Highlights of the Collection at YIVO

The One Thousand Children collection at YIVO  includes these items contributed by Iris Posner:

Historical documents related to the rescue and resettlement of OTC children (print copies)
These are copies of significant historical documents from various collections and sources covering the years 1933 through 1945.

Memoir-related materials (print)
These are mostly copies of text-based documents produced by or about OTC children and rescuers. They are currently arranged in folders in alphabetical order.

Memoir Related Images, Exhibits and Biographies (CDs)
Photos and documents relating to specific OTC children and descendants on CDs:

• Alfred Nowack – Childhood documents
• Bar Mitzvah: Eric Goldwein (grandson of OTCer Manfred Goldwein)
• Henry Schuster
• Herbert Kammer
• Images from the Bar Mitzvah of Eric Goldwein (grandson of OTCer Manfred Goldwein)
• “One in One Thousand”: The Biography of Manfred Goldwein
• Phyllis Mattson: Family photos
• Ruth Schlamme Schnitzer: Letter to her parents
• San Francisco Book Event “We Came Alone”: The Spanish OTC Children

Interviews and Testimony (video)
Videotaped interviews and events with OTC children and rescuers:

• VHS tape: Elsie Hamburger Phillips, Helga Milberg, Herbert Kammer (“The Children of LaHille”), Lisle Appel, Lotte Magnus, Relli Eisenberg Katz, Ruth Calmon Moos, Stella Bengel
• Hi8 videotape: Interviews with OTC children for the documentary “Exchanging Atrocity for America” – Peter Blau, Gunther Katz, Henry Slucki, Ralph Ramsenberg, Norbert Rosenblum, Walter Weitzman,
• CD/DVD: Ernst and Margot Freudenheim (foster parents), Relli Katz

Interviews and Presentations (audio)
Audiotaped interviews and presentations by OTC children, OTC second generation, and OTC rescuers

Al Nowack, Art Weil, Ed Mossler, Fred Manasse, Gabrielle Kaufmann Koppel (rescuer – first boat escort and “house mother” in NYC), Harry Fischbach, Howard Wriggins (rescuer – AFSC Quakers in Europe in 1940’s), Laura Gumpert (2nd Gen OTC and OTC researcher), Lisle Appel, Martha Sharp Cogan (rescuer – Unitarian Service Committee in Europe and the US), Mina (mother of OTC child) and Paul Beller, Phyllis Mattson, Richard Greenstein, Richard Weilheimer, Rudolph Lea, Ruth Moos, Siggie Bodenheimer, Thea Lindauer, Werner Michel

Interviews and Presentations of Iris Posner (multimedia)
Co-founder and president of One Thousand Children®, Inc.

• Chicago Public Radio ( 2002) (audiotape)
• Documentary “Exchanging Atrocity for America” (2003) (DVD)
• B’nai B’rith radio “Studio J” (2005) (DVD)
• International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (2006) (DVD audio)
• Virginia Public Television “Trading Your Roots ( 2007) (DVD)

Research, Papers, Studies, Presentations (print)
OTC-related scholarly works and presentations focusing on the search for the OTC children and the history of the OTC rescues and resettlement and lives the OTC children. Includes material from the immediate post WWII period to the present (including OTC-related materials created in the Harvard University “Second Wave” study of Jewish child immigrants who came to the U.S from 1934 to 1945).

Press Coverage – Historical and Contemporary (print copies)
Print copies of articles related to the OTC children and history covering a period from the 1930s to the 1940s.

Press Coverage – Contemporary (print originals)
Original articles related to the OTC children and history from 2000 to the present.

CNN OTC Story (multimedia)
Variety of materials related to the creation of an on-air story about the OTC children and history

• On-air OTC segment (VHS)
• Unedited video interviews and OTC event coverage (Beta tapes)
• Unedited VHS version of unedited interviews and OTC event coverage

Documentaries/Theater (video)
Works related to the OTC children and history:

• “2.5 Minute Ride” (selections from a play written by a 2nd Gen OTC about her OTC father) (VHS)
• “Exchanging Atrocity for America” (only documentary about the OTC history) (DVD)
• “OTC Yom Hashoah Ceremony” (first public event for OTC) (DVD)
• “The Ritchie Boys” (OTC children and others who were trained at Camp Ritchie in D.C. to conduct intelligence operations in Germany during WWII (DVD)
• “Victim and Victor” (story of OTC child Manfred Steinfeld as a child and adult) (VHS)

OTC Reunion and Conference (multimedia)
Materials related to the three-day, 50 speaker, OTC Reunion and Conference

• Videotapes (32) of the proceedings plus interviews (mini DVD)
  N.B. Video of proceedings on 7 CDs is already in the OTC Collection
• Proceeding transcript, exhibits, transcript of keynote (Dr. Judith Baumel-Schwartz) (CD)
• Transcript of and exhibits from the presentation of OTC child Dr. Erwin Tepper (CD)
• Music from the event including an original composition (CD)
• Audio of keynote address of Dr. Judith Baumel-Schwartz (CD)
• Reunion poster designs in low resolution (CD)
  N.B. Copies of the official OTC reunion poster for the event are already in the OTC Collection
• Photos of event participants
• Event folder with agenda, video log and notes on speakers

OTC Reunion and Conference Poster Designs (DVD)
All reunion poster designs in higher resolution (CDs and floppies)

OTC Yom Hashoah Ceremony (multimedia)
Material from OTC®’s first public event

• Video tapes (4) of the proceedings (Betacam)
• VHS version of Betacam tapes
• Photo albums (2) of participants
• Hand painted pictures presented to OTC by ceremony sponsors
• Flyers and pamphlets

Florida OTC Children’s Meeting (file folder)
Photos and minutes related to the first gathering of south Florida OTC children

OTC Book Event San Francisco (photos)
Materials related to book event for “Don’t Wave Goodbye” sponsored by the Bill Graham Foundation and Jewish Center of San Francisco

OTC Book Event in Connecticut (photos)
Photos from to book event for “Don’t Wave Goodbye” sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women

Exhibitions (print and DVDs)
Material from exhibitions highlighting OTC children

• New Synagogue – Berlin, Germany (2 CD’s, brochure, flyer and book)
• Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland (1 book)

OTC Images (print)
Collection of original and copies of OTC-related images

• Binder A-M (arranged by last name of person depicted or referenced in image)
• Binder N-Z (arranged by last name of person depicted or referenced in image)
• Binders (3) of images related to the rescue of children by the Brith Sholom Lodge of Philadelphia

OTC Databases (DVD)
Updated OTC® core databases

• 3 CONFIDENTIAL databases which include OTC related names and contact information
  N.B. For the eyes only of appropriate YIVO staff. Not for distribution or reproduction.
• Core finding aids and resource list
• OTC Image Library

Bibliographies (print)

• OTC Resource List for Teachers, Researchers, Students and Others
• Bibliography for OTC documentary, “Exchanging Atrocity for America”

Books
Books by and about OTC children (6)