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  1. Rosa Rosenzweig collection

    The collection consists of two pieces of Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip.

  2. William King collection

    The collection consists of two medals related to the experiences of an unknown soldier in the Germany Army during World War II.

  3. Esther Rosenfeld Starobin family collection

    The collection consists of documents such as restitution-related paperwork and Rosenfeld family photographs as well as two pairs of children's shoes relating to the experiences of Esther Rosenfeld who was sent by her parents on the Kindertransport from Germany to Great Britain in June 1939.

  4. Joseph and Alexandra Braciejowski collection

    Consists of artwork created by Arthur Szyk, a satirical and propaganda artist working in the United States during World War II.

  7. Denes-Deszo and Borbala Nussbacher Herskovits collection

    The collection consists of a safety razor and a photograph relating to the experiences of Denes-Deszo Herskovits, when he was a forced laborer in Hungary and an inmate in Gunskirchen concentration camp in Austria, and a lice comb belonging to Borbala (Babi) Nussbacher (later Herskovits), when she was deported from Szilagysomlyo ghetto in Hungarian annexed Romania to Auschwitz, then Riga, Stutthof, Guttau, and Neumark concentration camps.

  8. Edward Isidor Gross collection

    The collection consists of a sports club patch, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Edward Isadore Gross and his family before the war in Aachen, Germany, and during the war in the United States, when Edward was in the United States Army.

  9. Katalina Litvak family collection

    The collection consists of scrip, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Magda Miselbach and her young daughter Katalin (later Katalina) in Hungary, in Karcag and Szolnok ghettoes, in Strasshof concentration camp, and Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp and of Imre Miselbach in Hungary, the Hungarian labor service, and Auschwitz, Dachau, and Muhldorf concentration camps during the Holocaust.

  10. Aaron Rauner family collection

    The collection consists of four pieces of scrip from Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, a handwritten prayerbook, and a Haggadah created in Gurs internment camp in France relating to the experiences of Wolfgang Rauner and his family after the Holocaust.

  11. Celina Blondowska collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Celine Blondowska in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland durnig the Holocaust.

  13. Synagogen-Gemeinde Köln collection

    The collection consists of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip.

  17. Leo Yeni collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, artwork, correspondence, diaries, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leo Yeni during the the Holocaust when he fled Milan, Italy, and illegally entered Switzerland.

  19. Nellie Wiesenthal Fink family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ernestine Wiesenthal, her son, Fritz, his wife, Gertrude, and their daughters, Illa and Nellie, in Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust.

  20. Leopold Schein collection

    The collection consists of handpainted textiles, handmade notebook, correspondence, documents, photographs, and photograph albums relating to the experiences of Poldek (Leopold) Schein in prewar Poland, prior to his escape from Krakow to Soviet occupied Poland and his subsequent imprisonment in a Siberian labor camp and resettlement in Uzbekistan during the Holocaust, and to his life in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in Germany and in the United States after the end of World War II.