Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

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The collection consists of three newsprint broadsides promoting Zionism in the United States, dating from 1943 and 1946. Two were produced by the Political Action Committee for Palestine and one by the New Zionist Organization of America, both operating out of New York City. Two of the broadsides feature statements by Congressman Joseph Clark Baldwin. The broadsides were originally published as advertisements in the New York Times and the New York Post.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of seven letters written by political or criminal prisoners of the Nazi regime who resided in the Auschwitz camp system. The authors of these letter were prisoners who had the “privilege” of receiving and sending censored mail. Unlike the majority of the prisoners in the Auschwitz camp complex, these prisoners were allowed mail and food parcels. Since these letters were read and censored by the camp administration, the letters focus on such topics as weather, food...

Scope and Contents The Crocker-de Limur Collection consists of historical and literary documents assembled by a family of collectors; a small portion of the papers of French diplomat Andre de Limur (1890?-1971); a small part of the papers of Ambassador Aime Joseph de Fleuriau, French Ambassador to Great Britain (1924-1933); French documents from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana concerning political matters in France in the 1790s; and oversized printed proclamations by the French Government during World War I....

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The collection contains general instructions for interpreters employed at the Nuremberg military tribunals, as well as typed transcripts from several sessions. It also includes a report on Dresdner Bank and a newspaper clipping on denazification in German.

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The Jan Karski Collection comprises three distinct groups of documents: Karski's collection of serials and pamphlets produced by various organizations of the Polish underground during World War II; records and addresses pertaining to Karski's travel and work in 1966-67, including miscellaneous articles translated and transcribed; and two distinct states of Karski's draft for his book "Great Powers and Poland, 1919-1945".

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One pamphlet titled "Meet the Refugees" that was authored by the National Industrial Assembly of the Young Women's Christian Associations and published by the Women's Press (New York) in 1940. The pamphlet addresses concerns over accepting refugees who were fleeing from the Nazi regime in Europe into the United States. It argues that refugees are not a threat to U.S. labor and do not represent a "Fifth Column."

Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence (letters, postcards, telegrams), printed material (books, magazines, pamphlets), photographs, artwork, material culture, and other evidence documenting the Jewish experience during the Holocaust and in the years pre- and post-World War II. The collection was assembled by Arthur Michaelis and it includes extensive documentation of his family's experiences during this time period, including their imprisonment in concentration camps and their escape to the...

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The NSDAP (Nazi Party) Collection consists of 228 items, including photographs, cigarette cards, correspondence, ID cards, stamps, membership books, pins, and more.

See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory.

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One Protective Pass for Enyedy Laszlo from the Apostolic Nunciature in Budapest, issued by Monsignor Angelo Rotta in 1944. As Papal Nuncio, Rotta issued passes such as this to protect Jews from the Nazi Holocaust in Budapest.

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The collection contains photographs documenting the Nuremberg Trials, as well as caricatures of the following individuals: Francis Biddle, Hjalmar Schacht, Rudolf Hess, Walther Funk, Fritz Sauckel, Karl Dönitz, Wilhelm Keitel, and others. Two of the drawings appear to be signed by someone named "Sperber" (possibly Karel Sperber).

Some of the photographs were produced by the Associated Press and the U.S. Army--others are unattributed.