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Anzio was one of the greatest battles of World War II -- a desperate gamble to land a large amphibious force behind German lines in Italy in the hope that the war could be shortened by capturing Rome. It also turned out to be one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. Allied forces quickly found themselves trapped on the beachhead, forced to endure unimaginable hardships, and subjected ...

The Neumann family papers consist of biographical materials, photographs, and restitution files documenting the Neumann family from Vienna, Gertrud and Ernst Neumann’s immigration from Vienna to the United States in 1940, and their children Karl and Greta’s immigration from Sweden via Riga, Vladivostok, Tokyo, Vancouver, and Seattle in 1941. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, registration, ...

The collection primarily documents the immigration experiences of the Deutscher family as they fled Vienna, Austria after its annexation by Germany in 1938. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates; identification papers; and a small amount of restitution papers. The immigration papers include Efraim and Beile Deutscher’s documentation from Italy, and Erwin and Henia Deutscher’s ...

UGIF was created on November 29, 1941 by Xavier Vallat to serve as an agency representing the Jews of France. It was basically created so the 1 million franc fine that the Nazi regime imposed on the Jewish community could be collected. Respected figures of the Jewish community were reluctant to be associated with UGIF (considered by some as a type of Judenrat) and the Consistoire Central kept its distance, ...

A doll given to Esther Rosenfeld as a child by Dorothy Harrison when she was in the United Kingdom. Dorothy Harrison was the mother of the family that was caring for Esther after she arrived on the Kindertransport. She received the doll for Esther from an acquaintance who brought it over to the Harrison's home once she found out that Esther was a refugee living with the family in Norwich, England. ...

Giorgio Perlasca (1910-1992) was born on Jan. 31, 1910, in Italy, the son of an Italian government official in Padua. He fought for some time in the Spanish Civil War and later took a position in an Italian trade firm. He later worked in other cities in Eastern Europe after Italy entered World War II in 1940. He maintained an official position with the Italian Trade Commission, living in Belgrade, ...

Hilde Geisen was born in May 1924 in Cologne, Germany, the only daughter of Robert and Frieda (née Esser) Geisenheimer. Robert was a veteran on World War I. The family was assimilated and Hilde attended public school, even joining in Christian celebrations with her classmates. In 1934, Robert was forbidden to work and in 1935, Hilde was forced to attend Jewish school. The family owned an apartment ...

The collection consists of four folders of photocopied materials from the files of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Campaign Office. In general, the files concern Giorgio Perlasca and his work to assist and rescue Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. Among the copied materials are letters, newspaper and magazine articles, testimonies, and interviews concerning the investigation of Giorgio ...

The collection documents the families of Elsie Mosler (born Ilse Rosenberg in Hamburg) and her husband, Claude Mosler (born Klaus Mosler in Berlin). Both families fled Germany due to antisemitic persecution by the Nazis during the 1930s. Biographical material includes Hermann Rosenberg’s German army papers from World War I, birth and marriage certificates, a diary written in German and English kept ...