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  1. Irving Levin photograph collection

    The collection consists of three photographs of corpses at Ohrdruf concentration camp at liberation.

  2. Photograph

    Black and white image of two young men posed next to each other. Both men are wearing dark suits, white shirts, and ties. The photograph is of Isak Weinstein and Shimon Weinstein, both of whom were killed on the front during World War II. The photograph was probably taken in Vinnitsa, Ukraine.

  3. Zygmunt Jastrzębski postcard

    Zygmunt Jastrzębski wrote the postcard in Buchenwald concentration camp addressed to his sister, Hania Jastrzębska. In the postcard he writes that he is well and asks for news.

  4. Con Sellers photograph collection

    Contains 15 photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp during and after liberation.

  5. Simon Preizler papers

    The papers consist of a citizenship certificate from the Hungarian Royal Interior Ministry and a newspaper article from "Magyar Nemzet."

  6. Rose Greenbaum papers

    The papers consist of a postcard written by William Sternberg to F. Epschtein [relative of donor's husband] in Litzmannstadt ghetto and a photograph of the townspeople of Ćmielów, Poland, in 1942.

  7. Michal Glinicki photograph collection

    The seven slides depict rabbis attending to the individual reburial of bodies found in an exhumed mass grave. The grave, located near Gibalskiego Street in Warsaw, Poland, contained approximately 300 bodies of Poles and Jews who were murdered between 1940 and 1944.

  8. Schweitzer family papers

    The papers consist of correspondence after the Holocaust between Max Schweitzer in Romania to his sister, Esther Williams, in the United States informing her of his deportation and their parents' deaths in Mohyliv-Podilśḱyi (Mogilev Podolski), Ukraine.

  9. Diamant Burzminski family papers

    The papers consist of photographs of and identification papers for the Josef Diamant Burzminski [donor] and members of the Diamant family before and during the Holocaust. The papers also include a page of 6 portraits that the donor sketched of the people with whom he was hiding.

  10. Jewish songbook

    The songbook is entitled, "Quaderno di Osser, David," and is a compilation created by David Osser (donor's father) in Italy of songs sung in displaced persons camps.

  11. Teddy Greenbaum photograph collection

    Contains two photographs depict the people's kitchen of the Jewish community in the ghetto in Ćmiełów, Poland.

  12. Steffi Steinberg Winters papers

    The Steffi Steinberg Winters papers consist of newspaper clippings related to Jewish refugees at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York; compositions written by Steffi Steinberg (later Winters) during her time at Oswego High School; and two photographs of Jewish refugees at Oswego High School. The poem included in the collection was composed by Steffi Steinberg on the occasion of the resignation of Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Director, Joseph Smart.

  13. Dachau liberation photograph

    The photograph depicts a pile of corpses at Dachau concentration camp at the time of its liberation. A caption on the back of the photograph reads: "These bodies were piled up to be cremated but were caught before they could complete the job. Besides that there were three carloads of bodies that were not unloaded when the place was overrun."

  14. Ochs family papers

    Consists of one box of documents, including a postcard written by Julius Ochs [donor's father] to Therese Ochs [donor's mother] from Dachau concentration camp. The papers also consist of two identification cards ("Kennkarte") issued to Julius Ochs and Theresa Sarah Ochs [donor's parents] by "Der Landrat" (District Magistrate) in Rastatt, Germany along with letters, memoranda, reports, etc., relating to the Holocaust experience, emigration, and restitution claims of members of the Ochs family.

  15. Norbert Troller greeting cards

    The Norbert Troller greeting cards collection consists of 10 greeting cards designed by Norbert Troller, a survivor of the Theresienstadt ghetto, and sent to Erna Korner, 1970-1971, 1973-1978, 1982.

  16. Ruth Fiszel poem

    Poem written by Ruth Fiszel, a friend of Rosa Nisenholz, while both were interned in a forced labor camp, Deutsche Wolvaren Manufaktur Greeberg. Heading of poem reads, "Der lieben kleinen Rosa zum Andenken an Ruth Fiszel." (For dear little Rosa with remembrances from Ruth Fiszel).

  17. Peter C. Hereld papers

    The papers consist of an "Arbeitsbuch" issued to Peter Herzfeld (Hereld) in Hannover, Germany, in 1936, a "Reisepass" issued to Peter Herzfeld (Hereld) in Hannover, Germany, in 1928, and a notarized photostat of a passport for Peter Hereld.

  18. Niels Bamberger papers

    The papers consist of ration cards, a passport, a newspaper clipping, correspondence, and other documents relating to Niels Bamberger's escape from Denmark to Sweden during World War II.

  19. Renée Fritz papers

    Photographs range from 1945 to 1971, depicting Renée Fritz at various locations in Belgium and France. Documents include a page of a notepad stamped with a Star of David and two letters from Dachau concentration camp.

  20. Österreich-Institut photograph collection

    The collection consists of 17 copies of photographs depicting Nazi activity in Austria, including the persecution of Jews.