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  1. Miriam Sommerburg collection

    The collection consist of 4 wood-engravings and one linocut created by Miriam Sommerburg in 1944 in the Fort Ontario Emergency Relief Shelter in Oswego, NY.

  2. Jewish experience in Eastern Europe and Palestine documents and ephemera collection

    The collection consists of posters, documents, and photographs relating to the Jewish experience in prewar Europe and in Palestine before, during, and after World War II.

  3. Herbert Hugo Langshur family collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Erna and Sigmund Langschur and their son Herbert Hugo Langschur in prewar Czechoslovakia and of Herbert's experiences during the war in the United Kingdom.

  4. Bernice Krinsky collection

    The collection consists of a Wehrmacht helmet and a cane used by a member of the German army.

  5. Video productions of the United States Army Days of Remembrance collection

    Days of Remembrance ceremonies at US military bases and television programs on Jewish war veterans.

  6. Lazlo and Eugenia Szamosi collection

    The collection consists of a typewriter and two copy prints.

  7. John and Dorothy Goldmeier collection

    The collection consists of a World War I medal, documents, and photograph albums relating to the experiences of Hans Goldmeier (later John), his wife, Dorothy Fried Goldmeier, and their extended families in Germany and England before, during, and after World War II.

  8. Muzeum Wojska Polskiego collection

    The collection consists of artillery shells, a rifle, and a pistol relating to military activities in the Kampinos Forest and the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust.

  9. Rabbi Aaron Landes collection

    The collection consists of two Waffen SS fez found at Dachau concentration camp following its liberation by United States troops.

  11. Charnitzki family collection

    The collection consists of a briefcase, purse, an autograph album, correspondence, a digital file, documents, photographs, and a prayer book related to the experiences of the Charnitzki family in prewar Königsberg, Germany, in Shanghai during the Holocaust, and in the United States after the war.

  12. Gábor Izsák collection

    The collection consists of a Hungarian Socialist propaganda leaflets and 3 Hungarian Socialist propaganda stickers.

  13. André Scheinmann collection

    Consists of materials related to the Holocaust experiences of André Scheinmann. Born Joseph Scheinmann in 1915, André hid his Jewish identity and worked in the French Resistance and for Great Britain as a spy in France. He was arrested as a Nacht und Nebel political prisoner and was interned at the Natzweiler-Strutthof concentration camp as a kapo, and later in the Dachau concentration camp. Includes "Call Me André," a narrative written by Diana Mara Henry with the assistance of Scheinmann, several articles she wrote about his experiences, and oral history interviews with Scheinmann.

  14. Inge Auerbacher collection

    The collection consists of a doll and doll clothing relating to the experiences of Inge Auerbacher during and after the Holocaust when she and her parents were deported from Germany and imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia.

  16. Leah Rosenfield collection

    The collection conisists of scrip from the Łódź ghetto.

  17. Leo Weissman collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform jacket issued to Leo Weissman at Auschwitz concentration camp and two Nazi medals.

  18. Carlos Stern family collection

    The collection consists of an Iron Cross medal, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Stern family in Germany, Italy, Spain, and South Africa.

  19. Romanian Roma collection

    The collection consists of items used by Romanian Roma.

  20. Marek Watnicki collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap, jacket, and pants, and Łódź ghetto coin relating to the experiences of Mieczyslaw (Marek) Watnicki during the Holocaust when he was in Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland.