Herman S. Osnos was born in September 1900 in New York City to Jewish Russian immigrants, Samuel and Bella Osnos. Herman grew up on his family’s farm in Middlesex, New Jersey before eventually making his way to Detroit, Michigan where he worked for the department store, Sam’s Cut Rate. Between the years of 1930 and 1950, Herman held many positions within the company, ranging from secretary, to manager, ...

De plaquette bij Molukse graven in Appingedam (gemeente Eemsdelta) is opgericht ter nagedachtenis aan het lot van de vroegere Molukse soldaten en van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (KNIL) en hun partners die in 1950 in allerijl de Molukken moesten verlaten en op deze begraafplaats begraven liggen. Na de Japanse overheersing in Nederlands-Indië tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, wilde Nederland ...

Geïnterviewde 01 is in 1935 in Yogyakarta (Java) geboren. Haar vader zat in het KNIL en werd vaak overgeplaatst. Het gezin is dus verschillende malen verhuisd: Yogya, Malang, Surabaya. Bij het uitbreken van de Tweede Wereldoorlog woont het gezin in Surabaya, Wonokromo. Geïnterviewde herinnert zich de Japanse vliegtuigaanvallen. Het gezin moet dan de eigengemaakte schuilkelder in. Vader vocht als sergeant ...

The Margaret Anne Goldsmith Hanaw collection contains correspondence between Lawrence B. Goldsmith Sr., various members of the Schiffman and Marx families living in Germany, and United States government officials. The correspondence relates to the families’ requests for assistance in immigrating to the United States from Nazi Germany in the form of signed affidavits of support and financial assistance. ...

The Czerner, Fröhlich, and Porges families papers contain correspondence, identification documents, immigration documents, school certificates, photographs, and a photograph album relating to the Czerner, Fröhlich, and Porges families living in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) before and during World War II and the Holocaust. The correspondence centers on the emigration of Max and Irma Czerner ...