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  1. Veith family photographs

    Consists of Veith family photographs depicting Julius and Marie (née Oppenheimer) Veith and their son Franz Veith. Julius and Maria resided in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and were the parents of two sons, Franz and Erwin. All four Veith family members attempted to flee from Europe and from Nazi persecution. However, while Franz and Erwin were able to immigrate to the United States and England respectively, Julius and Marie remained in Netherlands as refugees for several year before they were deported to Sobibor in July 1943.

  2. Dezsofi family photo albums

    Two photo albums of Dorotta Dezsoefi (donor) and her twin sister Ida Marianne (Mari) Dezsoefi who were born on January 31, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary. Photographs in the albums document the period from 1930-1947. The twins survived the war years in a convent protected by nuns. The albums survived the war years in the family's apartment in Subotica, which was taken over by high ranking officers. All of the contents of the apartment remained intact, and it was overseen by their former maid. The family recovered the albums after returning to Subotica. The photos were taken by family members inc...

  3. George Leitmann papers

    Documents and materials related to Alexander Leitmann

  4. Gerald Rosenstein collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence, and a family book [Stambuch] illustrating Max and Sophie Rosenstein and their children Ernst, Hans, and Gerhard who immigrated to the Netherlands from Bensheim, Germany. Included in the collection are documents surrounding Ernst, who fled to Palestine in the 1930s and then was killed in Action while a soldier for the British. Also included are materials illustrating the experiences of Max, Sophie and Gerhard who were deported to Theresienstadt camp in the Czech Republic. Max and Gerhard were then deported to Auschwitz concentration camp and its subca...

  5. Oral history interview with Leo Anspach

  6. Rebecca Knaster papers

    Documents, certificates, identification, correspondence, and restitution papers relating to Baruch and Cyla (Cila) Knaster.

  7. 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.

  8. Tony Carbone collection

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

  9. 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...

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. Fritz Linnenbuerger FBI file

    Copy of the FBI file for Dr. Fritz Linnenbuerger.

  15. 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.

  16. Zoller collection

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

  17. Sass and Sygal families collection

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

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. 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.