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Finding Aid for the Richard Ehrlich Photographs of Museum, 2007

Processed by Lilace Hatayama, 2012; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Finding Aid for the Richard 1820 1 Ehrlich Photographs of the Holocaust Museum, 2007 Descriptive Summary Title: Richard Ehrlich Photographs of the Holocaust Museum Date (inclusive): 2007 Collection number: 1820 Creator: Ehrlich, Richard. Extent: 55 items Abstract: Richard Ehrlich is a California-based urological surgeon and photographer. In 2007 he toured and photographed the Holocaust archives of the International Tracing Service (ITS) based in Bad Arolsen, Germany. This collection consists of 55 color photographic prints of the archive and its contents. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Language of the Material: Materials are in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Access Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Richard Ehrlich Photographs of the Holocaust Museum (Collection 1820). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6840485 Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Ehrlich, Richard --Archives. Genres and Forms of Material photographs

Box 1, item 1 Captions 2008 March 20 Physical Description: Typescript list of captions for the photographs in the collection. General Physical Description note: Typescript list of captions for the photographs in the collection.

Box 1, item 2 Plate HA1 -- Introduction 2008 March 20 General note Exhibit title: International Tracing Service, Holocaust Archives, Bad Arolsen, Germany, Richard Ehrlich.

Box 1, Item 3 Plate HA2 -- The International Tracing Service Headquarters 2007 Physical Description: Photograph of entrance to the ITS.

Box 1, Item 4 Plate HA3 -- Wannsee Invitation Follow-Up 2007 Physical Description: Photograph of typescript letter from inviting Martin Luther to rescheduled meeting at Wannsee.

Finding Aid for the Richard 1820 2 Ehrlich Photographs of the Holocaust Museum, 2007 Container List

Box 1, Item 5 Plate HA4 -- Invitation, folder 1 of 2 2007 Physical Description: Photograph of annotated typescript letter from Reinhard Heydrich inviting Martin Luther to Wannsee to discuss the "solution to the Jewish question in Europe." Shown besides a typescript English translation of the letter.

Box 1, Item 6 Plate HA5 -- Wannsee Conference Invitation, folder 2 of 2 2007 Physical Description: Photograph of typescript letter from Reinhard Heydrich inviting Martin Luther to Wannsee to discuss the "solution to the Jewish question in Europe." Shown besides a typescript English translation of the letter.

Box 1, Item 7 Plate HA6 -- Map of Concentration Camps evacuation routes 2007 Box 1, Item 8 Plate HA7 -- Central Name Index, folder 1 of 2 2007 Box 1, Item 9 Plate HA8 -- Central Name Index, folder 2 of 2 2007 Box 1, Item 10 Plate HA9 -- Original documents of prisoners, folder 1 of 3 2007 Box 1, Item 11 Plate HA10 --Original documents of prisoners, folder 2 of 3 2007 Box 1, Item 12 Plate HA11 -- The Processing Unit, folder 1 of 3 2007 Physical Description: Photograph of ITS's backlog of inquiries.

Box 1, Item 13 Plate HA12 -- Incarceration Camp Documents Unit 2007 Physical Description: Photograph of shelving units containing camp documents.

Box 1, Item 14 Plate HA13 -- The Processing Unit, folder 2 of 3 2007 Physical Description: Photograph of ITS's backlog of inquiries.

Box 1, Item 15 Plate HA14 -- The Processing Unit, folder 3 of 3 2007 Physical Description: Photograph of ITS's backlog of inquiries.

Box 1, Item 16 Plate HA15 -- Russian Section documents in French 2007 Box 1, Item 17 Plate HA16 -- Original documents of prisoners, folder 3 of 3 2007 Box 1, Item 18 Plate HA17 -- Buchenwald documentation 2007 Box 1, Item 19 Plate HA18 -- Ravensbruck documents — A Woman’s and Children’s Camp 2007 Box 1, Item 20 Plate HA19 -- Auschwitz documents 2007 Box 1, Item 21 Plate HA20 -- Gross-Rosen documents 2007 Box 1, Item 22 Plate HA21 -- Original handwritten documents of prisoners Box 1, Item 23 Plate HA22 -- Original handwritten documents of prisoners, folder 1 of 2 Box 1, Item 24 Plate HA23 -- Original handwritten documents of prisoners, folder 2 of 2 Box 1, Item 25 Plate HA24 -- Russian Section documents Box 1, Item 26 Plate HA25 -- Gestapo Records Box 1, Item 27 Plate HA26 -- Gestapo Records, Buchenwald Box 1, Item 28 Plate HA27 -- Russian Section documents Box 1, Item 29 Plate HA28 -- Lithuanian Section documents Box 1, Item 30 Plate HA29 -- Records of Theresienstadt Box 1, Item 31 Plate HA30 -- Dachau Entry Books Box 1, Item 32 Plate HA31 -- Dachau Records Box 1, Item 33 Plate HA32 -- Photos and Personal Possessions, folder 1 of 2 Box 1, Item 34 Plate HA33 -- Photos and Personal Possessions, folder 2 of 2 Box 1, Item 35 Plate HA34 -- The Children Tracing Archive Unit Physical Description: Photograph of storage boxes with files pertaining to 250,000 children below age 18, who were separated from their parents during World War II.

Box 1, Item 36 Plate HA35 -- Gestapo Transit Order Box 1, Item 37 Plate HA36 -- Buchenwald Death Book Box 1, Item 38 Plate HA37 -- Louse Control Physical Description: Photograph of handwritten record.

Finding Aid for the Richard 1820 3 Ehrlich Photographs of the Holocaust Museum, 2007 Container List

Box 1, Item 39 Plate HA38 -- Records of lice removed from prisoners to control typhus Box 1, Item 40 Plate HA39 -- Mauthausen Scope and Contents Note These pages list the deaths of 48 prisoners. They were shot one by one, every two minutes, from 11:20 AM to 12:55 PM on April 20, 1942, on the personal order of , in celebration of Hitler’s fifty-third birthday.

Box 1, Item 41 Plate HA40 -- Schindler’s List, folder 1 of 4 Box 1, Item 42 Plate HA41 -- Schindler’s List, folder 2 of 4 Box 1, Item 43 Plate HA42 -- Schindler’s List, folder 3 of 4 Box 1, Item 44 Plate HA43 -- Schindler’s List, folder 4 of 4 Box 1, Item 45 Plate HA44 -- Westerbork Transit Camp- Anne Frank Document Scope and Content Note This photo shows a section of a transport document prepared at the Westerbork transit camp in northeastern Netherlands. The name Annelies M. Frank, from Merwedeplein 37, Amsterdam, appears toward the middle of the list.

Box 1, Item 46 Plate HA45 -- Anne Frank Note This card documents the deportation and death of Anne Frank. It is a copy of the original, held by the Dutch Red Cross, and is part of the ITS Holland Wartime Index of 150,000 names.

Box 1, Item 47 Plate HA46 -- Buchenwald Prisoner Logs Box 1, Item 48 Plate HA47 -- Postwar displaced persons Physical Description: Photograph of shelving units with files.

Box 1, Item 49 Plate HA48 -- Dachau Intake Chart Box 1, Item 50 Plate HA49 -- Map of Poland documenting Nazi crimes Box 1, Item 51 Plate HA50 -- Occupation Zones Physical Description: Photograph of original map, probably used by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) or other predecessor organizations to ITS, illustrates the division of Germany into four occupation zones following World War II.

Box 1, Item 52 Plate HA51 -- Bavarian map documenting deaths—Dachau and environs Physical Description: Photograph of map indicating mass and single graves of unknown concentration camp prisoners who died in Bavaria.

Box 1, Item 53 Plate HA52 -- The German Reich Under Hitler Physical Description: Photograph of map displayed in the main building of ITS.

Box 1, Item 54 Plate HA53 -- Reinhard Heydrich Physical Description: Photograph of book pictured displayed at the exhibit in Wannsee.

Box 1, Item 55 Plate HA54 -- The Yellow Badge Note Cloth yellow Star of David photographed at the Anne Frank Zentrum, .

Finding Aid for the Richard 1820 4 Ehrlich Photographs of the Holocaust Museum, 2007