Simon Steil is the son of Adolf Steil and Eliza nee (Meizels) Meissels Steil. Simon was born on May 4, 1938 in Antwerp Belgium. He had one older brother Mark who was born in 1929 in Lvov, Poland. In 1931 Simon's parents and brother moved to Belgium where his father worked in the diamond business. In May 1940, Germany invaded Belgium and two years later began deporting Jews to the death camps in Poland. ...

This collection contains : photos of the British inmates of Ilag VIII/Z among whom Philippe Oscherowitz, Maurice Bernard Fishel and Leonard Fishel, including propaganda photos of prisoners at the Ilag swimming pool and theatrical and musical spectacles performed by the inmates ; family photos of Belgian citizen David Oscherowitz, his wife Clara Risnik and their daughter Eva Oscherowitz ; photos of ...

"The story of a soldier is the moving account of Edward Mehosky, the author's father and an extraordinary man who lived through the Great Depression and three historic wars. During his three decades in the military, he served with distinction in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment with the 101st Airborne Division. As a leader of men, he guided his platoon through all phases of military life: training; ...

80, [1] pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm

In 1756, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria commissioned the construction of the barracks to accommodate Austrian soldiers. Between 1781 and 1940, the barracks played a pure military role, which was met in various ways. Until 1914, the building served as depot for the regiments of Grenadiers, Riflemen and Third Rifles Guards. Later it became a weapon depot and from 1918, an auxiliary depot of the 7th ...

Notes bibliogr. Index. 477 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Jacques Springer was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on 8 November 1917, as the second son of Szymon Springer (born on 6 January 1885 in Krakow, Poland) and Liba Serl Kunstliger (born on 12 November 1884 in Kalwaria, Poland). Jacques had an older brother named Isidore, who had been born in Antwerp on 23 July 1912. Their father Szymon was a diamond trader, while Liba took care of the children. After Szymon ...

This is the first full-length study in English of the political and strategic influence of one of France's most controversial military leaders, General Maurice Gamelin (1872-1958). Gamelin was reviled by many of his contemporaries and denigrated by two generations of historians as 'the man who lost the Battle of France' in 1940. Here Gamelin is reappraised in the context of the unstable civil-military ...

383 p.

Contains photocopies of miscellaneous correspondence, publications and photographs which relate to the 1st Platoon, Troop D, 41st Cavalry Recon Squadron Mech., 11th Army Armored Division, liberating Mauthausen, and Harry C. Saunders' recollections of Mauthausen.

Julius Beer was born on June 16, 1922 in Hamburg, Germany to Salka and Robert Beer. He had a sister, Hella Beer. The family moved to Antwerp, Belgium following Kristallnacht. He enlisted in the Belgian army on May 11, 1940. He was taken prisoner after the Battle of Dunkirk and spent time building fortifications before being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. He was assigned the number 72316. He ...

Efraim Silberman was born in Iwla, Poland, on 14 December 1901 as the son of Josef Silberman and Malka Teitelbaum. In 1921 Efraim settled in Berlin where he earned a living as a salesman and a decorator of shop windows. On 3 January 1928 he arrived in Antwerp on a tourist visa to visit his brother, who was ill and who lived in the port city. However, upon arrival Efraim immediately requested a permanent ...

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During the Second World War, various Nazi agencies competed for the plunder of occupied Europe's archival heritage. This volume brings together reports by individuals who took part in the negotiations for the return of those twice-plundered archives, among those the archives of the IIAV. Patricia Kennedy Grimsted reveals her story of the seizure and dramatic fate of those records in Nazi and Soviet ...

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This collection contains: three family photos of the Gniwosch-Spergel family ; post-war correspondence regarding the redeeming of Suzanne Gniwosch by her uncle Chiel Spergel ; judicial correspondence regarding the court case ; administrative letters from Jewish organisations such as the Aide aux Israélites Victimes de la Guerre [Aid Society for Jewish War Victims], the Commission on the Status of Jewish ...

1. Aufl., Sept. 1979. 214 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Sessions 6, 7 and 8. Attorney General Gideon Hausner continues his opening statement. Hausner refers to the contributions of several Jewish persons to highlight the social and cultural decimation produced by the events of the Holocaust. According to the official court transcripts, the prosecution concludes his opening speech with these words: "By the mercy of Providence, which preserved a saving remnant, ...

239 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

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The Joseph C. Solarz papers include narratives, letters, photographs, and news clippings documenting the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The narratives include a personal narrative by Solarz and a report by an anonymous author. The letters include a 1945 illustrated note to Solarz by liberated prisoners Tadeusz Warsowicz, Jozef Kachel, and Stefan Dziwlik; a letter from “Alex” to his ...

Stephen J. Schweitzer (1914-1989) was a Catholic American soldier who was born in Pennsylvania and lived and worked in New York City as an insurance adjuster. He married Helen Nelan in February 1936, and they had seven daughters, Florence, Gretchen, Marianne, Judy, Margaret, Lorraine, and Gina. He was deployed by the US Army as a member of Company L, 423rd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division, ...

Feodora Singer (1924‐2010) was born in Mannheim to Julius Reinhold (1890‐1956) and Rosa Beer Reinhold (1888‐1931). Julius Reinhold was a baker who had purchased his bakery and apartment from his wife’s mother, Flora Beer (1856‐1941). The bakery was destroyed and part of the apartment damaged during Kristallnacht. In January 1939 Feodora Singer arrived in England on a Kindertransport, joining her sister, ...