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  1. John and Gisela Marx Eden collection

    The collection consists of a manicure set, stuffed koala bear, suitcase, wristwatch, two scrolls, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Gisela Marx and her family before the Holocaust in Dulken, Germany and during the Holocaust in England, and two candlesticks, a lapel pin, and photographs relating to the experiences of Hans Eibuschitz (John Eden) and his family before the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia and during the Holocaust in England.

  2. Sanford Vandifer Rogers, Jr. collection

    The collection consists of American Ku Klux Klan pamphlets, medal and hood relating to the experiences of Sanford Vandifer Rogers Jr. in South Carolina during the 1920s.

  3. Mina Bernstein clothing collection

    Collection of baby clothes which belonged to Mina Bernstein born in 1923 who was murdered at age 18 during the Holocaust. The clothing was saved by her mother Rachel Bernstein (nee Yakira).

  4. Waldman family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, artwork, documents, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings, relating to the experiences of John, George, and Betsy Waldman in Compiègne and Vittel internment camps and artists Jacques Gotko and David Goychman in Compiègne internment camp in France, during the Holocaust.

  5. Ansbacher family collection

    The collection consists of a photograph album from Sweden, photographs, documents, correspondence, two Star of David badges, scrip, and a flake of mica from Theresienstadt, relating to the experiences of Sigrid Ansbacher and her family before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  6. Lustig and Levy family collection

    The Lustig and Levy family collection includes: multiple photo albums and photo scrapbook, loose photographs, portfolio of studio photographs, framed photos, documents about the family including educational, financial, emigration/immigation records, naturalization papers, etc.; documents about the Rivoli hat company; ledger books; correspondence including letters, postcards and feldposts; restitution paperwork; newspaper clippings; calling cards; blank stationary; drivers license from the United Kingdom; handwritten pamphlet titled "Mutti"; drawing of the Cologne Cathedral; children's artwo...

  7. David Friedman artwork and letter

    Artwork by and letter from donor's grandfather, David Friedman. The collection includes three pages of preliminary sketches created in1963-1964 for drawings and etching plates (the etchings were produced in 1967), as well as a copy of a letter dated September 19, 1972. The original letter, which begins "Lieber Heinz" (Dear Heinz), was adhered to the back of an etching by David Friedman which was gifted to fellow Łódź Ghetto survivor Heinz Konig. Additionally, the collection includes two etchings dated 1967 titled "In Łódźer Ghetto, Some Found Food in Trash Containers."

  8. Joseph Pallone collection

    The collection consists of two over-printed maps of the area around Bergen-Hohne, Germany, acquired by an American soldier stationed in Germany during the 1980s.

  9. Lessing family collection

    Documents, photographs, correspondence, family history albums, and miscellaneous papers related to the Lessing family (Edward, his parents Nardus and Engeline, and his brothers Arthur and Alfred) in the Netherlands, in the U.S. (1929-1932), while in hiding during WWII, and in the postwar period. Also includes Edward's drawings and sculpture made while hidden, his short memoir, materials related to Engeline's arrest by the Germans and her time interned at Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen as well as in the UNRAA camp Jeanne D'Arc in Philippeville, Algeria. In addition, the collection includes int...

  10. Anthony and Valeria Steiner collection

    Documents, photographs, artifacts illustrating the experiences of Valeria Gemeiner Lowi Steiner who was in hiding in Slovakia with her husband Alexander and children Vierka and Pavel who were killed in the forest in Zwollen, Slovakia. Documents also illustrate Josef who fled and returned to Slovakia and married Valeria in 1947 in Slovakia.

  11. Walter Teitz Collection

    Collection documenting the experiences of Sophie and Emil Teitz and their children Werner and Walter in Furth, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Includes documents, correspondence and an oral history interview recorded with Walter Teitz.

  12. Oral history interviews of the Ethnographic Archive collection

    Audiotaped recordings of the Ethnographic Archive collection, featuring interviews on the subject of blood libel, the history of Polish Jews, and the Holocaust and its aftermath in Poland.

  13. Harry and Luba Marcus family collection

    The collection consists of a wallet, documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Marcus family in Prenzlau, Germany, before and during the Holocaust, and in Cuba and the United States during and after the Holocaust.

  14. Bienonida Ezoory collection

    The collection consists of a doll and two dresses relating to the experiences of Bienonida Ezoory in Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) before and during the Holocaust.

  15. Charles and Malka Bilfeld family Collection

    The collection consists of prayer books, a cup, a bowl, an identification card, and photographs relating to the experiences of Szapse (Charles) and Malka Bilfeld and their son Mozes (Marvin) in Poland and the Soviet Union before and during the Holocaust, and in Germany, where their daughter Chana (Anna) was born, and the United States after the Holocaust.

  16. Alfred and Emma Heumann Pisko family collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Alfred Rudolph Pisko and his wife, Emma Heumann Pisko, and their families in Austria and Germany before the Holocaust, and the United Kingdom and the United States during and after the Holocaust.

  17. Lt. Col. George R. Snyder collection

    The collection primarily consists of postwar photographs taken between 1945 and 1947 by Lt. Col. George R. Snyder documenting the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, Landsberg prison, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Subjects include the Camp New Orleans, German and Polish POWs, refugees, landscapes, and destroyed buildings and towns. Also included is his passport and letters from George to his mother Louise Snyder, his son James, and his wife. The collection also includes a map of Munich.

  18. Gershon Perecman collection

    Collection of materials documenting the experiences of Gershon Perecman (donor's father) before, during, and after the Holocaust; includes newspaper "Our Hope" from the displaced persons camp (dated 1947), Perecman's memoir on a notepad and loose pages, translation of the memoir, envelopes of watchsprings and other watch repair parts from his time in the DP camp, oral history interview with Gershon Perecman on VHS, and one German coin.

  19. Erna Weyl and Walter Rothschild collection

    Documents, photographs, pamphlets, books, clippings, artifacts concerning the experiences of Walter Rothschild and Erna Weyl Rothschild.Collection includes: photo albums; loose prewar, wartime and postwar photographs; correspondence (some with translation); personal documents including: citizenship papers, Army documents, birth, marriage, and death records; Passports and identification cards; film roll in metal canister from Frankfurt; US Sarmy file including: maps, photos, official documents, clippings, US Army prayer book, Camp Ritchie menu, telephone directory and ID cards; wallet of doc...

  20. The Kálmán Clarence and Anna Farkas Gutlohn Grant collection

    The collection consists of medals, a plaque, a sketch, documents, and photographs relating to the varied experiences of Kálmán Clarence and Anna Farkas Gutlohn Grant in Hungary before, during, and after the Holocaust.