Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Guide to English-Language ...

Language: English 1989
1 folder
Source of Acquisition: Martin Alexander
RG-68.059M --- London Office of the World Jewish Congress
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 11
This collection contains correspondence and other records of the London office of the
WJC, including correspondence with organizations in over 130 countries and with
international organizations including agencies of the UN, NGOs, and Jewish
organizations including the Claims Conference. Also included are legal materials; press
clipping and reports of the Institute of Jewish Affairs, arranged by country; anti-Jewish
legislation; materials of WJC Plenary Assemblies; minutes of executive meetings;
documentation relating to neo-Nazis; the Aryeh Kubowitzki papers, the Alex Easterman
papers, and the Elan Steinberg papers.
Languages: English and other languages 1939–1975
571 microfilm rolls (35 mm)
Source of Acquisition: Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem
Finding aid: Draft preliminary English-language folder-level finding aid, over 1000 pages
Restrictions: See Reference Archivist
RG-02.048 --- Out of the Hell of Minsk into the ―Paradise‖ of Theresienstadt by Dr. Karl
Loewenstein
This memoir was originally published in German as Aus der Hölle Minsk in das
―Paradies‖ Theresienstadt, and was translated into English by Bernard Ahrend. It
describes Loewenstein‘s imprisonment in Terezin, including the deportation of Jews from
the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to the camp, the role of the SS in the camp, the
―self administration‖ of the Jewish elders, the treatment of children and the elderly, and
the liberation of Terezin by the Red Army.
Languages: German and English
0.5 linear inches
Source of Acquisition: Hella Bailin
Restrictions: Published materials protected under copyright
RG-02.031 --- ―Little Lily‖ by Lily Zelenka
In this memoir, Lily Zelenka describes life as a Jew in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia,
her deportation, and her experiences as a prisoner in several concentration camps.
Language: English 1981
0.5 linear inches
Source of Acquisition: Claire Ramsay