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1. Heinz Dieter Menge papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.662.1
Date:
inclusive: 1922-2002
…Heinz Dieter Menge was born on September 13, 1919 in the Ilten district of Sehnde, Germany, near Hannover. During World War II he was a German…
2. Sara Ginaitė-Rubinsonienė papers
1996.2.6 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1996.2.6
Date:
inclusive: 1917-2018
… during World War II. The photographs consist mainly of her family members, with some depicting Sara during her time fighting in the “Death to Occupiers…
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 … Nations for saving Tanya Viroviciene during the war. Wartime material includes photographs depicting Sara with the “Death to Occupiers” partisan group in…
3. Mandel family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.581.12
Date:
inclusive: 1910-2001
undated: 
…The Mandel family papers include biographical material, restitution files, photographs, and family documents relating to Yehuda Mandel and his family…
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 … biographical material, restitution files, photographs, and family documents relating to Yehuda Mandel and his family’s experiences prewar in Latvia and Hungary…
4. Peter Feigl papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.59
Date:
inclusive: circa 1899-2012
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…) arranged for his escape into Switzerland where he remained for the duration of the war. Peter immigrated to the United States in July 1946 with the aid of…
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 …, diaries, identification papers, photographs, printed materials, and photocopies documenting Feigl’s wartime experiences in summer camps, children’s homes…
5. Edith Hahn-Beer papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0079.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1997
… war, Werner was drafted and soon captured by the Russians. He was sent to Siberia as a prisoner of war. Edith fled with her infant daughter to the…
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 … during World War II and several identification documents and photographs. She added other materials relating to post-war experiences and her book, "Ich…
6. Hildegard Simon papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.601.1
Date:
inclusive: 1935-2013
… (1884-1943) was a World War I veteran and worked as a horse and cattle trader. Selma (née Katz, 1894-1943) was born in Bad Arolson, Germany and was the…
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 … Simon papers include biographical material, correspondence, poesie albums, and photographs relating to Hildegard “Hilde” Hanna Simon and her family…
7. Shraga Weil papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.330.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1948
inclusive: 1968
inclusive: 1992
… Hungary and Shraga was active with the underground and assisted in forging documents. After the war, Shraga left for Palestine in 1947 and became a member…
8. Rolf and Hannah Wartenberg papers
Document | Accession Number: 1991.221.12
Date:
inclusive: 1930-2004
… the International Tribunal in Nuremberg in 1946, and, as a civilian, as Senior Interrogator for the Chief of Counsel for War Crimes at Nuremberg on the…
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 …, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The Rolf and Hannah Wartenberg papers include biographical materials, Nuremberg trials materials, photographs, and printed…
9. Wiznitzer and Feuerstein family papers
2012.351.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 2012.351.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1915-2003
…. Feuerstein family photographs depict Edward Firestone, his first wife and their children before the war, and his participation in the Jewish sports club “Dror…
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 … photographs documenting Edward, Julia, and Abe Firestone of Kołomyja, Poland (now Kolomyia, Ukraine), the way they became a family after the war, their…
10. Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling collection
Document | Accession Number: 2012.85.1
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2011
…The Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling collection consists of copies of documents and photographs, in German and English, related to Friedrich Wilhelm…
11. Orban Wales Peters, Jr. papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.294.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1998
… United States Army and served in World War II with the 914th Field Artillery Battalion of the 89th Infantry Division. He was deployed to France in 1945 and…
12. 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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 …, correspondence, diary and poetry books, a memoir, photographs, and a prayer book documenting the Westheimer family of Berlin, their flight to Brussels, Beatrix…
13. Robert M.W. and Ruth Benedicta Kempner papers
Document | Accession Number: 2001.62.1 | RG Number: RG-71.001
Date:
1935-1993
… the war and served as assistant U.S. chief counsel during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, heading the Defense Rebuttal Section. His…
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 …, prosecution and defense records, research files, and interrogation reports. The collection also includes photographs, scrapbooks, and sound and video recordings…
14. 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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15. Anthony Acevedo papers
2010.440.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2010.440.1
Date:
inclusive: 1935-2012
Special Collection:
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… then walk down the hill in waist deep snow to the train depot. After a short truck ride, they marched for six days and nights to prisoner of war camp…
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 …" describing his wartime experiences; and photographs of Acevedo with family, friends, and colleagues before, during, and after the war. Languages: English…
16. 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…
17. Elizabeth Koenig papers
1989.260.3 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 14
Document | Accession Number: 1989.260.3
Date:
inclusive: circa 1927-1995
bulk: 1939-1942
Special Collection:
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… following the outbreak of World War II. Helen and Elizabeth fled south with other refugees as the Germans advanced on Paris, but were separated en route…
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 … consist of a letter from HIAS-JCA Emigration Association to Fritz Kaufmann; an autograph book including photographs of children in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon…
18. Frank Meissner papers
2004.692.1 Box 2 Folder 3 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2004.692.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1995
Special Collection:
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… 1941, he earned a scholarship to attend an agricultural high school in Denmark. Through these early years of the war, Frank received weekly letters from…
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 … Zionist youth group who fled Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) and attended school in Denmark, Sweden, and England during World War II. The majority of the…
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 …. Completely like war. We are surrounded by mines, and we are not able to destroy them quickly. I also heard something about an attack on Dolfik (our dog), which…
19. 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
20. Ita Dimant papers
1998.A.0258.2 Box 3 Folder 1 Image 63
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0258.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1998
Special Collection:
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… wartime and post-war correspondence with the Brust family, who helped protect Ita. Also included are photographs of Ita’s family and her diary, in Polish…
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 … between Ita and her family and wartime and post-war correspondence with the Brust family, who helped protect Ita. Also included are photographs of Ita…