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  1. Paul Hendel collection

    The collection consists of a pin, documents and photographs relating to the experiences of Pinchas Hendel and his family before the Holocaust in Hrubieszow, Poland, and after the Holocaust in Germany.

  2. Suzanne Weiss collection

    Research materials consisting of copies of archival documents from the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by Suzanne Weiss, concerning the deportation hearings for Jonas Lewy, Weiss' uncle; transcripts of interviews conducted by Weiss with 11 survivors of the Piotr Trybunalski ghetto; various published articles by Weiss on this topic; an audio interview with Felix Lasky; and the written memoir of ghetto survivor Charles Kotkowsky.

  3. Mauerstein family collection

    The collection consists of documents and photographs related to Israel Mauerstein and Yetta (Friedmann) Mauerstein, who were from Zborow, and were in DP camps in Italy following the war; their daughter Mina Mauerstein, who was born in camp Trani; and uncles David Mauerstein and Sigmund Appel. Also includes a souvenir booklet from the SS General Greely and Israel Mauerstein's briefcase which he brought with him from Italy.

  4. Marianne Kemeny Santos Wolfe collection

    The collection consists of a booklet used as part diary, part autograph book, containing poetry and signatures written during and after the Holocaust by Marianne Kemeny Santos Wolfe. It also contains paper scraps re-used to write on in subcamps of Buchenwald by an unknown author (potentially Marianne Kemeny Santos Wolfe) and a cloth identification number patch.

  5. Bronislaw Zbigniew Bulkowski collection

    Collection and memoirs illustrating the experiences of Bronislaw Bulkowski, born Roman Catholic on July 11, 1920 in Ostrowiec, Poland, surrounding the Holocaust. Bronislaw was a forced laborer for the Nazi occupying authorities and was conscripted to the German Rail Authorities in Altena, Germany. Between 1942 and 1945, he slave labored alongside other forced laborers. Included is a diary ("Wartime Log") he kept in which he references other slave laborers as well as abuse they, endured, the group digging a tunnel, working all night, lack of food, overpriced bread and accidents that hurt and...

  6. Pinchas Schuldenrein collection

    Two (2) DP posters made by artist Pinchas Schuldenrein titled "Amalek" and "Yizkor" for the Central Historical Commission, and other graphic material created for various Jewish organizations, especially HIAS.

  7. Gutmann family collection

    Collection illustrating the experiences of Herbert Gutmann and the Gutmann family in Germany and their immigration to the United Kingdom and the United Sates before and during WWII.

  8. Avram Kaminsky collection

    Consists of a 10 mark Łódź ghetto scrip note, a 20 mark note of allied military currency, and a photo album depicting scenes of the Łódź ghetto. The album was located in the streets of Łódź by Avram Kaminsky after the war when he returned to look for his family. Scenes depicted include events attended by Chaim Rumkowski and other leaders within the Łódź ghetto administration.

  9. Vera Herz collection

    The Vera Herz papers include two ORT documents. The first, issued to Vera Spitz and dated April 15, 1947, is an ORT identification document that states she was working as a teacher at the ORT school in Eggenfelden, Germany. The second is an ORT certificate issued to “Jewish Displaced Person” Bela Spitz by the World ORT Union. Also included in the collection are sixteen black and white photographs of Vera Spitz with her father, Bela Spitz, and friends in Germany, likely at the displaced persons camp in Eggenfelden, circa 1948. The collection also includes a handbound dress pattern book with ...

  10. Susan Flusser Tausig collection

    The collection consists of photo albums, loose photos, documents, an autograph album, postcards, correspondence, an album of Chinese scrip, coins (Chines, Austria, etc.), a map of Shanghai, newspaper clippings related to Susan Flusser Tausig, her father Rudolf Flusser, her mother Blanka Rosenbaum (nee Lipiner), her stepfather Ludwig Rosenbaum, stepmother Dina Raave, and brother Peter Flusser. Also includes documents from Susan Flusser Tausig's father-in-law Peter Tausig and a Cafe Roy/Adieu going away card for Alexander Fried (a friend of the Tausig family).

  11. Ryan M. Cooper collection

    The collection consists of table linens, a mustard pot, coin purse, suitcase, book, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, documents, and an audio recording relating to the experiences of Otto Frank, Edith Frank, Fritzi Frank, Herbert Frank, Miep Gies, Jan Gies, Bep Voskuijl, and Victor Kluger in Frankfurt, Germany, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Basel, Switzerland, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  12. Schloss family collection

    Original family photographs, documentation for visa and immigration from Germany, France, Cuba, United States, and 2 small books.

  13. Vladimir Lewin collection

    The collection consists of a mortgage book (Ksiega Hilpofeczna) cover, photo, documents, letters, medals and a Hanukkah lamp.

  14. Goldstein and Thebner families collection

    The Goldstein and Thebner families collection consist of biographical material, correspondence, a diary, and photographs relating to Ruth Goldstein and Arthur Thebner’s families pre-war and wartime experiences. The collection includes a large amount of correspondence among family members relating to their attempts to emigrate from Germany as well as pre-war family photographs. The collection also includes a diary written by Ilse Szinberger, Arthur’s cousin, during her time in London from 1942-1958, and a prayer book.

  15. Anne Ranasinghe collection

    Photographs, documents, and memorabilia related to the donor’s mother, Anneliese Katz (later Anne Ranasinghe), her childhood in Essen, Germany and immigration alone to England at age13. Includes a small photograph album; loose photographs; a diary (approximately 100 pages, covering 1939-1947 [bulk 1939-1942], in German with some English poems and phrases); wartime letters and postcards from Annaliese’s parents in Germany; miscellaneous correspondence; family history material; Alte synagogue Exhibition document, nursing badges, and order of merit awarded by German government.

  16. Edward Lawrence Associates castings collection

    The collection consists of fiberglass castings of a ghetto and cemetery walls, a dissecting table, a cobbled road, a doorway surround, a gateway arch, a gas chamber door, and a crematorium oven, stretcher, and poker, commissioned by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum relating to the experiences of Jewish victims in the Warsaw, Łódź, and Krakow ghettos, Majdanek and Treblinka killing centers, and Mauthausen and Auschwitz concentration camps in Poland and Austria during the Holocaust.

  17. Betty Siebenscheinova collection

    The Betty Siebenscheinova collection includes biographical material, correspondence, diaries, subject files, photographs and a drawing relating to the Holocaust experiences of Betty Siebenscheinova, originally from Prague.

  18. Donald L. Hildenbrand collection

    Collection of materials that document Donald Hildenbrand’s experiences as one of the 350 American POWs selected from Stalag IXB and sent as a slave laborer at the Berga concentration camp. Includes: German patch and knife inscribed April 23, 1945 both given to him by one of his liberators, relics from the tunnels where he performed slave labor, US Army issued medals, pins, and ribbons (some boxed), patches, his German issued POW dog tag #27013 received upon arrival at Stalag IXB, Donald’s Silver Star Medal in box with ribbon and pin, 100th Division challenge coin, POW medallion on ribbon, o...

  19. Eva Rosenbaum Loewy collection

    Collection illustrating the postwar life of Eva Rosenbaum who survived concentration camps, was liberated and lived in Austria until her immigration to the United States in 1949. Also included is information for her two sisters Ilona and Ede who also survived. They were originally deported from Budapest, Hungary in 1944. The collection also includes a metal and plastic ID card holder.

  20. Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and Ignaz and Rosine Auerbach collection

    Collection of documents, correpondence, photographs and publications surrounding Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and their escape from Nazi occupied Vienna, Austria. Kurt, a lawyer, was arrested and held by the Gestapo before being released and able to flee to the United States.