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  1. Franka and Abram Charlupski papers

    Loose photographs, a photo album, documents, and Wielun Yizkor book prospectus relating to the experiences of Franka Wajntraub Charlupski and Abram Charlupski, both survivors of the Łódź ghetto.

  2. Eckdish family papers

    The Eckdish family papers include correspondence and immigration documents relating to Paul Eckdish and his family's experience emigrating from Germany in 1939. Correspondence includes originals and photocopies of letters sent to Paul in the United States, mainly from his brother, Martin, and Martin’s wife Ilse, in Palestine. Immigration documents include clearances, a job referral, and a receipt for passage on the SS Rotterdam. Also included is correspondence and receipts from Paul’s attempts to assist his parents in leaving Europe to go to Shanghai.

  3. Morton Adell collection

    Six page report and cover letter titled “Hanukkah Celebration – December 1946-5707, at the Children’s Welfare and Educational Centre Salonica”

  4. Dr. Arthur Kessler papers

    Papers related to Dr. Arthur Kessler's compensation claims Papers related to Chaia (Schulsinger) Kessler's compensation claims

  5. WWI medal

    Medal awarded to Hugo Morck for service on the front in WWI.

  6. Paul Steinberg collection

    The Paul Steinberg collection consists of a leather notebook which illustrates Paul Steinberg's [Morton Steinberg's father] experiences living with his relatives in Vienna, Austria, circa 1919-1920.

  7. Judith Hershkovitz collection

    Passport and photographs documenting the experiences of Yehudit (Judith) Hershkovitz [donor's mother] and her family, including their prewar experiences, detention in Nyíregyháza ghetto, survival of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and immigration to Israel in 1948 with her spouse Moshe Hershkovitz [1927-2005]. Moshe survived Birkenau and Buchenwald. After the war he returned to his hometown in Transylvania, then moved to Budapest before his immigration to Israel.

  8. Rose and Oscar Bender collection

    Correspondence between Rose (Magilnitsky) Bender and her husband Oscar Bender with relatives in France, Lithuania, and in Russia, 1938-1945. Also includes a family photo (with text on verso) and correspondence with other organizations who are assisting the Benders so that they can help their relatives in Europe.

  9. Spice container

    Spice container 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.

  10. Henry Cohn postcards

    Five postcards (containing the contents of three letters), sent by Henry Cohn, of Paris, from September - November 1944, to his uncle, Albert Cohn (the donor’s grandfather), in London. In the postcards, Henry Cohn describes some of his experiences during the German occupation of France, as well as what happened to his mother, Meta Johanna Cohn (1896-1942) who was deported to Auschwitz in July 1942. The contents of the first letter, dated 23 September 1944, are written on three separate postcards that were mailed in succession, and numbered accordingly.

  11. 50 kronen Theresienstadt scrip

    50 Kronen piece of ghetto scrip

  12. Rabbi Solomon Usher papers

    Consists of postcards received by Rabbi Salomon Usher Schwartzman while living as a refugee in Kobe, Japan. The postcards were authored by Rabbi Schwartzman’s siblings, Laja Kac and Chaim Schwarzman, of Siedlce, Poland, and date to the year 1941. Another postcard is attributed to a friend, Jochiel Bauman. The collection also includes three photographs depicting Rabbi Schwartzman and others in Japan.

  13. Esther Fastowski diary

    Diary written by Esther Fastowski née Binder [donor's mother-in-law], written for her daughter in Yiddish recounting her wartime experiences in Poland starting in 1941. Notebook with metal spiral binder, 17cm x 22 cm, written in ballpoint pen.

  14. Robert Weinel photograph

    Photographic print: black and white image of sign reading, “This Area is being retained as a shrine to the 238,000 individuals who were cremated here / Please don’t destroy.” With urns and cross hanging on the wall behind it; inscription on verso: “Dachau / April 1946.” Brought home from WWII by Cpl Robert Weinel (donor’s father) who was stationed with the US Army in Germany during this time.

  15. Marian and Moscuna families papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Marian family of Cîmpulung and Suceava, Romania and the Moscuna family of Bucharest, Romania. Included is wartime family correspondence, immigration documents, and a document regarding stolen family valuables after they were deported from Cîmpulung to Transnistiria in 1941. There is also a donor-provided family history, and documents of Octav Moscuna regarding his forced-labor in Bucharest.

  16. Bernard S. Barr photographs

    The Bernard S. Barr photographs include two photographs of Barr during World War II; photographic negatives of the liberation of Dachau, including images of Barr at the camp, along with corresponding prints; and stereoscopic photographs from the 1937 “Reichsparteitag der Arbeit” Nazi propaganda series. The propaganda photographs are numbered 38, 55- 56, 58-61, 64-72, 74, 77, 96, 98-100. They were part of a compilation issued by Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schönstein with photographs by Heinrich Hoffmann and text by Pitter Gern.

  17. US Certificate of Citizenship holder

    Holder for Hans Rosenbaum's Certificate of Naturalization, dated May 18, 1944.

  18. Selected Documents from the Monastery of the of Notre-Dame de Sion, Paris (Archives of the Fathers and Brothers)

    This collection is from the archives of the men’s’ religious order of Notre-Dame de Sion (NDS) in Paris and documents the monastery’s efforts in saving European Jews, especially children, during the rise of Nazism and the period of the German Occupation during World War II. It consists of printed publications by the order in French, handwritten ledgers keeping track of children entrusted to NDS during World War II and who sometimes remained with Catholic families after the war, diaries of the priests and brothers, and a history of the congregation composed by one of its members, Father Cols...

  19. Margolius family papers

    Collection of documents, correspondence and photographs surrounding the experiences of the Margolius family during the Holocaust.

  20. Goldfeld and Rauchbach families papers

    Letters, documents, and photos related to Beate Rocker (nee Goldfeld), her parents Israel & Dora Goldfeld (nee Heitner) and her brother, Albert Goldfield (originally Goldfeld). Also includes a book of congratulatory telegrams for the marriage of Marie Brandstetter and Hermann Rauchbach as well as photos and a document related to their son Otto Rauchbach (later Rocker). Also includes Kurth Rauchbach (later Rocker)'s 1945 account of his wartime experience.