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  1. Ury family photographs

    One photograph of Ludwig Ury and his son Fritz Ury in Berlin in 1928 and one photograph of Ludwig and his wife Else Ury. Fritz moved to England in 1926 and later sponsored his father Ludwig, who survived by fleeing to England in 1939.

  2. Tony Carbone collection

    Photographs of a deportation action in Russia, Jewish children, Germany military activities, and a landscape.

  3. Morck and Mayer families papers

    The Morck and Mayer families papers include documents relating to the prewar life and immigration of Anneliese Morck (later Anne Martin) and the extended Morck and Mayer families from Frankfurt am Main and Heidelberg, Germany. Identification and immigration documents relating to Hugo, Alice, Anne, and Heinz Morck include German passports, certificates of registration for the United Kingdom, certificates of naturalization for the United States, affidavits, visa documentation, packing lists, and passenger booklets for the SS President Harding. Identification and immigration documents relating...

  4. Ruth Taub Feldman papers

    Collection comprised of documents, correspondence, photographs, postcards, and a ketubah, as well as photocopies, some of the originals are in 1995.A.0736.

  5. The Hildegard Simon Lustig and Herlinger family papers

    Consists of period correspondence and later translations pertaining to the experiences of Hildegard Simon Lustig, a survivor of the Holocaust born in Vienna, Austria who was deported from Nagykanizsa, Hungary in 1944, and her extended family. Letters in the collection were authored by and addressed to Herlinger and Lustig family members of Vienna, Austria, Prague Czechoslovakia, and Nagykanizsa, Hungary.

  6. Theodore Levite papers

    Letters that include biographical information and photographs from Theodore Levite when he entered the US Army and a news clipping about the event.

  7. Rudy Baum photograph collection

    The collection contains four photographs taken after Buchenwald's liberation in April 1945 that show American soldiers, survivors, and German civilians. All photos are stamped on verso with the name, address, and phone number of the donor as well as notes written in English that detail what is being depicted in each photograph. Includes images of victim bodies, German civiliians gathered around what is noted on verso to be a human skin lamp, and the gallows.

  8. Fritz Linnenbuerger FBI file

    Copy of the FBI file for Dr. Fritz Linnenbuerger.

  9. Leather document holder

    Leather document holder belonging to Rabbi Lajos Izsak (later Louis Isaac), who emigrated from Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary to the US in 1938. Letters of reference were stored in the holder.

  10. Zoller collection

    Pre-war Municipal Warsaw bonds which belonged to donor's father.

  11. Sass and Sygal families collection

    Identification documents, an affidavit of support, and certificates relating to Bernice (Bronia) Sass (née Sygal) and Paul (Pesach) Sass.

  12. Huey M. Barber collection

    Photographic prints: black and white images taken in the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation. Depicted are the remains of victims, the crematoria ovens, the monument erected in the camp, groups of survivors, a child survivor with adults, American soldiers, a German officer in custody, and general camp scenes. On verso: all photos incorrectly dated as “1944” & captions inscribed in English by SFC Huey M. Barber (donor’s maternal uncle) who served as a medic with the US Army during WWII, retiring from active military service in 1962. Envelope of souvenir photos: set of 24 black...

  13. Geoffrey and Hansi Lynfield collection

    Consists of manuscripts, drafts, original documents and photographs, correspondence, and research material related to the writing of "The Four Sisters," and "In Search of Gustav." The manuscripts were written by Geoffrey Lynfield, ca. 2005-2006. "The Four Sisters' documents the experiences of his wife, Hansi Sternberg Lynfield, and her three sisters, all of whom were deported from their hometown of Munkacs (now Mukacheve), survived Auschwitz and Tannenberg concentration camps, and worked for the Red Cross or UNRRA after the war. "In Search of Gustav" traces the family history of the Lilienf...

  14. Hanukkah lamp

    Hanukkah lamp which belonged to the Altman family in Germany. It was given to Theodore Levite, whose mother was Marie Altman Levite and later to the donor who was a relative by marriage.

  15. Seymour and Ethel Reiss papers

    Consists of a 10 page letter written by Seymour Reiss to Ethel Waxman, his later wife, in June 1945 relaying his experience touring Dachau in the wake of the liberation of the camp.The collection also includes a photograph of the couple at Coney Island and photographs and documents relating to Seymour's military service in the European Theater.

  16. Kurt Dreyer papers

    The collection consists of two letters written by Kurt Dreyer, a member of the Essen Reserve Police Battalion 67, to his wife and son Hans-Jürgen in Essen regarding his actions in Krasnobród, Poland. In the first letter, dated 15 November 1942, he discusses his participation in a killing operation in Krasnobród on 13 November 1942 where accused partisans were placed in a barn and burned alive. He writes that he also shot at those who tried to escape, and that they later burned down the farmer’s house and executed the family as accomplices. He then discusses the capture and execution of 3 Je...

  17. Josef Helfgott papers

    Consists of photographs, restitution-related claims, a business card, newspaper clippings, and photocopies pertaining to the experiences of Josef Helfgott, a Holocaust survivor from Tomaszow Mazowiecki. Among other items, the collection includes a photograph of Josef's wife, Dwora, that he kept with him throughout his internment at various concentration camps, including Auscwhitz. Dwora, and the couple's daughter, Chana, were deported from Tomaszow to Treblinka in 1942 where they were killed. Other documents in the collection concern Josef's extended family as several siblings had immigrate...

  18. William Rowe collection

    Collection of documents, photographs, Nazi-propaganda journal (newspaper/magazine/leaflet); correspondence between Hans and his son Kurt Seibold dating early 1940s, while Kurt is deployed with the German military under Nazi regime and Hans, also a soldier and WWI veteran, is home in Nuremberg, Germany. Letters from Hans discuss the military events occurring such as Operation Barbarossa, his vague references to current military work, and his affiliation and meetings with Nazi party members. Newspapers, magazines and leaflets included were printed under Nazi-occupied Germany.

  19. SS Presentation plate

    SS presentation plate made in the Allach porcelain factory. The plate was brought home from WWII by Dr. George Tilden Novinger, who worked in the Dachau concentration camp after liberation, and served in the US Army from February 1944 – March 1946. The Allach porcelain factory was one of the SS's first industrial enterprises, under the direct control of Heinrich Himmler. The factories were sub-camps of Dachau concentration camp, with camp inmates supplying the forced labor.

  20. Brukner and Grinberg families papers

    Consists of documents, photographs, and restitution papers related to Ester Grinberg née Brukner, her husband, Max Grinberg, her sister Irena Dlugosz née Brukner, and their families.