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Accession 1997.123 --- The Manfred Landecker Collection
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 19
This collection contains certificates, letters, and other records tracing the history of the
Landecker family in Berlin from World War I through the emigration of Drs. Hildegard
and Norbert Landecker to the United States in 1939.
Languages: German, English 1917–1942
57 items
Source of Acquisition: Manfred Landecker
RG-04.049 --- Confessions of an SS Killer
This is a copy, in English, of a confession made by Franz Ziereis, the last commandant of
Mauthausen, after his arrest and shooting by American forces in May 1945. Ziereis
describes the persecution of Jews in Mauthausen, atrocities committed by SS guards, the
Nazi practice of ―euthanasia,‖ the use of human skin to bind books and make satchels,
executions in the camp, death marches, a camp brothel, and camp inmate markings.
Provenance: During the war, Sidney D. Gell was a member of the U.S. Army‘s 131st
Evacuation Hospital, to which Ziereis was taken after he was shot trying to escape. Gell
was part of the team that translated Ziereis‘s confession into English. The original is in
the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD.
Language: English 1945
Source of Acquisition: Sidney D. Gell
NOTE: See also RG-04.018—Confession and Letter of Mauthausen Commandant
RG-02.212 --- ―Toward the Abyss: Cards and Letters: Mindelheim-Lublin‖ by Werner
Jacob Lipton
This collection contains photocopied letters and postcards, most of which are addressed
to Werner Jacob Lipton (born Liebschütz) from his parents, Fanni and Jakob Liebschütz,
his aunt and uncle, Max and Berta Bach, and his grandmother, Mina Liebschütz. The
correspondence describes the family‘s efforts to emigrate and other matters. In 1939,
following increasing restrictions on German Jews, Lipton‘s parents sent him to
Switzerland where he lived in Kinderheime (children‘s homes). His parents were
deported from Mindelheim, Germany, to the Piaski ghetto in March 1942; by June 1942
they were in the Lublin, Poland, area. Their last letters are farewell notes to their son
indicating they are leaving for an unspecified location. Lipton‘s grandmother died in
Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp and his aunt and uncle died in an unnamed
concentration camp.
Provenance: English-language translations by Werner Jacob Lipton and his cousin,
Walter Heilbronner, are available.