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USHMM, <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Holocaust</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> � 237<br />

International, Siemans AG, Telefunken AG, and Compensation Treuhand G.m.b.H<br />

(1952–1994); and his publications relating <strong>to</strong> many of the above subjects. Also included<br />

is some in<strong>for</strong>mation relating <strong>to</strong> the education and career of his wife, Gertrude Fried<br />

Ferencz, Ferencz‘s diaries from 1943 <strong>to</strong> 1945, his letters <strong>to</strong> his wife (April 1944–August<br />

1945), and some personal papers.<br />

Provenance: Source of acquisition is Benjamin B. Ferencz.<br />

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

Ca. 150 boxes<br />

Finding Aids: Folder title list<br />

NOTE: This record group spans from RG-12.000 <strong>to</strong> RG-12.022<br />

RG-14.008 Ingeborg B. Weinberger Papers, 1933–1959<br />

These papers include correspondence, posters, pho<strong>to</strong>graphs, identification cards,<br />

passports, postcards, and various other documents relating <strong>to</strong> the Weinberger,<br />

Landsberger, and Cohn families in Leipzig, Germany, and Baltimore, Maryland. The<br />

documents contain in<strong>for</strong>mation about the persecution, emigration, and incarceration of<br />

family members. The publication Meine Erlebnisse als Jude in Deutschland unter dem<br />

Nazi Regime written by Edgar Landsberger contains in<strong>for</strong>mation about the Riga, Łódź,<br />

and Minsk ghet<strong>to</strong>s; deportations; and the Birkenau, Sachsenhausen, and Terezin<br />

(Theresienstadt) concentration camps. Also included is in<strong>for</strong>mation on family registers,<br />

racial hygiene, and ―acceptable‖ German names.<br />

Provenance: Source of acquisition is Ingeborg B. Weinberger, a Jewish refugee from<br />

Germany and the <strong>for</strong>mer executive direc<strong>to</strong>r of HIAS of Baltimore, Maryland.<br />

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

2 folders<br />

Restrictions: Some materials protected under copyright<br />

RG-14.009 Adolf Hitler‘s Political and Private Testaments, 1945<br />

This collection contains pho<strong>to</strong>graphic copies of documents relating <strong>to</strong> Adolf Hitler‘s final<br />

thoughts be<strong>for</strong>e his suicide. In the documents, Hitler denies guilt in causing World War<br />

II, ascribes the entire tragedy <strong>to</strong> international Jewry, describes removing Göring and<br />

Himmler from their offices <strong>for</strong> disloyalty, discusses choosing Admiral Dönitz and a slate<br />

of cabinet members <strong>to</strong> carry on the struggle, and describes his marriage <strong>to</strong> Eva Braun.<br />

Included is a note from Martin Bormann <strong>to</strong> Admiral Dönitz, which served as a cover<br />

letter <strong>to</strong> Hitler‘s political testament.<br />

Provenance: Source of acquisition is Walter Jessel. According <strong>to</strong> Jesser, Henry<br />

Heckscher (a fellow U.S. Army interroga<strong>to</strong>r at the Freising prisoner of war facility)

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