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RG-08.002 Hadassah Rosensaft Papers, 1945–1992<br />

USHMM, <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Holocaust</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> � 218<br />

This collection contains materials relating <strong>to</strong> the his<strong>to</strong>ry of the Bergen-Belsen displaced<br />

persons (DP) camp, where from 1945 <strong>to</strong> 1950, Dr. Hadassah Rosensaft and her husband<br />

Josef were political and medical leaders. Subjects include the trials of the Bergen-Belsen<br />

concentration camp guards and other personnel, testimony by Dr. Rosensaft about<br />

medical experiments and gas chambers at Auschwitz, the behavior of the Belsen camp<br />

guards, the emigration of Jewish orphans <strong>to</strong> Palestine, the activities of the Central Jewish<br />

Committee of the British Zone, the seizure of the Dromit in 1949, the evacuation of the<br />

Jewish DP camp Hohne, the Glyn Hughes DP hospital, the growth of antisemitism in the<br />

British Zone, closure of the Belsen DP camp 1950–1951, and planning <strong>for</strong> the Belsen DP<br />

camp memorial.<br />

Provenance: Source of acquisition is Hadassah Rosensaft.<br />

<strong>Language</strong>s: Yiddish, German, <strong>English</strong>, Hebrew, and Polish<br />

Ca. 4 linear inches<br />

Finding Aids: Collection-level summary<br />

NOTE: This collection spans RG-08.002*1 <strong>to</strong> RG-08.002*13.<br />

RG-08.003 Additional Records from the Hadassah Rosensaft Papers, Ca. 1992<br />

This collection contains a list of participants in and the agenda <strong>for</strong> the ―Pädagogik nach<br />

Auschwitz‖ conference held in November 1992. Also included are pho<strong>to</strong>copies of<br />

transcripts of Dr. Rosensaft‘s speeches relating <strong>to</strong> her experiences in the Bergen-Belsen<br />

DP camp, her recollections of the origins of the United States <strong>Holocaust</strong> Memorial<br />

Council and its early years, and congratula<strong>to</strong>ry letters <strong>for</strong> her 80 th birthday.<br />

Provenance: Source of acquisition is Hadassah Rosensaft.<br />

<strong>Language</strong>s: <strong>English</strong> and German<br />

1 folder<br />

RG-09.005 1981 International Libera<strong>to</strong>rs Conference Collection, 1981–1983 (bulk 1981)<br />

This collection contains testimonies written by concentration camp libera<strong>to</strong>rs during the<br />

International Libera<strong>to</strong>rs Conference organized by the United States <strong>Holocaust</strong> Memorial<br />

Council and held in Washing<strong>to</strong>n, D.C., in Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 1981. The testimonies describe<br />

liberation experiences at various Nazi concentration camps throughout Europe. Also<br />

included is material describing the International Libera<strong>to</strong>rs Conference.<br />

Organization and arrangement: The files are arranged alphabetically by camp name.<br />

Testimonies within the files are also arranged alphabetically by name.

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