Jews who were held prisoner in the synagogue being taken to the police station; Baden Baden : Concentration Camps Deportations

Typed on verso: Die in der Synagoge in Baden-Baden gefangen gehaltenen Juden, werden zur Polizeidiektion gebracht. April 1938

Arrested Jewish men being marched from the synagogue holding a large Jewish star and surrounded by Nazi officers; Baden Baden Concentration Camps Deportations

Handwritten on verso: Baden-Baden marsch von du Synagoge zum Central hotel 1938

Members of the Oldenburg Jewish community being taken from the Kasernenbunker to the court prison after Kristallnacht Concentration Camps; Deportations

On November 11, 1938 they were deported to Sachsenhausen

Memoirs 1920-1960

Education as artist in "Odenwaldschule" and Oberammergau; return to Berlin and studies in the "Kunstgewerbeschule"; emigration to Paris in 1933; artist circle including Max Ernst; flight to Switzerland in 1942; busts of Pablo Casals and Emil Ludwig; emigration to New York; bust of Bruno Walter.

Erlebnisse 1940-1944 1940-1944

Exile in Haarlem (Holland); deportation to Westerbork (1943) and Bergen-Belsen (1944) concentration camps; in June 1944 liberation from Bergen-Belsen through special agreement; train-ride to Palestine (summer 1944)

Miraculous Survival 1939-1982

Description of war years in France and Spain, including experiences in internment camps, life in hiding, etc.; emigration to USA.

Theresienstaedter Tagebuch (Oberstdorf July-August 1945/1960s?) 1945 (January - July)

Detailed description of life in Theresienstadt during the last months of World War II and of liberation, based on the author's diary and post-war interviews and statistical material.

Walter, Greta and Karl Loewenstein Collection. 1821-2004 Bulk: 1933-1989

This collection holds papers of members of the Loewenstein family, especially Walter and Karl Loewenstein. Among the papers here are examples of Walter Loewenstein's writing, documentation of life in Rietberg in Westphalia (Germany) during the late 1930s and early 1940s, and correspondence concerning the fate of several family members during this time. Papers relating to Karl Loewenstein focus on his wartime activities. The genealogy of the Brandenstein family is also represented here along with a few papers of other family members. The collection consists of unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, official and restitution documentation, notebooks and notes, genealogical research, and fliers.

The story of Paul Hinrichsen - Auschwitz Victim 1989

Manuscript by Henry E. Stanton: "The Story of Paul Hinrichsen - Auschwitz Victim". Life of the author's uncle, his childhood, education and agricultural studies, his Jewish identification and the impact of anti-Semitism and Nazi persecution on his life.

Report 1942 to 1945.

Memoir describes the personal experience of Coen Rood during the Holocaust from 1942 to 1945. The report was written from 1945 to 1949 for the War Documentation Center in Amsterdam.