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  1. Irving Fink photograph collection

    The collection includes three photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation and a photograph of US soldiers in Domazlice, Czechoslovakia. Irving Fink, who served in the United States Army, brought the photographs home with him after the war.

  2. Schiffer family life before the Holocaust

    Scenes may include Laci Czukor, Gyuri Brody (friend of Erzsébet’s with two daughters) and Sanyi Berkes and his son Andris (cousin of Ernö’s). Éva Schiffer holds her crib and walks around in her room. (01:33) János sits in his bed. (02:36) János learns how to ice skate, and skates with his father. The skating rink in City Park crowded with people, spectators from the bridge. (05:01) János and Erzsébet enter the gate to 33 Pasareti ut. (possibly the home of a great-aunt after grandfather died). CUs, women in courtyard, looking at photographs/letter with János. (06:15) János and his mother pic...

  4. Alexander Bachur law office 621-1/82 Alexander Bachur

    Office records of the Jewish lawyer, Dr. Alexander Bachur. Contains only client files.

  7. Oral history interview with Eva Lecerof

  8. Oral history interview with Max Eisen

  9. Philip and Ruth Markowicz collection

    Collection of documents and photographs relating to and documenting Philip and Ruth Markowicz and their and their families experiences after the Holocaust. Includes several identity cards issued to Fajwel Markowicz, formerly held in Gross Rosen, after the war. Also includes an envelope of photographs documenting the Nordhausen concentration camp after liberation.

  10. Harold and Pirry Roth papers

    Consists of a scrapbook, correspondence, clippings, restitution documents, IDs, naturalization documents, and other original materials pertaining to Pirry and Harold Roth, formerly of Uzhhorod and later of the United States. Pirry and Harold married in 1939 before Harold immigrated to the United States with his parents. Pirry was to later follow but her plans to emigrate from Europe were disrupted by the war. Pirry survived deportation to Auschwitz and was liberated at Plön in 1945. After her liberation she was reunited with Harold who had been serving in the US Army. The couple married for...

  11. Zoller collection

    Contains a copy print image of donor's father eating a meal with family shortly after arriving in Los Angeles.

  12. Oral history interview with Sioma Zubicky

  13. Ciechanowska family photographs

    Collection of approximately 50 photos of the donor and her parents and friends of her parients in the Pocking Displaced Persons camp in Germany after World War II. Also includes unidentified photos of survivors in Łódź and Pocking.

  14. Oral history interview with Leon Rytz

  15. Charles Roman papers

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Charles Roman during the Holocaust.

  16. Dr. Morris Kandel collection

    The collection contains a photograph, translated affidavit, and two bound volumes of transcripts from the I.G. Farben trial (The United States of America vs. Carl Krauch, et al.), where Dr. Morris Kandel worked as a research analyst. The photograph depicts I.G. Farben defendant Fritz Ter Meer at the podium with members of the prosecution behind him. The photograph is hand-annotated with numbers by 10 individuals, and an accompanying document identifies each person. Dr. Morris Kandel is identifed as number "5." The bound volumes of transcripts consist of Brief on "Fundamental Questions of La...

  17. Archives of the Jewish Agency Office, Munich, Frankfurt (File L47)

    Contains correspondence relating to the Jewish communities in postwar Germany as well as activities related to heirless property and restitution, including correspondence with the International Trust Corporation, Haavara, the United Restitution Office, various offices of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency and Youth Aliyah, minutes of meetings, statistics and reports. Note: Online description of each folder at: http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/en/Pages/ArchiveSearchResults.aspx?k=L47&t=T3

  18. Family in garden; young women in Monchengladbach

    Section 2 and 4: A young woman in a dress twirls for the camera, smiling. A different woman, Hilla Fleischer (later Hildegard von Gumppenberg), shows off her outfit in an outdoor garden. Three people (from left to right: Gertrude Weyl, mother Lieschen Weyl, and Paul Weyl), arms locked, smiling and posing (probably a continuation of the first scene in RG-60.6998 at Monchengladbach). MS, a young person in a dress jumps (possibly Leischen's niece). Peter does forward rolls. 01:00:55 Outside of the entrance to a building, a group of people gather (including Paul, Gertrude, and Leischen) and wav...

  20. Max and Sala Webb papers

    The collection primarily documents the post-war experiences of Max Webb (born Menashe Weisbrot), a survivor of Auschwitz II-Birkenau and other camps, and his wife Sala Webb (born Sala Schapelski), in Münchberg, Germany prior to their immigration to the United States in 1951. Biographical material includes copies of marriage certificates, a statement regarding the dates of the camps where Max was imprisoned during the Holocaust, affidavits regarding name changes, paper copies of photographs likely taken in Münchberg and an engagement announcement card. Identification papers include a card li...