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  1. Michael Wolf Wartelsky papers

    Consists of a "record of expenses" document that lists details of Michael Wolf Wartelsky's journey along the Kindertransport route from Koenigsberg, Germany to Glasgow, United Kingdom.

  2. Diana Lillevig collection

    The collection consists of a photograph depicting eight year-old Daisy Goldszpiner (later Daisy Grob), the daughter of Blanche Goldszpiner, posing with a dog in front of a tree in pre-war Warsaw.

  3. Hans Robert Levy papers

    The papers consist of photographs relating to Hans Robert Levy's life in Germany before World War II and after his arrival in the United Kingdom in May 1940. Also included in the collection are Red Cross letters, a Hebrew School certificate, birth certificates, and a document of parental consent granting permission for Hans and his brother to immigrate to the United States.

  4. Joseph Remi Fontaine letter

    The Joseph Remi Fontaine letter was sent by Joseph Fontaine, a member of the United States Army, to his parents on May 6, 1945. The letter describeds Fontaine's experiences with Army in Munich, Germany, and at the Dachau concentration camp. He provides details regarding the liberation of the camp, its survivors and victims, and buildings.

  5. Photograph of a Jewish woman in the Zhmerynka ghetto

    The photograph is a portrait of a Jewish woman in the ghetto in Zhmerynka (Zhmerinka), Ukraine; blue ink inscription in margin beneath image; verso: “Pal/1 dem/1943r.” inscribed in blue ink; dated 1943.

  6. Blanka Majer-Eisdorfer papers

    The papers consist of two documents issued for Blanka Eisdorfer, formerly of Suskovo, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine), concerning emigration from her current residence in Bucharest, Romania.

  7. Yuliy Yamin photograph collection

    The photograph collection consists of two black and white photographs taken in Belarus. One photograph depicts a woman and three children in a kitchen. The remaining photograph depicts a boy in Minsk, Belarus.

  8. Maria Dubover photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of Maria Dubover in Zhmerynka (Zmerinka), Ukraine, in 1949 and a photograph of Maria Dubover and a boy in Zhmerynka in 1944.

  9. Vera Jilkova photographs

    The collection consists of two photographs. One photograph is an image of Lydia Holznerova, the sister of donor, Vera Jilkova nee Holznerova in Hronov, Czech Republic. Also included in the collection is Vera Jilkova's class photograph of "Mitbagrij Gymnasia," a Jewish grammar school in Brno. Inscribed verso are the names of each person in the class. Ms. Jilkova is located in the third row from the bottom and third person person from the right.

  10. Sam and Celia Feldman collection

    The collection consists of ten photographs, an identification card, a certificate, and one newspaper relating to Sam and Celia Feldman and their families' experiences during the Holocaust.

  11. Dzialoszynski family photograph collection

    The collection consists of three photographic portraits of Ruth, Erich, and Herta Dzialoszynski taken in Glatz, Germany, in 1939.

  12. Biruta Poyser photograph collection

    The collection consists of three photographs and one photographic postcard of staff at the Jewish hospital in the ghetto of Łódź, Poland. The postcard shows three rows of doctors and nurses standing outside the hospital. The remaining three photographs are individual portraits of survivors who worked at the hospital. Included among these portraits are Bronislawa Lewkowicz, wearing a nurse's uniform; Mania Fajvlevitz, a midwife, wearing a pearl necklace and rectangular pin; and Hania Feiner.

  13. Margaret Gold photograph collection

    The collection consists of a portrait of Margaret Gold taken in 1940; a photograph of the Kostztelitz family and other relatives seated on a park bench in Nagykanizsa, Hungary, in 1941; a photograph of Ignacz Gold, Margaret's father-in-law, Anna Szlatky, Margaret’s sister-in-law, and Judith Szlatky, Margaret's niece, in Budapest, Hungary, in 1940 or 1941; and a photograph of Sandor Szlatky, Margaret's brother-in-law, and Judith Szlatky in Budapest in 1941.

  14. Miriam Levitt photograph collection

    The collection consists of 27 photographs documenting the experiences of Eli and Esther Kushelewicz and their daughter, Miriam donor, in the displaced persons' camp in Lampertheim, Germany.

  15. Dr. E. George Stern papers

    The papers consist of a letter from Ralph Dorn Hetzel, president of Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, on behalf of Dr. Bruno Stern's son George E. Stern, that helped Dr. Bruno Stern and his wife, Frida, escape from Nazi Germany to the United States where they joined their three sons. Also included is a photographic portrait of Dr. Bruno Stern.

  16. Michal Birbrajer photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photographic postcard of the Birbrajer and Perelmuter familes in Dermanka, Ukraine, in 1935, a photographic postcards of the Birbrajer family in Korzec (Korets), Ukraine, in 1936, and a photograph taken in 1923 in Korzec, Ukraine, of four women wearing hats, including Rysia Birbrajer, Michał Birbrajer’s mother.

  17. Chris Lerman photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight photographs of Chris and Miles Lerman, their friends, and their family, during their time in the Berlin Schlachtensee displaced persons camp in Germany after liberation and their voyage to the United States on board the "Marine Perch." Also included in the collection are three photographs of the Lermans' friends in Bergen-Belsen.

  18. Rywa Scwarcberg Zeidlitz papers

    The papers consist of two notebooks belonging to Rywa Scwarcberg Zeidlitz. It is probable that Rywa obtained the notebooks while in a convalescence home in Sweden, where she was located after liberation. Included in her writings are poems about her experience in Auschwitz and her longing for family members who perished in the Holocaust. Rywa also recounts her family’s experiences in the Łódź ghetto.

  19. Saender family photograph collection

    The collection consists of three photographs of the Saender family while in the Bad Harzburg Displaced Persons camp.

  20. Bluma Krzepicka papers

    The Bluma Krzepicka papers consist of two postwar identification cards documenting Bluma Krzepicka and her husband, Hersz Mendel Krzepicki, and 18 photographs documenting Krzepicka and her family in Poland before the Holocaust and Krzepicka with fellow survivors in Sweden after the Holocaust.