Randolph Braham collection

Document | RG Number: RG-52.000

The Randolph Braham collection consists of research material collected by Randolph L. Braham, world renowned expert on the Holocaust in Hungary. Includes materials relevant to the Holocaust and its aftermath in Eastern Europe in general, and in Hungary and Romania in particular; trials against suspected war criminals; the revival of extreme right ideologies; and biographical and academic information pertaining to the donor. Nearly all of the Holocaust-era records are reproductions.

Date: inclusive: 1924-2011
Language: Hungarian
German
Romanian
English
Hebrew
French
Extent: 184 microfilm reels.
Extent: 96 boxes
6 oversize folders
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Randolph L. Braham
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Randolph Braham

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Document Creator: Randolph L. Braham
Biography: Randolph. L. Braham was born Adolf Ábrahám in Bucharest, Romania, in 1922. He was raised in the Transylvanian town Dej (Dés). During World War II his home town was under Hungarian administration, and in 1943 he was drafted into a forced labor unit. His family was deported in 1944 and perished. Towards the end of the war Braham and his friends fled their labor company unit and hid in the barn of István Novák, a Hungarian farmer. Braham immigrated to the United States shortly after the war’s end and earned his M.A. degree in 1949 at the City College of New York and his Ph.D. in 1952 at the New School for Social Research. He is author and editor of several books, notably The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary, first published in 1981.
System of Arrangement: The Randolph Braham collection is arranged as 25 series:
1: Hungarian Records Relating to the Holocaust, 1944, 184 microfilm reels [only Series 1 is microfilmed],
2: Records Relating to the Béla Berend (Albert Bruce Belton) Cases against Randolph L. Braham and Others, 1944-1987 [only Series 2 is also available on microfiche],
3: Records Relating to the Destruction of Jews in Northern Transylvania, 1944-2007,
4: Records Relating to United States vs. Ferenc Koréh, 1944-1997,
5: Records Relating to Hungarian and Canadian Legal Procedures Involving Imre Finta, 1944-1994,
6: Records from Hungarian Archives Relating to the Holocaust in Hungary, 1938-1949,
7: Records from European, American, and Israeli Archives Relating to the Holocaust in Hungary, 1935-1971,
8: Statements and Testimonies of and Correspondence with the “Dramatis Personae” of the Holocaust in Hungary, 1945-1983,
9: Research Material Relating to Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Holocaust Denial, Historical Revisionism and Neo-Fascism, 1946-2004,
10: Miscellaneous Files, 1945-2007,
11: Collection of Printed Material: Studies, Essays, Articles, 1924-2004,
12: "Chapter Folders" to the Second Edition of The Politics of Genocide, 1944-1994,
13: Research Material to the Memoir and Other Writings of Randolph Braham, 1944-2008,
14: Audio/Visual Material, 1972-1986,
15: Newspaper articles and scholarly studies by Randolph L. Braham, 1948-2011,
16: Book reviews written by Randolph L. Braham, 1953-2007,
17: Reviews published about works by Randolph L. Braham, 1961-2011,
18: Celebration of Randolph L. Braham’s 80th birthday, 2002,
19: Documents corresponding to The Destruction of Hungarian Jewry: A Documentary Account,
20: Randolph L. Braham’s Open Letter requesting the removal of his name from the Library and Information Center at the Hungarian Holocaust Memorial Center and returning his Medium Cross of the Republic of Hungary, 2014
Reference: Finding aid published by the the Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills at : https://www.holocaustcenter.org/visit/library-archive/special-collections/hungarian-documents-microfilm/
Topical Term: Antisemitism.
Collaborationists--Europe--History--20th century.
Hate speech.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews--Hungary.
Jews--Romania.
Jews--Soviet Union.
Nationalism.
Neo-Nazism.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
War crime trials.
World War, 1939-1945.
Geographic Name: Budapest (Hungary)
Csongrád Megye (Hungary)
Hidegség (Hungary)
Szeged (Hungary)
Cluj (Romania)
Romania--History--20th century.
Soviet Union--History--20th century.
Personal Name: Antonescu, Ion, 1882-1946.
Baky, László.
Belton, Adalbert Bruce, 1911-1987.
Berend, Béla, 1911-1987.
Braham, Randolph L.
Carmilly, Moshe, 1908-
Dövenyi Nagy, Lajos.
Endre, László.
Finta, Imre.
Harten, Jan Van.
Hunsche, Otto.
Jaross, Andor.
Kasztner, Rezső Rudolf, 1906-1957.
Koréh, Ferenc, 1909-1997.
Kovács, Imre, 1913-
Krumey, Hermann.
Safran, Alexandre, 1910-2006.
Sorban, Raoul.
Szendi, József.
Vrba, Rudolf.
Corporate Name: Auswärtiges Amt.
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Csendőrség.
Emanuel Foundation for Hungarian Culture.
Great Britain. Public Record Office.
Igazságűgy Minisztérium (Hungary)
International Refugee Organization.
Jewish Agency for Palestine.
Magyar Izraelit ák Országos Képviselete.
Magyar Országos Levéltár.
Minisztertanács (Hungary)
Nyilaskeresztes Párt.
Országház (Budapest, Hungary)
United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of Special Investigations.
World Federation of Hungarian Jews.
World Jewish Congress.
Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʾah ṿela-gevurah.
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Randolph L. Braham donated his collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives between 1992 and 2018.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Additional Accession Number: 1992.A.045
1992.A.0073
1994.A.151
1996.A.0020
1996.A.105
1996.A.0568
1997.A.0136
1997.A.0294
2001.169
2002.300
2003.218
2004.373
2005.377
2018.1.1
2016.557.1
2018.294.1
Primary Number: RG-52.000
Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Some restrictions on use may apply. See donor file for release forms.
: Record last modified: 2021-11-09 10:38:23
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Consists of audio and videorecordings of interviews Randolph Braham conducted with survivors of the Holocaust in Hungary between 1972 and 1996, and video recordings of lectures delivered by scholars and Holocaust survivors in The Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies at The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York between 1982 and 1986.

Oral history interview with Jacob Barosin

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Oral history interview with George Benkoe

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Oral history interview with Valerie Furth

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Oral history interview with Justin Zoltan

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Oral history interview with Rita Raymond-Weiss

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Oral history interview with Jack Rosenthal

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Oral history interview with Margaret Rustow

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Lecture by Yitshaq Ben-Ami

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Lecture by L. Dinnerstein

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Lecture by Jack Eisner

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Lecture by Valerie Furth

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Lecture by Jane Gerber

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Lecture by Lawrence Langer

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Lecture by Renn Walter

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Lecture by Stanley Rustin

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Lecture by John Weiss

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Oral history interview with Helen Danker

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Oral history interview with Hungarian Holocaust survivors: Rozski Furth, Valerie Furth, Nelly Hronsky, Malcsi Klein, Bella Seidenfeld, Goldie Smook, and Ricsi Zimmer

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Oral history interview with Luba Gurdus

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Oral history interview with Agnes Whyte

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Oral history interview with Vera Freeman

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Oral history interview with George Waldmann

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Lecture by Rosette Lamont

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Lecture by Marc Tanenbaum

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Oral history interview with Hansi Brand

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Oral history interview with Fulop Freudiger

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Oral history interview with Dezso Hermann

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Oral history interview with Rabbi Fabian Herskovits

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Oral history interview with Monsignor Bela Varga

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Award: Laurea Honoris Causa medal, October 3, 2017, with accompanying certificate

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Medal awarded by the Federation of the Jewish Communities of Hungary, October 3, 2017

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Award: medal awarded by the Friends of the Jewish Communities of Romania, with accompanying certificate, October 6, 2017

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"Order of Merit Officer's Cross of the Republic of Hungary"; medal awarded by President Árpad Göncz, November 9, 1995

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"Order of Merit Officer's Cross of the Republic of Hungary"; scroll signed by President Árpad Gönez, November 9, 1995

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Medal awarded by the Hungarian Auschwitz Foundation-Holocaust Documentation Center: May 5, 1997

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Herzl-Nordau Prize awarded by the Hungarian Zionist Association, signed by Englander, Budapest: October 16, 1999

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"Pro Cultura Hungarica" Award of the Hungarian Minister of Cultural Heritage: December 13, 2002 (medal in box and scroll)

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Congressional Record, March 17, 2004

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"Science for Society" award by the Hungarian Academy of Science: April 16, 2004

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"Star of Romania" Officer's Rank Medal

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"Life Achievement Diploma" awarded by the Permanent Forum of Jewish Communities and Congregations; scroll signed by Péter Weisz on May 26, 2006

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"Life Achievement Diploma" awarded by the Permanent Forum of Jewish Communities and Congregations; Medal

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"Order of Cultural Merit" of Romania: October 2009

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"Order of Merit, Medium Cross of the Republic of Hungary"; medal awarded on October 5, 2011

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"Order of Merit, Medium Cross of the Republic of Hungary"; scroll signed by President Pál Schmitt on October 5, 2011

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"Wesley János" Award, Budapest, October 12, 2011

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"Wesley János" second award, October 12, 2011

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"Várhegyi György Award awarded by the Hungarian Jewish Cultural Society, Budapest, October 13, 2011; medal

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