Memoirs of the author (born in 1913 in Salonika), recounting his experiences under Nazi occupation in Salonika, the deportation to Auschwitz, and the loss of all his family. During his first month in the camp he was first violinist in the prisoners' orchestra in Birkenau; after that he was employed as an engineer at the Weichsel-Union-Metallwerke. He survived the death march in January 1945 and imprisonment ...

"The Holocaust is often described as beyond representation. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, this ground-breaking collection of essays by leading international scholars takes the Scrolls of Auschwitz as its starting point. These powerful hand-written testimonies, which were buried in the grounds of the crematoria at Birkenau in 1944, seek to bear witness to mass murder from at its core. The ...

Medical personnel lists, hospital books of barracks (No. 20, 21, 28), prisoner transfer list, records related to medical examinations of Roma and Sinti, a list of Russian prisoners of war who died in Auschwitz, and various other records related to medical procedures for inmates (prescriptions, temperature diagrams, reports of the removal of gold teeth, etc.).

Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Contains information about Leonard Zawaki's experiences during the German invasion and occupation of Poland, his incarceration at Pawiak prison and Auschwitz concentration camp, his escape from Auschwitz, and his activities with a resistance movement.

This album reveals how two SS photographers documented the arrival of shipments of Jews to the platform in the Birkenau concentration camp, the selection process, and their path to the gas chambers and the crematoria. The photographs also memorialize the piles of possessions left by the Jews which were sorted in the 'Canada' Barracks. They are accompanied by three articles that describe the development ...

Osobna częścią zbiorów archiwalnych są materiały dotyczące innych nazistowskich obozów koncentracyjnych. W tym przypadku również zdecydowaną większość dokumentów stanowią kopie. Wymienić tu należy: • listy więźniów wywiezionych z KL Dachau do KL Auschwitz oraz listy więźniów przeniesionych z KL Auschwitz do KL Dachau; • listy więźniów i więźniarek przeniesionych z KL Auschwitz do KL Buchenwald; • listy ...

Claude Watteel a reconstitué l'histoire et le destin tragique d'une famille juive amiénoise, les Redlich. Il décrit en quelques lignes ce qui l'a lancé sur les traces de la famille Redlich : "En tant que professeur d'Histoire, j'ai souvent expliqué la déportation à mes élèves. Pour rendre mon cours plus percutant, je partais d'un article du Courrier Picard, paru le 8 mai 1993 et intitulé : "La rafle ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Bestandsgeschichte Im Zuge von Rückführungen deutscher Akten aus den USA, die dort nach einem dem Einheitsaktenplan (EAP) der Wehrmacht zu Grunde liegenden Schema alfa-numerisch geordnet worden waren, gelangte der Bestand im Jahre 1962 in das Bundesarchiv. Nach der Eingliederung des sogenannten NS-Archivs des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit der DDR (1990) und des ehemaligen ...

David Wisnia was born in 1926 in Sochaczew, Poland to Elijah and Machla Wisnia. He had two brothers Moshe and Dov Berela. His father owned a furniture upholstery business in Warsaw, Poland. David’s father inspired his love of music, and he started performing at a young age. In 1937 the family moved to Warsaw. In 1941 David was prevented from returning to the Warsaw ghetto and he went to Sochaczew. ...

Greenman was born in 1910 in London to a Jewish family; in 1913 he and his widowed father settled in Rotterdam. Greenman failed to escape to England when the war began, and in 1940 was caught by the German occupation. He lost his British identity papers and, because of bureaucratic procrastination on the part of Dutch officials and of the Swiss consulate that represented British interests, could not ...

Dzięki współpracy z różnymi instytucjami pokrewnymi na świecie zbiory Muzeum wzbogaciły się o kopie list transportowych osób deportowanych do KL Auschwitz z różnych miejsc ich koncentracji. Dotyczy to głównie deportacji Żydów. Wymienić tu należy: • listy transportowe Żydów deportowanych do KL Auschwitz z obozu w Drancy pod Paryżem; • listy transportowe Żydów deportowanych do KL Auschwitz z obozu w ...

Wydział I - komendantura obozu Dokumenty wydziału I dotyczą ogółu spraw związanych z załogą SS pełniącą służbę w KL Auschwitz. Stąd w tej części zbiorów archiwalnych znajdują się na przykład: • akta personalne niektórych esesmanów z załogi obozowej Auschwitz; • zbiór rozkazów komendantów obozu (z lat 1941-1944); • telegramy informujące o ucieczkach więźniów z KL Auschwitz; • telegramy informujące rodzinę ...

"The Trial of Forty German Butchers of Auschwitz Camp," November 24-26, 1947. LS, building in which the trial of Auschwitz takes place. Market scene. 02:36:45 MS, crowd listening to loudspeaker on steps of building. MS, crowd outside of building listening to prisoners' examination. 02:37:05 VS, German prisoners jumping out of lorries and marching into the Court of Justice. 02:37:22 VS, Maria Mandl, ...

This collection contains correspondence and official personal documents of the Engelberg family.<br />

Katalog der Konzentrationslager-Dokumente, die sich bei dem International Tracing Service Allied High Commission for Germany befinden. Hrsg. v. d. Allied High Commission for Germany (HIOG), Bad Arolsen 1951. Catalogue of Concentration Camp Records held by the International Tracing Service, ed. Allied High Commission for Germany, Bad Arolsen 1951. In der Nummernkartei (x.x.x.5) wurden alle Hinweiskarten ...

Edith Frank-Holländer (Aken, 16 januari 1900 – Auschwitz-Birkenau, 6 januari 1945) was een uit Duitsland afkomstige Joodse vrouw. Zij was de echtgenote van Otto Frank en de moeder van Margot en Anne Frank. Edith Frank-Holländer kwam om het leven in concentratiekamp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Josef Mintz was born on 11 March 1901. He was arrested in Warsaw on 13 July 1940 and was sent to Auschwitz on transport of 1,705 prisoners on 22 September 1940. His prisoner number at Auschwitz was 4211. Mintz died in Auschwitz in November 1940.

Eduard Wirths (1909-1945), was the chief SS doctor (SS-Standortarzt) at Auschwitz-Birkenau from September 1942 to January 1945, where he supervised the work of approximately 20 camp doctors, including Josef Mengele, Horst Schumann, and Carl Clauberg. A member of the Nazi party since his student days at the University of Würzburg (1930-1935), he entered the Waffen SS in 1939, and saw combat action, ...

Dino Antonio Brugioni (December 16, 1921 – September 25, 2015) was a former senior official at the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC). During World War II, Brugioni flew in 66 bombardment missions, as well a number of reconnaissance missions, over North Africa, Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia and France. He received the Purple Heart, nine Air Medals and a Distinguished Unit Citation. ...

Hodgson's Poland, 1947. Krakow, Poland. LS, old market place seen from crossroads, policewoman directing traffic. MS, merchants at main square, large umbrellas opened over small carts. LS, gate of the old market. LSs, Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Mary, in FG, old market place. MS, shop window of market with dolls made in Krakow. CU, child looking at dolls. 02:03:15 "The Trial of Forty German Butchers ...