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  1. Alfred Ament collection

    Color drawing of a bust of a general created by Hans Ament (donor's brother), a young Jewish refugee, a Jewish refugee boy in a children's home; Drawing of flowers within a letter by a young Jewish refugee

  5. Oral history interviews of the KRUU collection

    Oral testimonies of Holocaust survivors recorded for the radio program "Speaking Freely," a production of KRUU-FM.

  6. Kongregacja Wyznania Mojżeszowego Kraków collection

    The collection consists of two damaged stained glass windows likely from Tempel Synagogue in Krakow, Poland, which was desecrated by German occupation forces during World War II.

  7. Jesse and Ruby Goldman collection

    The collection consists of German artifacts related to the experiences of an American soldier during World War II.

  14. Moses Silberberg collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap and trousers, five Buchenwald scrip, documents, and a book relating to the experiences of Moses Silberberg, who was a prisoner in Plaszow, Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps in Poland and Germany during the Holocaust and when living in Germany and Switzerland after the Holocaust.

  15. Magda Lapedus collection

    The collection consists of three drawings, postcard correspondence, documents, and a Spanish Schutzpass relating to the experiences of Magda Mezei and her family before and during World War II in Budapest, Hungary, during which her father Henrik and older brother Janos perished and Magda, her mother Berta, and brother Gyorgy survived by obtaining a Spanish schutzpass and refuge in the Spanish safe house, and then in a displced persons camp in Linz, Austria. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Jerry and Lydia Milrod collection

    The collection consists of five pieces of Łódź ghetto scrip.

  18. Sali Berl Bogatyrow collection

    The collection consists of an ashtray, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Sali Berl after the Holocaust in Sweden and the United States.