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  1. Newspaper articles

    Consists of newspapers from Shanghai, China, 1948; and an article from the Los Angeles Times, 1949.

  2. Honigberg family collection

    The collection consists of a hatbox, luggage tags, postcards, Japanese phrase books, pamphlets, and other items used by the Honigberg family during their flight from German occupied Europe to Kobe, Japan.

  3. Leon Apfel collection

    The collection consists of a compass and case and a photograph relating to the experiences of Leon Apfel and Lea Apfel-Bierlaire before and during the Holocaust.

  4. Patrick Gleason collection

    The collection consists of two Nazi party posters.

  5. Julius de Clercq Zubli collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform jacket and a prisoner identification bracelet relating to the experiences of Dr. Julius de Clercq Zubli as an inmate of Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany following his deportation from the Netherlands for resistance activities during the Holocaust.

  6. Arthur Szyk collection

    The collection consists of eleven lithographs by Arthur Szyk, two offset lithographs, Peace on earth to men of good will and General Wladyslaw Sikorski, and one portfolio of nine first edition lithographs from the series, Visual History of Nations (1945-1949.}

  7. Ariege collection

    Contains a copy of Vichy registration of Jews in Ariege, twelve copyprints, and oral history interviews with Jeanne Rogalle, Claude Delpla, and G. Ane.

  8. Sigfried Neu collection

    Consists of two small "Liliput" dictionaries, English to German and German to English, printed in Leipzig, Germany, carried by Sigfried Neu in the concentration camp.

  9. Paula Catell collection

    The collection consists of 7 posters advertising concerts featuring Albert Catell donor's husband in Palestine/Israel and Egypt during the 1940s.

  10. Group of PM and New York Times newspapers

    Group of PM newspapers with illustrations by Arthur Szyk. The PM newspapers include the following: March 16, 1944, March 31, 1944 and August 12, 1945. Also, New York Times newspapers from July 20, 1941, January 12, 1942 and December 7, 1942.

  12. Jlse-Maria Von Pape collection

    Collection of 5 silver items consisting of 1 silver powder box and 4 silver cake forks retrieved in the former Warsaw Ghetto by donor's husband immediately following WWII.

  13. Edward J. Marohn collection

    The collection consists of a drawing and a negative photocopy of the drawing.

  14. Steven Vogel collection

    The collection consists of a cotton shirt and a leather belt worn by Steven Vogel as he exited Mauthausen concentration camp upon liberation in April 1945. Steven Vogel took the shirt and belt from an SS storeroom housing clothing and supplies at the camp. Letter: handwritten by Tomi Baratod [sic] in Budapest addressed to "Pistka" [sic], dated December 14, 1946. Letter describes events in Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland after Steven was evacuated from there to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Written by a friend of Steven's who remained in Auschwitz and detailed his experien...

  15. Jeanne Bowen collection

    The collection consists of four prints from Arthur Szyk's holiday portfolio and include "Simchat Torah," "Chanukah," "Rosh Hashanah," and "Passover."

  16. Patrick D. Gleason collection

    Consists of badges, ballots, broadsides, and posters relating to the 1933 elections in Germany. Also includes a ballot for the Austrian Anschluss plebescite.

  17. Jaworski family collection

    Consists of photographs of the Jaworski family, including of Maria Teicher, the donor's mother, in the Polish and Soviet Armies, 1942 - 1946; in the Szczebrzesyn ghetto in 1941; and after the war in Sopot and Lublin, Poland. Al;so includes a six-pointed yellow star patch, with "Jood" printed in the center in in black ink; on the verso is a Nazi emblem of an eagle with extended wings holding a wreath, printed in black ink.

  18. Klaus Barbie trial evidence removal tag collection

    The collection consists of tags that were placed on boxes containing documents from the trial of Klaus Barbie. The tags indicate sealed doucuments were moved from the municipal library to the court, then after the trial to the Lyon local Archives.

  20. Albert Bernard Hartstein collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, tallit, and publications relating to the experiences of Paul Hartstein during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in several concentration camps.