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  1. Joseph Vinnitsky collection

    The collection consists of a reproduced drawing, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Joseph Vinnitsky while serving in the Soviet Army during World War II.

  2. Judith de Leeuw Schavrien and Maier De Leeuw family collection

    The collection consists of a book and photographs relating to the experiences of the family of Meier de Leeuw and Judith de Leeuw Schavrien during and after the Holocaust when they lived in hiding in the Netherlands.

  3. Third Reich propaganda collection

    The collection consists of a banner, a pair of gaiters, a poster, documents, publications, and prints relating to life in Germany under the Third Reich, from 1933-1945.

  4. Raymond Fadner collection

    The collection consists of a poster and photographs relating to the experiences of Raymond Fadner when he worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in Washington, DC, after World War II.

  5. Renée Schwalb Fritz collection

    The collection consists of two trunks relating to the experiences of Renee Schwalb and her mother Sima and their emigration to the United States from Belgium after World War II.

  6. John Wachtel collection

    The collection consists of a marriage certificate and a spoon relating to the experiences of Jan (later John) Wachtel during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp.

  7. Michael Greenburg collection

    The collection consist of 5 pieces of scrip.

  8. George Pick family collection

    The collection consists of a two sets of pressed flowers, a suitcase, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Istvan and Margit Kornhauser Pick, their son Gyorgy, and Malvina Spitzer Kornhasuer and their extended family in Hungary before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust, which they survived by living in hiding in Budapest.

  9. Ruth Wiener Klemens collection

    The collection relates to the life of Ruth Wiener Klemens, her mother, Margarete Wiener, and her sisters, Mirjam and Eva Wiener, during their time at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany and Westerbork concentration camp in the Netherlands.

  10. US newspaper collection

    Group of newspapers including: New York Times, April 30, 1933, New York Herald Tribune, May 10, 1933 and New York Herald Tribune, August 30, 1933

  11. Anna Cheszes collection

    Contains photographs and documents pertaining to Anna Cheszes' experiences as a hidden child during the Holocaust

  12. Shlomo Solly Perel collection

    Collection of black and white photographs, textbook, postcard and copies of letters and an article. Textbook from the Hitler Youth Academy title, "Die Stimme der Ahnen" (The Voice of the Ancestors), 59 pages, hardbound cover with paper book jacket dated 1937; in German; Berlin, Germany. Collection of 224 pictures showing the history of the Nazi Party with descriptive text on verso, dated circa 1933; in German. Personal correspondence between Solly Perel (donor) and Henriette von Shirach, one postcard, copies of three letters and newspaper article, dated circa 1991; in German and English.

  13. Historical newspaper collection

    Group of newspapers including: Dallas Morning News, May 16, 1933, New York World-Telegram, November 29, 1933, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 12, 1933 and New York times, July 3, 1953

  14. US newspaper collection

    Group of two newspapers: The Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, June 16, 1953 and New York Times, Sunday, September 21, 1947

  15. Gaston Schmir collection

    The collection consists of two children's books, "Mon Petit Trott" and "Contes et Légendes Du Grand Siècle," taken by Gaston Schmir from a school library in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, in Apr. 1943. Gaston Schmir left the books in Haute-Savoie, France, before crossing into Switzerland, and he returned and recovered them after World War II.

  17. Faliero Lucaccini collection

    The collection consists of a film projector with case, transformer and 11 film strips used by the Hitler Youth found by Faliero Lucaccini in a school house in Germany while he was serving in the US Army.

  18. Benny Guinossar collection

    Consists of one metal and plastic watch belonging to the donor's brother, Alfred Ginzburg; 30 photographs of the donor in hiding, in Hachshara training, and in Hamburg, Germany; and documents received in Port de Bouc, France.

  19. Alex Hochauser collection

    Contains twenty-four family photographs, one negative, five copyprints, a commemorative pin from Ebensee, pin from Jewish brigade, and a metal stick pick of NSDAP. The papers also include photocopies of articles pertaining to the donor's history with Maccabi, one brochure from Dachau, Certificat from ORT, KZ bill from Auschwitz, six pages from a manuscript written in Zilnia, Slovakia, (1942-1943), a protective certificate from the Hungarian army, and one letter (1938) from sports teacher

  20. Dr. Alfred Beck collection

    The collection consists of a Nazi banner and a Nazi armband bearing swastikas