• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn510452
• English
• 1920-1949
• folders 2
• Updated 1 year ago

Consists of photographs, identification card, postcards, certificates, receipts, telegrams, a flyer, envelope, letters, documents, and permits relating to Gertrude Hoffer (later Gertrude Milgrom), and her family's experiences in Vienna, Austria; Zagreb, Yugoslavia; London, United Kingdom; Bielsko, Poland, Landsberg displaced persons camp, Germany; and her immigration to the United States.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn707351
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

Consists of correspondence, restitution and naturalization documentation, pertaining to the experiences of Jack (Jurek) Neufeld, born 1922 in Wolbrom, Poland. The correspondence includes letters from families Schwinghammer and Preis of Eggenfelden, Germany, who Jack knew well from his time living as a displaced person in the community.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515694
• English
• 1941
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The papers consist of a letter written on June 27, 1941, by Lonia (nee Russlander) Ozarow of Warsaw, Poland, to her brother, Leon Russlander, in Washington, D.C. and the envelope in which the letter was mailed.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn516889
• English
• 1935-1951
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The papers consist of pre-war photographs of the Zimmermann family in Przemyśl, Poland and post-war photographs of Malwina Zimmermann, Jack Zimmermann, and Cesia Zimmermann at the displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany and of the Zimmermann family after they immigrated to the United States in 1949. Also included is a certificate from the ORT-UNRRA trade school in Landsberg for Jack, a driver's license issued to Jack in Landsberg, and a letter sent to Jack from Mulke, in 1948.

1. Gertrude Jackel and Julius Wetterhahn family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562587
• English
• box oversize box oversize folder book enclosures 1 2 2 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The Jäckel and Wetterhahn family papers include biographical material, correspondence, education documents, writings, restitution material, and photographs relating to Gertrude Jäckel and Julius Wetterhahn’s families pre-war life in Germany, attempts to emigrate from Germany, and Gertrude and Julius’ post-war life in the United States. The collection includes a diary, kept by Ruth Jäckel from 1931-1984 during her time in Germany, London, and the United States as well as correspondence between Sigmund and Jettchen, Gertrud’s parents, and Gertrude and Julius before her parents were deported. ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn564376
• English
• box oversize boxes book enclosure 1 2 1 5 negatives,
• Updated 1 year ago

The collection consists of documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the postwar lives of Jacob and Frida Lewinter and their children Sophia and Milka in Saint Petersburg, Wrocław, Poland, and Israel. Biographical materials include photocopies of identification papers, genealogical materials, and financial documents. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to Jacob and Frida from their daughter Sophia and her then-husband Arthur Segal. Photographs and albums include portraits and travel photographs of the family in Russia, Poland, and Israel.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn628792
• English
• 1927-1984
• box oversize box 1 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The collection includes biographical material, restitution files, and photographs primarily documenting Jacob and Rita Litman’s experiences at the displaced persons camp at Bayerisch Gmain, Germany, from 1946 to 1949, their immigration to the United States, and efforts to obtain restitutions as well as extensive post-war correspondence from Tadeusz Jankiewicz, who helped Jacob escape, and other Poles who knew and helped Jacob during the war. The collection also includes the diary of Samuel Golfard, which was written during Samuel's internment as a Jewish forced laborer in and around Przemys...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517304
• English
• 1941-1944
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The papers consist of a letter written by Rabbi Moise Cassorla on September 8, 1941, attesting to a Bar Mitzvah ceremony to take place in Toulouse, France on September 20, 1941; a telegram sent to Sabina Fischler [donor's mother] by Jacob Fischler and his brother, Alexander; an identification tag from the American Joint Distribution Committee worn by Jacob Fischler (#43) and issued in Barcelona, Spain; a ticket issued in Bracelona on January 18, 1944; a letter written from Reichenberg (Liberec), Czechoslovakia, by Hermann Fischler [donor's father]; a letter written in English from Sabina Fi...

1. Jacob Hennenberg collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523343
• English
• 1945-1949
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The papers consist of two certificates and two letters of recommendation issued to Jacob Hennenberg relating to his experiences as a displaced person after World War II.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn95114
• English
• 1938-1962
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The Jacob Mincer papers consist of correspondence and identification papers documenting Mincer’s efforts to emigrate from Europe before and after the Holocaust and the efforts of his uncle, Issy Mincer, to help him from South Africa. Correspondence primarily includes letters Jacob wrote to Issy from Brno before the war and from Munich and the United States after the war as well as pre-war letters documenting Issy Mincer’s efforts to provide Jacob financial assistance through the Anglo-Palestine bank. Identification papers include Jacob’s pre-war student identification card from Brno and his...

1. Jacob Reimer and Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn716969
• English
• folders 14
• Updated 1 year ago

The Jacob Riemer and Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum papers document the separate stories of Jacob Reimer and his wife’s cousin, Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum. Jacob Riemer’s papers consist of letters his parents sent him from Europe following his immigration to the United States. Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum’s papers include biographical materials, personal narratives, photographs, printed materials, and restitution files documenting her post-Holocaust recovery in Sweden, her immigration to the United States, and the lingering effects of her imprisonment at Auschwitz.

1. Jacob and Nehemiah Robinson collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn86034
• English
• 1915-1977
• boxes oversize box 11 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The Jacob Robinson papers include personal and professional papers created and collected by Dr. Jacob Robinson, mainly as part of his work at the Institute for Jewish Affairs in New York City during and after World War II. The collection largely relates to legal and academic discussions about the Holocaust, war crimes trials, and reparations. The personal photographs are largely pre-war photographs of the Robinson family in Lithuania during the 1920s and 1930s, with a few wartime and post-war snapshots and professional portraits. The personal papers consist of some educational documents and...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn652798
• English
• 1938-1989
• folders 5
• Updated 1 year ago

The Jacobson family papers contain letters and telegrams between the Ostermann and Jacobson families documenting the Jacobson family's attempts to immigrate to the United States; two American Joint Distribution Committee press releases and a letter documenting the voyage of the MS St. Louis; a photocopy of a letter Erich Jacobson wrote to his family from Dachau concentration camp in 1938; a newspaper clipping announcing Erich Jacobson's death in in 1952; and a photocopy of a clipping memorializing the MS St. Louis.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn73143
• English
• 1919-1949
• folders 8
• Updated 1 year ago

Contains correspondence from Else and Hermann Jacoby in Küstrin and Berlin in Germany to their only son, Heinz (later Yakov) Jacoby in Palestine. Also includes family photographs and documents related to Yakov's experiences before and during World War II. In 1939 Hermann Jacoby (b. February 26, 1855) was transferred to Berlin and placed in the Old Age Home at Grosse Hamburgerstrasse 26. He was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in early February 1943, where he died on February 17, 1943. Else Jacoby (b. February 12, 1881) lived in Berlin since 1939 at 16 Duisburger St. She was...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn512308
• English
• folders 2
• Updated 1 year ago

Mixed collection of documents, letters and photographs relating to the Gruen and Felber familes during the Holocaust. The photographs are mounted on pages and seem to have been part of an album. The majority of the documents are in French.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515563
• English
• 1936
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

Contains of one letter from Gusta, a young girl in Haifa, to her friend, Jadwiga Dzido (later Hassa), in Poland, encouraging Jadwiga to come to Palestine. During the war, Jadwiga, a Polish Catholic, became a member of the Polish underground and was imprisoned from 1941-1945 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. She later testified in the Nuremberg Doctors Trial. Also includes one photograph of Rozia Zylberajch, who is mentioned in the letter.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn504156
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

Contains a letter in Polish and an English translation of the letter. The letter describe the fates and treatment of Paulette Buchbinder's mother-in-law and the Jews of Klimontów during the German occupation of Poland.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn44282
• English
• folders 6
• Updated 1 year ago

The Jakob Ascher papers contain biographical material, correspondence, emigration and immigration documents, school records, and photographs relating to Jakob Ascher and his family’s pre-war life in Breslau, Germany and Jakob’s immigration to the United States. The collection includes report cards, poems, an athletic certificate, and essays relating to his daughter, Esther Ascher’s schooling as well as photographs depicting the Ascher family before the war and Esther during her time at a Hachshara in Germany and Palestine. The collection also includes biographical material such as identific...

1. Henry Cook collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn516365
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The letter and envelope were sent by Jakob Kukuk in Nazi-occupied Poland to Adolph Cook in New York, N.Y. German censor marks are stamped on the envelope.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn514766
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The collection consists of two letters written by Corporal James E. Tate. One of the letters was written in Reims, France, and discusses Tate's impending return to the United States, and the other describes the condition of liberated prisoners in Germany after World War II. Also includes the envelope used to send the letters to the United States.