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including members of Eisen‘s family. Eisen experienced the Miechów ghetto; the Julag I
and II, Kraków-Plaszów, Skarzysko-Kamienna, and Rakow (a.k.a. Rakov) concentration
camps; and an unnamed subcamp of Buchenwald. The latter part of the memoir depicts
Eisen‘s life inside the British displaced persons camp at Judenburg, Austria, and his
immigration to the United States.
Provenance: At William Eisen‘s request, a copy of the original memoir was forwarded
from the Holocaust Resource Center in Buffalo, New York.
Language: English 1956
2 microfiche cards
Source of Acquisition: William Eisen
Restrictions: Fair use only
RG-20.013 --- Records and Photographs Relating to the Bata Shoe Company in Zlin,
Czechoslovakia
This collection contains information about the history of the Bata shoe company in Zlin,
Czechoslovakia, and its successful program to send Jewish employees and their families
abroad to protect them from the Nazis. Also included is information about Zlin,
Czechoslovakia, where Bata had its main factory.
Provenance: In 1972 Otto Heilig sent the article and related materials to the Jewish
Monthly, a magazine published by B‘nai B‘rith. The magazine never published the
article, but donated it to the USHMM later that year.
Biographical/historical note: Before September 30, 1938, Otto Heilig, a Czech Jew, was
an employee of the shoe manufacturing firm owned by Thomas Bata in Zlin,
Czechoslovakia.
Languages: English, Czech, German 1972
1 folder
Source of Acquisition: Jewish Monthly
Restrictions: For background information only
RG-10.092 --- Abraham Zemach Papers
This collection includes 36 photographs (some with captions) taken by unknown parties
and the U.S. Signal Corps ca. 1942–1945. The photographs depict the consequences of
Nazi atrocities as witnessed by Abraham Zemach while he served as a Jewish chaplain in
the 76th U.S. Infantry Division during World War II and after the war while he was
ministering to Jewish displaced persons. The collection also contains an occupational
forces travel permit with handwritten annotations; two pieces of Terezin currency;, a
memoir relating to Zemach‘s experiences during the war; a facsimile of a birthday letter