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  1. Kann family collection

    Contains materials regarding the Kann family's experiences during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  2. Robert Csillag collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Zoltan and Irina Csillag and their family during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  3. Stefan Czyzewski collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Stefan Czyzewski. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Gerald L. Liebenau collection

    Contains materials donated by Gerald Liebenau concerning the experiences of extended family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  5. Wlodzimierz Klamra collection

    Contains photographs donated by Wlodzimierz Klamra. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  6. Esther Shuster collection

    Contains materials donated by Esther Shuster concerning her family's experiences during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  7. Kormes family collection

    The collection consists of immigration papers and other documents, as well as a child's red dress, an Israeli flag, and a prewar German prayer book documenting the donor's parents' and sister’s experiences in prewar Germany, surviving the Patria bombing, their detainment in Atlit (or Athlit) clearance camp, living in Tel Aviv, and their immigration to the US in 1946.

  8. Anna Pastor Winkler collection

    Contains material donated by Anna Pastor Winkler, documenting her family's experiences during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  9. "Music of the Holocaust" web exhibition

    Songs included in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's web exhibition, "Music of the Holocaust" https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/music/. Music was heard in many ghettos, concentration camps, and partisan outposts of Nazi-controlled Europe. While popular songs dating from before the war remained attractive as escapist fare, the ghetto, camp, and partisan settings also gave rise to a repertoire of new works. These included topical songs inspired by the latest gossip and news, and songs of personal expression that often concerned the loss of family and home. Classical music—instrument...

  10. Leopold Lowy collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of Leopold Lowy and his family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Shkolnik family collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of the Shkolnik family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  12. Teodor Gruca collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of Teodor Gruca. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  13. Ernst Reiter collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Ernst Reiter during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  14. Hennie and Max Sauer collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of Hennie and Max Sauer. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. Frederick R. Wohl collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust experiences of Frederick R. Wohl and his family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Felicia and Leon Weingarten collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Felicia and Leon Weingarten's respective families during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  17. Esther and Roman Eisen collection

    Contains photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Esther and Roman Eisen. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  18. Hava Snir collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Hava Snir. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Elefant family collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust experiences of the Elefant family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  20. Eva Young collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Eva Young during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.