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  1. Müller family collection

    The collection consists of sheets of stationery from a paper store in Budapest owned by Jozsef Müller until 1944 when it war Aryanized. Small ball of thread taken by Aniko Müller from a textile factory in Zillerthal where she performed forced labor in the threading area. She took the thread with her when the factory was evacuated in advance of advancing Soviet troops. Jozsef Müller, his wife, and their 8 year old daughter were murdered at Auschwitz. Their older daughter Anniko, who was also deported to Auschwitz, survived.

  2. Edith Steinberg collection

    THe collection consists of a letter, two page, from Werner Samuel [and others unidentified] to Edith Steinberg, donor’s aunt. The letter, dated October 18, 1945, explains the fate of Edith’s husband, Siegfried, who was liberated in April 1945, transferred to Sweden to recuperate and died and buried in Sweden on June 6, 1945. Edith and Siegfried Steiberg were deported from Hannover, Germany to Riga, Latvia. From Riga, Edith was deported to Stutthof concentration camp in Poland and was liberated in April, 1945. Wallet, tan, in which letter has been housed [unknown origin].

  3. Fritz Weinschenk collection

    The Fritz Weinschenk collection consists of case files and recordings documenting his assistance obtaining witness testimony related to war crimes proceedings in Germany.

  4. Beno Helmer collection

    The collection consists of a prisoner patch, currency, scrip and ration cards, and documents related to the experiences of Beno Helmer in the Łódź ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust.

  5. Bruno and Jessie Korn collection

    The collection consists of baby shoes, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to Bruno Korn and his wife Jetka (Jessie) before the Holocaust in Hindenburg and Breslau, Germany, and after the Holocaust in New York.

  6. Laura Scheer Lille collection

    The collection consists of school insignia, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Laura Scheer before and during the Holocaust in Podhajce and Rohatyn, Poland.

  7. Music study collection

    Various audio cassettes, CDs, and LPs containing original sound recordings, published materials, interviews, or music obtained by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's curator of music.

  8. Oral history interviews of the Arnold S. Task collection

    Interviews with Holocaust survivors, US liberators, and witnesses to events of WWII, recorded at memorial gatherings in Greensboro NC

  9. Jack Garfein collection

    Documents, papers, photos, poster, correspondence, and objects related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Jack Garfein and his family, originally of Mukachevo.

  10. Hans Marcuse collection

    The collection consists of etters, documents, a Hagadah, physics kit, tefillin, tzitzit (tallit katan), and bag documenting the experiences of Hans Marcuse and his family.

  11. Holub, Glaser and Ornstein families collection

    Papers, correspondence, and photographs related to Eva Glaser (nee Holub), her parents, Josef and Marie Holub (nee Popper), her brother Hanus ("Honza") Holub, and her first husband Arno Erban, and their sons Peter and Tomas. Also includes papers and photographs related to Eva's second husband, Herbert Glaser, his sister, Ana Glaser, and Eva and Hebert's daughter, Vivian; a recorded interview (on CD) and transcript of an interview with Herbert Glaser; restitution-related papers; a photograph album with images of the Holub and Glaser families; documents, a diary and correspondence related to ...

  12. Goldmann family collection

    Correspondence, documents, and related materials concerning Kurt Goldmann pertaining to his life in Germany from his birth in 1921 through his emigration in 1939, his experiences as a newly arrived immigrant to the U.S. as a student at Penn State University and membership in the Phi Sigma Delta fraternity, his Army service during WWII, and post-war experiences as a naturalized American. Included as well are items pertaining to his parents Paul and Hedwig (Hede) Goldmann and their emigration from Germany to England and then to the U.S. and family records prior to and during the Nazi era incl...

  13. Abraham family collection

    The collection consists of photographs, documents, artifacts illustrating Reha, Ruth and Walter Abraham's experiences surrounding the Holocaust in Berlin, Germany, prewar Tel Aviv and postwar Switzerland, and correspondence.

  14. Oral history interviews of the Kindertransport Association collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors who fled Nazi-occupied Europe on the Kindertransport

  15. Sklar family collection

    Video testimony concerning the wartime experiences of Jean Sklar (Szklarz); Sklar family photographs; and a copy of the personal diary "Livre Tallis" written by Jean Sklar and colleagues at the Moulin in Moissac, France towards the end of the war and in its aftermath

  16. Ina and Maurice Teich collection

    Collection documenting the experiences of Ina Szuldiner and her husband Maurice Teich, who met in Warsaw, Poland, married, and eventually fled to Cuba and ultimately the United States.

  17. Susie and Margarete Wiesner collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, cigarette case with pin, doll, cloth pouch and coins and currency used, carried by Susie Marie Wiesner Metzger and her mother Margarete Wiesner who survived the Holocaust; 3 videocassette tapes.

  18. Lester M. Libo collection

    The collection consists of papers, photographs, and printed matter from the military service of Lester M. Libo. Includes items related to his denazification work including his personal notebook, Fragebogen used in denazification and confiscated items including propaganda material, money, medals, and a piece of cloth with a swastika insignia. In addition, several newspapers and an issue of Army Talks (28 October 1945) and posted military government notices.

  19. Schwalbe family collection

    THe collection contains documents, correspondence (letters and postcards), journals, photographs, postwar writings, newspaper clippings, 2 metal disc recordings, ephemera and three dimensional artifacts to include a portfolio, eyeglass case and small notebook documenting the experiences of the Schwalbe family and their relatives in Berlin, Teheran, Palestine and their immigration and settlement in the United States.

  20. Oral history interviews of the Lieberman/Goldman family collection

    Oral history interviews with Daniel Goldsmith, Donald Greenbaum, and Ernest Gross