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RG-19.004 --- Records Relating to the Committee for Refugee Education
This collection contains, in two subcollections, essays written by refugee students who
were studying English in a program provided by the Committee for Refugee Education
(CRE) after World War II. In the essays, the students describe their experiences of life in
the United States, the memories of persecution and imprisonment in concentration camps,
and their liberation. Also included are samples of teaching materials used in the English
lessons, a December 18, 1949, letter written by one of the English-language instructors,
and progress reports for 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1949. These reports include information
about the CRE, statistics on students participating in English language training courses,
teaching methods used by CRE instructors, and communications with other agencies that
cooperated with the CRE, including the American Committee for Christian German
Refugees and the Jewish Welfare Board.
Language: English 1940–1942, 1949
1 folder
Source of Acquisition: Rosalyn Malakoff
Accession 1988.89 --- The Abraham Sosnowik Collection
This memoir, both in the original Yiddish and in English translation, describes Abraham
Sosnowik‘s experiences during the Holocaust in Novy Pohost and Szarkowszczyana,
Poland.
Languages: Yiddish and English 1945
3 items
Source of Acquisition: Abraham Sosnowik
RG-02.012 --- ―Recollections from my Life‘s Experiences‖ by Sophie Machtinger
In this memoir, Sophie Machtinger discusses her experiences in the Łódź ghetto, her
observations of the actions of Chaim Rumkowski, the liquidation of the Łódź ghetto, her
family‘s deportation to Auschwitz, and her transport to Stutthof and Dresden.
Provenance: Douglas Kouril translated the original Polish-language testimony into
English.
Languages: Polish, English 1987–1988
1 linear inch
Source of Acquisition: Morton Faller