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  1. William Beck collection

    The collection consists of an anti-Hitler pendant and a publication relating to the experiences of William Beck, while serving as a soldier in the United States Army during World War II.

  2. Hanna Marx family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs related to the experience of Hannelore (Hanna) Simons Marx and Helmut Marx in Germany before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  3. Nelly Rossmann family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, drawings, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Nelly Schwabacher Rossmann and her family in Germany and England before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  4. Laja Grad Iarchy collection

    The collection consists of a spinning wheel and photographs relating to the experiences of Laja Grad Iarchy, her son, Jean, and their family in Belgium before and during the Holocaust.

  5. Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, a logbook, and photographs relating to the experiences of SS Obergruppenfuhrer Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger during his service in the 5th Mountain Corps in German-occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.

  6. Ina Felczer collection

    The collection consists of a felt doll, handkerchiefs with a case, a child’s Hebrew reader, dishes, a pillow cover, school supplies, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ina Felczer in Germany before the Holocaust and as a Kindertransport refugee in England during World War II.

  7. Mark Markov-Grinberg collection

    The collection consists of photographic prints of life in the Soviet Union created by Mark Markov-Grinberg, a Soviet Jewish photographer and war correspondent during World War II.

  8. Mark Markov-Grinberg collection

    The collection consists of photographic prints created by Mark Markov-Grinberg, a Soviet Jewish photographer and war correspondent during World War II.

  9. Eugene and Rose Lowell family collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Eugene and Rose Lowenstein (later Lowell) to assist family and friends in Europe to emigrate to the United States before, during, and after the Holocaust, a blanket relating to the experiences of Marie Odenheimer in Gurs internment camp in France, and materials relating to Eugene Lowenstein's service in the German Air Force during World War I.

  10. Isak Perelmuter family collection

    The collection consists of tefillin and storage pouch, two prayer books, copy prints, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Isak Perelmuter and David Rozines families in Łódź, Poland, before and during the Holocaust and in Bad Reichenhal displaced persons camp in Germany after the the end of World War II.

  11. Elja Heifecs collection

    The collection consisting of a two prisoner badges, a commemorative pin, a poster, correspondence, documents, photographs, and sheet music relating to the experiences of Elja Heifecs who was imprisoned in Riga ghetto, Kaiserwald, Muhlgraben, Stutthof, and Buchenwald concentration camps during the Holocaust and in Riga, Latvia, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  12. Lidia Kleinman Siciarz collection

    The collection consists of a wallet, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Lidia Kleinman as a hidden child in Poland during the Holocaust.

  13. Anna (Golden) Gordon family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Anna and Riva Gordon (Golden) and their family in Svencionys and Vilna, Lithuania, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  14. Bertha Lurey Elston collection

    The collection consists of a US military badge for the "Stars and Stripes" and a Nazi armband.

  15. Meyerstein family collection

    Papers document the expereinces of Meyerstein family before and during World Warr II. Included in the papers is a marriage license issued to Hilda Schickler and George Meyerstein Ellen Cohen's parents in Milan, Italy on May 18, 1935; a driver's license issued to George Meyerstein in Gotha Germany; an entry ticket for a bullfight that Hilda and George Meyerstein attended in 1941 while refugees living in Spain; a passanger's list for the Marqus de Comillas that included the Meyerstein family; newspaper clippings and a newspaper that mentions Ellen Meyerstein [Ellen Cohen]; a testimony written...

  16. Vladimir Brandwajn collection

    The collection consists of infant's clothing and a photograph relating to the experiences of Vladimir Brandwajn and his family in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp where he and his brother were born after the Holocaust.

  17. Hanni Sondheimer Vogelweid family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and publications relating to the experiences of Hanni Sondheimer, her parents, Moritz and Setty, and her brother, Karl, as they emigrated from Berlin, Germany, to Kaunas, Lithuania, and then to Shanghai, China, before and during the Second World War. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  18. Louise Lawrence-Israels collection

    The collection consists of a wicker chair and two books relating to the experiences of Louise Lawrence-Israels and other family members in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

  19. Arzt family collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence, photograph albums, family histories and genealogies, notebooks, a wallet, textile-covered box, small bottle, and souvenirs relating to the experiences of the Arzt family who fled Berlin, Germany for the Dominican Republic.

  20. US Army newspaper collection

    The collection consists of multiple issues of newpapers: Grapevine, Stars and Stripes, and Yank, published during World War II by the United States Army.