The collection includes a cake server, cooking pot, Kenyan statues, silver spoon, steamer trunk, prayer book, biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Clara and Max Berg and their extended family in Germany before their escape to Kenya and their life in Kenya during the Holocaust, and their postwar immigration to the United States and the ...

Aerial views of an American city from a rooftop with skyscrapers and a river partially clouded by smoke rising from rooftops. Young men pose for the camera aboard the ship "New York." Another large ocean cruiser can be seen from behind the deck rail.

People smile and wave for the camera aboard a boat. People smoke and talk aboard a train platform and wave from the train cars. Tour group in Arth-Goldau, Switzerland. Scenic views of the town and a river. Back on the boat, people pose for the camera.

The Isaac Berneman collection consists of an identification card and a residence cards issued to Isaac’s father, Dawid (David) Berneman (b. Kozienice, Poland, 1913-1980), and his mother, Cecylia Berneman (b. Rajcza or Zywiec, Poland 1923-1981). The documents were issued in displaced person camps in Austria following the Holocaust and indicate that David was a Polish Jew living in New Palestine DP Camp ...

Consists of photocopies of correspondence,1967-1968, between Fulgencio Batista, former President of Cuba, and Lawrence Berenson, a lawyer who had represented several Jewish organizations in Cuba including the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, regarding an article published in "Look" magazine about the MS St. Louis. Also includes clippings, two copies of photographs, an essay, "The Problem ...

Charles Paul Kogel (1910-2009) was born November 22, 1910 in Antwerp, Belgium to Chaim Kogel and Mariem Kornreiek Kogel. He had one sister, Lena, and two brothers, Isack and Saul. He was a tailor and lived in Antwerp, Belgium with his wife Leah and daughter when World War II started. He was taken to France in 1942 to perform forced labor. His wife and daughter were deported in September 1942 or 1943 ...

Various documents about extended Rieger family, including one file regarding settlement of estate of Levi Riess with Emilie Rieger as beneficiary; studies of Max Martin Nathan as architecture student at Technical University of Stuttgart, including correspondence from German student union questioning his plans to make a trip abroad to study architecture; a summons from the Gestapo in Stuttgart (1938); ...

The Beatrice Maier papers contains correspondence and a deposition. The correspondence consists of two letters, written by "Gerda," May and June 1939. The first letter, addressed to "Else," was written aboard the MS St. Louis; the second was written after arrival in Mirebeau, France. The letters describe experiences aboard the ship, their arrival in Havana and Florida. The deposition was prepared by ...

A significant part of the Photo Collection is made accessible via the Photograph database, available online at https://search.archives.jdc.org/ .

Documents, correspondence and journal illustrating the experiences of Inge Ohringer [nee Weil] and her husband Sigmund Ohringer and their extended families. Inge, her father Arthur and step-mother Anneliese left Germany in 1939 on the MS St. Louis, disembarked in England, and eventually immigrated to the United States in 1941. Sigmund Ohringer had fled Nazi Germany earlier, arriving in the US in the ...

Parade. Nazi banners hang from the buildings as people in costumes parade through the streets of Munich? (for Carnival?). Float poster reads "Negerdorf Neubiberg." Religious procession follows, and people heil Hitler. Panning shots of a rainy day in Munich. The city's triumphal arch and other buildings are visible.

<div>Ruth Dresel née Goldmann was born 4 November 1910 in Beuthen, Upper Silesia. Her father, Leo Goldmann, a paper-hanger and decorator, joined the army at the beginning of the First World War. He was wounded and discharged and later killed in a train accident.</div><div><br /></div><div>Life was difficult for her mother, who worked very hard to make ends meet. Ruth’s grandmother persuaded her mother ...

The Karliner family papers consist of wartime correspondence and photographs taken of the Karliner family in Germany before World War II, aboard the MS St. Louis, in France while in hiding at Oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) homes, and during the post-war years. The correspondence is written by members of the Karliner family, many of whom perished in the Holocaust at the Auschwitz concentration ...

Consists of photographs, official documents, and papers related to the Holocaust experiences of Frieda and Johanna Gross, who were passengers on the MS St. Louis. Also includes photographs and papers related to the sisters, who went into hiding in Belgium after their return to Europe and before their immigration to the United States. Includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the family ...

St Louis-born Martha Gellhorn (1908-98) was the doyenne of twentieth century war correspondence. She covered conflicts from the Spanish Civil War to Reagan's wars in Central America in the 1980s. This work presents a critical study of her Second World War fiction and journalism. St. Louis-born Martha Gellhorn (1908-98) was the doyenne of twentieth century war correspondence. Opinionated, honest and ...

The Elsa and Selmar Biener papers consists of immigration documents, correspondence, photographs, and financial materials related to the emigration of Elsa and Selmar Biener aboard the MS St. Louis, their disembarkation in England, and their internment on the Isle of Man. The correspondence includes letters and telegrams to / from Selmar and Elsa Biener, their family, and various Jewish aid societies, ...

Consists of one folder of envelopes, postcards, and programs produced by Congregation Adath Israel of Woodbridge, NJ, as part of their Holocaust commemoration. The envelopes, many of which carry WWII commemorative postage stamps, commemorate the rescue of the Danish Jews in 1943, the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps in 1995, the 60th anniversary of the sailing of the MS ...

Photographic prints: black and white images taken in the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation. Depicted are the remains of victims, the crematoria ovens, the monument erected in the camp, groups of survivors, a child survivor with adults, American soldiers, a German officer in custody, and general camp scenes. On verso: all photos incorrectly dated as “1944” & captions inscribed in English ...

Ervaringen van een veertienjarig meisje, die met haar ouders na de komst van de japanners de suikeronderneming Moedja Moedjoe in Midden-Java moet verlaten, begin mei 1943 in Dokjakarta gaat wonen en kort daarna geïnterneerd wordt in Midden-Java Ervaringen van een veertienjarig meisje, die met haar ouders na de komst van de japanners de suikeronderneming Moedja Moedjoe in Midden-Java moet verlaten, ...

Diaries kept by Alfred and Hertha Friedheim, with some loose documents inserted between pages; dated 1939-1941; in French and English. The Friedheims were passengers on board the MS St. Louis in May 1939. When the ship returned to Europe they disembarked in France, and were in the Rieucros concentration camp in Lozere, France before getting American visas. They set sail in May 1941 on board the SS ...

The Schillinger and Baumann family papers document Marie and Samuel Schillinger and their children Jan and Jiri’s efforts to emigrate from Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) to the United States after its annexation by Germany in 1938. The papers document their trip on the MS St. Louis from Hamburg, Germany to Havana, Cuba; their relocation to the Heijplaat refugee camp in the Netherlands; ...