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  1. Kallia Bokser collection

    Parokhet (curtain for Torah ark) found hidden after WWII by survivors of the Holocaust in Lviv.

  2. Hans Levi collection

    Collection consisting of an election poster for Adolf Hitler, and a poster instructing Germans to boycott Jewish businesses, which was removed from the wall of father's factory by Hans Levi, 1933, Stuttgart, Germany.

  3. Fred Sherman collection

    The collection consists of two examples of anti-Jewish propaganda printed between the false covers of an American dollar bill.

  4. Barry Ziff collection

    The collection consists of a letter and a photograph. The letter was written by Barry Ziff to his parents on April 9, 1945 while serving in the United States Army in Germany. In the letter, Barry wrote about his experiences touring the Ohrdruf concentration camp after liberation and speaking to survivors. The photograph of Barry was taken in London on March 22, 1944. The collection also includes a Nazi flag captured by Barry Ziff on April 3, 1945, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The flag was captured from the flagpole in front of the German army headquarters in Frankfurt. Barry Ziff was in the ...

  5. Goldschmidt Family collection

    The collection consists of a drawing created by Ludwig Goldschmidt (donor's uncle and brother of Elise Schapira), January 1939, Germany. The drawing is an image of the synagogue of Brückenau in the lower Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Ludwig Goldschmidt was sixteen at the time. He was later deported to Dachau where he died. The collection also includes the Elise Schapira papers, which consists of correspondence to Elise in New York from her parents in Frankfurt, photographs of her parents and brother before the Holocaust and of her family in the United States, and two versions of her...

  6. Rudy Appel collection

    The collection consists of a medal, certificate, poster, photographs, and correspondence relating to the experiences of Rudy Appel, his parents, Julius and Rose Appel, and caretaker, Juliette Usach, in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  7. Anthony Frank collection

    The collection consists of four bullet shells picked up by American military personnel in Germany during the Second World War.

  8. Tana Gelfer collection

    Collection of Theresienstadt scrip and a postcard issued at Theresienstadt to be used by inmates to send to relatives back home. The only space open to be filled in was Dear ______ , I thank you and am in receipt of your package of __________ (date) and signature _______.

  9. Martin Edelmuth collection

    The collection consists of a piece of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip (50 kronen note) and a Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp food ration coupon used by a female inmate.

  10. Allied propaganda collection

    The collection consists of an R.A.F. flier dropped on France, a picture book, distributed by the American military, urging resistance, a copy of a newspaper ("Combat"), and three French war propaganda posters.

  11. Ignac Reiss collection

    The collection consists of documents containing information about the testimony provided to West German authorities by Ignaz (or Ignatz) Riess concerning life in the Przemysl ghetto and alleged crimes committed there by Josef Schwammberger and Rudulf Bennewitz. The collection also includes an identification pin attached to a piece of concentration camp uniform. The pin was issued to Ignac Reiss at the Görlitz concentration camp.

  12. Rudolf Kovacs collection

    Two adhesive labels used with medicines prescribed exclusively for Jews. The labels were given to the donor by his brother Leo Kovacs.

  13. Janine Brittin collection

    Contains a photograph (unidentified, but likely Jacques Goldstein), and a letter to "Madame Veuve Goldstein" (likely Sonia Goldstein) from the "Fonds d'Entr'Aide," Brussels, November 1945, discussing a ceremony in memory of those lost and presumed dead in German captivity. The collection also includes a Hommage de Reconnaissance Medal awarded posthumously to Jacques Goldstein.

  14. Ita Spiller collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of a woman carrying another woman, as well as a piece of Łódź ghetto scrip, (10 mark coin), and a Nazi pin.

  15. Sandy Elster collection

    Color photograph of President Ronald Reagan (seated) surrounded by standing group at the signing into law of the Genocide Convention; Chicago, Illinois; October 4, 1988. The donor, Mr. Elster, was present at the conference, and stands in the photograph behind Ronald Reagan to his right. The collection also includes the pen used by President Reagan at the signing ceremony.

  16. Ellis Gordon collection

    Invitation Card to a Gala Concert to aid the Danish Refugees in Sweden at the Metropolitan Opera House held on Thursday evening, February 17th, 1944. Lists participating artists, prices, special guests, contact for tickets. "There are about 11,000 Danish Refugees in Sweden who have fled Gestapo terror, they must be fed, clothed, housed until Denmark is free again. Denmark is not yet in the Nation-wide National War Fund Drive, as this unfortunately was closed before the latest tragedy to our country occurred, therefore this Benefit Concert has been arranged by Lauritz Melchior to help reliev...

  18. John and Melanie Balzer collection

    The collection consists of an anti-Semitic postcard issued by the Nazi Party and a poster.

  19. Shirley Sternberg collection

    Stamps acquired in Europe by an American soldier returning to the U.S. from active duty in Germany after WWII.

  20. Nazi Germany political poster collection

    The collection consists of two posters: a pro-Hitler political campaign poster and an anti-Jewish Parole der Woche broadside issued in Nazi Germany.