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  4. Londner family collection

    Collection of documents, identification cards, and correspondence relating to Gedalia Londner (b. 1912 in Bedzin, Poland) and his wife Maria Mania Silbiger (b. 1918 in Oświęcim, Poland). The collection includes correspondence regarding reparations; a certificate stating that Mr. Londner was a Polish citizen; a certificate stating that Mr. Londner was a political refugee; a Ketubah of their wedding, dated March 12, 1948; a German ID issued to Maria Silbiger (later Londner) dated February 1947; and a UN certificate for Mr. Londner.

  5. British Pathé Newsreel -- Austrian and German refugees take part in an Americanization program at a Quaker camp

    RKO-Pathe News. Titles read: "HAVEN - QUAKERS ESTABLISH NY REFUGEE FARM". At West Park American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), several shots of Austrian and German refugees of various ages sitting on steps and chairs outside a building and learning about the American way of life in 'Americanization Classes'. Adults and children work together in picking fruit and vegetables in fields on the Quaker camp. Commentator says the program is designed to re-establish the refugees socially and spiritually. Several shots of young people diving into a lake and swimming about.

  6. Martin Stuler photographs

    1. Martin Stuler collection

    Contains two photographs of Martin Stuler, a German Jewish refugee solder, in his U.S. Army uniform during WWII.

  7. Tallit

    Tallit found in German home by Manfred Hohenemser, an American GI who was a German Jewish refugee. After his unit liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp, they moved on to the town of Eisenbach near the Austrian border. Manfred was ordered to conduct a house to house search, and while doing so, he saw the tallit being used as a tablecloth in one of the homes. Furious, he ripped the tallit off the table and took it with him.

  9. Hans Posner papers

    1. Hans Posner collection

    The papers consist of letters from Fanny Posner donor's mother and her boyfriend, Nils Davidson, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans Posner and his brother, Manfred Posner, in Sweden as well as letters from the Jewish Refugee Board in London, England, the Vereingung der Verfolgten des Nazi Regimes [Alliance following the Nazi Regime] in Germany, and the Sonderstandesamt [Special Registry Office] in Germany.

  10. Boy Scout uniform jacket

    1. Peter Masters collection

    Boy Scout jacket from Vienna, worn by Peter Masters. Part of a collection of atmerial pertaining to the experiences of Peter Masters (donor's husband) [nee Arany] a Viennese Jewish refugee who served in the British commandos.

  11. Military map

    1. Peter Masters collection

    Map of Germany used in Peter Master's service. Peter Masters (the donor's husband) [nee Arany] was a Viennese Jewish refugee who served in the British commandos. The color map depicts a section of Germany, photolithographed by O.S.1944. Stamps on the map identify it as having been updated with information relevant as of 16 March 1945. The scale is 1:25,000. The section of Germany is identified with the number 4305.

  12. John Koenig papers

    1. John Koenig collection

    The papers consist of 23 photographs and 32 documents concerning the Koenig family during World War II.

  13. Rella Hudes Adler papers

    1. Rella Adler collection

    Consists of pre-war photographs of Isaac, Klara, Siegmund, and Rella Hudes of Vienna, Austria, as well as wartime photographs of Rella Hudes, who spent the war living with a Protestant family, the Adamses, of Sheffield, England. Included also is one letter, 1947, from the Jewish Refugee Committee regarding the deaths of Siegmund and Klara Hudes.

  14. Mrs. Shula Hamilton papers

    1. Shula Hamilton collection

    Contains a photograph as well as a letter and envelope (both laminated), addressed from Enrique (Herszek) Kagan, a Jewish refugee in Argentina, to his mother, Feiga Kagan, in Ostrolenka, Poland, sent August 29, 1939, but returned to Mr. Kagan in Argentina. The envelope contains a postmark from the German "Devisenschutz Kommando" in Warsaw.

  15. Reuben family papers

    Contains correspondence and forms related to Mrs. E. Reubens, of Cardiff, Wales, and her efforts to assist Jewish displaced persons at the Bergen-Belsen refugee camp, 1945-1946. Includes pre-war correspondence regarding her involvement in Jewish organizations in Britain that sought to assist German-Jewish refugees, dated 1933-1938.

  16. Nazi conquest of Czechoslovakia: refugees camp

    A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War II. Refugees camp.

  18. Dreyfuss, Reutlinger and Pollack families collection

    Contains documents and photographs related to Wilhelm (William) and Recha Reutlinger, as well as documents and photographs related to Leo Dreyfuss and his family (both the Dreyfuss and Pollak families). includes a Swiss identity card; Zeugnis and other documents about Leo Dreyfuss as a young refugee in Switzerland; correspondence regarding U.S. immigration paperwork including affidavits; a death certificate from Rivesaltes; and academic documents and credentials regarding Wilhelm Reutlinger.

  19. David and Dora Ruskin collection

    Collection of materials documenting the experiences of David and Dora Ruskin (donor’s parents) and their experiences during the Holocaust. Includes a manuscript entitled “The Journey Home” by Michael Ruskin about his his parents experiences during 1939-1945 during the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe, Kaunas, Lithuania and the Kovno ghetto; post-war documents from the International Red Cross; marriage certificates; copy of a certificate of incarceration; and certificates from the International Refugee Organization Displaced Persons Professional Testing Board and the Central Committee of Li...

  20. Cesia Fater collection

    Collection of photographs, papers and brochures (including music scores) pertaining to the life of Issachar Fater, cantor, composer and music teacher before the war. In 1940 he was a refugee in Soviet Baronovice and worked as an inspector for teaching of music. After being freed from labor camp in Siberia he became the director of the State Philharmonic Orchestra in Tadjikistan. Returning to Poland, he moved to Paris, Belgium, Rio de Janeiro and in 1962 immigrated to Israel. Includes a birth certificate in the name of Elizbieta Ritkowska issued August 27, 1938 and used by donor during the war.