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  1. Photograph of a group of Holocaust survivors from Radzyń Podlaski, Poland

    The photographic postcard depicts a group of ten men and one woman seated at a table with lit candles, a Yizkor sign, and a banner with Hebrew characters on the wall behind them. Caption on the verso: "Radzyń Podlaski Poland / This was taken in / Germany D.P. Kamp sic."

  2. Anna Lewis papers

    The papers consist of an identification card issued to Geza Ottai in Cinecittà, Italy, dated November 1948; a photograph of Anna M. Ottai, Geza’s daughter; a registration certificate issued to Geza Ottai by the International Refugee Organization Italian Mission in Rome, Italy, dated May 1949; and a Stewart Times newsletter, dated January 1, 1952.

  3. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. photographs

    Consists of 23 large black and white photographs taken of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., the Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also includes photographs of other influential figures in the Roosevelt administration and photographs of Henry Morgenthau, Sr., the United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian genocide.

  4. Hilda Seftor memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 8 pages typewritten, regarding the wartime experiences of Hilda Seftor (born Hilda Cohen), originally of Scotland. Her mother was the president of the Refugee Children's Committee, and Hilda describes her memories of the kindertransport children who lived with her family and of life in wartime Scotland.

  5. Emil Hersch photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs taken of Emanuel Herszkowicz (now Emil Hersch) at the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Includes photographs of Mr. Herszkowicz working in an O.R.T. training facility and as a member of the Landsberg camp's police force.

  6. Gerber Ezriel letter

    The letter was written by Gerber Ezriel from a DP camp in Germany to Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for assistance with his emigration to Palestine.

  7. Green wool blanket received at postwar dp camp

    1. Esther Flam collection

    Blanket issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany

  8. Knife with US engraving issued at postwar dp camp

    1. Esther Flam collection

    Knife, molded with "U.S." on the handle, was issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany

  9. Stove from the Gurs internment camp

    1. Emilie Boit collection

    Small portable cooking stove brought back from the Gurs internment camp by one of the refugee families. The rectangular metal stoves had a grill on top, a receptacle to make the fire in, a small drawer underneath for the ashes and a little chimney pipe.

  10. Judith W. Adler collection

    Consists of eighteen photographs, which depict Judith Adler's experiences in Kibbutz Tikva in Aschau am Inn, Germany; after her journey on the Exodus 1947 on board the Ocean Vigour; in Pöppendorf internment camp; and in Emden, Germany.

  11. Abraham Ackerstein collection

    Consists of two documents from the SS Marine Flasher, thirty photographs, and three small photograph albums from the displaced persons camp in Föhrenwald, Germany, relating to Abraham Ackerstein.

  12. Erika Rybeck collection

    The collection consists of a drawing, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Erika Schulhof and her family in Vienna, Austria, and Erika's experience as a Kindertransport refugee in the United Kingdom before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  13. Kurt Weiler collection

    The collection consists of two Waffen SS fezzes and a Nazi banner relating to the experiences of Kurt Weiler, a refugee from Nazi Germany before World War II, who served in the US Army in Europe during the war.

  15. Female Austrian Jewish refugees at Czech-German border; England

    News of the Day: Czech-German Border. Jewish women refugees from Austria. Pan of tents on ridge, men and women; MS tents (loosely built) in rows. CU old women seated outside tents; CU old man. Piles of furniture, chairs, teapots. VLS: many people in field. England.

  16. Roswell and Marjorie McClelland collection

    The collection consists of a handmade card, correspondence, photographs, reports, and drafts relating to the experiences of Roswell and Marjorie McClelland and their work for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe from 1940-1945, and Roswell McClelland’s work as a War Refugee Board representative in Switzerland, 1944-1945.

  17. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    The collection consists of badges, luggage tags, purse, suitcase, storybook, prayer book, and documents relating to the experiences of Ruth Danzig before, during, and after the Holocaust as a Kindertransport refugee from Munich, Germany, to the United Kingdom, and her 1944 emigration to the United States.

  18. Susan Szarfare Greenstein photographs

    Contains two black-and-white photographs of Susan Szarfare Greenstein's mother in the Landsberg Displaced Persons camp.

  19. Drevich family collection

    Consists of an 101-page manuscript and twenty photographs. The manuscript, "An Auschwitz memoir," written by Arka Drevich donor's father describes his experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camp from 1942 to 1945. Photographs show the Drevich family life before and after World War II; most photographs were taken in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany between 1946 and 1948.

  20. Lutz Haase collection

    Contains official documents concerning donor's status as a political refugee in Shanghai during the war. Collection of booklets and newspapers are published by the "Association of Former Central European Refugees from Shanghai." Also includes 27 photographs taken in the Hongkew ghetto between 1943-1948, described by the donor.