1955
Special Collection:
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… completely, as they experienced the trauma of war together. In June, the Corps fought in the Adriatic Campaign, including the Battle of Ancona, capturing the…
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 … papers consist of biographical, photographic, and printed materials as well as diaries and short stories documenting Hartry, his pre-World War II education…
6. Eichengrün and Stern families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2017.627.15
Date:
inclusive: 1872-2005
bulk: 1936-1956
…Biographical material, immigration paperwork, correspondence, writings, and photographs documenting the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of…
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 …, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: Biographical material, immigration paperwork, correspondence, writings, and photographs documenting the pre-war, wartime…
7. Gans family papers
2012.478.3 Book Enclosure 5 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2012.478.3
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2004
bulk: 1938-1950
Special Collection:
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…The collection relates to the Gans family, originally of Borken, Germany. It includes photographs of pre-war life, including a photograph album…
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 … they were liberated. Includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war family photographs, and the diary of Moritz and Else Gans from 1945, documenting life in the…
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8. Goldstein and Thebner families papers
2002.245.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2002.245.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1917-1958
Special Collection:
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… their attempts to emigrate from Germany as well as pre-war family photographs. The collection also includes a diary written by Ilse Szinberger, Arthur…
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 … relating to their attempts to emigrate from Germany as well as pre-war family photographs. The collection also includes a diary written by Ilse Szinberger…
9. Institut d'Etudes du Judaïsme collection, late 19th century-1980s
Document | Accession Number: 2018.92.1 | RG Number: RG-65.025
Date:
inclusive: before 1900-circa 1980
…Correspondence, reports, and files relating to Jewish residents and refugees in Belgium before, during, and after World War II that document the…
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 …--Jewish resistance--Belgium. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Belgium. Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series I : Comité d’aide et d’assistance aux Réfugiés…
10. Judith Cromwell papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.616.1
Date:
inclusive: 1875-1990
bulk: 1914-1950
… Irma. There are numerous photographs and a modern photograph album depicting John’s experiences as a doctor during World War I, including images of…
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 … Charlotte’s post-war immigration to the United States in 1950. The bulk of the collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, and photographs…
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11. Kanzlei des Führers der NSDAP, Adolf Hitler, Berlin (Fond 1355)
Document | Accession Number: 2004.756.3 | RG Number: RG-11.001M.74
Date:
bulk: circa 1931-1945
inclusive: 1900-1945
Alternate Title:
Chancellery of Adolf Hitler, Berlin
…Contains records captured by the Red Army around the end of World War II currently housed at the Russian State Military Archive, formerly the Osobyi…
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 … received food consignments (December 1944), photo albums and photographs of warfare during WWI and WWII, art and architecture in Germany, a War Diary by…
12. Kelhoffer and Pomeranz families papers
2004.706.9 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2004.706.9
Date:
inclusive: 1916-1960
bulk: 1940-1950
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… families in Borysław, Poland during the Holocaust. The collection contains identification cards, correspondence, pre and post-war photographs of both…
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 …, Poland during the Holocaust. The collection contains identification cards, correspondence, pre and post‐war photographs of both families, and a series of…
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13. Lessing family papers
2017.642.16 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 2017.642.16
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-2017
… Lessing family. The books cover pre-war family history, their Holocaust experiences, and their post-war lives through 2015. Photographs consists of pre-war…
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 … post-war lives through 2015. Photographs consists of pre-war images of Ed with his Jewish scout group and wartime images of him with the Dutch Resistance…
14. Lorenz Schmuhl papers
1995.A.1119 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1119 | RG Number: RG-10.137
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1985
bulk: 1939-1945
Special Collection:
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… Buchenwald and Lorenz. Photographs include originals and copies of Buchenwald during and after the war. Correspondence includes letters, announcements…
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 … Buchenwald and Lorenz. Photographs include originals and copies of Buchenwald during and after the war. Languages: English, German Administrative Information…
15. Martha and Waitstill Sharp collection
Document | Accession Number: 2010.180 | RG Number: RG-67.017
Date:
inclusive: 1905-2005
bulk: 
Special Collection:
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…Reports, publications, interviews, obituaries, and photographs pertaining to the careers of Martha and Waitstill Sharp. Documents record the Sharps…
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 … wartime photographs taken in Europe. The last section of this binder contains post-war (contemporary) photographs from Camp de Gurs (Gurs concentration camp…
16. Morgenstern and Merkur families papers
2017.101.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 39
Document | Accession Number: 2017.101.1
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1995
bulk: 1913-1949
Special Collection:
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…, including a photograph of Regina, Bernhard, and Helli Morgenstern reunited in Vienna after the war. The Merkur family materials include a book and loose sheet…
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 … Mendel Morgenstern to her in London; and her diary from 1945. Also included are photographs of the Morgenstern family, including a photograph of Regina…
17. Nachlass Avner W. Less papers
Document | Accession Number: 2011.214 | RG Number: RG-58.010
Date:
inclusive: 1902-2007
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Contains correspondence, memos, diaries, newspaper clippings, lectures, articles, photographs, transcripts of the Israeli Police, case studies…
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 …; 1960/61 als Polizeihauptmann in Jerusalem Leiter des Verhörs von Adolf Eichmann. Nach dem Prozess war Less ein vielbefragter Zeitzeuge und…
18. Nachlass Dr. iur. Rolf Henne (1901-1966)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.93.1 | RG Number: RG-58.047
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1966
Alternate Title:
Rolf Henne papers
…]. In 1944, he became the director of the press service Zeitungslupe in Zurich. He took no further role in politics after the war; instead, he headed up…
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 …, gestorben war 329 Flugblätter Nationale Front: Antisemitismus 1934 - 1937 Enthält u. a. - Aufrufe, nicht in jüdischen Warenhäusern einzukaufen - "Der…
19. Nachlass Konsul Carl Lutz (1895-1975)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.95.1 | RG Number: RG-58.049
Date:
inclusive: 1906-1988
Alternate Title:
Carl Lutz papers
… Austrian border. After the war Lutz received a letter of reprimand from authorities in Switzerland for overstepping his authority in helping the Jews of…
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 … Rettungsaktionen beteiligt gewesen war. Dokumente zu Lutz aus ungarischen Archiven, die für das AfZ durch Prof. Dr. László Karsai zusammengetragen wurden, der…
20. Nachlass Kurt Bigler (ehem. Kurt Bergheimer) (1925-2007)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.45.1 | RG Number: RG-58.036
Date:
inclusive: 1910-2011
Alternate Title:
Kurt Bigler papers
…, and unpublished manuscripts, a collection of color photographs (albums and loose photos) with detailed handwritten description.…
21. Nachlass Pfarrer Paul Vogt (1900-1984)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.86.1 | RG Number: RG-58.040
Date:
inclusive: 1882-2000
Alternate Title:
Pastor Paul Vogt papers
… Swiss Ecclesiastical Auxiliary Committee for Evangelical Refugees. After the war, Vogt fought for an understanding between Christians and Jews. He was the…
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 … Flüchtlinge eingerichtet worden war; Initiant der 1945 gegründeten Arbeitsgemeinschaft von Christen und Juden; Mitglied der Gesellschaft Schweiz-Israel…
22. Nachlass Ruth von Wild (1912-1983)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.90.1 | RG Number: RG-58.044
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1982
Alternate Title:
Ruth von Wild papers
… Swiss School in Barcelona. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War the school was closed and Wild went to England to earn an English diploma. In Aug…
23. Nelly Rossmann family papers
2005.546.1 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2005.546.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-1990
bulk: 1932-1947
Special Collection:
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…) Schwabacher; family photographs; a post-war photograph album of family life in England; and her son Michael Rossmann’s German passport from 1935. The collection…
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 … from 1916-1917; notebooks of hers and her brother Wilhelm (Willy) Schwabacher; family photographs; a post-war photograph album of family life in England…
24. Ohringer and Weil families papers
2015.203.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2015.203.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1917-1988
bulk: 1921-1957
undated: 
Special Collection:
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…-war photographs of the Weil family including Alice Hochher (b. 1912), Iles’s sister, and a photographic postcard of Arthur Weil in German army during…
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 … entries written by Arthur Weil about his experiences while aboard the MS St. Louis as well as a translation. Photographs include pre-war photographs of the…
25. Ostwald family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2018.663.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1850-2011
bulk: circa 1890-1959
… collection are facsimiles of the original albums. The photographs include pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the Ostwald family, the Strauss family…
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 … collection are facsimiles of the original albums. The photographs include pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the Ostwald family, the Strauss family…
26. Records of Lyubimir Lyuchev, personal advisor to Tsar Boris III (Fond 950)
Document | Accession Number: 2002.398 | RG Number: RG-46.034M
Date:
inclusive: 1910-1944
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Contains a diary, correspondence, articles, photographs, and other records of Lyubimir Lyuchev, a personal advisor to Tsar Boris III.…
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 … Content: Contains a diary, correspondence, articles, photographs, and other records of Lyubimir Lyuchev, a personal advisor to Tsar Boris III. Inventory…
27. Records relating to the experiences of Danish Jews
Document | Accession Number: 2014.184.1 | RG Number: RG-44.002
Date:
inclusive: 1888-2010
…This collection contains interviews, photo albums, and scrapbooks relating to the experiences of Danish Jews during the war, including escape to…
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 …, December 2015. Scope and content of collection Photo albums, scrapbooks and diaries relating to the experiences of Danish Jews during the war…
28. Rosenberg and Mosler families papers
2017.327.1 BookEnclosure Folder 1 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2017.327.1
Date:
inclusive: 1888-1987
bulk: 1915-1956
Special Collection:
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…, and Claude Mosler’s United States Army papers. Photographs primarily document pre-war family life and travel in Europe and wartime life in New York. The…
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 …, and Claude Mosler’s United States Army papers. Photographs primarily document pre-war family life and travel in Europe and wartime life in New York. The…
29. Ruth Mueller papers
2017.651.1 BookEnclosure 1 Image 38
Document | Accession Number: 2017.651.1
Date:
inclusive: 1899-1986
undated: 
Special Collection:
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…The Ruth Mueller papers include biographical material, a diary, correspondence, and photographs relating to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war…
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 …, a diary, correspondence, and photographs relating to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Ruth Mueller and her family, originally of…
30. Schönberger family papers
1988.108.192 Book Enclosure 2 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1988.108.192
Date:
inclusive: 1887-1967
…The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs related to the experiences of Moritz, Helene, and Bianka Schoenberger, including…
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 …, correspondence, immigration files, photographic materials, printed materials, and French internment camp songs documenting the Schönberger family of Vienna; Helene…
31. Sonja Schulmann Schwartz papers
1993.124.19 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 1993.124.19
Date:
inclusive: 1919-1988
…The Sonja Schulmann Schwartz papers consist of an autograph book, diary, biographical materials, Dachau letter, photographic materials, and subject…
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 …, approximately 1935‐1940 1 12 Schulmann family, approximately 1933‐1936 1 13 Schulmann, Hirsch, in a World War I era photograph used with a Time magazine…
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32. Stefi Geisel papers
2005.288.1 Box 1 Folder 16 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2005.288.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1870-1956
bulk: 1914-1956
Special Collection:
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… Freidel had cousins. After war was declared between Great Britain and Germany in September 1939, Siegfried was imprisoned as an enemy alien on the Isle of…
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 … SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The Stefi Geisel papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographic materials, printed…
33. Stripounsky family papers
2016.322.18 Box 2 Folder 2 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 2016.322.18
Date:
inclusive: 1912-2014
Special Collection:
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… Strip. He joined the U.S. Army, was sent to Germany in 1944, served as an interpreter with the War Crimes Investigation Team, and translated documents…
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 … of identification, education, immigration, and military papers, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and writings documenting the flight of…
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  • Series 5: Writings 1939-2014
    • File 3: Diary, Joseph Stripounsky 1941
34. Walter Materna papers
Document | Accession Number: 2021.159.1
Date:
inclusive: 1916-1969
… World War II photographs, nine volumes of miscellaneous booklets and ledgers, and loose materials that had been inserted between the pages of the diaries…
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 …-10, 13-17), additional World War II photographs, nine volumes of miscellaneous booklets and ledgers, and loose materials that had been inserted between…
35. Zbiór rękopisów (Sygn. 205)
Document | Accession Number: 2016.329.1 | RG Number: RG-15.484
Date:
inclusive: 1799-circa 1975
bulk: 1939-1961
Alternate Title:
Collection of manuscripts
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…The collection contains memoirs, manuscripts, typescripts, photographs, clippings documenting the experiences of Poles and Polish Jews who lived in…