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  1. Edward Franey Jr. family collection

    The collection consists of photographic postcard prints that depict Nordhausen concentration camp at liberation and an oral testimony from Edward Franey Jr. who served in the 104th Signal Company, 104th Infantry Division with in during WWII.

  2. Peter Zvi Fuchs-Zinner family collection

    The collection consists of documents, postcards sent from a forced labor camp, scrip from Auschwitz concentration camp and Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, and family photographs relating to the experiences of Peter (Zvi) Zinner and his extended Zinner and Braun family members from Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina) before and during the Holocaust.

  3. George Rodger and Alina Szapocznikow collection

    The collection consists of photos taken by George Rodger of Bergen-Belsen at liberation as well as a silver cigarette case created in Bergen-Belsen given to fellow internee Alina Szapocznikow (1942-1943). Both were received by the donor.

  4. Oberlender family collection

    The collection consists of documents and DP era scrip pertaining to the experiences of Martin and Betty Oberlender, both Survivors of the Holocaust.

  5. Berger family collection

    The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Barbara Libarkin with her husband's mother and the extended Berger family, as well as their biographical documents and a family photograph.

  6. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    The collection consists of two memoirs and cutlery relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.

  7. Jewish community in Częstochowa and German propaganda collection

    The collection consists of photographs and postcards documenting the life of the Jewish community in Czestochowa between 1946-1949, and a propaganda poster propagating a thesis about the military threat faced by a disarmed Germany published in 1934.

  8. Oral history interviews of the John Shelton Ivany collection

    Oral history interviews with David, Joe, and Paul Halpern.

  9. Oral history interviews of the Irene Woods Hofstein collection

    Oral history interviews with Irene Woods Hofstein collection

  10. Oral history interviews of the Jeffrey Cymbler collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors, produced by Jeffrey Cymbler

  11. Richard Lowy collection

    Oral history interviews and related footage featuring Leo Lowy and Kalman Braun

  13. Weidhorn family collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Manfred Weidhorn and his parents Anne and Aron Weidhorn, including their flight from Vienna, Austria after the German-annexation of Austria in March 1938, Aron’s immigration to the United States in 1939, and Manfred and his mother’s immigration to the United States via Cuba in 1941. Included are biographical and identification documents, records related to Aron’s fur businesses in Europe and the United States, immigration paperwork, photographs, correspondence, a diary kept by Aron in 1940, shortly after his arrival in the U.S., chil...

  14. Idarius and Goldberg family collection

    Oral history interview with Abram Goldberg and a Yom HaShoah presentation by Abram Goldberg, Bela Goldberg, and Rene Durand

  15. Goodman family collection

    Oral history interviews with Rachel Goodman and William Goodman

  16. Miodownik family collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Anne Miodownik and her mother Bina Miodownik, both of whom survived the Holocaust in hiding after escaping the Srodula ghetto in Sosnowiec, Poland. Papers include documents regarding Erich Siudmok and his wife Gertruda Siudmok, Polish citizens who helped Anne and her family; a document certifying that Bina was a victim of fascism; passenger tickets for the SS Ernie Pyle, 1947; copy print of U.N. Our Hope sheet music with a photograph of Anne and Bina on the cover; a translation of testimony given by Bina, and a copy of a speech given...

  17. Zelda Abramson collection

    Oral history interviews produced by Zelda Abramson as research for her book The Montreal Shtetl: Making Home After the Holocaust

  18. Judith Cromwell collection

    The Judith Cromwell collection primarily documents the pre-war and post-war experiences of Judith Cromwell (née Lissauer) and her parents John Lissauer and Charlotte Lissauer (née Breuer), including John and Charlotte’s medical careers in Berlin, Germany, John’s World War I military service, their immigration to England in 1939, and Judith and Charlotte’s post-war immigration to the United States in 1950. The bulk of the collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, and photographs. Also included are 9 publications.

  19. Ackner and Geller families collection

    The collection consists of papers and photographs of the Ackner and Geller families (maternal and paternal families of the donor). Included are family records: among them birth certificates, school reports, wedding certificates, and other materials including books that pre-date the Nazi era. Ackner and Geller items from Vienna, Austria, duirng the Nazi era include identity cards, financial statements, citizenship and right of domicile certifications, and police reports, and Chaskel Geller's WWI medals credentials. Prior to Kristallnacht, Chaskel, Mathilde and their son Sigmund went to Riga....

  20. Nathan Zepell collection

    Nathan Zepell's oral testimony and presentations about his experiences as a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp