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  5. Berlin AJDC Tracing Office, 1945-1947 [Book]

    An American Joint Distribution Committee Publication in memory of the Jewish Holocaust survivors of Berlin, Germany.

  6. Youth Aliyah and "Tehran Children" photographs

    Consists of 11 photographs documenting the arrival of Jewish children and youths in Palestine who were assisted in fleeing Nazi Europe with help from the Youth Aliyah organization founded by Recha Freier and the Jewish Agency for Palestine. Select photographs depict the arrival of the so-called "Tehran children" who lived as refugees in Iran prior to their immigration to Palestine.

  7. Life (New York, New York) [Magazine]

    One original copy of Life Magazine from September 22, 1947. It inlcudes an article "Exodus Refugees End Tragic Voyage." Sam Brill's father was on the Exodus and is pictured in the image on page 34.

  8. Maria Klein papers

    1. Maria Klein collection

    The papers consist of ten postcards and one letter written by Estera Lifszyc [donor's mother] in Warsaw, Poland, to Maria Klein and her brother, Rubin Lifszyc, in Toyo and Kobe (Kōbe-shi), Japan.

  9. Sigmund Boraks papers

    1. Sigmund Boraks collection

    The papers consist of 18 photographs and 4 documents relating to the history of Sigmund Boraks and his wife, Margot Neuburger. Included in the collection are pre-war photographs of Margot, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and post-war photographs and documents of Margot and Sigmund.

  10. Pink cloth Torah scroll cover saved by a refugee from Nazi Germany

    1. Freddy Rotenberg collection

    Torah scroll cover made to slide over and protect a closed scroll that was received by Freddy Rotenberg from his parents for his Bar Mitzvah in 1934 Germany.

  15. 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.

  16. John Koenig papers

    1. John Koenig collection

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

  17. Oral history interview with Leo Anspach

  20. Rosalie Levinson collection

    Letter and press release from Hugh S. Fullerton of the State Department to the Reverend Paul Himphreys [sic; correct spelling: Humphreys] in New Jersey. Contents of letter indicate Reverend Himphreys [sic] sent a telegram requesting action on behalf of Jews in Nazi-occupation, dated June 12, 1943. Letter references May 1943 conference in Bermuda between the United States and the United Kingdom of which the plight of the Jewish refugees was the focus.