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  2. Miriam Lieber collection

    The collection consists of a child-size, toy horse and carriage and photographs of children with the toy and a group of men relating to the experiences of Miriam (later Lieber) and Heskel Kagan and their parents, Raja and Berl Kagan, in Lithuania during the Holocaust, and in Italy after World War II.

  3. Bund family collection

    The collection consists of travel documentation, correspondence, and luggage tags relating to the Bund family's immigration to the United States in 1938.

  4. Peter Vanlaw collection

    Photographs, a diary, correspondence, artwork, documentary film, and oral testimony depicting the lives of the Vanlaw (Weinlaub) and Natzler families in prewar Germany.

  5. Edith Hamberg Tarcov collection

    The collection consists of textiles (dinner napkins) entrusted to Edith Hamberg Tarcov, the donor’s mother, by her grandparents during the Holocaust when she emigrated from Hannover Germany.

  6. Raphael family collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, and an appointment book as well as a doll and ring that were given to Inge Raphael Rothschild.

  7. Wermuth family collection

    The collection consists of Ruth Pollinger's (nee Wermuth) triangle birth pendant, family photographs, and an oral history the donor conducted with her grandmother Hilde Islovitz (née Blumenthal; formerly Wermuth from her first marriage).

  8. Honigsberg family collection

    The collection consists of a passport, report cards, photographs, and handicrafts made by the donor in Germany. The donor and her family came to the US from Hamburg in 1939.

  9. Loeb family collection

    The collection consists of some identity documents and Loeb family photos, primarily featuring the donor's mother Ilse Loeb (nee Morgenstern), as well as Ilse's mother, Elivra Froelich Morgenstern's, lacework and handicraft, and a metal plate from her father's printing business.

  10. Merei family collection

    The collection primarily documents the wartime and post-war experiences of Ernö and Ernestine (née Munk) Merei and their son John of Budapest, Hungary as they fled the country after Germany invaded in 1944. An oral history interview of John Merey and a presentation by him are included in this collection.

  12. Mondschein family collection

    Autograph [Poesie] books, hand-written accounts in spiralbound notebooks, photographs, documents, correspondence, identification cards, oral testimonies, newspaper article illustrating the experiences of Rosa Manowicz [later Mondschein] and Jakob Mondschein surrounding the Holocaust.

  13. Bellows family collection

    Photographs and an oral testimony from Marvin Bellows who served with the US Army during WWII and was present at the rededication of the synagogue in Bad Nauheim, Germany following the end of the war

  14. Young German Order collection

    The collection consists of a photograph album, documents, and artifacts related to the "Young German Order."

  15. Jim Robinson collection

    The collection consists of pin-back buttons, pamphlets, advertisements, handbills, and similar materials relating to American interest groups, organizations, and institutions expressing support or opposition to American involvement in World War II and a range of associated political and social groups.

  16. Oral history interviews of the "Heaven in Auschwitz" documentary film collection

    Oral history interviews produced for the documentary film "Heaven in Auschwitz"

  17. Greenbaum family collection

    The collection consists of books, a poster, a pamphlet, documents, photographs, and letters documenting the experiences of Henry Greenbaum, his family, and his wife, Esther Stern, in Gąbin, Poland, Romania, and France, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  18. Arthur and Meta Grunebaum Schmitt collection

    The collection consists of military artifacts and documents, photographs, correspondence, documents, and a dictionary relating to the experiences of Arthur (Abraham) Schmitt and Meta (Miriam) Grunebaum Schmitt and their families in Germany and the United States before, during, and after World War II.

  19. Halina Peabody collection

    The collection consists of a makeup compact and beaded bag that belonged to donor’s aunt who perished during the Holocaust.

  20. John L. Spanier family collection

    The collection consists of a fraternity medallion, correspondence, documents, manuscripts, and photographs relating to the experiences of Lothar (John L.) Spanier and his family in Berlin, Germany, before and during the Holocaust, and of John after his emigration to the United States in 1939.