Subject | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue |
(324)
| | • | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives |
(312)
| | • | Video tapes |
(312)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish |
(285)
| | • | Holocaust survivors |
(264)
| | • | Postwar experiences |
(199)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Children |
(174)
| | • | Hiding |
(172)
| | • | Child survivors |
(159)
| | • | Jews -- Migrations |
(121)
| | • | Men |
(119)
| | • | Jewish refugees |
(107)
| | • | Antisemitism Prewar |
(106)
| | • | Germany |
(97)
| | • | Postwar effects |
(91)
| | • | False papers |
(77)
| | • | Kristallnacht, 1938 |
(76)
| | • | Crystal Night, 1938 |
(75)
| | • | Survivor-child relations |
(70)
| | • | Jewish ghettos |
(61)
| | • | Forced labor |
(53)
| | • | Paris (France) |
(53)
| | • | Kindertransports (Rescue operations) |
(52)
| | • | Poland |
(51)
| | • | Mutual aid |
(49)
| | • | Families |
(42)
| | • | Foster parents |
(42)
| | • | Berlin (Germany) |
(39)
| | • | Budapest (Hungary) |
(37)
| | • | Jewish children in the Holocaust |
(36)
| | • | Vienna (Austria) |
(35)
| | • | Escapes |
(34)
| | • | Husband and wife |
(32)
| | • | London (England) |
(32)
| | • | Netherlands |
(32)
| | • | Brothers and sisters |
(31)
| | • | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
(30)
| | • | Austria |
(30)
| | • | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Psychological aspects |
(29)
| | • | Identification (Religion) |
(29)
| | • | Brussels (Belgium) |
(28)
| | • | Resistance |
(28)
| | • | Rescuers |
(27)
| | • | Sisters |
(27)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands |
(27)
| | • | Belgium |
(26)
| | • | Antwerp (Belgium) |
(24)
| | • | Convents |
(23)
| | • | Kraków (Poland) |
(23)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France |
(21)
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| | 1 | Title: | In kamf far broyt un koved: (a yor sotsyale hilf-arbet fun Yidishn Velt-Kongres) | | | | Creator: | Tartakower, Aryeh, 1897-1982 | | | | Publication: | aroysgegebn durkh dem Tsentraln Byuro fun Yidishn Velt-Kongres, Nyu-York, 1940. | | | | Extent: | 38 p. ; 21 cm. | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue
| | | Collection: | Johns Hopkins University Library | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 2 | Title: | Realistic possibilities to rescue the Jews from the satellite countries of Europe | | | | Creator: | Committee for a Jewish Army of Palestinian and Stateless Jews | Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe | | | | Publication: | Committee for a Jewish army of stateless and Palestinian Jews, New York?], [1943] | | | | Notes: | Cover title. Library copy to be requested in Special Collections. | | | | Extent: | 23 numbered leaves ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Europe | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue
| | | Collection: | Johns Hopkins University Library | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 4 | Title: | Nazi massacres of the Jews & others: some practical proposals for immediate rescue made by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Rochester in speeches on March 23rd 1943 in the House of Lords | | | | Creator: | Temple, William, 1881-1944 | Rochester, Ernest Henry LambBaron, b. 1876 | Victor Gollancz Ltd | | | | Publication: | Victor Gollancz, London, [1943] | | | | Notes: | Cover title. | | | | Extent: | [16] p. ; 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Jewish refugees
| | | Collection: | Johns Hopkins University Library | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 9 | Title: | Arrows in the dark : David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv leadership, and rescue attempts during the Holocaust / Tuvia Friling ; translated by Ora Cummings. | | | | Creator: | Friling, Tuvia. | American Council of Learned Societies. | | | | Publication: | Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2005], ©2005. | | | | Extent: | 2 volumes (387, 297 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Jews - Palestine - Politics and government - 20th century | Palestine - History - 1929-1948 | Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973.
| | | Collection: | Wellcome Collection | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 11 | Title: | While xi million died: a chronicle of American apathy | | | | Creator: | Morse, Arthur D. | Bacon, Paul, 1923-2015 | The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania) | | | | Publication: | Random House, New York, [1968]. | | | | Notes: | Edition statement from dust jacket. "Jacket design by Paul Bacon." Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-428) and index. | | | | Extent: | [8], 435, [5] pages ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | World War, 1939-1945 -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | Jews -- German7 -- History -- 1933-1945 | United States -- Emigration and immigration | CHR 1968 | PRO Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
| | | Collection: | University of Pennsylvania | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 13 | Title: | Walter Samuel Lentschner papers, 1923-1986 | | | | Creator: | Lentschner, Walter Samuel, 1906-1986 | | | | Notes: | Correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed materials documenting his displacement in Europe, his emigration to the United States, and the legal steps he took to obtain reparations from Germany. | | | | Extent: | 1 2 | | | | Subjects: | Fry, Varian | Le Vernet (Concentration camp) | Concentration camps -- France | Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees | Affidavits | Certificates | Claims | Identity cards | Knapsacks | Legal documents | Menus | Obituaries | Permits | Photographs | Programs | Scrip | Transcripts | Visiting cards
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 14 | Title: | Three Roads to Rescue: facts about the 1941 Needs and Programs of the Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal, National Refugee Service | | | | Creator: | United Jewish Appeal | | | | Publication: | United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine, New York, ©1941. | | | | Notes: | Cover title. "Issued by United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine on behalf of Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal, National Refugee Service, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y."--Back cover. | | | | Extent: | 14 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | | | | Subjects: | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) | National Refugee Service (U.S.) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- United States | Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) | World War (1939-1945) | Civilian war relief | United States | CHR 1941
| | | Collection: | University of Pennsylvania | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 15 | Title: | Eva S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-29) February 16, 1980 | | | | Creator: | S., Eva, 1922- | Vlock, Laurel | | | | Publication: | Holocaust Survivors Film Project, New Haven, Conn, 1980. | | | | Notes: | Videotape testimony of Eva S., who was born in Berlin in 1922. She describes her childhood and youth in Nazi Germany, including particularly vivid memories of the day Hitler came to power, Kristallnacht, and her brother's bar mitzvah, which took place in the chapel of a Jewish old age home because all the synagogues had been destroyed. She also discusses her journey to England with a children's transport in 1939 and her life in England, where she remained for several years. She speaks of her sense of Jewishness, which she acquired in school rather than in her non-observant home, and of the lasting effects of her wartime experiences. | | | | Extent: | 1 videorecording (49 min.) : col. | | | | Subjects: | S., Eva, -- 1922- | Video tapes | Women | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish | Jews -- Migrations | Jewish refugees | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | Kindertransports (Rescue operations) | Bar mitzvah | Oral histories (document genres) | Crystal Night, 1938 | Kristallnacht, 1938 | Germany | Berlin (Germany) | England
| | | Collection: | Yale University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 16 | Title: | Simon B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-254) March 11, 1984 | | | | Creator: | B., Simon, 1909- | Howard, Emily | Moskowitz, Sally | | | | Publication: | Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, New York, N.Y, 1984. | | | | Notes: | Videotape testimony of Simon B., who was born in Berlin in 1909. Mr. B. recalls his family's close relationship with the non-Jewish family who lived in the apartment above his; his father's military service during the first World War; quitting school in order to help his ailing father with the family business; his attempt to emigrate to Israel; and the totally transformed attitude of his German "friends" after 1933. He describes anti-Jewish measures to which he was subjected; Kristallnacht; hiding from the police; being smuggled, with his wife, into Belgium, and arranging for his parents to follow; and emigrating to the United States, where he and his wife were later joined by his parents. Mr. B. also speaks of his life in the United States; his relationship with his children and grandchildren; the emotional effects of his wartime experiences; and his reasons for giving testimony. | | | | Extent: | 1 videorecording (1 hr., 1 min.) : col. | | | | Subjects: | B., Simon, -- 1909- | Video tapes | Men | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish | Husband and wife | Jews -- Migrations | Jewish refugees | Oral histories (document genres) | Crystal Night, 1938 | Kristallnacht, 1938 | Germany | Berlin (Germany) | Belgium | Survivor-child relations
| | | Collection: | Yale University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 17 | Title: | Gerhart R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-764) May 21, 1980 | | | | Creator: | R., Gerhart, 1911-2001 | Vlock, Laurel | | | | Publication: | Holocaust Survivors Film Project, Jerusalem, Israel, 1980. | | | | Notes: | Videotape testimony of Gerhart R., who was born in Berlin. He discusses his pre-1933 career as a junior lawyer and state employee in Berlin; his dismissal when Hitler came to power; his departure from Germany in 1933; and his post as legal secretary for the newly created World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Geneva. He relates his struggle for the rights of the Danzig Jews; the successful WJC campaign in 1938 against the anti-Semitic government of Romania; his responsibility to inform WJC officials in Geneva and New York of wartime atrocities; and his sources of information about Nazi medical experiments, deportations, and plans for total extermination in summer 1942. He describes the unwillingness of the allied governments, the Vatican, and the Red Cross to accept or publicize Hitler's plans; his views on the reason for this and for the Allied failure to bomb Auschwitz; and his efforts to solicit money for rescue attempts. Mr. R. also tells of his postwar involvement with displaced persons camps. | | | | Extent: | 1 videorecording (2 hr., 23 min.) : col. | | | | Subjects: | R., Gerhart, -- 1911-2001 | World Jewish Congress | Video tapes | Men | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish | Jews -- Migrations | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees | Germany | Berlin (Germany) | Geneva (Switzerland) | Oral histories (document genres) | Refugee camps
| | | Collection: | Yale University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 18 | Title: | Susan T. Holocaust testimony (HVT-757) June 18, 1986 | | | | Creator: | T., Susan. | Cohen, Frances Proctor | | | | Publication: | Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, New Haven, Conn, 1986. | | | | Notes: | Videotape testimony of Susan T., who was born in Budapest, Hungary. She describes early edicts against Jews; continuous efforts to obtain American visas for her family; her husband's deportation to a labor camp near the Czech border in 1942, then to one in Russia in 1944; and life in the "open ghetto" in Budapest. She relates the German occupation of Hungary in March 1944; anti-Jewish legislation and increased deportations under Eichmann's supervision; restrictive conditions in German-occupied Budapest; the forced march to a brick factory outside Budapest; and the negotiation of the group's release by Raoul Wallenberg. She tells of the establishment of an "international ghetto" in Budapest; liberation by the Russians in January 1945; her husband's escape from a Russian prison camp; and their emigration to the United States in 1948. | | | | Extent: | 1 videorecording (2 hr., 41 min.) : col. | | | | Subjects: | T., Susan | Wallenberg, Raoul, -- 1912-1947 | Holocaust survivors | Video tapes | Women | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish | Jews -- Hungary -- Budapest | Jewish ghettos | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | Hungary | Budapest (Hungary) | Oral histories (document genres) | Aid by non-Jews | Safe houses
| | | Collection: | Yale University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 19 | Title: | Trudy T. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1472) March 15, 1990 | | | | Creator: | T., Trudy, 1924- | London, Ilene | Maier, Jody | | | | Publication: | Baltimore Jewish Council, Baltimore, Md, 1990. | | | | Notes: | Videotape testimony of Trudy T., who was born in Heilbronn, Germany in 1924. She recalls her family's assimilated life; attending public school; anti-Jewish regulations, including the expulsion of Jews from schools; attending a Jewish school; her older sister's emigration to Palestine in 1938; her own emigration on a HIAS children's transport to the United States in October 1938; living with a foster family in St. Louis; fear for her family in Germany when Kristallnacht occurred; learning of her brother's emigration to England on a children's transport; the importance of the emotional support of a HIAS social worker; her parents' arrival in 1941; being classified as an enemy alien when the United States entered the war; attending college; marriage in 1944; and her brother's arrival in 1945. Mrs. T. discusses her continuing friendships with German school friends and shows a photograph of the students in her Jewish school, half of whom did not survive. | | | | Extent: | 1 videorecording (1 hr., 37 min.) : col. | | | | Subjects: | T., Trudy, -- 1924- | HIAS (Agency) | Holocaust survivors | Video tapes | Women | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish | Jews -- Migrations | Jewish refugees | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | Kindertransports (Rescue operations) | Germany | Heilbronn (Germany) | Oral histories (document genres) | Antisemitism Prewar | Postwar experiences
| | | Collection: | Yale University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 20 | Title: | Stefan R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-151) August 11, 1980 | | | | Creator: | R., Stefan, 1914- | Vlock, Laurel | Laub, Dori | Auerhahn, Nanette | | | | Publication: | Holocaust Survivors Film Project, New Haven, Conn, 1980. | | | | Notes: | Videotape testimony of Stefan R., who was born in a small city in Romania in 1914 and spent most of his prewar life in Oradea Mare. He tells of his family life without his father, who died when he was six years old; his service in the Romanian army (1934-1936;) his conscription in 1942, after the Hungarian takeover, into the Jewish brigade of the Hungarian army, from which he repeatedly escaped; and his hiding in Budapest, at times with the aid of the Communist and Jewish undergrounds, and for a time in a Swedish safe house, until the city's liberation by the Russians. | | | | Extent: | 1 videorecording (44 min.) : col. | | | | Subjects: | R., Stefan, -- 1914- | Holocaust survivors | Video tapes | Men | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish | Draft -- Hungary | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | Romania | Oradea (Romania) | Budapest (Hungary) | Oral histories (document genres) | Safe houses | Hungarian occupation
| | | Collection: | Yale University | | | | | View Full Record | |
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