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P.16 - Collection of Rachel Auerbach, author and founder of the Oral Testimonies Department at Yad Vashem archives
 
 Rachel Auerbach was born on 18 December 1903 in the village of Lanowce in the Borszczow district of eastern Galicia. She completed her elementary school studies in 1913 , and her high school studies in 1920 in Lwow. Afterwards she studied philosophy and history. In 1925, Rachel ...

The David Eilenberg papers consist of biographical materials and photographs documenting David Eilenberg’s time at the Landsberg DP Camp, his marriage to Hala Kowalska, their family members in Łódź and Malmö, and their political activities in support of the creation of the State of Israel and in assisting the emigration of European Jews to Palestine. Biographical materials include travel passes and ...

Consists of more than 70 post-war photographs from the collection of Michael Salwen (Moniek Szmulewicz), originally of Sulejów, Poland. The photographs depict Michael and fellow survivors in Buchenwald and in a displaced persons camp in Switzerland, where he and other young survivors ("Buchenwald boys") were sent to recover after liberation. Also includes Michael's post-war identity card identifying ...

United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg certifies motion pictures of Nazi concentration camps in an affidavit presented in the "Nazi Concentration Camps" film by the Americans as evidence during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Kellogg had expertise in motion picture and photographic techniques through his employment with Twentieth Century Fox Studios in California from 1929 to ...

Brochures and printed material, all created by the Deutsche-Israelitische Gemeinschaft of Hannover, in commemoration of the camp Hannover-Ahlem and of the 50th anniversary of deportations from Hannover, 1992-1993. Includes a series of 10 brochures and several newspaper-like publications detailing Jewish history of Hannover, persecution during Third Reich, the role of Ahlem as a gathering place for ...

Consists of documents related to the Buchenwald war crimes trial (the United States of America vs. Josias Prince zu Waldeck et al.), which took place in Dachau, Germany, in 1947. Includes the official case booklet, photographs of the grounds of the Dachau camp, an album of newspaper clippings related to the trial, and copies of the charge sheet, sentencing transcripts, signatures of the defendants, ...

Abraham Judah Klausner (1915-2007) was an American Rabbi and United States Army captain and chaplain. He became a “father figure” for the more than 30,000 emaciated survivors liberated at the Dachau Concentration Camp, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Munich. He arrived with his unit in May 1945, three weeks after the camp had been liberated on April 29, 1945. Rabbi Klausner worked tirelessly to find ...

Copies of documents on the Holocaust in Slovakia collected by Alexander Bachnár during his research in various archives, as well as the study of press and testimonies, original versions of his personal archives, correspondence, his own and other author's works. The documents include Anti-Jewish regulations, decisions, regulations of the Ministry of Interior, the State Council and Jewish Center; the ...

Natan Ramet was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 5 June 1925 as the son of Judka Ramet (born on 21 June 1886 in Warsaw) and Sura Polakiewicz (born on 15 January 1898 in Drohosiem, Poland). He had an older sister named Felicie who was born on 27 August 1921. In 1930, the family emigrated from Poland to Belgium as they were regularly confronted with antisemitism and violence against the Jewish community in ...

Consists of two commemorative books related to the history and liberation of the Ahlem concentration camp. One book, entitled "Memorial Book for the victims of KZ Ahlem made by Hauptschule Ahlem; Hannover, Germany" contains photographs, newspaper clippings, survivor testimony, and names lists compiled by students regarding the history of Ahlem and documenting various commemorative events. Also includes ...