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Hugo Schiller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-006
Abstract

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoirs, and other papers of Hugo Schiller. Materials relate to Schiller's rescue from the Gurs concentration camp in France by Alice Resch Synnestvedt, a Quaker volunteer from Norway; his time at Aspet, the Quaker children's home; and his eventual escape from France to the United States. Correspondence includes letters from his parents and aunt while he was at Aspet, discussing their life in Gurs and advice for Schiller after his rescue.

Dates: 1942-2001

Vera Nathans Semel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-016
Abstract Photographs, birth certificates, marriage certificates, identity cards, passports, and other papers of Vera Nathans Semel, a Dutch Jew who survived World War II in hiding. Most papers, including birth and marriage certificates, relate to Nathans's maternal family, the Paerls. Pre-war photographs show Nathans's maternal grandparents and uncle in Amsterdam; post-war photographs show her, her parents, husband, and children in Beverwijk and Bussum, both in the Netherlands, and in Scarsdale, New...
Dates: 1830-1996

Helen Schneider Silver papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1091
Abstract The collection consists mainly of articles and research files written and compiled by Helen Schneider Silver (1922-2003), a freelance journalist born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Topics include the Arab-Israeli conflict, Jewish historical sites, Jewish women, and Jewish populations around the world. In addition are manuscripts of Silver's short stories and children's books and materials relating to Silver's family history and her involvement in organizations such as Hadassah, the Jewish...
Dates: 1900-2006; Majority of material found within 1971-1990

Vernon Tott papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-039
Abstract

The collection consists of photocopies of correspondence, clippings, and a memoir about Ahlem concentration camp written by Vernon Tott, an American soldier with the 84th Infantry Division who participated in the liberation of the camp. The memoir contains photographs, correspondence, maps, recollections of both Tott and Benjamin Sieradzki, a survivor of Ahlem, and other materials relating to the camp and its survivors.

Dates: 1997-1998

Victory Hostess Organization minutes and annual report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-100
Abstract

Monthly steering committee minutes and annual report of the Victory Hostess Organization established in Charleston, South Carolina, by Nat Shulman of the National Jewish Welfare Board. Minutes and annual report were recorded by Lenora Stine, Secretary and Chairwoman of the Jewish Welfare Board Entertainment Committee. The Victory Hostess Organization (VHO) was established to host dances and entertainment for Jewish GIs in eastern South Carolina during World War II.

Dates: 1943-1944

Winstock, Rosenberg, and Visanska family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1122
Abstract Photographs, certificates, genealogical research, and clippings of the Winstock, Rosenberg, and Visanska families. The majority of the collection consists of photographs of the Winstock, Rosenberg, and Visanska families, their homes and businesses. Materials relate primarily to Moses Winstock, a merchant and plantation owner, and to Abraham Rosenberg and his son, Ernest Rosenberg, who were both merchants. Also included are clippings, correspondence, and genealogical research materials...
Dates: 1881-2009; Majority of material found within 1885-1950

John A. Zeigler, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0125
Abstract The papers contain writings, biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the life of John Asbury Zeigler, Jr., poet, music philanthropist, and co-owner of the Book Basement bookstore in Charleston, S.C. Materials relate to Zeigler’s education at the Citadel, and his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II in Yakutat, Alaska. The papers also cover Zeigler’s relationship with Edwin Peacock, their friendship with lithographer Prentiss Taylor and his partner Roderick...
Dates: 1755-2015

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correspondence 23
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 16
photocopies 16
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities 15
clippings (information artifacts) 15
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black-and-white photographs 10
memoirs 9
black-and-white negatives 8
digital images 8
DVDs 6
color photographs 6
photographs 6
black-and-white slides 5
certificates 5
Holocaust survivors 4
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish 4
letters (correspondence) 4
Charleston (S.C.) 3
England 3
Holocaust survivors -- Germany 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 3
diplomas 3
military records 3
photograph albums 3
videocassettes 3
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 2
Holocaust survivors -- Poland 2
Jewish soldiers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Photographs 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 2
articles 2
compact discs 2
facsimiles (reproductions) 2
identity cards 2
magazines (periodicals) 2
manuscripts (documents) 2
manuscripts for publication 2
newsletters 2
orders (military records) 2
personal correspondence 2
photo CDs 2
research notes 2
school yearbooks 2
scrapbooks 2
typescripts 2
Abbeville (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
Ahlem (Germany) 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1
Arab-Israeli conflict 1
Aspet (France) 1
Associations, institutions, etc. -- South Carolina 1
Atlanta (Ga.) 1
B-17 bomber 1
Berlin (Germany) 1
Beverwijk (Netherlands) 1
Black-and-white photography 1
Bomber pilots -- United States 1
Bookstores -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Bussum (Netherlands) 1
Canada 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
Civil rights 1
Cold War 1
Columbia (S.C.) 1
Concentration camps 1
Conservative Judaism -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal) 1
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography 1
Fort Bliss (Tex.) 1
France 1
Gay artists -- United States 1
Gay couples -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Gay men's writings, American 1
Gay men, White -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Gays -- Social life and customs 1
Gays in the civil service -- United States 1
Genealogy 1
Germans -- Canada -- Evacuation and relocation, 1939-1943 1
Germans -- Great Britain -- Evacuation and relocation, 1940-1945 1
Germany 1
Greenville (S.C.) 1
Greenwood (S.C.) -- Genealogy 1
Gunskirchen (Austria) 1
Gurs (France) 1
Heritage tourism 1
Hidden children (Holocaust) 1
Hidden children (Holocaust) -- France 1
Hidden children (Holocaust) -- Netherlands 1
Holocaust survivors -- Netherlands 1
Holocaust survivors -- Romania 1
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Personal narratives 1
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Jewish children in the Holocaust -- France 1
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 3
Charleston Naval Shipyard 2
Abell family 1
Ahlem (Concentration camp) 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
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Angress, Werner T. 1
Bauer, Felix, 1914-2006 1
Bauer, Martha Mondschein, 1915-2011 1
Baum, Minnie Tewel, 1898-1985 1
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) 1
Bloom (Family : Greenville, S.C.) 1
Bloom family 1
Bloom, Jack L., 1920-2010 1
Bloom, Jennie Chernoff 1
Bloom, Julius H., 1893-1973 1
Bloom, Lillian, 1921-2010 1
Book Basement (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Boroughs, Zig 1
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 1
Buckley, Edward D. 1
Burges, George Detwiler, 1917-1944 1
Burges, Julius 1
Burns, Mark W. 1
Chernoff family 1
Chernoff, Miriam 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Clemson University 1
College of Charleston 1
Daurer, Joe, 1909-1998 1
Dorsey, Mickey, 1925- 1
Edward's, Inc. (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Elfe family 1
Engel, Joe, 1927- 1
Fallon family 1
Freilich, Anita Abeles, 1930- 1
Freilich, Max, 1924- 1
Garfinkel family 1
Garfinkle, M. Jerry 1
Garfinkle, Nathan, 1921-2015 1
Greene, Regina Kawer, 1920-1990 1
Greene, Samuel, 1914-2013 1
Greenhill, Marsha Silver 1
Gross-Brein, Evelyn Rosenberg 1
Gunskirchen (Concentration camp) 1
Gurs (Concentration camp) 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 1
Hamer, Fritz P. 1
Hellman, Ann Meddin 1
Hellman, Irene 1
Herz, Rudolf, 1925-2011 1
Hox, Sharon 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Jakobs, Edith 1
Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Kronsberg family 1
Kronsberg, Edward, 1903-1985 1
Kronsberg, Macey, 1911-2001 1
Kronsberg, Milton, 1909-1997 1
Landsmann, Malie 1
Lawson General Hospital 1
Layden, Lawrence, 1916-2011 1
Levin, Rose Kronsberg 1
Lipton, Helen Stern, 1899-1987 1
Lipton, Joseph J., 1923- 1
Maybank, Burnet R. (Burnet Rhett), 1899-1954 1
McDonald, Ruth Ann, 1919-2013 1
Mehrtens, W. Rieppe 1
National Jewish Welfare Board 1
Paerl family 1
Parker, Frost 1
Peacock, Edwin, 1910-1989 1
Potter, Mary Jo 1
Potter, William Zeigler 1
Quiroz, Roderick S. 1
Rosenberg family 1
Rosenberg, Abraham, 1859-1920 1
Rosenberg, Ernest, 1892-1978 1
Rosenblum, Mickey Kronsberg 1
Rosenthal, Albert 1
Russell, Ina 1
Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project 1
Schiller, Hugo, 1931- 1
Semel, Vera Nathans, 1943- 1
Shatenstein family 1
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 1
Sieradzki, Benjamin, 1927-2011 1
Silver, Helen, 1922-2003 1
Silver, Sidney, 1919-2013 1
Simpkins, Lyle, 1917-1944 1
Southern Jewish Historical Society (U.S.) 1
Stern, Abraham, 1929- 1
Stine, Lenora 1
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Synnestvedt, Alice Resch, 1908- 1
Syré-Herz, Ursula 1
Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991 1
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) 1
Tott, Vernon W. 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
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