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Memoirs of a Czech Jew on the period of his internment in Theresienstadt, from early 1942 to September 1944. As an architect working for the technical department, Troller was at first "protected" from transports. Describes life in Theresienstadt, as well as the "Painter Affair", when he and other artists were caught smuggling drawings that revealed the horrors of the camp. As a result, Troller was ...

Claude Lanzmann was born in Paris to a Jewish family that immigrated to France from Eastern Europe. He attended the Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. His family went into hiding during World War II. He joined the French resistance at the age of 18 and fought in the Auvergne. Lanzmann opposed the French war in Algeria and signed a 1960 antiwar petition. From 1952 to 1959 he lived with Simone ...

The history of many originators of the fonds overlap with the history of individual participants and witnesses of the Czech resistance and Nazi occupation, or institutions that joined the resistance or later included the former resistance movement participants.

The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in World War II to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the units of the United States Army Air Forces and the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai-shek. This type of airlift was a considerable challenge in 1942 as the USAAF had no units trained or equipped for moving cargo, ...

Consists of a memoir written in 1947 by Hedwig Frank Ems, originally of Halle, Germany. The memoir, which is in the original German and accompanied by an English translation, describes Mrs. Ems' experiences when she was deported at age 73 from Berlin to Theresienstadt. Mrs. Ems describes life in wartime Berlin, the constant threat of deportation, her deportation in late October 1942, and life in Theresienstadt. ...

Records of the Dutch Delegation of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees relating to various aspects of migration and relief work for the period 1947-1957. It concerns documents on the status of Jewish, Hungarian, Polish and other refugees and displaced persons; the reception of refugees in the Netherlands; assistance; restoration of rights and legal status; emigration facilities in South America, ...

Claude Lanzmann was born in Paris to a Jewish family that immigrated to France from Eastern Europe. He attended the Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. His family went into hiding during World War II. He joined the French resistance at the age of 18 and fought in the Auvergne. Lanzmann opposed the French war in Algeria and signed a 1960 antiwar petition. From 1952 to 1959 he lived with Simone ...

Ch. 8 (pp. 305-349), "Les Juifs et, accessoirement, les francs-macons", discusses attitudes toward Jews in Belgium before and during World War II. Mentions the ideology of the Flemish National Party and other nationalistic, pro-German groups in Flanders, and their antisemitism. Discusses Belgian policy toward the Jews after the "Kristallnacht" pogrom. Quotes excerpts from the Belgian press reflecting ...

A chronology of events in Auschwitz, based on official camp documents, prisoners' notes hidden in the camp or smuggled out to underground organizations, testimony in war crimes trials, and memoirs of victims and camp personnel (including Rudolf Höss, the commander). Much of the material is now in the archives of the State Museum in Auschwitz. Notes in the introduction that although the Nazis destroyed ...

Session 32. George Wellers is testifying for the Prosecution. He is discussing the transport of 1000 French children, in four transports from Beaune-la-Rolande and Pithiviers transit camps (from these transit camps Jews were then transported to the killing centers in occupied Poland). The children were accompanied by 200 adults. They arrived at the camp by bus. Wellers discussing the transport beginning ...

(Paris 528) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 28, 1946. Marie-Claude Vaillant Couturier, Communist member of the French National Assembly, testifies. The witness speaks about being a prisoner of the Germans and the maltreatment of Jews in concentration camps. She describes the procedures of selection etc. at the arrival of transports in the camp. Women in good health conditions in their ...