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Contains an article written in French by Eva Goldenring Zernik about her experiences in the French detention camp of Gurs and poems in German written during her time in Spain about her Holocaust experiences.

Photocopies of documents and correspondence relating to wartime experiences of Michal Temczyn, originally of Pinsk, including his service with People's Army in Poland.

One postcard illustrating the German Prisoner of War Postal System sent to Peter Dembowski [donor] from Stalag XB on 21 October 1944; handwritten postcard, unknown source copied from a note written by the donor.

Photocopied memorial book and news clippings about events to commemorate Elsa Rauch, a school teacher from Lueneburg, who was deported to Łódź and eventually gassed at Chelmno in 1942. Her former students gathered together in 1993 to dedicate a memorial plaque to her, with Arthur Riegel apparently leading this action. Included is a photocopied booklet (37 pages) with a biography of Rauch, copied documents, ...

The Samuel Sigman papers consist of correspondence between Samuel Sigman and his paternal aunt Brajna Izrael in Małoryta, Poland (now Malaryta, Belarus). Letters from Brajna and Leibl, Mina, and Izak Grinberg (probably grandchildren of Brajna) address Samuel Sigman as “Sioma,” are dated circa 1936-1938, and convey gratitude for money sent and Rosh Hashanah greetings. Samuel Sigman’s letters to his ...

Includes identification documents such as two Reisepass, or passports, for both Max Georg (Georg Israel) and Caecilie (Fran Georg) Lepehne that names their daughter, Renate Lara Lepehne, before they fled Cologne, Germany in 1939. There are also two Kennkarten, or identification cards, for both Caecilie and Renate. Also included are notarized copies of Max Georg's German Medical degree and certificate ...

Consists of documents and photographs concerning Leo Mayerowicz (Mayers), including a work permit for the Łódź ghetto; and a postwar identification card from germany identifiying Mayerowicz as employee of the Darmstadt city government in the office of advisor for political, racial, and religiously persecuted people. One of the photographs, of a young boy outdoors, was carried by Mr. Mayers throughout ...

Photo of anti-semitic caricatures near donor's former home in Germany (1936), small leaflets with antisemitic and Nazi slogans on them (such as "Wir achten keinerlei Klasse, sondern die arische Rasse!"), and news clipping.

Correspondence, memoranda, and press releases, relating to fundraising in the United States for the defense of Herschel Grynszpan, Jewish refugee and assassin of the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in France in 1938.

The Estelle Laughlin papers consist of post-war immigration documents for Edith Wakschlag (also known as Esther or Estera) later known as Estelle Laughlin. The documents include a Legitimation Ausweis identifying her as a former prisoner, April 1946; a Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS) identity card, July 1947; a smallpox vaccination certificate, July 1947; and an Anmeldung certificate which identifies ...