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Jewish Brigade Group Palestine Patch

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Blue patch with "Palestine" stitched into it in white.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: After Churchill agreed to allow the formation of an all-Jewish fighting force to do battle with the Nazis, a Jewish Brigade Group was formed and allowed to fight under a Zionist flag. More than 5000 Jewish volunteers from the Yishuv in Palestine were organized into three infantry battalions with supporting units. Under the leadership of Ernest Benjamin, the Jewish Brigade was sent to Italy and took a combat role at Alfonsine, and then against the German 4th Parachute Division at the Senio River. Subsequently they …

Jewish Brigade Group Patch

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Brown patch with stitched writing in Hebrew and English reading, "Jewish Brigade Group.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: After Churchill agreed to allow the formation of an all-Jewish fighting force to do battle with the Nazis, a Jewish Brigade Group was formed and allowed to fight under a Zionist flag. More than 5000 Jewish volunteers from the Yishuv in Palestine were organized into three infantry battalions with supporting units. Under the leadership of Ernest Benjamin, the Jewish Brigade was sent to Italy and took a combat role at Alfonsine, and then against the German 4th Parachute Division at the …

"Arbeitsbuch" (Labor Registration Document) For Herman Rosenbaum

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Brown booklet with eagle on the cover titled, "Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch. Interior includes grids and written or stamped information.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The Arbeitsbuch -- a result of the Labor Law of 1935 -- required labor registration and use of appropriate documentation. It documented the work history of each German citizen. This is an early style document which comes with a Weimar eagle and small swastikas on the four corners. This document was issued to Herman Rosenbaum, a Jew.

Resident Registration Form For Jews

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Form with black printed text and information filled in with black ink. Titled, "Anmeldung zur polizeilichen Einwohnererfassung." Includes a red "Jude" stamp at top with two Stars of David. Back consists of printed text.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: An Anmeldung was a resident registration form. This document was used to register Jews and their possessions in occupied Poland. Handstamped "Jude" by Nazi police and flanked by two Mogen Davids. A bilingual form was created enabling Nazis to register Jews and their belongings. Questions six and seven related to religion and ethnicity; question eleven asked for details of any …

"Ahnenpass" (Proof Of Aryan Identity)

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Brown booklet titled, "Ahnenpaß." Includes Nazi seal on cover. Interior consists of printed text and registers filled in with handwriting.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The Ahnenpass was published by the Zetnral Verlag of the NSDAP, the Nazi Party publishing house. Its purpose was to prove and record an individual's aryan descent. All ancestors could be documented. Entries were checked by the church or municipal registrar's office. The Ahnenpass was mandatory for Nazi Party members, Wehrmacht officers, and of course, SS.

Army Signal Corps Photos Of Nazi Atrocities

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Black and white photographs:

a: of naked bodies lying on the ground with other clothed bodies

b: two bodies on the ground with the forearm of a third body in the foregound

c:men in a barracks bunks with one man standing

d:decomposed body lying in thorns or barbed wire

e: two men standing over decomposed corpses with buildlings in the background

f: pile of many bodies

g: men under a blanket

h: pile of about ten bodies

i: crematorium ovens

j: large pile of bodies with a roof in the background

k: tan envelope with "10 GENUINE PHOTOGRAPHS, NAZI ATROCITIES" …

Gestapo Report On Confiscation Of Counterfeit Money From Adolf Abraham

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Half sheet with German text printed and handwritten. Titled, "Einlieferungsanzeige Beschlangnahmeanzeige."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A confiscation report by the Gestapo. They confiscated ninety-one faked money bills from a Jew, Adolf Abraham. The document is stamped by SS and Litzmannstadt Ghetto administration. Mr. Abraham died at Litzmannstadt on May 11, 1942.

Oswald Mosley British Fascist Flier

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Leaflet with English text titled, "Up Britain Stop War!"

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A single-sided leaflet from 1939-1940 opposing British involvement in foreign wars. It was produced by Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists.

Russian Anti-Nazi Propaganda Flier

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: An illustration of a skeleton in a Nazi uniform pointing to a wall of death certificates titled, "Hier ist der Platz für Dich! Du wirst der Nächste sein!"Back: Text in German titled, "Deutscher Soldat!"

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A piece of Russian anti-Nazi propaganda. A skeleton in an SS uniform shows the police on the mortuary wall -- here's your place! you're next! A piece of Soviet produced anti-German/anti-Nazi propaganda leaflet to be dropped or shot over the lines to demoralize the German troops. The back contains a pass in German and Russian guaranteeing the bearer to …

Nazi Propaganda Flier Meant For Russians

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Illustration of men sitting on bags of money with a soldier between them with Russian text on back.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A German propaganda flier directed towards Russians, essentially stating that Russians are dying while "kikes" make money.

Funeral Card For Jacobus Johannes Nause

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: A black and white photograph of a man in priestly garb.Back: Printed text with title, "Jacobus Johannes Naus."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: One of a group of funeral cards for Catholic individuals who perished at various concentration camps, including Bergen-Belsen, Stettin, Mauthausen, Neuengamme and Buchenwald (2012.1.47, 2012.1.48, 2012.1.49, 2012.1.50, 2012.1.51, 2012.1.52, 2012.1.53).

Life Insurance Document For Margot Loewenstein

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Typewritten document in black and blue with a large red Star of David stamp with the word "Jude."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A very disturbing set of three typed documents (2012.1.44, 2012.1.45, 2012.1.46) from Berlin. Each is ominously stamped "Jude" in a large red Star of David, concerning the life insurance policy of one Margot Lowenstein of Hamburg, who fled Nazi Germany in August 1939 for England. Under German law, Jews who left the country or were forcibly deported were forced to forfeit any benefits or monies due on existing life insurance policies. The document, loosely translated in …

Work-Related Contract Relating To Gertrude Katzenstein Prior To Emigrating From Germany

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Two page document titled, "Lehr=Dertrag" with printed and typewritten information.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Contract with responsibilities for an apprentice tailor for the Robert Neben Company in Bremen, Germany signed by Gertrude Katzenstein and her father Leopold in 1937.

[Items relating to Gertrude Katzenstein: 2012.1.38ab, 2012.1.39, 2012.1.40, 2012.1.94, 2012.1.95ab, 2012.1.566]

Censored Letter From Drancy Internment Camp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Envelope with title, "Kriegsgafanyenpost" with address and message written in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Frontstalag (Frontstammlager) 111 Drancy censored lettersheet sent by Jewish POW Solomon Narinsky to his wife Sonia, in Frontstalag 142, Besancon. Initially a POW camp holding North African colonial POWs, Frontstalag 111 also held 79 British prisoners and foreign laborers who were in France. Solomon Narinsky was a renowned photographer who had at this time a photography studio in Paris. His wife Sonia was also a photographer swept up in the dragnet after the German invasion of France in May 1940. Frontstalag 142 was …

Mass Produced Postcard To Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Bonn, Federal Republic Of Germany, From The Wiesenthal Center For Holocaust Studies, Yeshiva University, Los Angeles, California

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: Black and white photograph of a man in a Nazi uniform with his foot on a dead body, and two hanging bodies next to him. Titled, "This Murderer Has Not Been Found!"Back: Printed postcard lines and information about German laws.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard from the Wiesenthal Center. Simon Wiesenthal was a Holocaust survivor and writer, who after the war devoted his life to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice.

Pre-War Jewish Market In Kowel

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Black and white photograph of a street with people and buildlings, titled, "Kowel, Judenmarkt.

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Blue stamp of soldiers saluting and carrying flags.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A stamp from the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (Légion des Volontaires Français contre le Bolchévisme). The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism was a collaborationist French militia founded July 8, 1941. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German uniforms and never went beyond individual and informal words of support to some specific officers. The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism volunteered to fight against the USSR on the Eastern Front. It was officially known to the Germans …

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Red stamp of soldiers on horses.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A stamp from the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (Légion des Volontaires Français contre le Bolchévisme). The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism was a collaborationist French militia founded July 8, 1941. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German uniforms and never went beyond individual and informal words of support to some specific officers. The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism volunteered to fight against the USSR on the Eastern Front. It was officially known to the Germans as Infantry …

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Green stamp depicting two soldiers firing a cannon.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A stamp from the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (Légion des Volontaires Français Contre le Bolchévisme). The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism was a collaborationist French militia founded July 8, 1941. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German uniforms and never went beyond individual and informal words of support to some specific officers. The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism volunteered to fight against the USSR on the Eastern Front. It was officially known to the Germans …

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Black stamp of a soldier and a tank.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A stamp commemorating the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (Légion des Volontaires Français Contre le Bolchévisme). The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism was a collaborationist French militia founded July 8, 1941. It was officially known to the Germans as Infantry Regiment (Infanteriereregiment) 638. It had no formal link with the Vichy regime, even though it was recognized as an "association of public usefulness" by Pierre Laval's government in February 1943. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German …

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Purple stamp of a soldier looking through binoculars.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A stamp commemorating the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (Légion des Volontaires Français Contre le Bolchévisme). The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism was a collaborationist French militia founded July 8, 1941. It was officially known to the Germans as Infantry Regiment (Infanteriereregiment) 638. It had no formal link with the Vichy regime, even though it was recognized as an "association of public usefulness" by Pierre Laval's government in February 1943. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German …

Excerpt From Exodus By Author Leon Uris

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Excerpt from novel with signature.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Signed page of Leon Uris’ historical novel about the birth of Israel, turned into 1960 film with Paul Newman.

Ausweis Issued To Elfriede Förster, Flossenberg Concentration Camp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Green card titled, "Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg Ausweis." Includes writing on front and back.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Ausweis (Identification card) Nr. 289 was issued to Elfriede Förster, a guard at the Flossenburg concentration camp, born May 18, 1919. The text below the date of birth says that she is allowed to carry weapons while on duty in the camp and that all other government authorities are supposed to help her. The document is signed by the commander of Flossenbürg, an SS Obersturmführer. The ID photo has been removed, in all probability by Elfriede herself or her family: it would …

Kenyon Collegian - March 3, 2016

The Kenyon Collegian

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Interview With Dewey Day, Dewey Day

Interviews

Dewey Day discusses becoming a Mormon and the founding of a Church of Jesus Christ of the Later-Day Saints in Knox County as well as the discrimination they face.

Interview With Robert Bennett

Interviews

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Kenyon Collegian - February 25, 2016

The Kenyon Collegian

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Signed Photograph Of Nicholas Winton, Savior Of 669 Jewish Children In The Czechoslovakian Kindertransport, Holding A Child

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Matted black and white photograph of Nicky Winton holding a child with his signature beneath.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Nicholas Winton had personally saved 669 Czechoslovakian children from the Nazi scourge by finding homes for them in England. Many of their parents were to be murdered at Auschwitz. For his extraordinary work on the Czechoslovakian Kindertransport he received numerous honors, including a knighthood.

Hungarian Propaganda Poster For The Arrow Cross Party

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Poster in Hungarian titled, "Honvédek!"

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Banner exhorting people to vote for Ferenc Szalasi, the leader of the Arrow Cross (Nylas in Hungarian). The Arrow Cross was the Hungarian fascist party and movement established by Ferenc Szalasi. Like the Nazis, they were strongly nationalistic and militantly opposed to Communism and Jews. Also like the Nazis, they were advocates of agriculture. Szalasi led the Hungarian government after Miklos Horthy was dismissed by the Nazis. The so-called "Government of National Unity" terrorized Hungarian Jews and murdered approximately 10,000 to 15,000 people and deported 80,000 to Auschwitz in …

Kenyon Collegian - February 18, 2016

The Kenyon Collegian

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