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  1. Paul and Margit Rafford collection

    The collection consists of papers, photograph album, loose photographs and artwork relating to Paul and Margit (Lichter) Rafford

  2. Sietsema and Zomer families collection

    The collection documents the wartime experiences of the Sietsema and Zomer families, originally from the Netherlands. Documents consist of two letters regarding the imprisonment of Pieterdina Sietsema and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta, all three American citizens, in Liebenau internment camp from 1942-1944. Objects consist of patriotic ribbon worn by Hilda Zomer after the Netherlands was liberated, and ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat, and 1 cluster of flowers.

  3. Hauer and Honig families collection

    Photographs, documents and prayer books related to the Hauer and Honig families in Berlin, Shanghai, and the United States.

  4. Herb Romerstein collection

    THe collection consists of a red “Winterhilfe” collections canister and postcard “Kämpfen Arbeiten Opfern” with image of worker and German soldier.

  5. Szűz Mária Társasága collection

    The collection consists of a plate and missal relating to the experiences of the Nuns of the Order of the Virgin Mary and the orphanage they ran in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. The Order, under the leadership of Zsuzsanna Ván, managed an orphanage after the Arrow Cross takeover of 1944. The orphanage was located on Vörösmarty Street in Budapest, next to Arrow Cross headquarters. The nuns were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations in 1991.

  6. Zyroff family collection

    Oral history interview with Holocaust survivor Sonia Zyroff recorded in 1986; a video recording of Sonia Zyroff's presentation to students, ca. 1987; and video recording of her return to Ukraine in 1992

  7. Doernberg family collection

    The collection consists of a set of Rosenthal china that Carl and Hede Doernberg brought to the US when they fled from Germany to Portugal in 1939, and eventually brought to the United States in 1941.

  8. Mikhail Lev collection

    The collection contains the literary archives of Soviet Yiddish writer and journalist Mikhail Lev.

  9. Leah Goltzman collection

    An oral history interview and memoir detailing the wartime experiences of Leah Goltzman and her family

  10. Ilona Nagy collection

    Two fabric pictures created by Ilona Nagy, whose husband had them framed in the shop owned by the Jewish family of Mór Pécsi and his son-in-law Gábor Anhalzen. Pécsi was murdered in Auschwitz along with his wife, daughter and other members of the family. Anhalzen is believed to have survived the war. He was in the forced labor service.

  11. Rachel and Harvey Goldfarb collection

    The Rachel and Harvey Goldfarb collection relates to the wartime and postwar experiences of Rachel and Dina Mutterperl, Harvey Goldfarb, and a family friend, Berel Rostein. The collection consists of identification and naturalization documents for Dina Mutterperl and Rachel Mutterperl, 1945-1947, 1953; Red Cross documents relating to the fate of Shlomo Mutterperl, 1994; a transcript, in Hebrew, of an oral history interview with Dina Mutterperl, undated; correspondence and transcripts of speeches given at the commemoration of the 60th year of the liberation of the Wiesengrund concentration c...

  12. Flusser family Chinese print collection

    The collection consists of seven Chinese prints that the Flusser family brought from Shanghai, China.

  13. Jacob Reimer and Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum collection

    The collection consists of letters sent to Jacob Reimer from parents in Europe. Jacob Reimer had immigrated in December 1939. Also includes a recording, tag, documents related to mother's cousin Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum and photographs.

  14. Ninetta Feldman Sound Collection

    Contains liturgical recitations from the repertoire of the Romaniote Jewish community of Ioannina, Greece, as well as Ms. Feldman's translations of texts to "Greek-Jewish Musical Traditions."

  15. Agi Geva collection

    The collection consists of family documents, photographs, and handmade lace doilies.

  16. Levy and Weinschenk families collection

    The collection consists of a folding knife, correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of the Levy family and Paul and Margot Weinschenk before, during, and after World War II in Germany and the United States.

  17. Friedrich Haas collection

    The collection consists of a lighter and an identification card relating to the experiences of Friedrich Haas in Transnistria during the Holocaust.

  18. Weil family collection

    The collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, tefillin, and tallit bag that had belonged to Walter Weil (donor's uncle).

  19. Müller family collection

    The collection consists of sheets of stationery from a paper store in Budapest owned by Jozsef Müller until 1944 when it war Aryanized. Small ball of thread taken by Aniko Müller from a textile factory in Zillerthal where she performed forced labor in the threading area. She took the thread with her when the factory was evacuated in advance of advancing Soviet troops. Jozsef Müller, his wife, and their 8 year old daughter were murdered at Auschwitz. Their older daughter Anniko, who was also deported to Auschwitz, survived.

  20. Fekete collection

    Collection of ceramic decorations made by Béla Fekete and Éva Barta in their ceramics workshop. Béla Fekete, who was not Jewish, and his wife Éva Barta, who was Jewish, made these decorations by day and sold them to make a modest living. At night they forged identity papers with Béla creating the documents and Éva making the official looking stamps to go with them. Hundreds of people benefitted from their work, and in 2012 Béla Fekete was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.