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  1. Prayer book

    Set of prayer books for different Jewish holidays. The set belonged to Martha and Leo Loeb.

  2. Prayer book

    Sukkot Mahzor, published in 1877, that belonged to Martha Bermann Loeb.

  3. Prayer book

    German book about the Bible, published in 1921, which belonged to Martha Bermann Loeb. The book includes an insert (b) with notes and Psalm 126 written out.

  4. Prayer book

    Sukkot Mahzor, published in 1878, that belonged to Martha Bermann Loeb.

  5. Prayer book

    Shavuot Mahzor, published in 1884, that belonged to Martha Bermann Loeb.

  6. Leo Stein collection

    Photographs illustrating the experiences of Eleazar Zalcenstein [sp] and his parents Prywa and Gabriel in the Łódź Ghetto and Gabriel and Eleazar (Lolek or Leo) who survived and were both in displaced persons camps after the war.

  7. Dirge -- Lionel Semiatin

    Dirge from sonata for violin and piano Passacaglia from string quartet #2

  8. SS concentration camp officer testimony

    Consists of one typed testimony, eight pages with some additional pieces, written by an unknown author, about the testimony of an SS officer regarding his work in concentration camps, including Treblinka. The author describes begins the essay by describing his surprise when one day in 1943, he ran into an old acquaintance on a street in Berlin. The friend, who had previously been imprisoned on account of his activities with the Confessing Church, was wearing an SS officer's uniform, much to the author's surprise. The friend confided in the author that he was using this position to record in...

  9. Mira Rosenblatt collection

    Consists of a photograph, dated 1933, of a group of friends in Siewierz, Poland with signatures and messages from those depicted and a photograph depicting Franya Szytra and Cesia Zelonka from Sosnowiec, with an undated message. Also includes two enlarged maps showing the route of two death marches, one showing the route from Grünberg to Helmbrechts, January 25th-March 15th,1945, and one showing the route from Helmsbrechts to Prachatitze in from April 13th to May 5th, 1945.

  10. Naymark family genealogy and history

    Consists of one typed manuscript, 99 pages, entitled "Naymark Family Genealogy and History," written and compiled by Richard Naymark in 2013. In the manuscript, Mr. Naymark describes his family's history beginning in the 1860s in Poland, the immigration of some members of his family to the United States and settling in Duluth, MN, in the early 1900s. The manuscript includes translations of correspondence between David Naymark in the United States and his sisters, who remained in Poland and lived in Warsaw, and includes descriptions of the wartime fates of the Weicner and Naymark families in...

  11. "My Experiences as a Prisoner of War, December 1944 to June 1945"

    Consists of one copy of a typed manuscript, 33 pages, entitled "My Experiences as a Prisoner of War December 1944 to June 1945" by C. Robert Hartt, written in 1945. In the memoir, Mr. Hartt describes being wounded and captured at the Battle of the Bulge and being sent on a long march, arriving at Stalag IV-B on January 7, 1945. He describes life in the camp, being taken on a work detail in Zittau, and the importance of Red Cross packages. In May 1945, the soldiers were sent on a march to American lines, but were fired upon and separated; Hartt found a Czech town where he was cared for and w...

  12. Photographic postcard

    Consists of a photographic postcard depicting Jewish men and boys, with armbands, seated with hands on their heads. Armed guards are visible in the background. The postcard was acquired by survivor Chaim Fuchs. Chaim, born 1923 in Krosniewice, Poland, was a survivor of Auschwitz and other camps. An inscription on the reverse of the postcard reads, "Bürkenau," though its relationship to the scene captured is unclear.

  13. Nechama Safira photograph

    Contains a photographic postcard, with inscription on verso, of Nechama Paleszek Safira, who survived the Holocaust and then immigrated to Israel (Palestine) in 1947. Nechama was born in 1915 in Kowel.

  14. Weinberg family collection

    Photographs and Yiddish notes surrounding Morton Steinberg's extended family in pre-war Europe

  15. Doppelt family photographs

    Photographs of Felix and Gitla Doppelt in a displaced persons camp in Bari, Italy.

  16. Erwin Stern collection

    Documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of Erwin Stern, born in Rechnitz, Germany and later of Vienna until 1939, when he and his sister Theresa were sent to France and hidden in the Château du Masgelier children's home. They came to the United States in June 1941 through a transport organized by the United States Committee for the Care of European Children. Includes documentaiton compiled in preparation for that journey, such as an affidavit in lieu of passport.

  17. Elizabeth and Bernard Kasmar collection

    Collection of Alzbieta and Bernhard Kasmacher (later Kasmar) in Vienna, Austria, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Includes Reisepasses, letters, birth certificates, US naturalization certificates, and newspaper clippings documenting the couple's journey from Vienna to England before arriving in the United States in 1940.

  18. Harold J. Buckman photograph collection

    Photographs primarily depicting the Nordhausen concentration camp immediately following liberation, 1945. The photographs were acquired by Tec 5 Harold J. Buckman, who was a member of the US Army’s 750th Tank Battalion, 104th Infantry Division that participated in the liberation of the Nordhausen concentration camp on April 10, 1945.

  19. Milton Zimmerman photograph collection

    Consists of seven original photographs depicting Dachau at liberation, including the so-called "Death Train," with original inscriptions on the verso. The photographs were acquired by Milton Zimmermann (1921-1948) of Louisville, KY, while serving with the medical detachment of the 283rd Field Artillery Battalion. The collection also includes a copy of a portrait depicting Milton Zimmerman in uniform with his wife Jean.

  20. "My Story"

    Consists of one memoir, 55 pages, entitled "My Story," by Sol Graf (also known as Zoltan Grof or Shlomo Graf), originally of Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary. He describes pre-war life, the invasion of Hungary, being sent to the Moson ghetto and from there to the ghetto in Gyor. At the beginning of June, he was deported to Auschwitz and describes the selection process and being placed in the children's barrack in the so-called "Gypsy camp." He was transferred to Auschwitz I and later to the Sachsenhausen, Lieberose, and Mauthausen concentration camps. He was liberated from Gunskirchen in May 1945 a...