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  1. Uri Orlev collection

    The collection consists of a drawing and photographs relating to the experiences of Jurek Orlowski, (Uri Orlev) and his brother, Kazimierz, before and during the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland, and after the Holocaust in Palestine.

  2. Ursula Lenneberg Pawel and Siegmund Brünell family collection

    The collection consists of Theresienstadt scrip and a postcard relating to the experiences of Ursula Lenneberg and her family in Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust and of photographs relating to the family of her stepfather, Siegmund Bruenell, in prewar Germany and in Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust.

  3. Tibor Stern collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Tibor Stern following the Holocaust.

  4. George Ogurek Zimmerman family collection

    The collection consists of a wrist watch, a rubber stamp, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Jerzy Ogurek and his family during the Holocaust, including their imprisonment in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and after the war as displaced persons in Germany.

  5. Alice and John Fink collection

    The collection consists of clothing, medical equipment, pins, a wedding dress, and other artifacts, documents, films, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Alice Redlich and Hans Finke in Berlin, Germany, before and during the Holocaust and as relief workers in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, where they married, after World War II.

  6. John Shields collection

    The collection consists of postage stamps of varying values issued by the Deutsches Reich. Some of the stamps depict Hitler's profile.

  7. Arie Singer collection

    The collection consists of contemporary paintings by Arie Singer relating to his experiences as a child in Vilna, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania), the ghetto in Glembokie (Hlybokaye), Belarus, and with a partisan group in the forests near Vilnius during the Holocaust.

  8. Lucie Eisenstab Porges family collection

    The collection consists of a drawing relating to the experiences of Lucie and Peter Paul Porges after the war and of certificates, a documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Lucie Eisenstab, her parents, Eisig and Jetty, and sister Elfie before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and during and after the Holocaust in Geneva, Switzerland.

  9. German political and military propaganda collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the political and propaganda activities of the Nazi Party in Germany before and during World War II.

  10. Igor Belousovitch collection

    The collection consists of five pieces of Łódź ghetto scrip relating to the experiences of Igor Belousovitch during World War ll when he was a soldier in the 273rd Regiment, 69th Infantry Division, United States Army, near Leipzig, Germany.

  11. Joseph Hauptman collection

    The collection consists of medals, medal certificates relating to the experiences of Joseph Hauptman as a soldier in the Soviet Army and the Czechoslovak Army Abroad during World War II and an identification card relating to the experiences of Frida Lerner in Mauthausen concentration camp during and after the Holocaust.

  12. Evelyn Goldstein Woods family collection

    The collection consists of a brooch, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ernst and Herta Loschinski Goldstein and their daughter Evy before and during the Holocaust in Germany, including the years in hiding, and after the war when Herta and Evelyn lived in the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United States, as well as documents relating to the experiences of several family members and friends. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  13. Martin Niemoeller collection

    The collection consists of a Continental typewriter with cover and and three books relating to the experiences of Martin Niemoeller before and during World War II in Germany, including the years when he was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp.

  14. Günther Schwarberg collection

    The collection consists of negative strips and copyprints relating to the experiences of Heinrich Jöst, a sergeant in the German Wehrmacht stationed near Warsaw, Poland, and two books.

  15. Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities, Iași Section collection

    The collection consists of a lamp fixture and photographs relating to the experiences of Idel, Iosef, and Rasela Wahstain before, during, and after the Holocaust in Romania.

  16. Gustav and Stefi Geisel collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Stefi Siegel and her family in Germany before and during the Holocaust and of Stefi and Gustav Geisel in the United States during and after the Holocaust.

  17. Izak Rozenwasser collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Izak Rozenwasser and his family before and during the Holocaust in Poland.

  18. H. Arnold Strauch collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and documents related to the experience of H. Arnold Strauch during and after World War II.

  19. Frank Meissner collection

    The collection consists of pins and medals, documents, correspondence, photographs, and a publication relating to the experiences of Frank Meissner before the Holocaust in Trest, Czechoslovakia, during the Holocaust when he emigrated to Scandinavia, and during and after the war in Great Britain when he served n the Czech Air Force for the Czech government in exile.

  20. Julia Rabinowicz collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Julia Rabinowicz ahd her family during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.