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Research, drafts, and manuscript materials for the book, "A Field of Buttercups," which novelizes the history of Janusz Korczak and his Jewish orphanage in Warsaw, Poland, during World War II. Includes maps, transcripts of a diary, scripts and screenplays, a book on Korczak, reviews of "Field of Buttercups," transcribed clippings, and interview notes, dated 1939-1980.

Abstract This collection contains the catalogue and index of the Exhibition of the Rabbi Baruch Korff Archives at Brown University, 1985-1986; the full inventory of the papers; and a microfilm of the exhibition of the papers.The materials in the exhibit included materials that focused on the three aspects of Korff's life that are most documented: the rescue of European Jews during the Holocaust, the founding of the State of Israel, and the defense of President Nixon during the Watergate era (found in...

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Two CDs entitled "Sidor Belarski Sings Songs of the Holocaust" and "Sidor Belarski 24 Yiddish Songs".

Scope and Contents Typescript of an interview (64 pages) conducted by Albert L. Winkler and Corey Clement on November 9, 2001. Commichaux tells about his position as a company commander in the German Army with the rank of captain. He participated in numerous campaigns including the invasion of Poland in 1939. He fought on the Russian front from 1941 to 1945, was wounded twice, and was captured by the United States Army in 1945. Also included is an interview of Commichaux's wife, Erika, on the same...