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  1. Joseph Grünfeld letter

    Consists of one letter written by Joseph Grünfeld on 30 April 1939 in Lwów, Poland, to Joseph Grünfeld in Bronx, NY. Mr. Grünfeld thanks his cousin for everything he is doing for him, asks him for further help in obtaining the affidavits and paperwork needed to emigrate to the United States, and states that he will not be a burden to anyone.

  2. Warburg children's home photographs

    Consists of 59 post-war photographs taken at the Warburg children's home in Blankenese, Germany. Most are pictures of children living in the home; some are identified by Ann Bicky [donor].

  3. Correspondence from Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps

    The collection consists of 5 letters from Dachau and Auschwitz concentration camps.

  4. Katy Torres McCormack photograph collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Katy Torres McCormack and her family in Thessaloniki, Greece. Includes depictions of her parents Moise (Maurice) and Marie Yaguel Torres, her sister Dolly Torres, and children celebrating Purim in a Jewish orphanage in Greece in 1946.

  5. Postcard

    The postcard bears a black and white image of the ship, "Mousinho." Rita Grusd sailed on the "Mousinho" to the United States in 1941 from Lisbon, Portugal, after living in several children's homes in France. "Companhia Colonial de Navegacao" is written across the top.

  6. Theodore Frankel collection

    This collection consists of correspondence to Theodore Frankel from friends and family after his emigration from Danzig to New York City in 1939, to attend Yeshiva University. Included is correspondence from his parents, Erna and Max Frankel, who remained in Danzig and perished in the Holocaust as well as correspondence from his brother Harry Frankel and other family members in Israel, the Netherlands, and England. Also included is a Danzig souvenir photograph album containing photographs of the family and of friends and copies of articles written in "Commentary," by Theodore Frankel in the...

  7. Winterstein-Reinhardt family photograph collection

    The collection consists of 72 photographs and copy prints that document the experiences of two Sinti families, Winterstein and Reinhardt, before, during, and after World War II. The images depict family members, domestic life in Romani camps, and Romani musicians and dancers. One of the photographs was taken when the donor and her twin sister, Rolanda, were released to their parents for a propaganda photo shoot of Sinti parents strolling with their babies along the Domstrasse in Würzburg, Germany.

  8. Paul Levie papers

    The papers consist of an identification card (Carte D'Identité) issued under the false name of Paul Rudefleuve, a birth certificate under the same false name issued in the Departement du Haut-Rhin, and a photograph of Paul Levie in a children's home in Aspet, France.

  9. Eiland family collection

    The collection consists of correspondence between Rudolph R. Eiland and his family in Austria and Hungary relating to his attempts to assist them with affidavits to come to the United States as well as a photograph of Karl and Gertrude Stiassny [Rudolph Eiland's niece and her husband].

  10. Patti Goldfarb papers

    The papers consist of 13 documents relating to Helena Krystyna Singer, originally of Drohobycz, who worked as a bacteriologist during the war. In 1936, she married Marian Fruchtman and emigrated with him to the Soviet Union in 1941. After Fruchtman's death in 1942, she went to Tehran and married Edmond Herman; the marriage was annulled in 1946. She emigrated to Kenya and worked in a military hospital in Tanzania between 1945-1946 and then emigrated to the United States in 1948. Collection includes pre-war photographs of Helena and her immediate family and documents related to her marital st...

  11. Albert David Hamburger papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Albert David Hamburger and his parents Abraham and Rosa Hamburger of Gorinchem, Netherlands. Included are four letters written by Betty Bouten-Bergen, who hid David and his sister in Amsterdam; family photographs; copies of documents related to Albert’s release from Theresienstadt; and a Dutch translation of a diary written by Sergei Kaplan, husband of Olga Kaplan, who adopted Albert while he was in Theresienstadt.

  12. Mauthausen Ausweis

    Consists of one Ausweis identity card issued to Arthur Rosenthal, originally of Miskolc, Hungary. Mr. Rosenthal is a former prisoner in Mauthausen, and the Ausweis, dated Jun. 24, 1945, identifies him as a civilian internee of Mauthausen.

  13. Deborah Gaynes photographs

    Consists of photographs of the extended family of Chaim Ariyah and Esther Chasen, originally of Grodno, Poland. The family moved to Vilna after World War I. Most of the members of the family were killed in Ponar during the Holocaust. Also includes photographs taken upon the liberation of the Landsberg-Kaufering IV concentration camp, taken by Albert Gaynes, a member of the 12th Armored Division as well as a folder of photocopies of letters written by Mr. Gaynes about his experiences liberating the camp.

  14. Emil Mermelstein photograph

    Consists of a portrait of Emil Mermelstein, a member of a Hungarian labor battalion in Mukachevo. Mr. Mermelstein is wearing a yellow armband in the portrait.

  15. Fanya Portnoy photographs

    Consists of mainly pre-war photographs and copyprints of the Szuster family, originally of Vilnius, Lithuania, and of the Portnoy family, originally of Odessa, Soviet Union. Also includes photographs of the Vilnius Jewish community.

  16. Hans Reens papers

    The papers contain 13 photographs depicting Hans Reens as a child in hiding with the van Vlijmen family in Hilversum, Netherlands; three photographs depicting Franciscus and Henderica van Vlijmen at a ceremony honoring them as Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem; a photographic postcard depicting the summerhouse in Eerbeck, Netherlands, where Hans was caught by the Germans in August 1944; a letter written by Josef and Susanna Reens in Westerbork transit camp to the van Vlijmen family in which they refer to Hans in code as the "small dog"; a letter written on the letterhead of the Reen...

  17. Selected records from Central State Archives in Prague Uřad říš̌ského protektora (JAF 1005)

    Records generated by German occupational institutions (Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren) and Czech auxiliary agencies dealing with matters of internal security and racial policy, especially anti-Jewish measures. Includes reports regarding aryanization of Jewish businesses, questionnaires of Jewish properties, lists of Jewish workers, documents regarding situation in Theresienstadt (death statistics), Lety camp, and deportation of Jews to Theresienstadt. Also includes lists of art objects in Sbirow castle (including Jewish art), information regarding Jews, Roma and Sinti, and Russians i...

  18. Ohrdruf liberation photograph

    Consists of a photograph of corpses on the ground in the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Photograph also shows a soldier's back; he appears to be holding a camera.

  19. Fred Weinman: A Biography

    Consists of a memoir, 55 pages, entitled "Fred Weinman: A Biography," by Lois Weinman Roberts. Fred Weinman (Fritz Simon Weinmann), originally of Magdeburg, Germany, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1939. The memoir describes his pre-war experiences in Germany and his emigration experiences. Includes copies of photographs from the life of Fred Weinman.

  20. Rina Rubinstein collection

    Consists of a brief history of the Holocaust experiences of Rina Rubinstein, originally of Kovno, Lithuania. She survived the war in hiding in Lithuania, though her parents, Max and Eida Judelevich Gilde, perished in the Kovno ghetto. Also includes copies of family photographs, including photographs of her parents and her rescuers, Yulia and Arejas Vitkauskene, as well as a copy of a letter written by her parents to family members telling them that they had placed Rina in hiding.