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The papers consist of two manuscripts written by Bronka Grynglas Rezak [donor] for her grandsons, Avi and Ronnen Gruber, and a newspaper article. In the manuscript, titled "The History of our family," she describes the history of her family in Poland before World War II, their experiences in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, and various concentration camps during World War II, and their immigration to ...

"Some notes about my life" describes the experiences of Victor Adler and members of his family after the German occupation of the Sudetenland; in particular, it relates how Adler escaped Czechoslovakia; fled to Hungary and then to Palestine; enlisted in the Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade under British command; fought in the European theater during World War II; and emigrated to and rebuilt his life ...

Max Webb (1917-2018) was born Menashe Weisbrot on 2 March 1917 in Szydłowiec, Poland to Abraham and Sheva (née Blumenfeld) Weisbrot. He had six siblings: his twin sister Lola, Preva, Faiga, Sima, Toba, and Isaac. Max grew up in Łódź where his father owned a grocery store. The family was Conservative and spoke Yiddish and Polish at home. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Max was ...

The collection contains letters written to Amalia (Mali) WIllinger, who immigrated to the United States prior to World War II, from her parents and siblings in Hungary. The letters date from 1940-circa 1950s and are in Hungarian. Also included is a self-published book, "A Century of Love" by Marian Farago. The book describes the history of Marian's parents, Martin Willinger (later Martin Farago) and ...

Contains documents, photographs, and identification cards relating to the Shipper family before and during World War II. Includes letters written by Osias Shipper asking for help, dated 1937-1939; false identity documents; a school diploma; passports; a family photograph; a portraits of the donor's parents, who were murdered in Auschwitz; and two documents relating to the Shipper family before the ...

The papers primarily consist of correspondence between Jozef Reszka and his mother while he was imprisoned in the Auschwitz subcamps of Gleiwitz and Monowitz. There is also a "Protokol" document from 1960 stating that Jozef Reszk a was a member of Rada Pomocy Żydom (Żegota) in Poland during World War II and that he was arrested during that time.

John Coulston was a captain with the 602nd U.S. Tank Destroyer Battalion during World War II. The unit participated in the Battle of the Bulge and was the first unit to enter Ohrdruf. In later years Coulston served as the historian for the 602nd US Tank Destroyer Battalion.