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  1. Lavern A. Weiser papers

    Photographs of post-liberation Dachau, news clippings from 1945, and news account of U.S. Army veteran Lawrence Weiser, circa 1990s. Photos appear to be from Weiser. Also includes a cartoon map of Europe, showing path of 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division) from landing at Marseille to Bavaria and Austria by V-E Day.

  2. American Jewish Committee documents

    Correspondence and related documents pertaining to the activities of the American Jewish Committee and its members in Portland, Oregon, in the mid-1930s. Contains correspondence from Morris Waldman of the AJC in New York to various individuals (many with names blacked out by donor) in Portland, and news releases about issues related to antisemitism during this period.

  3. Bergen-Belsen liberation photographs

    Consists of eight photographs taken by Royal Canadian Air Force photographer Stan Brocklebank at the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in spring 1945. The photographs show various buildings in the camp as well as both filled in and open mass graves.

  4. S.L. Shneiderman papers

    Material related to the experiences of author Samuel L. Shneiderman (donor's father). Includes genealogical records and biographical information; photographs; newspaper clippings; and writings including on the Holocaust and Warsaw ghetto, Israel soon after 1948, and Arthur Szyk.

  5. Izak and Pepi Altenhaus Letter

    Contains a letter written by Izak and Pepi Altenhaus (donor's parents) in Belgium, stating that they were being transported. The letter was thrown from train and picked up and posted by someone else. Also includes a scrap of return address and note in envelope.

  6. Kedar (Krausz) family photographs

    Contains two photographs: one showing Dr. Samuel and Dr. Lydie Krausz (donor's parents) in Nitra, 1936; the second depicting the donor's parents before their marriage in Prague, 1930.

  7. The Gans and Schmidek families collection

    Collection of correspondence (including post cards), a certificate issued by the British Red Cross, and family photographs documenting the experiences of the Gans and Schmidek families in Hungary and Palestine before and during the Holocaust

  8. Hilda Seftor memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 8 pages typewritten, regarding the wartime experiences of Hilda Seftor (born Hilda Cohen), originally of Scotland. Her mother was the president of the Refugee Children's Committee, and Hilda describes her memories of the kindertransport children who lived with her family and of life in wartime Scotland.

  9. Fekete collection

    Collection of ceramic decorations made by Béla Fekete and Éva Barta in their ceramics workshop. Béla Fekete, who was not Jewish, and his wife Éva Barta, who was Jewish, made these decorations by day and sold them to make a modest living. At night they forged identity papers with Béla creating the documents and Éva making the official looking stamps to go with them. Hundreds of people benefitted from their work, and in 2012 Béla Fekete was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.

  10. Edith Rottenstein Gross photographs

    Consists of 12 pre-war and wartime family and school photographs of the family of Edith Rottenstein, originally of Czechoslovakia. Those pictured include her siblings Vulvi, David, and Dwajri, her mother, and various members of the extended family.

  11. Album

  12. Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers prepared by the Commission for Teacher Certification of the Jewish Education Division of the Latvian Republic Ministry of Education, 1920-1941

    Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers prepared by the Commission for Teacher Certification of the Jewish Education Division of the Latvian Republic Ministry of Education, 1920-1941

  13. Lėja Lapaika Palangoje. 1960 m.

  14. Sempo Chiune Sugihara

  15. Mykolo Biržiškos portretas

  16. Redarstvena oblast za grad Zagreb

    • Police District of the City of Zagreb

  17. Directions on the disposal of Jewish property prior to evacuation to Litzmannstadt, nd

    Document entitled ‘guidelines for the handling of the property of Jews sent to Litzmannstadt', containing specific instructions on how the property of Jews must be handled, quoting the authority of several laws and ordinances 

  18. Reclamação do Consulado de Portugal em Nova Iorque sobre a falta de resposta da Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado (PVDE) a telegramas com resposta paga

    Reclamação do Consulado de Portugal em Nova Iorque sobre atrasos e ausências de resposta a consultas de pedidos de visto feitos com telegramas de resposta paga.

  19. Processo de pedido de visto para Abel Egon

    Processo de pedido de visto ao Consulado de Portugal em Berna para Abel Egon, de nacionalidade húngara, com destino ao Reino Unido. Sem informação de atribuição de visto. Pasta: Suíça - processos suspensos devido ao agravamento da situação.

  20. Processo de pedido de visto para Maria Schmidtmann (nascida Poser)

    Processo de pedido de visto pela Legação da Alemanha ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Maria Schmidtmann (nascida Poser), de nacionalidade alemã e residente na Austria, com destino a Portugal. Visto autorizado com condicionantes.