Ernest W. Michel Papers, 1698, 1938-1996 (bulk 1946-1987)

This collection contains the papers of Ernest W. Michel, Holocaust Survivor Journalist and public speaker,including clippings of newspaper articles written by and about Michel, correspondence between Michel and many important Jewish and political figures and autograph files, which Michel collected. Many of these files concern Michel’s Holocaust experiences, speaking engagements, the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, and Michel’s work with the United Jewish Appeal.

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

Officer guards and inmates, including Norbert Pollock, of the Boergermoor Labor Camp; Germany.

Viehhandler (cattle dealer) Norbert Pollock of Ruethen, Westpflahlen (standing center in dark pants, white t-shirt and cap)

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

Haifa - Labor Sanatorium

Digital image

Incredible but true 1921-2005

The memoir was subtitled "A Collection of recollections", and is a collection of various, all but two previously published, essays and articles which cover different aspects of Mr. Brown's life. They are organized in 4 main chapters, "From cradle to crash" (1921-1938), "Exile and Exhaustion" (1938-47), "Life and Liberty" (1947-87), and "Retired and Retried" (1987-2005). As Mr. Brown states, his stories are "true in essence but not in form".

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.