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  1. Evvy Eisen collection

    Biographies and related documents of the Holocaust survivors photographed by Evvy Eisen for the "Multiply by Six Million: Portraits and Stories of Holocaust Survivors" project.

  2. Nazi photo album

    Photo album of Adolf Hitler with Heinrich Hoffmann photos inscribed "K. Steiger 1942"

  3. David Friedmann research materials

    Contains research materials relating to the artwork of David Friedmann

  4. Jules Graff collection

    Two copy photographs showing the interior and exterior of the mobile darkroom used by Jules Graff, who was photographer for the 333rd Regiment.

  5. Selected Documents from the Monastery of the of Notre-Dame de Sion, Paris (Archives of the Fathers and Brothers)

    This collection is from the archives of the men’s’ religious order of Notre-Dame de Sion (NDS) in Paris and documents the monastery’s efforts in saving European Jews, especially children, during the rise of Nazism and the period of the German Occupation during World War II. It consists of printed publications by the order in French, handwritten ledgers keeping track of children entrusted to NDS during World War II and who sometimes remained with Catholic families after the war, diaries of the priests and brothers, and a history of the congregation composed by one of its members, Father Cols...

  6. Furman family papers

    The Furman family papers document the pre-war lives of the Furman family in Krynki, Poland and Palestine, including Hanoch Furman’s education and employment at a Tarbut school in Krynki, his immigration to Palestine in 1926, and his mother Zelda Furman’s immgration to Palestine in 1936. Documents include Tarbut school certificates and report card, marriage certificate for Hanoch and Dina Flaumenbaum, a Ketubah, Palestinian immigration certificates for Hanoch and Zelda, Palestinian naturalization certificate for Hanoch, and Zelda’s Polish passport and health card for immigration. Photographs...

  7. Franziska Hermann identification card

    Deutsches Reich Kennkarte issued to Fransiska Hermann, born in Vienna, April 1915. The identification document was issued October 19, 1939 and stamped to indicate she was deported to Theresienstadt, October 9, 1942.

  8. Rudy Baum photograph collection

    The collection contains four photographs taken after Buchenwald's liberation in April 1945 that show American soldiers, survivors, and German civilians. All photos are stamped on verso with the name, address, and phone number of the donor as well as notes written in English that detail what is being depicted in each photograph. Includes images of victim bodies, German civiliians gathered around what is noted on verso to be a human skin lamp, and the gallows.

  9. Dezsofi family photo albums

    Two photo albums of Dorotta Dezsoefi (donor) and her twin sister Ida Marianne (Mari) Dezsoefi who were born on January 31, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary. Photographs in the albums document the period from 1930-1947. The twins survived the war years in a convent protected by nuns. The albums survived the war years in the family's apartment in Subotica, which was taken over by high ranking officers. All of the contents of the apartment remained intact, and it was overseen by their former maid. The family recovered the albums after returning to Subotica. The photos were taken by family members inc...

  10. Kopolovic family papers

    Documents including certificates, correspondence, and identification information, family photographs, and restitution-related papers, relating to Olga Schuman (formerly Ester Kopolovicova) of Drahova, Czechoslovakia (Drahovo, Ukraine), who survived Auschwitz and Stutthof. Also includes a DVD photos and Olga's oral history, in addition to a guidebook, Nový Tlumaĉ Americky [The American Interpreter] in Czech and English that Olga used when she arrived in the United States.

  11. Tony Carbone collection

    Photographs of a deportation action in Russia, Jewish children, Germany military activities, and a landscape.

  12. Goldfeld and Rauchbach families papers

    Letters, documents, and photos related to Beate Rocker (nee Goldfeld), her parents Israel & Dora Goldfeld (nee Heitner) and her brother, Albert Goldfield (originally Goldfeld). Also includes a book of congratulatory telegrams for the marriage of Marie Brandstetter and Hermann Rauchbach as well as photos and a document related to their son Otto Rauchbach (later Rocker). Also includes Kurth Rauchbach (later Rocker)'s 1945 account of his wartime experience.

  13. Sass and Sygal families collection

    Identification documents, an affidavit of support, and certificates relating to Bernice (Bronia) Sass (née Sygal) and Paul (Pesach) Sass.

  14. Marian and Moscuna families papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Marian family of Cîmpulung and Suceava, Romania and the Moscuna family of Bucharest, Romania. Included is wartime family correspondence, immigration documents, and a document regarding stolen family valuables after they were deported from Cîmpulung to Transnistiria in 1941. There is also a donor-provided family history, and documents of Octav Moscuna regarding his forced-labor in Bucharest.

  15. Theodore Levite papers

    Letters that include biographical information and photographs from Theodore Levite when he entered the US Army and a news clipping about the event.

  16. Paul Steinberg collection

    The Paul Steinberg collection consists of a leather notebook which illustrates Paul Steinberg's [Morton Steinberg's father] experiences living with his relatives in Vienna, Austria, circa 1919-1920.

  17. Brukner and Grinberg families papers

    Consists of documents, photographs, and restitution papers related to Ester Grinberg née Brukner, her husband, Max Grinberg, her sister Irena Dlugosz née Brukner, and their families.

  18. Franka and Abram Charlupski papers

    Loose photographs, a photo album, documents, and Wielun Yizkor book prospectus relating to the experiences of Franka Wajntraub Charlupski and Abram Charlupski, both survivors of the Łódź ghetto.

  19. Kurt Dreyer papers

    The collection consists of two letters written by Kurt Dreyer, a member of the Essen Reserve Police Battalion 67, to his wife and son Hans-Jürgen in Essen regarding his actions in Krasnobród, Poland. In the first letter, dated 15 November 1942, he discusses his participation in a killing operation in Krasnobród on 13 November 1942 where accused partisans were placed in a barn and burned alive. He writes that he also shot at those who tried to escape, and that they later burned down the farmer’s house and executed the family as accomplices. He then discusses the capture and execution of 3 Je...

  20. Seymour and Ethel Reiss papers

    Consists of a 10 page letter written by Seymour Reiss to Ethel Waxman, his later wife, in June 1945 relaying his experience touring Dachau in the wake of the liberation of the camp.The collection also includes a photograph of the couple at Coney Island and photographs and documents relating to Seymour's military service in the European Theater.