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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Cornell Hillel records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 39-8-2998
Scope and content

Subject files, newsletters, letters, and other material relating to Cornell Hillel (formerly known as B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation) activities, including student organizations, committees, and causes; includes a scrapbook of clippings relating to Hillel issues at Cornell 1942-1943 and reference to the Jewish plight in Europe during World War II. Also includes program for Shabbat 1000 and a hardcover photo album "Cornell Hillel: The Yudowitz Center."

Dates: 1942-2018.

Gerd Korman interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3296
Scope and content

Tapes and transcripts of interviews with the following survivors of the Nazi Holocaust: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lenz, Sylvester Berki, Dr. and Mrs. J. Rothenberg, Zvi Yavetz. Gerd Korman conducted the interviews in 1967 and 1968.

Dates: 1967-1968.

Osias Korman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2803
Scope and content Papers include a narrative about Korman's experience on the S.S. St. Louis; correspondence in English, Dutch, German, Hebrew, and Polish, including Rosa Korman's correspondence with dignitaries and officials about the release of her husband Osias from Camp Westerbork, Holland, 1939-47. Also, correspondence with his sons, Gerd and Manfred Korman, from England and the U.S. after their immigration, ca.1942; small notebooks in Hebrew, 1940-44; legal documents, affidavits on behalf of Osias...
Dates: 1939-1948.