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  1. Francis Akos papers

    Consist of materials relating to the Holocaust experience of Ferenc Akos Weinberg (later Francis Akos) as well as his experiences as a displaced person after World War II. The papers include a diary recounting his experiences at the Neuengamme concentration camp and the sinking of the Cap Arcona ship, which was a vessel used to evacuate refugees from West Prussia. Includes four photographs depicting a ceremony to memorialize the passengers who died when the Cap Arcona sank after a mistaken British attack. Also includes post-war passes and permissions identifying Akos as a former prisoner.

  2. Schulmuseum Dresden papers

    The papers consist of two family trees ("Ahnentafel"), two identification cards, one photograph of a young boy, and three sets of reproductions of cover pages and title pages for biology textbooks.

  3. Shlomo Flam papers

    The papers consist of identification cards issued in Romania and Palestine to Shlomo Flam in 1945 and 1947, as well as photograph of four members of the Gordonia Zionist youth movement pose in the Marysin quarter of the Łódź ghetto.

  4. David Miller notebook

    The notebook was kept by David Miller while serving in the United States Army and contains the names of Jews he encountered shortly after the liberation of Dachau, along with the names of their family members residing in the United States. David attempted to contact the families on behalf of the individuals once he returned to the United States.

  5. Henny Haas papers

    The Henny Haas papers consist of a passport and travel pass for stateless persons issued in Italy to Henny Haas and her parents, Oscar and Mania Notowicz; a permit to stay in Italy issued to Oscar Notowicz; an exiles identification card issued to Oscar Notowicz by the Allied Military Govt.; and a permanent identification card issued by the U.S. War Relocation Authority to Oscar Notowicz as a resident of Fort Ontario.

  6. Stanley E. Smith photograph collection

    The Samuel A. Smith photograph collection consists of ten photographs taken by Stanley E. Smith, M.D., a medical officer in the United States Army, following the liberation of the Ebensee concentration camp, June 1945. The photographs show Ebensee concentration camp inmates before and after the delousing process.

  7. Klaus Frank papers

    The Klaus Frank papers consists of a passport belonging to Klaus Frank for his immigration to Israel; a death certificate for Nanette August, the maternal grandmother of Klaus Frank; a banknote from Theresienstadt; a German banknote; a photograph of Klaus Frank after his release from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp; a photograph of Klaus Frank with his cousin, Larry; a sketchbook of Klaus Frank’s drawings of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and Copenhagen, Denmark; and seventy-three original cartoons created by Klaus Frank while he served as a staff artist at the newspaper, La Naci...

  8. Max Haber photograph

    The photograph of Max Haber was taken when his exit documents were stolen in Kirov, Russia, as he was traveling to Western Europe.

  9. Werner Goldsmith papers

    The collection contains photographs and documents. The first photograph was taken in Berlin, Germany, and depicts Werner Goldsmith at age 10. A few months after this photograph was taken, Werner Goldsmith departed for France with a group of Jewish children. Other papers contain copies of six black and white photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s and 12 original photographs taken in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as an affidavit from the Consulate of the United States at Marseille, France, and a telegram dated May 25, 1946, to Werner Goldsmith from his mother. The photographs depict Erfurt, ...

  10. Rachel Miller photograph collection

    The collection consists of three group portraits of Rachel Miller and other children at the orphanage at Chateau Le Mans.

  11. Henry K. Shor photograph collection

    Consists of 12 photographs of Dachau concentration camp after liberation.

  12. Miriam Harel collection

    The collection consists of a New Year card from Cyprus, made by Shlomo, and sent to Miriam Harel and her husband, as well as a photograph of the burial for a woman named Sara who died in Cyprus at the age of 22.

  13. Wallace Witkowski photograph collection

    The three photographs in the collection are studio portraits of Wallace Witkowski in 1945, Wallace Witkowski and his sister in 1946, and Wallace Witkowski's mother in 1943.

  14. Jack Belcher photograph collection

    The collection consists of five photographs depicting the liberation of a concentration camp at Nordheim, Germany.

  15. Semyon Menyuk papers

    Contains a memoir entitled, "Holocaust Experiences," in English and Russian, papers stating that Semyon Menyuk was a member of partisan movements in the Ukraine, awards for outstanding military service, photographs of families, and photographs of an excavation site where 7,000 people were found.

  16. Photograph of mourners at a gravesite

    The image depicts the unveiling of the gravestone of Etla Suchomicka at the Gesia Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, in 1940. Included in the picture are Etla Suchomicka's husband, her daughter, her son, and the Rabbi. All of the people in the photograph are wearing yellow badges.

  17. Photograph of refugees in Sweden, ca. 1945

    The photograph depicts Ilse Schindler (wearing a checkered kerchief) and others anxiously awaiting their first meal minutes after their arrival in Malmö, Sweden, where they were brought after liberation on May 2, 1945, from Flensburg, Germany, (Flensborg, Denmark), as part of the Count Folke Bernadotte action.

  18. Albert Martin photograph collection

    The collection consists of six propaganda photographs documenting Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany. Captions are printed on the verso in German.

  19. Eva Edmands papers

    The papers consist of one photograph of Eva Edmands at age eight and one identification card issued to Gabrielle Rapaport (donor's mother) in France on September 2, 1946, with a visa to enter the United States.

  20. Frederic Bernard photograph collection

    The collection consists of 12 copy portrait photographs of Frederic Bernard and his relatives.