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  1. Nazi party documents, correspondence and artifacts collection

    The collection consists of documents, correspondence, and artifacts relating to several high ranking Nazi party members and likely collected as evidence by the US Army after World War II (1939-1945).

  3. Ferenc Hevesi family collection

    The collection consists of Jewish religious attire, athletic medals, commemorative plaques, and copy prints relating to the experiences of Rabbis Simon and Ferenc Hevesi and their family in Budapest, Hungary, before and during the Holocaust.

  4. Jerome S. Buser collection

    Consists of notebooks, documents, and clippings from the collection of Jerome S. Buser, who was given intelligence gathering and German language training at Carleton College in Minnesota during World War II. This training was done for eventual espionage wherein Mr. Buser would be dropped behind enemy lines to pose as a German businessman. The notebooks contain notes from history, geography, and language classes, demonstrating the training one received for future espionage activities. Due to the end of the war in Europe, Mr. Buser was never deployed overseas. Also includes seven small German...

  5. Adler and Houska families collection

    Fur coat entrusted to the Houska family by Jewish friends Richard, Elsa and Hanus Adler prior to their deportation. The Adlers were deported to the Łódź ghetto and murdered in Chelmno. Also donated is a contemporary photograph of Mr. Houska and a period wedding photograph.

  6. Oral history interviews of the Ciel Loots Hidden Children collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors who were hidden by Ciel Loots in the Montessori school she ran for children with learning disabilities in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

  7. Berlfein and Burns families collection

    Collection of photos and documents related to the Berlfein family. Scrapbook documenting the experiences of Leon Burns as a member of the US Army serving in Europe during WWII Audio recordings of survivor interviews Camera used by Lee S. Burns (donor's father-in-law) acquired while in service in German and used to take some of the photos in this collection

  8. Oral testimonies of the Voces del Holocausto en México collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors who settled in México

  9. Nile H. Heermans collection

    Nazi propaganda filmstrips and roll of film that Nile H. Heermans (donor's father) brought home from his military service as a member of the 71st Division of the US Third Army during WWII.

  10. Ellen Kaidanow collection

    Documents, photographs, and letter, related to Ellen Kaidanow (born Shifra Leviatin) and her family, and their experiences in the Dubno ghetto, in Poland, during the German occupation in World War II. In addition to documents, the collection includes a spoon.

  11. Jerold F. Majerus collection

    The collection consists of military scrip, documents, autobiographical text, and printed materials relating to the experiences of Jerold F. Majerus, during his service with the U.S. Army, in the 6827th Military Detachment, as part of the stenographic support staff of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946.

  12. Arthur Jacobs collection

    The collection consists of photographs, a watercolor painting, and a shadowbox display relating to the experiences of Arthur Jacobs in the United States and Germany during and after World

  13. Bamivchan advertisement poster collection

    The collection consist of four advertisement posters for Bamivchan bulletin, HaNo'ar HaLomed beEretz Israel Movement - Hamachanot HaOlim, issues 24-27.

  14. Rosenwald and Stahl families collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, postcards, photographs, and a book related to the experiences of Otto and Elfriede Rosenwald, and their daughter, Helene, who emigrated from Nazi Germany in 1936, as well as papers relating to members of their extended family.

  15. Richard Carl Stein collection

    The collection consists of a metal box, three belt buckles, a plaque, a Nazi flag, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Richard Stein, a soldier, US Army, and commander of Internee Camp 77 in Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1945-1946.

  16. Oral history interviews of the "Turned Away" documentary film collection

    Oral history interviews with St. Louis passengers and academic experts gathered for the documentary film "Turned Away"

  17. Oral history interviews of the Litow family collection

    Litman Litow, born in Visheva, Belorussia, discusses his Holocaust experiences on the run and in hiding from the Nazis and his subsequent years as a leader of a Jewish partisan unit. Included is a panel discussion regarding partisans of Vilna.

  18. Ruth Engelhardt Spivack Meyers collection

    The collection consists of a charm bracelet, handkerchief, wooden jewelry box, a patch, napkin holder, and ORT key award, correspondence, documents, identity papers, and photographs related to the experiences of Ruth Engelhardt Spivack (later Meyers) and her mother Helene Engelhardt, during and after the Holocaust when Ruth lived in Montmorency OSE home in France prior to being sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.

  19. Elena Boguslavsky Zondowicz collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, Polish report cards, a Catholic prayer book, and a picture of the Virgin Mary relating to the experiences of Elena Boguslavsky Zondowicz while in hiding during the Holocaust as well as her subsequent immigration to Mexico.

  20. Rivka Ribak collection

    The collection consists of a fragment of embroidered curtain and a scarf relating to the experiences of Rivka Ribak during the Holocaust in the Warsaw ghetto in German occupied Poland.