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  1. Donald A. Perera collection

    Collection of two Red Cross letters written between Olga Pincherle (donor's paternal aunt) and her brother and his wife, Lionello and Carolyn Perera, in New York City; dated 1942; sent between New York, NY and Gorizia, Italy.

  2. Stephen Fisher collection

    Consists of two stereographic prints depicting the persecution of the Jews during World War II. One image depicts Polish Jews being forced to labor with a large cart, while the other image shows the burning of Jewish beds in the town square in Myślenice, Poland. The photographer is listed as Heinrich Hoffmann, and the photographs were mass produced and published by Raumbild-Verlag-Otto Schönstein.

  3. Prentice G. Morgan collection

    Consists of two pages from a photograph album owned by Prentice G. Morgan, a member of Patton's Third Army. Morgan participated in the liberation of Buchenwald, and the photograph album pages include eleven photographs of the liberation and his commentary about what he witnessed in the camp. The photographs depict American military personnel in the camp, camp buildings, summary justice, military personnel viewing anatomical artifacts belonging to Ilse Koch, and the burial of victims.

  4. Esther Kliger-Shlamovitch photograph collection

    Collection consisting of 19 photographs; one photograph is adhered to scrapbook page and three photographs are adhered to scrapbook page by tape

  5. Sered concentration camp collection Koncentračný tabor v Seredi

    Contains a registry book, "Koncentračný Tábor Sered," of arriving Jewish deportees at the Sered camp consisting of daily, handwritten entries for the period of November 11, 1944 to March 29, 1945. Arriving inmates are registered in the order of arrival on each day. Main data of the each entry contains : the sequential number, last and first names, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, profession, whereabouts of the married partner, number of children, whereabouts of the children (arrival date in camp, departure place, confiscated monies, in case of 'mixed marriages' the date of the we...

  6. Soep family collection

    Consists of a certificate stating that the Soep family were nationalized citizens of El Salvador. The document was stamped and signed by George Mantello on February 6, 1944 in Geneva, Switzerland.

  7. Collection of documents from ghettos and camps in Eastern Europe. Jewish Council Łachwa Kolekcja dokumentów z gett i obozów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Rada Żydowska w Łachwie (Sygn. 216)

    Contains a single document dated on August 25, 1941. Its content relates to confirmation of delivery of the Jewish workers by the Judenrat to Łachwa authorities.

  8. Unused bookplate with a Star of David rose tree belonging to a Dutch Jewish pharmacist

    Bookplate made for Ephraim Izaak Levie (Eil) Rosenbaum, a pharmacist in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the 1930s. Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940 and, by 1942, deportations of Jews to concentration camps were frequent. In March 1943, Eil decided that his family needed to go into hiding. He sent his wife, Johanna, and son, Max, to Neede and his two year old daughter, Betty, to live with a Protestant family, Berthe and Jan Hageman, in Eibergen. In April 1943, Johanna and ten week old Max were betrayed by a Dutch Nazi and deported and killed in Sobibor extermination camp. In late Apri...

  9. "Of Ships and Men: From Toledo to Leghorn and then to Tunis"

    Consists of one manuscript, 104 pages, entitled "Of Ships and Men: From Toledo to Leghorn and then to Tunis," with a copy in French, by Giacomo Nunez, originally of Tunis. In the manuscript, Mr. Nunez describes the history of the Jewish community in Italy, Spain, and Tunis throughout history, focusing specifically on the experiences of the Nunez family. He also describes his own childhood in Tunis and memories of World War II as a Jewish boy in North Africa, including his memories of bombings and forced labor.

  10. Charles A. Vogenberger photograph collection

    Collection of photographs documenting the Nordhausen concentration camp after liberation, including images of the burial of former prisoners in a mass grave; dated April 1945; some captioned on verso in English. The photographs were taken by Sgt. Charles A. Vogenberger (donor’s father), who served with the U.S. Army as a member of the 273rd Ordnance Company attached to the 1st Infantry Division.

  11. Holzmann family papers

    Consists of photographs and documents related to Martha Holzmann Braun, originally of Vienna, Austria. Includes pre-war family photographs; birth, marriage and divorce certificates; post-war naturalization and identity documents; a Reisepass for Martha's sister, Erna Holzmann Steckerl; and photographs of Erna with her husband, Alex. Also includes a prayer book presented to Erna Holzmann in 1921.

  12. Presentation by Cecilia Bitter Federman

  13. Hana Engel photograph collection

    Consists of two photographs: one a prewar image of Ania Szymkiewicz Engel (donor) and her mother, Regina, walking in the street in Łódź, Poland; the second an image of Hana Engel in Tel Aviv, dated 1948. Ania attended Abba Gymnasium before the war and the ghetto high school. In August 1944, she and her mother were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where Regina was murdered. Hana was liberated in May 1945 in Theresienstadt and in 1946 she arrived in Palestine where she was reunited with her father.

  14. Georges Zeraia Ayache collection

    Consists of a folder of copies of webpages, a copyprint, and a letter describing the life and Holocaust experiences of Georges Zeraia Ayache, originally of Algiers. In April 1944, Mr. Ayache was picked up in Paris and deported to Drancy, and then in May, deported to Kovno, where he was interned in the Ninth Fort. Mr. Ayache perished in the Holocaust. Includes a copyprint of Mr. Ayache and photocopies of webpages annotated with additional information.

  15. Frieda Loewy collection

    Scrapbook: created by Frieda Bedriska Loewy (donor's aunt) in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in the Czech Republic during her internment. Scrapbook begins with the date December 22, 1942 and concludes with documentation and drawings indicating Frieda's movement before war's end to Sweden.

  16. Marvin Esilinger collection

    Consists of four photographs taken in France depicting the head-shaving and public humiliation of women accused of Nazi collaboration.

  17. Marx family collection

    Contains twenty postcards written by Adolf and Hilde Marx (donor's parents) and their daughter Ilse (donor's sister), addressed to Hilde's sister Emmy Quade in Cologne, dated 1941-1942; two postcards addressed to Emmy Quade from Theresienstadt, dated 1943; one postcard sent to Erich Marx in Brighton, England from his parents and sister in Germany, dated 1939; twelve photographs depicting the Marx family in Cologne, Germany, c. 1932-1941; a school certificate issued to Erich Marx on March 30, 1939 by the Yavne Jewish School and signed by he director, Klibansky, who arranged for Eric to leave...

  18. Selected records from the Foreign Office: Library and the Research Department: General Correspondence from 1906 (FO 370)

    Contains general correspondence from the Library and Research Department of the Foreign Office relating to various matters including: legislation in Great Britain relating to Jews in 1939, inquiries on locations of archival collections, and resolutions and decisions from the Third Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress London, 1953.

  19. Selected records from the Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Russian Empire): General Correspondence (FO 181)

    Contains general correspondence and reports from the British Embassy and Consulates in the former Soviet Union relating to Jews, including liquidation in Riga, the joint allied declaration condemning Nazi atrocities, settlement of Jews in Uzbekistan, and the situation of Jews in Russia.