Walter Heinz Lubran (1912-2000) was born Walter Lubranitzki on 29 July 1912 in Sebnitz, Germany to Benno (b. 1860) and Gertrude (née Posner, b. 1885) Lubranitzki. He had one sister, Alice (b. 1914, later Alice Plocki). Walter’s parents owned the largest clothing store in Sebnitz. They owned the building where their store was, and lived above it. When he was a child, Walter’s parents sent him to Dresden ...

Scrip, valued at 50 kronen, issued in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The currency was designed by inmate Peter Kien and printed by the National Bank of Prague. Inmates received the scrip according to a 5-tiered distribution system or as payment ...

This collection contains 13 photos of the Steiner-Kunstler family, including a picture taken during a vacation at the beach, a wedding photo of Kornelia (Nelly) Steiner, a photo of the employees of a carpenter's workshop in Hungary, a photo of the Hungarian violinist "Tibi", and several studio portraits of the Steiner children and grandchildren.

Walter Rauscher (July 9, 1919 – December 1974) was born in Ošelín, Czechoslovakia to Oskar and Clementine (Schnurmacher) Rauscher. The family owned a general store in town and lived in the quarters above it. Oskar died in June 1936, leaving the business to his wife. Walter’s uncle, Leo Schnurmacher, was the Honorary Consul of Czechoslovakia in Manila, Philippines. In 1938, Leo connected Walter, who ...

Walter Rauscher (July 9, 1919 – December 1974) was born in Ošelín, Czechoslovakia to Oskar and Clementine (Schnurmacher) Rauscher. The family owned a general store in town and lived in the quarters above it. Oskar died in June 1936, leaving the business to his wife. Walter’s uncle, Leo Schnurmacher, was the Honorary Consul of Czechoslovakia in Manila, Philippines. In 1938, Leo connected Walter, who ...

Manuscript memoir, in Yiddish, 120 pages, describing David Newman's experiences in the Skarżysko-Kamienna forced labor camp in Poland during the German occupation, and his subsequent imprisonment at Buchenwald, written by Newman in 1988. An English translation by Miriam Beckerman, from 2006, is also included. The text begins with an account of the pre-war history of the Jewish community in his hometown ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners In der Reichswehrzeit bestanden unmittelbar über den Divisionen nur die Gruppenkommandos (ab 1938: Heeresgruppenkommandos), Generalkommandos besaß die Reichswehr nicht. Die Divisionen 1 bis 7 bildeten gleichzeitig die Wehrkreiskommandos I bis VII. Die Divisionskommandeure waren zugleich Befehlshaber im Wehrkreis. Die Wehrkreisbefehlshaber der Reichswehr wurden am 14. ...

Walter Rauscher (July 9, 1919 – December 1974) was born in Ošelín, Czechoslovakia to Oskar and Clementine (Schnurmacher) Rauscher. The family owned a general store in town and lived in the quarters above it. Oskar died in June 1936, leaving the business to his wife. Walter’s uncle, Leo Schnurmacher, was the Honorary Consul of Czechoslovakia in Manila, Philippines. In 1938, Leo connected Walter, who ...

THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN DOCUMENTARY UNIT PRESENTS A LETTER FROM PRAGUE No.1 A special newsreel produced by: JIRI WEISS, edited by: FRANTISEK SADEK, music by: VILEM TAUSKY This film was shot for an anti-Nazi exhibition in London. Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk sitting at his desk speaking to the camera. He says that he has been writing letters to his friends abroad, and that they are worried about certain ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher (KTB) aller anderen Verbände und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die KTB der Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag (26. August 1939) an das Heeresarchiv Potsdam abzugeben, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die organisationsgeschichtlichen Angaben und Unterstellungsübersichten sind aus dem Werk von Georg Tessin, "Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939 - 1945", Bd. IX, S. 180-181, Frankfurt/Main und Osnabrück, 1966 ff. übernommen. 331. Infanterie-Division (WK XVII, E II./130 Amstetten) * 15.12.1941 als Walküre-Division 17. Welle; ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher (KTB) aller anderen Verbände und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die KTB der Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag (26. August 1939) an das Heeresarchiv Potsdam abzugeben, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach ...

Ruth Franken was born on July 15, 1937, in Haarlem, Netherlands, to Max, born on July 8, 1897, in Emmerich, Germany, and Irma Saloman, born on January 12, 1907, in Linden bei Bochum, Germany. Max served in the German Army during World War I (1914-1918), was wounded and received an Iron Cross and other military honors. He worked as an upholsterer. Irma was one of three children born to an Orthodox Jewish ...

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 ...