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  1. Prayer book

    Hamash volumes belonging to Leo Loeb, with inscriptions by him as well as by his father.

  2. Private Papers of Frieda Rosenthal Nachlass Frieda Rosenthal (P 240)

    Frieda Rosenthal (born circa 1900), was an author in Vienna who wrote under the pseudonym "Sulamith; Ef. Er." The collection consists of private papers of Frieda Rosenthal: a diary, poems, manuscripts, articles written for the Vienna edition of the Jüdische Jugend, Neue Freie Presse, A.B.Z.-Zeitschrift sowie Israelisches Familienblatt, on a variety of topics such as Zionism and emigration. Also features teaching materials, children’s' song texts, and event programs.

  3. Spangenthal family papers

    The collection primarily contains the correspondence of Ludwig and Kurt Spangenthal, who immigrated to the United States in 1936 and 1938 respectively and settled in Baltimore, with their mother Marianne Spangenthal (née Schönemann) in Kassel, Germany prior to her deportation in 1942. Also included is correspondence between Ludwig, Kurt, and Marianne and Marianne’s brother Robert Schönemann, who immigrated to the United States in 1939. There is biographical material related to Ludwig which includes his German passport, photographs, scattered notes, and identification papers mostly related t...

  4. Krys family papers

    The collection primarily contains prewar photographs and wartime postcards of the Krys family of Skierniewice, Poland. Included are prewar photographs of Martin and Anna Krys prior to immigrating to the United States, Martin’s sisters and brothers, and other relatives including the Munkabotzki family. There is one postwar photograph of Miriam Ordenas’s (Krys) son Yitzchak (Jack) and his wife in a DP camp. Correspondence consists of two prewar postcards and six wartime postcards addressed to Martin Krys in the United States from his sisters Miriam in Skierniewice and Roiza in Warsaw, both of...

  5. Seitel and Knoll families papers

    The Seitel and Knoll families papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Seitel and Knoll families from Nadwórna, Poland, before the Holocaust and Chaim Eli and Frieda Knoll Seitel’s immigration to Palestine around 1939. Biographical materials include Frieda’s Nadwórna elementary school report cards, Chaim’s military document, their marriage certificate, a ketubah, receipts documenting the couple’s support of the Jewish National Fund and World Zionist Organization, and information about their baby boy, Eliezer. This series also includes a noteb...

  6. Edwin Allan diary and photographs

    The collection includes a diary kept by Edwin Allan after he was captured during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the French port of Dunkirk in 1940. The diary documents his experiences starting in January 1942 as a prisoner of war in Stalag IX-C. Other POWs, including members of the Jewish Brigade, added their names, address, and sometimes a messages to the diary. Next to some names there are dates of their death written by Edwin. The collection also includes photographs depicting the British POWs in Stalag IX-C, including Allen.

  7. Anti-Semitic & Anti-Communist Poster

    Jews Hiding Under a Table; printed for the "Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition" in Belgrade. Image of Joseph Stalin inviting Churchill and Roosevelt to sit at the table under which Jews are hiding reading a book titled "a plan to bolshevize England and America."

  8. Lutz travels with others on a train

    Unknown date. Carl Lutz and a woman sit in a train car. Another woman travels with them. CU, Mother Lutz with the woman. Man with a mustache. Carl and two women look out the window at the passing landscape, pointing at things. Carl puts his arm around his mother. They gesture out the window. Off the train, there are various close shots of the different woman smiling. The mustached man. CU, elderly woman. Carl. He tips his hat several times. They pose in front of a monument with lots of domes. Carl with the elderly woman. He gestures behind him. Group shot. They wear hats and fur coats, and ...

  9. Youth Aliyah and "Tehran Children" photographs

    Consists of 11 photographs documenting the arrival of Jewish children and youths in Palestine who were assisted in fleeing Nazi Europe with help from the Youth Aliyah organization founded by Recha Freier and the Jewish Agency for Palestine. Select photographs depict the arrival of the so-called "Tehran children" who lived as refugees in Iran prior to their immigration to Palestine.

  10. Teodor Diamant papers

    The collection documents the experiences of Teodor Diamant, originally of Turčiansky Svätý Martin (Martin, Slovakia), on the SS Pentcho, its shipwreck on the uninhabited island of Kamilonissi, while en route to Palestine, and his internment at a concentration camp on Rhodes and then the Ferramonti concentration camp in Tarsia, Italy. Included is a photograph album documenting his voyage on the ship and his internment in the camps. Other photographs document his military experience with a Czech unit in Great Britain, family and friends, and post-war experiences in London and the United State...

  11. Selected records from State Archive Potenza

    Selected records concerning the discrimination and persecution of Jews in Italy in the community of Potenza, including a census of the Jews and records of the Police headquarters relating to citizens of Jewish origin.

  12. Anne Heineman-Beer collection

    Collection of documents, receipts, correspondence and other papers relating to the restitution claims of Anne Heineman-Beer (donor's grandmother) and her family's experiences during the Holocaust.

  14. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Consulate General in Frankfurt Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej we Franfurcie nad Menem (Sygn.635)

    Correspondence, passports, photographs, questionnaires, certifications related to the establishment of Polish citizenship, and issue extension of passports to Jews born in Poland but living in Germany.

  15. August Bohny-Reiter papers Nachlass August Bohny-Reiter (1919-2016)

    Private papers of August Bohny-Reiter (1919-2016), a refugee aid worker and teacher. The collection consists of Bohny-Reiter biographical materials: photographs, records of civilian and military service, honors,and a diploma from Yad Vashem (1990); reports, correspondence, clippings, articles, publications and photographs relating to aid to refugees and refugee children in France and Switzerland, the founding of the Pestalozzi Children's Village, and cooperation with the Red Cross.

  16. Watercolor

    Watercolor that forms part of a portfolio depicting the Officer's Quarters in Dachau, Germany. The watercolor is titled, "Bedroom", and depicts a bed and other furniture within the room. The watercolor is initialed "H" and dated February 1946, in the lower right corner of the verso.

  17. Angela Schwartz diary

    The collection includes a booklet created in Sömmerda, a subcamp of Buchenwald, by Angela Schwartz from 1944-1945. The booklet was made from materials in the munitions factory such as paint and paper and includes poems.

  18. Wooden clothing hanger

    Wooden hanger from the clothing store of Siegmund Pressman in 1930s Berlin

  19. Luise Wetter papers Nachlass Luise Wetter (1917-1991)

    Private papers of Luise Wetter (1917-1991), a Swiss aid worker for refugee children during and after the war, including Jewish children from Vienna in the Pestalozzi children's home (1945 to 1947). The collection consists of biographical materials of Luise Wetter, a resume, personal documents and photographs; correspondence and letters from supervised children from Vienna and Nice; letters from Ida Koplik; "thank you" letters to Martin Wetter (Luise's brother); photographs relating to aid to refugee children, their activities in the Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (SRK) children's camps in Vien...

  20. Market scenes in Tirana

    "ALBANIA" "Streets and Bazaars of Tirana" Street scenes in Tirana. Craftsmen line up across from the Et'hem Bey mosque (in front of what is now the entrance to the National Library). Shop with three boys. Cobblers making traditional wooden shoes called "nallane". MCUs, market, merchants selling wares. Artisans making "qeleshe", the traditional Albanian cap. Pottery-making. The old bazaar - crowded outdoor market. Pan up, Xhamia e Kokonozit mosque (torn down by the communists in 1967). 01:02:59 Street scenes with pedestrians and building (what is now the Avni Rustemi statue). Four American v...