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  1. Jewish Folksongs: for a voice with piano Book of Jewish folksongs returned to a family after being confiscated during the war für eine Singstimme mit Klavier

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    The Jüdische Volkslieder: für eine Singstimme mit Klavier is one of five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their children, Norbert and Suse, and mother-in-...

  2. The Jewish Sheet Music Catalog. The most important works of Jewish composers Catalog of the works of Jewish composers returned to a family after being confiscated during the war

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    The Der jüdische Musikalien-Katalog is one of five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. The book is inscribed Müller. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their children, Norbert and Suse, and m...

  3. Song of Solomon. Chazzanut (especially after the traditional ways) for the whole liturgical year. Jewish religious song book returned to a family after being confiscated during the war

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn548014
    • English
    • 1901
    • a: Height: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm) | Width: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)

    The Song of Solomon, Chasonus, and sheet music are among five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. The book is inscribed Müller and Jacob Heinfeldt. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their chi...

  4. Doll's white cotton sleeveless slip given to a young girl by a friend in Theresienstadt ghetto

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection

    Doll's white cotton slip with buttoned shoulder straps given to 9 year old Inge Auerbacher by her 9 year old friend Ruth Abraham in September 1944 when they were both prisoners in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, shared a room with Ruth and her parents at the camp. Ruth was just a few months older than Inge and the girls had identical dolls. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Terezin. In September 1944, Inge's father was told to report...

  5. Doll's colorful crocheted tassel hat given to a young girl after her release from Theresienstadt

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection

    Baby doll's multicolored crocheted wool hat owned by Inge Auerbacher, probably acquired after the war. It was worn by her doll Marlene, 1992.4.1a, that she kept with her while imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from 1942-1945. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Theresienstadt. When the family arrived at the camp, all of their belongings were taken away, except Inge's doll which had been given to Inge around 1935 by her grandmother, who was deported to Riga, Latvia, i...

  6. Doll's offwhite hand knit wool sweater and pants with red flowers made by a young girl after her release from Theresienstadt

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn6908
    • English
    • a: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm) b: Height: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)

    Doll's offwhite hand knit snowsuit with a long sleeved top and pants made by 9 year old Inge Auerbacher after her liberation from Theresienstadt ghetto/labor in May 1945. It was worn by her doll Marlene, 1992.4.1a, that Inge kept with her while imprisoned in Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia from 1942-1945. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Theresienstadt. When the family arrived at the camp, all of their belongings were taken away, except Inge's doll, which had been given to Inge around 1935 by ...

  7. UNRRA selected records AG-018-026 : Poland Mission

    Consists of the Central Registry-Subject Files: correspondence and cables; reports of the office of the Chief Mission Welfare and Repatriation Division; financial documents of the Department of Finance, and reports and correspondence of the Departments of Supply. Records relate to welfare of displaced persons, child care and maternal welfare, movement of Jewish children to France and Belgium, 1944-1949; repatriation from Germany; welfare activities of the International Student Service, Save the Children Fund, Unitarian Service Committee, Quakers and other organizations.

  8. Prayer book

    1. George Pick family collection

    Imakonyv, a prayer book for women, with a clasp and a slipcase, used by Gyorgy Pick's maternal great aunt, Gizella, during the war when she lived in a Swedish protected house in Budapest, Hungary. Ten year old Gyorgy and his parents lived in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, from November 1944-January 1945. Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany and adopted similar anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. Istvan, an engineer, lost his job in May 1939 because he was Jewish. He was conscripted into Hungarian labor battalions in 1940, 1943, and 1944. After German setbacks in the war against the Soviet Union in ...

  9. Rose Galek Brunswic papers

    1. Rose Galek Brunswic family collection

    The papers consist of documents and photographs relating to the persecution of Jewry in Nazi-occupied Poland, assistance rendered to Rose Brunswic by a member of the Polish resistance, Brunswic's deportation as a compulsory laborer to Germany and her life working in Germany under an assumed identity as a Polish Christian, her life as a displaced person in the American Zone of occupied Germany, her emigration to the United States, and her subsequent efforts to gain restitution on the grounds of health and loss of freedom.

  10. Book

    1. George Pick family collection

    Memorial book, Kegyelet, received by Malvina Kornhauser at the funeral for her husband Samu Kornhauser, who died July 19, 1935, in Budapest, Hungary. The book contains an obituary for Samu, as well as mourner's prayers for various family members. Malvina used the book to press flowers (1999.282.3.1) from his funeral, between pages 10 and 11, the widow's prayer. The book was preserved during the war by Malvina, her daughter Margit Pick and Margit's husband Istvan and son Gyorgy. Malvina, ten year old Gyorgy, and his parents lived in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, from November 1944-January 194...

  11. Deutsche Gebete zum Gebrauche bei der häuslichen und öffentlichen Andacht [Book]

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    German prayer book inscribed for Maud Stecklmacher, 14, by her father Fritz in February 1943 when the family was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. It includes a photograph with black tape to mark his death in May 1943. On July 2, 1942, Maud, her parents, Fritz and Käthe, her younger sister Karmela, 8, her grandparents Max and Steffi Steiner, and her uncle and cousin, Josef and Gustav Steiner, were sent from Prosjetov to Thereseinstadt. On July 28, Gustav, 16, and Josef were deported to Baranowicze, Poland, and murdered upon arrival. Max died o...

  12. Szyf family. Collection

    This collection comprises an array of materials chronicling the lives of the Szyf family, particularly Moszko and Leiba Ber Szyf, along with Sluwa Gus and the children Paul and Marie (Annie) Szyf, and some of their extended family members. The collection spans from the early 20th century through the mid-20th century and offers insight into their experiences before, during, and after World War II. Photographs form a significant portion of the collection. These include portraits of Moszko and Leiba Ber Szyf at different stages of their lives, ranging from the 1920s to the 1950s. Additionally,...

  13. Mickey Gliksberg. Collection

    This collection contains the following documents: the ketubah of Meyer Gliksberg and Sura Blumenkranz, 1919 ; photocopies of two letters from the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) to Meyer Gliksberg regarding luggage lost during the flight in May 1940 ; a file (6 documents and 6 photos) concerning the hiding of Mickey (Michla) Gliksberg at the pensionnat Saint-Charles in Herseaux, including photos of the site, the nuns and post-war photos of Mickey Gliksberg with other Jewish girls hidden at the convent ; a photocopy of a note dated 1943, sent by Henri, a fellow-prisoner of Mi...

  14. Camps d'internement dans la Vienne

    Par la période qu'il concerne (Occupation et Libération), ainsi que par les sujets qu'il permet d'aborder, l'ensemble 109 W est revêtu d'un intérêt historique évident. Comportant des documents rédigés en langue allemande (circulaires de l'autorité allemande, éléments de correspondance émanant de la Feldkommandantur 677 – le plus souvent traduits – , listes et rapports – bilingues –) ainsi qu'un ensemble de 32 photographies, il permet d'appréhender les modalités d'application dans la Vienne occupée de la législation anti-juive, ainsi que certains aspects de la période sensible de l'Epuration...

  15. Leitz glass slide projector with case, trays, and key ring used in a displaced persons camp

    1. Ephraim Robinson family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn40088
    • English
    • 1945-1948
    • a: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Depth: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) b: Height: 6.625 inches (16.827 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) c: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Depth: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) d: Height: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) e: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)

    Leitz projector for glass slides with case, trays, and a key ring used by Ephraim Mayer Robinson to view photographs that he took of activities in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany from 1945-1948. Soon after Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Ephraim and his wife, Sarah, fled east to Soviet territory. They relocated often as the Soviet Union demanded that Jewish refugees keep moving further east. They had a daughter, Fay, in 1941, in Odessa, and Alice was born in 1944 in Romanovka, Bessarabia. When the war ended in May 1945, they returned from Uzbekistan to Bessarabia,...

  16. Stephen S. Wise/Lillie Schultz

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Central Files
    3. Executive Files

    Box A9. Folder 1. Wise, Stephen S. to Wilson, Woodrow, 1920 February 28 Box A9. Folder 2. Correspondence, reports (English, German, French), 1936-1938 Box A9. Folder 3. Appeals to League of Nations, 1937-1938 Box A9. Folder 4. American Jewish Congress, Lipsky, Louis, re: United Jewish Front, 1938 Box A9. Folder 5. Indemnity claims, 1939 Box A9. Folder 6. Goldmann, Nahum, proposals for Institute to Study Jewish Situation and economic aid to Poland (English, French, German), 1939-1940 Box A9. Folder 7. Form letters, 1940-1945 Box A9. Folder 8. Correspondence, memos, 1940-1947 Box A9. Folder 9...

  17. Oscar Karbach

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Institute of Jewish Affairs
    3. Executive Files and Correspondence

    Contains, beginning in box 54, a section on war crimes and restitution that includes witness lists and items relating to witness searches and trial matters. Box C50. Folder 9. Correspondence, 1944-1945 Box C50. Folder 10. Correspondence, 1946 Box C50. Folder 11. Correspondence, 1947 Box C50. Folder 12. Correspondence, 1961 Box C51. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1962 Box C51. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1963 Box C51. Folder 3. Correspondence DL notes, 1964 Box C51. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1964 Box C51. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1965 Box C51. Folder 6. Basic libraries, 1955-1959 Box C51. Folder 7...

  18. Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen

    aard van de archiefbestanddelen Dit archief bevat de neerslag van de activiteiten van het Comité voor Joodse Vluchtelingen in Amsterdam van maart 1933 t/m april 1939. Een groot deel van het archief bestaat uit correspondentie met vluchtelingen, overheidsinstanties en andere hulporganisaties in Nederland en buitenland. Verder bevinden zich in het archief rapporten, ooggetuigenverslagen, invulformulieren en statistieken. De archieven zijn niet compleet. Een deel van het archief was nog in gebruik in april 1939 en bleef daarom achter in Amsterdam toen de rest van het archief naar Engeland wer...

  19. Needlepoint wall hanging of a biblical scene from the office of a former concentration camp inmate and postwar aid worker

    1. John Fink collection

    Multi-color needlepoint picture with cross-stitched silk details that hung on the wall of John (Hans) Finke's office in the Blankensee Children's Home at the Warburg Institute in Hamburg, Germany, where he worked for the AJDC from July 1947 - March 1949. It features two richly dressed figures styled after Rembrandt's biblical, turbanned figures discussing an appeal from a plainly dressed old man kneeling before them. Hans was a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then for various...

  20. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, issued to a German Jewish inmate

    1. Emma Jonas family collection

    Scrip receipt for 100 kronen issued to Emma Jonas when she was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from November 1944 to May 1945. Currency was confiscated upon entry and scrip was distributed per a 5-tier rating or received for conscript labor while in camp. Emma was deported from Berlin and imprisoned in Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia from November 1944 to May 1945. After Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, Emma, her husband Martin, and daughter Helga, 13, tried but failed to get visas for the family to leave Berlin. They then got Helga passage on a Kindertran...