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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. National World War I Museum collection

    The collection consists of hospital pajamas issued to German soldiers during World War II.

  2. Shevach Biegeleisen and Emanuel Stein family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the families of Shevach Biegeleisen and Emanuel Stein in Lwow and Krakow, Poland before and during the Holocaust and of Dr. Stein and his family during and after their emigration to the United States.

  3. Martin and Sophie Keizer Waterman family collection

    The collection consists of a flashlight, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Meijer and Sophia Frederika Keizer Waterman, their daughter, Roosje, and other family members in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the Westerbork transit camp, and the Vittel internment camp in France before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. David Heck collection

    The collection consists of propaganda materials associated with the anti-Nazi movement in Canada during World War II.

  5. Joan Kent Finkelstein family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and a photograph album relating to the experiences of Jerzy and Nadzieja Klein, their daughter, Joanna, (from 1946, George, Nadine, and Joan Kent) and their family and friends in Warsaw, Poland, before and during the Holocaust and their immigration to and postwar life in the United States.

  6. Eldon G. Nicholas collection

    The collection consists of an artifact, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Eldon G. Nicholas during his service in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. Accretion received in 2010: Copy print: black and white image of Eldon Nicholas and his assistant in front of their ambulance; Document: Citation Award for Meritorious Service Unit Plaque to the 548th Medical Ambulance Company; Letter: sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to members of the U.S. Army; Document: Welcome newsletter to American soldier arriving overseas; Map of the 36th Infantry Divisio...

  7. Lili Scharf Deutsch collection

    The collection consists of a canvas folder and correspondence relating to the experiences of Lili Scharf Deutsch and her family in prewar and wartime Hungary, and postwar, when Lili, after liberation from Bergen Belsen concentration camp emigrated to Palestine.

  8. Eugene Silver collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs associated with the history of the Nazi Party in Germany from approximately 1933-1945.

  9. Gary and Nina Wexler collection

    The collection consists of posters depicting antisemitism in France before and during World War II and posters produced in support of the German occupation of France from 1941-1944.

  10. Frank Meissner family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Franz Meissner and his family in Czechoslovakia before and during the Holocaust, and of Franz's experiences after escaping to Denmark, then Sweden, and Great Britain, where he joined the Royal Air Force, for the duration of World War II.

  11. William and Bela Citron and Miriam Citron Burhans collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of William and Bela Kasztan Citron (Cytrynblum) and their families in Poland and in various concentration and labor camps before and during the Holocaust and of William, Bela, and their daughter Gela (Miriam) in displaced persons camps in Germany and their emigration to the United States during the postwar period.

  12. Oral history interviews from town of Tulchin, Ukraine

    Consists of audio oral history interviews with transcripts in Russian conducted by St. Petersburg Judaica Project with the elderly members of the Jewish community in Tulchin, Vinnitsa Oblast, Ukraine. The interviews contain information about Jewish life (customs, local history, Holocaust, relationship within community etc.) before, during, and after WWII.

  13. Nina Kaleska collection

    The collection consists of a handmade pin and two religious medallions relating to the experiences of Nelly Kalecka (later Nina Kaleska) in Rechlin concentration camp in Germany, one of several camps where she was imprisoned during the Holocaust, and to her postwar experiences in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

  14. Manfred Lobel collection

    The collection consists of a handmade board game and two textbooks relating to the experiences of Manfred Lobel and his family during their flight from Berlin, Germany, and their life in Shanghai, China, during and after the Holocaust.

  15. Abigael de Vries family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Abigael de Vries, Ingeborg de Vries Nikkels, Simon Berklou, and friends in the Netherlands during World War II.

  16. Bertha Loret de Mola family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts associated with the 1939 voyage of the MS St Louis acquired by Bertha Loret de Mola from her parents, Luis Loret de Mola and his wife, Maria Luisa Bettencourt, in Havana, Cuba.

  17. Bernice, Morris, and Sarah Kirsch collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and a photograph relating to the experiences of Bronia and Morris Kirsch, and their daughter, Sarah, in a displaced persons camp after the Holocaust.

  18. Henry and Rose Basch collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs related to the experiences of Henry and Rose Basch as Jewish refugees in Shanghai, China, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  19. Emily Heyser collection

    The collection consists of a commemorative medal and a book relating to the history of Germany during the Third Reich, 1933-1945.

  20. Debra Hiett collection

    The collection consists of three filmstrips produced by the Reich Propaganda Office of the government of Nazi Germany during World War II.