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1. Fonds Joseph Gottfarstein (MDXL)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.22.1 | RG Number: RG-43.162
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1970
… of Jewish communities in Paris; he was also a lecturer in the people’s university. During the German occupation of France, he escaped to Switzerland…
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 … in the people’s university. During the German occupation of France, he escaped to Switzerland. He began writing poems in Vispe (Islet) in Kaunas (1922…
2. Leo Yeni papers
2012.483.1 Book Enclosure 5 Image 37
Document | Accession Number: 2012.483.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-2010
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… and his family fled north to the mountains near Varese, close to the Swiss border. His family decided that Leo should escape into Switzerland. He was…
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 …, diaries, writings, photographs, and printed materials documenting Leo Yeni from Milan, his escape into Switzerland during the Holocaust, his detention in…
3. Nachlass Dr. iur. Georges Brunschvig (1908-1973)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.88.1 | RG Number: RG-58.042
Date:
inclusive: 1914-2005
Alternate Title:
Georges Brunschvig papers
…Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland; Archival signature: NL…
4. 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
…Paul Vogt (1900-1984) was an evangelical pastor in Switzerland. Paul Vogt was the son of a parishioner who had emigrated from Silesia. After…
5. 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
… joined Max Leo Keller in the founding of the even more fascistic organization the Nationale Bewegung der Schweiz (NBS) [National Movement of Switzerland…
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 ….d., TS, 3 S. - [Henne, Rolf:] The National Front in Switzerland, s.l., s.d., TS, 2 S. - Edwardes, Frederick: The National Front, in: British Union of…
6. 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
… escaped to Switzerland; in 1943-1945 Bigler stayed in the refugee and labor camps (including Davesco). In 1948-1953 he studied (German, History, and Art…
7. Razdowitz and Lehr families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2023.31.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2001
bulk: 1934-1949
… reunited in Marseille. By December 1942 the extended family had fled France for Switzerland. They were interned in a refugee camp in Saint Cergue from spring…
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 … Holocaust in France and Switzerland, and immigration to the United States in 1946. The collection primarily consists of biographical materials and photographs…
8. 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
…. 1938 returned to Barcelona and worked for Switzerland Working Group for Spain children Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Spanienkinder (Ayuda Suiza, SAS). In 1939…
9. Wellisch and Auerbach families papers
2018.646.1 Box 2 Folder 27 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.646.1
Date:
inclusive: 1925-1961
… transit visas and, on July 30th, Kurt, Frieda, and his brother Heinz fled Vienna and traveled to Switzerland via Italy, arriving in Zurich on September 22…
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 … and transit visas and, on July 30th, Kurt, Frieda, and his brother Heinz fled Vienna and traveled to Switzerland via Italy, arriving in Zurich on…
10. Bierzonski family papers
2004.605.2 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2004.605.2
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1945
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… Zwartberg. They spent several months in the camp before escaping to Lyon, France and going into hiding. Bronia decided to send Gerda to Switzerland where she…
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 … Viktor, a diary kept by Gerda while attending a Jewish boarding school in Switzerland in 1944, immigration papers relating to the family’s attempts to flee…
11. Eichengrün and Stern families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2017.627.15
Date:
inclusive: 1872-2005
bulk: 1936-1956
… 1936 they sent their three oldest children to Switzerland to attend a Jewish school while they prepared to emigrate from Germany. The night before they…
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 … from Switzerland, and their son Walter’s death while serving with the United States Army. The papers also include material regarding Fritz and Hedi…
12. Nachlass Frieda Rosenthal (P 240)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.32.1 | RG Number: RG-68.201M
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1942
Alternate Title:
Private Papers of Frieda Rosenthal
…Jews--Switzerland--History--20th centuary.…
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 …--Austria. Jews--Switzerland--History--20th centuary. Jewish teachers--Austria. Jewish authors--20th century--Austria. Zionism and Judaism--History--20…
13. 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
…Charles (Carl) Lutz (1895-1975) was the Swiss vice-consul in Budapest between 1942 and 1945. Born in Walzenhausen, Switzerland, Lutz moved to the…
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 …, Bregenz, s.l. (t.p.q. 1954), TS, 2 S. - Kurzer Lebenslauf von Carl Lutz, Generalkonsul, Bern 1971, TS, 3 S. 2 Eintrag im "Who's who in Switzerland", Kopie…
14. Da Mantova alla Svizzera : in fuga per la salvezza / Corrado Vivanti - Clelia Della Pergola ; a cura di Alessandro Vivanti ; prefazione di Silvana Calvo.
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Publication | Library Call Number: DS135.I9 A1283 2019
Published:
Torino : Silvio Zamorani editore, [2019]
©2019
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…World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Switzerland.…
15. Io mi sono salvato : l'olocausto del Lago Maggiore e gli anni dell'internamento in Svizzera, 1943-1945 / Aldo Toscano ; presentazione di Alberto Toscano ; con un saggio introduttivo di Mauro Begozzi ; a cura di Sara Lorenzetti, Laura Toscano.
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Publication | Library Call Number: DS135.S92 M348 2013
Author/Creator:
Toscano, Aldo, 1907-1993
Published:
Novara : Interlinea, [013]
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…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Maggiore, Lake (Italy and Switzerland)--Personal narratives.…
16. Journal de guerre (1939-1945) : un diplomate suisse à Bucareste / René de Weck ; edité par Simon Roth ; préface de Francis Python.
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Publication | Library Call Number: DQ207.W43 A3 2001
Author/Creator:
Weck, René de, 1887-1950
Published:
[Switzerland] : SHSR ; La Liberté, c2001
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…Diplomats--Switzerland--Diaries.…
17. Una bambina in fuga : diari e lettere di un'ebrea mantovana al tempo della Shoah / Lidia Gallico ; con introduzione di Maria Bacchi.
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Publication | Library Call Number: DS135.I9 G35 2016
Uniform Title:
Works. Selections
Author/Creator:
Gallico, Lidia, 1932-
Published:
Asola (MN) : Gilgamesh edizioni, [2016]
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…World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Switzerland.…
18. Hans Richard von Fels : Auszüge aus seinen Tagbüchern 1939 bis 1945 / ausgewählt und herausgegeben von Ernst Ziegler.
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Publication | Library Call Number: R566.F45 A3 1998
Author/Creator:
Fels, Hans Richard von, 1904-1983
Published:
St. Gallen : Stadtarchiv (Vadiana) St. Gallen, 1998
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…Physicians--Switzerland--Saint Gall--Diaries.…
19. Tagebuch / Markus Feldmann ; bearbeitet von Peter Moser ; unter Mitarbeit von Roger Sidler ... [et al.] ; herausgegeben von der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Geschichte.
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Publication | Library Call Number: DQ207.F45 A3 2001 v. 1
Author/Creator:
Feldmann, Markus, 1897-1958
Published:
Basel : Kommissionsverlag Krebs, 2001-
Availability
…Switzerland--Politics and government--20th century.…
20. Lydias Dankhefte : ein Sohn auf den Spuren seiner Mutter / Theophil Spoerri.
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Publication | Library Call Number: DS135.S93 S66 2014
Author/Creator:
Spoerri, Theophil, 1939-
Published:
Mumpf : Theodor Boder Verlag, [2014]
Availability
…Jewish women--Switzerland--Biography.…