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Holocaust survivors

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

William R. Auld papers

 Collection — Box 00.0646 - Box 1
Identifier: 00.0646
Scope and Contents

The William R. Auld papers include over 800 photographs taken by Major William R. Auld who served with the 31st Photo Reconnaissance Squadron of the Ninth Army Air Force following General George S. Patton throughout the United States, England, France, and Germany.  The William R. Auld papers also include various sketches done by one of his comrades, a promotion notice, and two poems.

Dates: Created: 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2000

Ella Rogozinski manuscript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2000 Box 3 (00.0055-00.0092), Folder: 00.0086-Folder 1
Identifier: 00.0086
Scope and Contents

This manuscript documents the life of Ella Rogozinski who was an Auschwitz Concentration Camp survivor from Czechoslovakia.

Dates: Created: 1943-1950; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 08/28/2000

Frances Huppert Nunnally Articles

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 98.0562
Scope and Contents

The collection includes newspaper clippings of articles written by Nunnally. Articles include topics related to her departure from Vienna (and return after the war) as well as her family’s experience during Kristallnacht. She also wrote of her memory of D-Day and V-E Day. A few photographs are included with the articles of her and her family.

Dates: Created: 1938-1995; Other: Date acquired: 06/09/1998

Henry L. Harrell, Sr. collection

 Collection — 08.0150 - Box 1
Identifier: 08.0150
Scope and Contents The papers include photocopies of letters from Henry L. Harrell, Sr. to his wife, Frances Harrell and his children while stationed in Europe in 1945. Harrell moved often, working in France, Germany, and Austria. His letters include recollections of interactions with European civilians, daily operations of POW hospitals, providing sanitation and medical treatment of POWs and Holocaust survivors, as well as religious (Church) services and daily life for GIs. Harrell’s letters also elaborate on diagnoses (pathologies) found in these hospitals, and hint at the experiences of Holocaust survivors and POWs. The letters also include recollections of his travels throughout France, Germany, and...
Dates: Created: 1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1945; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/2008

Sylwester B. Knap papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2002 Box 18 (02.0487-02.0511), Folder: 02.0507 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.0507
Scope and Contents

The Sylwester B. Knap papers contain an oral history transcript and a political prisoner certificate. Knap's oral history focuses on his childhood during the time World War II began in Europe which includes attempting to find refuge in Czestochowa, his experiences in the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, forced labor, mistreatment, camp selections, contracting Typhus, liberation, becoming wounded, finding his family after the war, his uncles involvement in the resistance movement, and his feelings toward talking about the war.

Dates: Created: 1939-2002; Other: Majority of material found within 1939-1945; Other: Date acquired: 12/11/2002

William Edward McKee Sr. collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20.0010
Content Description

This collection relates to William Edward McKee Sr. who served as a sergeant with the 324th Squadron, 91st Heavy Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in Europe during World War II. McKee Sr. was shot down along with the crew of the B-17 bomber on March 29, 1944. The entire crew survived and then became German prisoners of war at Luft Stalag 17B. Mckee Sr. received the Air Medal and Purple Heart Medal. This collection includes letters, documents, photographs, prisoner of war memorabilia, and memoirs.

Dates: Event: 1942-1996; Event: Majority of material found within 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 2020-12-05; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-12-09

Natalia Grauer Rosenbald transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections -2004 Box 7 (04.0217-04.0263), Folder: 04.0246 - Folder 1
Identifier: 04.0246
Scope and Contents

Natalia Grauer Rosenbald's oral history outlines her life growing up in Krakow, Poland and her experiences in the Krakow ghetto, Mauthausen, and Ravensbrück. She speaks about hiding, dog attacks, working in the crematorium sorting clothes, stealing food, the Death March, how the SS tried disguising themselves with the advance of the Allies, liberation, reprisal shootings, finding her family after the war, living in Cyprus, Israel, Australia, and Germany before settling in the United States. She concludes her oral history with her experiences talking at schools about the Holocaust, visiting Auschwitz, and her message to the world about the Holocaust.

Dates: Created: 1939-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1939-1945; Other: Date acquired: 08/13/2004

Rolande R. Faucon collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 98.0427
Scope and Contents Includes 2 photographs, a press clipping about Faucon's artwork, and an oral history narrated by Faucon.Rolande R. Faucon lived in Mareuil Sur Ay, Marne, France during World War II. Germany began occupying France after the English retreat in the Spring of 1940. She was a teenage citizen of France when the Germans invaded her town. According to Faucon, the village of Mareuil sur Ay was situated along the Marne River, making the village a prime target for German bombing and transport. Once the Germans occupied the village, Faucon and her family kept to a strict curfew of lights out and food rationing. Her older brother Eli Poulard was sent to a German labor camp for three years...
Dates: Created: 1939-1954; Other: Majority of material found in 1940; Other: Date acquired: 04/27/1998

Abraham Zuckerman transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2009 Box 6 (09.0163-09.0180), Folder: 09.0174 - Folder 1
Identifier: 09.0174
Scope and Contents

This oral history interview transcript relates to Abraham Zuckerman who was a concentration camp survivor from Krakow, Poland during World War II and worked as a slave laborer for Oskar Schindler.

Dates: Event: 1939-1946; Record Keeping: Date acquired: 11/16/2009