Totenbuch Mauthausen (Mauthausen Deathbook)
This is a page from the Mauthausen concentration camp’s totenbuch, or death book. The book lists each prisoner’s name, national or ethnic origin,...
Transportliste
This 1942 transport list records name, first name, date of birth, city of birth, profession, marital status, age, ability to work, address, registration card, and...
Unterseeboot
During World War I, Germany used Unterseeboots, or U-boats, to sink enemy ships, including civilian merchant ships transporting supplies — and possibly weapons. The...
U.S.S. President Lincoln
Before becoming a transport ship for the Navy in April 1917, the U.S.S. President Lincoln was a German passenger ship of the Hamburg-American line. On May 31,...