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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 189 Collections and/or Records:

Red Cross Letter, between 1944 March 27-April 20

 Item
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

Red Cross Letter, between 1944 February 25-March 28

 Item
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

Red Cross Letter, 1940 April 26

 File
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

Red Cross Letter, 1941 March 21

 File
Identifier: B333.04.0001.0004.00008
Abstract

One typed letter on International Committee of the Red Cross Letterhead to Mademoiselle (Henry's mother) providing an update on Henry. The letterhead is in French and type is in French. Letter states that Henry is in good health and working on Church Farm in Whipsnade.

Dates: 1941 March 21

Replacement Workbook, 1944 December 7

 Item
Identifier: B333.02.0001.0002.00018
Abstract Marie Loewenstein's workbook issued by the Nazi government. Front cover is a form filled out by hand with Marie's name, birth date and place, address, and signature. Back cover are the rules for the use of the replacement card. Inside of the workbook, are columns titled Name and Location of the Company (Contractor) (Company Stamp), Type of Operation or the Operation Department, Date of Commencement of Employment, Type of Employment (as accurately as possible), Date of Termination of...
Dates: 1944 December 7

Report to Berlin Police, 1934 April 5

 File
Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00017
Abstract

Report to the Berlin police on April 5, 1934 upon moving into a new apartment. The form is in German and lists the family members names, birth dates, religeon. Has five stamps from the police department.

Dates: 1934 April 5

"Rescue", 2007

 Item
Identifier: B398.01.00029
Abstract

Encaustic painting on canvas in reds, gold, and blues surrounded by an ash wood frame. Images of hands reaching down from top of canvas toward a wax cast of a chain lock on a door. Wax makes surface 3-dimensional. Multiple lines of Hebrew script carved into the waxed surface at bottom.

Dates: 2007

"Right Brain, Left Brain", circa 2008

 Item — Object B398.00027: Series B398.01 [Barcode: U186023282786]
Identifier: B398.01.00027
Abstract

Encaustic painting on canvas in reds, oranges, golds, blues and purples surrounded by ash wood frame. Canvas has black and white image of Maurice Blik and a reverse transfer of the image adjacent. Image is a photocopy of Deborah Howard’s print, B398.01.00017. Wax makes surface 3-dimensional and has nails embedded in it. Tally marks carved into wax and images of the Star of David and a moth visible in the wax (artist uses moths to symbolize Jews in her work).

Dates: circa 2008

Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B098
Abstract In 1976 the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS) began conducting interviews of Denver's long-time Jewish community members in an effort to record oral histories reflecting Jewish history and culture in Colorado. The interviews were made by the former and current directors of RMJHS as well as its trained volunteers. These recordings of Jewish men and women reveal information about the history of various individuals and families, Jewish organizations, religious groups, medical...
Dates: 1970s-2009; Coverage: 1859 - 2009

Rosen And Sladek Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B292
Abstract Russian Jewish immigrants Samuel Castille and Zelda Goldberg Rosen settled on Denver's west side and raised 13 children. Their daughter Clara Rosen married Joseph Rosen and they had four children including Selma Rosen who married Osi Sladek. Joseph Rosen began selling newspapers in Denver at the age of seven, starting out as a helper for his future brothers-in-law Max and Al Rosen. Hyman Rosen was born in Denver in 1916, the third youngest of the 13 children of Samuel and Zelda Rosen. He...
Dates: 1960-2015