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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:

Prints of Portraits, circa 2008

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Identifier: B398.02.0025.0004
Abstract

Multiple copies of prints of the original drawings in the "Child Survivors of the Holocaust" exhibit.

Dates: circa 2008
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B398, Deborah Howard's Holocaust Portraits and Papers / Study Materials and Prints / Box 25

Prints of Portraits at Yad Vashem, circa 2004

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Identifier: B398.02.0025.0003
Abstract

Multiple copies of prints for the four portraits that were donated to the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem: Edith Stern, Arthur Stern, Pessia Kant and Sarah Kopyto-Hollinger. Also a compact disc with digital copies of images.

Dates: circa 2004
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B398, Deborah Howard's Holocaust Portraits and Papers / Study Materials and Prints / Box 25

Rabbi Herbert Friedman, 1946

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Identifier: B111.03.0003.0023
Abstract In 1946, Rabbi Herbert Friedman worked with the Allied Jewish Council and the United Jewish Appeal in a campaign to father relief funds for displaced Jews in central and eastern Europe. Friedman traveled to the region in July 1946, and found a mass exodus of Jews headed towards the U.S.-controlled portion of Germany to escape the horrible conditions in Poland. He used the stories of distress from his time in Poland in the Allied Jewish Council's campaign for relief funds. (See Lavender Hill...
Dates: 1946
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B111, Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection / Series 3, D-F / Box 3

Raoul Wallenberg Day in Denver, 1986

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Identifier: B165.02.0019.0008
Abstract File contains a Proclamation signed by Mayor Frederico Pena proclaiming December 7, 1986 as Raoul Wallenberg Day in Denver. File also contains three photographs: 1) Guest Speaker Jacob Wallenberg. and Emil Hecht. 2) Rabbi Mordechai Gerwirtz, Principal, Jacob Wallenberg, and Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Director of Hillel Academy. 3) Jacob Wallenberg speaking to upper classes at Hillel Academy.Jacob Wallenberg was a member of the Raoul Wallenberg family, and Vice Chairment of the Raoul...
Dates: 1986
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B165, Hillel Academy (Denver, Colo.) Records / Photographs and Scrapbooks / Box 19

Ration Reclassification Request, 1945 October 10

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Identifier: B333.05.0001.0005.00001
Abstract A letter on letterhead from Hilfsstelle für politische Flüchtlinge und rassisch Verfolgte, the Aid Office for Political Refugees and Victims of Racial Persecution in Berlin, Germany. This letter states that Marie Loewenstein as the wife of a full Jew, a star carrier, has only a Jewish household identification card and is requesting she be reclassified for a higher level of ration cards. Marie Loewenstein's birth date and address are included and the letter is stamped with the Aid Office's...
Dates: 1945 October 10
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B333, Lowenstein Family Papers and Art / Post War Berlin and Social Democratic Party / Box 1 / Post War Berlin and Social Democratic Party

Receipt, 1939 May 21

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Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00006
Abstract

Receipt to the amount of 50 Reichmarks filled out for Frau Loewenstein [Marie] in Berlin. This receipt is dated shortly before Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] emigrated out of Germany and is possibly the receipt for the train ticket.

Dates: 1939 May 21
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B333, Lowenstein Family Papers and Art / Pre-War and Kindertransport / Box 1 / Pre-War and Kindertransport

Recollections of 1936 Trip, between 1990-2018

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Identifier: B266.04.0008.0001
Abstract

Eleanor Winograd took a trip to Europe in 1936 and went to visit family in Poland. All but a few died in the Holocaust. She wrote a 9 page memoir telling about her trip. Also contains a 2018 article "'All Aboard for Europe': American Youth Travel to Europe Between the World Wars." by Katherine Cartwright, a Ph.D candidate at the College of William and Mary.

Dates: between 1990-2018
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B266, Winograd Judd Family Papers / Judd Documents and Papers / Box 8

Red Cross Letter, between 1944 March 27-April 20

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Identifier: B333.04.0001.0004.00001
Abstract Letter written by Marie Loewenstein in Berlin, Germany to Henry Loewenstein in Church Farm, Whipsnade, Dunstable, Beds, England through the Red Cross, dated by Marie March 27, 1944, stamped by the English post office April 4, 1944, and stamped received April 20, 1944. The front of this letter includes instructions in German and French for sending, Marie's address, Henry's address, and the message. The back of this letter is where the receiver could send a response however it is blank...
Dates: between 1944 March 27-April 20
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B333, Lowenstein Family Papers and Art / Correspondence: England and Theresienstadt / Box 1 / Correspondence: England and Theresienstadt

Red Cross Letter, between 1944 February 25-March 28

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Identifier: B333.04.0001.0004.00002
Abstract Letter written by Marie Loewenstein in Berlin, Germany to Henry Loewenstein in Church Farm, Whipsnade, Dunstable, Beds, England through the Red Cross, dated by Marie February 25, 1944, stamped by an English post office March 11, 1944, and stamped received March 28, 1944. The front of this letter includes instructions in German and French for sending the letter, Marie's address, Henry's address, and a message about how the family is well and they miss Henry and long for a reunion signed by...
Dates: between 1944 February 25-March 28
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B333, Lowenstein Family Papers and Art / Correspondence: England and Theresienstadt / Box 1 / Correspondence: England and Theresienstadt

Red Cross Letter, 1940 April 26

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Identifier: B333.04.0001.0004.00007
Abstract

One typed letter on International Committee of the Red Cross Letterhead to Frau Marie Lowenstein (Henry's mother) providing an update on Henry. The letterhead is in French and type is in German. Letter states that Henry is doing well and that they were able to pass along the message that his grandmother had passed away.

Dates: 1940 April 26
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B333, Lowenstein Family Papers and Art / Correspondence: England and Theresienstadt / Box 1 / Correspondence: England and Theresienstadt

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