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1. Oertelt and Fromm families papers
2016.412.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2016.412.1
Date:
inclusive: 1924-2008
…, copy prints of liberation camp photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and video recordings of presentations done by Henry.…
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 …’s family, an identification card of Inge’s mother Erma Fromm, copy prints of liberation camp photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and video…
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2. 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
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… May 1944 and arrived at Buchenwald on April 15, 1945 where he served as the first American commander of Buchenwald after liberation. He worked to…
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 … the first American commander of the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation and his work at a DP camp in Wiesbaden, Germany. The collection also…
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3. Jan Sowka awaits execution in the forest near Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 13140
Date:
1942 April 26
…Jan Sowka awaits execution in the forest near Buchenwald concentration camp.…
4. Jan Sowka awaits execution in the forest near Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 13141
Date:
1942 April 26
…Jan Sowka awaits execution in the forest near Buchenwald concentration camp.…
5. The execution of prisoners in the forest near Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 13142
Date:
1942 April 26
…The execution of prisoners in the forest near Buchenwald concentration camp.…
6. Prisoners from Buchenwald awaiting execution in the forest near the camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 13143
Date:
1942 April 26
…Prisoners from Buchenwald awaiting execution in the forest near the camp.…
7. Maurice and Elisabeth La Kerr papers
2016.287.1 Box 1 Folder 11 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2016.287.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1960
bulk: 1945-1951
… with the Office of the Provost Marshall. He was a fingerprint analyst during the Buchenwald Trial held at the Dachau concentration camp in April 1947. He…
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 … the Buchenwald trial in 1947. Included is military paperwork, identification papers, programs, ration cards, booklets, and clippings. Also included is…
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8. An SS officer standing in front of a newly constructed gallows in the forest near Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 13144
Date:
1942 April 26
…An SS officer standing in front of a newly constructed gallows in the forest near Buchenwald concentration camp.…
9. The execution of twenty prisoners from Buchenwald, most of them Jews, in the forest near the camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 50868
Date:
1942 - 1943
…The execution of twenty prisoners from Buchenwald, most of them Jews, in the forest near the camp.…
10. Henry Zguda papers
2004.374.1 Box 1 Image 14 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2004.374.1
Date:
inclusive: 1937-2003
… were separated and saw people strung up on the hanging pole. On March 12, 1943, Henryk was deported to Buchenwald. Prisoners were allowed to keep their…
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 … to Henry’s experience in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Flossenberg, and Dachau concentration camps as well as material relating to his immigration to the…
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11. Twenty concentration camp prisoners, most of them Jewish, hang on gallows in a forest near Buchenwald after the murder of a German policeman.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 65352
Date:
1942 January 01 - 1943 January 01
…Twenty concentration camp prisoners, most of them Jewish, hang on gallows in a forest near Buchenwald after the murder of a German policeman.…
12. Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail
1990.183.64 Box 2 Folder 4 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1990.183.64
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1985
… Buchenwald, Dachau, Oranienburg, and Sachsenhausen from 1934 to 1945. This series also includes a postcard sent from the donor's uncle, Ferdinand Kahn, at…
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 … Christel. Particularly well-documented camps include Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, Ferramonti, Sachsenhausen, Theresienstadt, and Westerbork. Particularly…
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13. Magnus and van Oosten families papers
2016.97.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2016.97.1
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inclusive: 1940-1942
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… released, he was instead transferred to a prison in the nearby German city of Leer, before being deported to Buchenwald, where he perished on 25 March 1942…
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 … the Germans, first in Assen, the Netherlands, and then at Buchenwald, as well as a notification of his death and a death certificate. Also includes a…
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14. Percy Brand papers
2006.133.4 Box 3 Folder 1 Image 45a
Document | Accession Number: 2006.133.4
Date:
inclusive: 1920-2003
bulk: 1945-1985
… August 16, 1944, he was transported to Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, where he was assigned prisoner number 82321. Perec kept his violin with…
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 … Percy (Perec) Brand, a violinist originally from Liepāja, Latvia, who was imprisoned in the Kaiserwald, Stutthof, and Buchenwald concentration camps…
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15. Dr. Willy Katz papers
1990.88.11 Box 2 Folder 3 Image 21
Document | Accession Number: 1990.88.11
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inclusive: circa 1880-1988
bulk: 1902-1950
… Buchenwald and a number of postcards from friends and acquaintances of Dr. Katz imprisoned at Theresienstadt. Photographic materials consists of photographs…
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 … options for specific patients. Correspondence files also include two letters from a Katz relative imprisoned at Buchenwald and a number of postcards from…
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16. Charles Weingarten papers
2002.420.26 Box 10 Folder 6 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2002.420.26
Date:
inclusive: circa 1898-2009
… active in left-wing politics, were arrested by the French police and deported to Germany. Karl was shot in Buchenwald on January 20, 1939. Margaret was…
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 … Buchenwald in 1939. When Germany invaded France, Margarethe fled to Nice with her mother, Glika Chaya Weingarten, and met Charles’ biological father, Rudolf…
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17. Greta Fischer papers
1993.23.553 Box 3 Folder 1 Image 14
Document | Accession Number: 1993.23.553
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1989
… remains believed to be at Buchenwald. Printed materials include a Czech children’s songbook called Perekond Oktav, issue 333 of London Calling, and a 1948…
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 … Gstadt; and two photographs of human remains believed to be at Buchenwald. Printed materials include a Czech children’s songbook called Perekond Oktav…
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18. Rudolph Daniel Sichel papers
2003.149.1 Box 6 Folder 15 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 2003.149.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1903-1978
bulk: 1934-1952
…. He worked for R.H. Macy & Co from 1936 to 1943. His father was arrested during Kristallnacht, sent to Buchenwald for a couple of months, forced to sell…
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 … & Co from 1936 to 1943. His father was arrested during Kristallnacht, sent to Buchenwald for a couple of months, forced to sell his store at a loss, and…
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  • Series 4: Photographs Circa 1910-1950
    • File 3: Album I. Duplicates, Buchenwald 1945, (Not Digitized) [Not Digital]
    19. A. Morton Rosenfield collection
    Document | Accession Number: 1989.96 | RG Number: RG-10.347
    Date:
    inclusive: 1941-1945
    …The collection consists of 22 photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation and Kibbutz Buchenwald. Photos show corpses, conditions at…
    20. Milton Shurr papers
    Document | Accession Number: 1988.112.1
    Date:
    inclusive: 1937-1945
    … the day after Patton's 3rd Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945. Buchenwald was then transferred to the command of the 1…