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  1. Lewin family collection

    The collection consists of documents and artifacts surrounding the experiences of Eva Lifschitz and Jakob Lewin, before and during World War II. Included in the collection are letters and documents relating to Eva who arrived in the United Kingdom on a Kindertransport in 1939, as well as documents and artifacts related to Jakob who was in hiding in Le Chambon, France, and then given refuge in Switzerland.

  2. Edward Vebell collection

    The collection consists of nine courtroom drawings created by Edward Vebell, US Army, during the Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, which opened on November 20, 1945, following the end of World War II.

  3. Berg and Hermanns families collection

    The collection includes a cake server, cooking pot, Kenyan statues, silver spoon, steamer trunk, prayer book, biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Clara and Max Berg and their extended family in Germany before their escape to Kenya and their life in Kenya during the Holocaust, and their postwar immigration to the United States and the Hermanns family and Julius Hermanns’ journey aboard the MS St. Louis, return to Europe, and internment in France. An accretion of five WWI medals was received in 2016.

  4. Joseph and Rose Lieberman collection

    The collection consists of an identification card, photographic negative, and tefillin scroll relating to the time period of the Holocaust.

  5. Kusserow family collection

    The collection consists of two purple triangle badges that were used to identify Jehovah's Witness prisoners in Sachsenhausen and Ravensbruck concentration camps and photographs and documents related to the Kusserow family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  6. Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin collection

    The collection consists of two German radio receivers known as "Volksempfänger" (People's Set).

  7. Melanie Keck Spitta collection

    The collection consists of two skirts and a pair of shoes that were worn by a German Romani of the Sinti group before and during the Holocaust as well as 5 photographs depicting German Romanies.

  8. Ronald W. Schonfeld collection

    The collection consists of seven pieces of Theresienstadt scrip and a Star of David badge relating to the experiences of Rene W. Schonfeldt (later Ronald Schonfeld) during the Holocaust in German occupied Netherlands and as a prisoner in Westerbork internment camp and Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Photograph albums, loose photographs illustrating the experiences of the Schonfeld family in Germany and the Netherlands. Hans, Hanna, and Rene emigrated from Germany to the Netherlands before the war. The family was deported on September 6, 1944 to Theresiens...

  9. Raymond S. Buch collection

    The collection consists of posters, documents, photographs, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings relating to the experiences of Raymond S. Buch in Europe during World War II.

  10. Herman Schwartz collection

    The collection consists of a Torah mantle and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Schwartz while a soldier in the United States Army in France and Germany during World War II.

  11. Knud Dyby collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and documents relating to the experiences of Knud Dyby and his involvement with several Danish underground organizations during World War II.

  12. Otto Springer collection

    The collection consists of an armband and two food ration cards.

  13. Manfred Lovin collection

    Contains materials related to the life of Manfred Lovin, a German Jew, and his escape from Nazi Germany along with information concerning the Lovin family and their fates. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  14. Raye Farr collection

    The collection consists of copies of book titles that were burned by the Nazis.

  15. Marcus Rosenzweig and Claire Ringelheim families collection

    The collection contains military medals and insignia, documents, photograph albums, and publications relating to the experiences of Marcus Rosenzweig and Claire Ringelheim families during the Holocaust.

  16. United States Department of Agriculture ARS Medical and Veterinary Entomology Research Lab collection

    The collection consists of two United States Army issued insecticide dusters of the type used in the concentration camps immediately following liberation during and after World War II.

  17. Bella and Henry Tovey collection

    The collection consists of one Łódź ghetto note, two West German banknotes, a Star of David badge, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Bella Jacbubowicz (alter Tovey) and her family and Henry Tovey in Łódź, Poland, and Germany during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  18. Medical anatomy chart collection

    The collection consists of two medical anatomy skeleton charts, with one chart showing an anterior skeleton and the other showing a posterior skeleton.

  19. Robert L. White collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and copy prints of photographs relating to the history of the Holocaust.

  20. Martin Spett collection

    The collection consists of an armband, a brooch, soap, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Monek (Martin) Spett and his family in Tarnow, Poland, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust, and in Belgium after the Holocaust.