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  1. Bernhard Wiesenfeld Collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs from Bernhard Wiesenfeld (father of donor) and his family, dating from his youth in Galicia, through his years in Austria, his immigration to England, and his subsequent immigration to the United States. Documents include letters sent while he was interned at Camp Kitchener in England in 1939, and designs for inventions he created in the United States after his immigration in 1940. The collection also includes a cigarette lighter and a compact that he invented.

  2. Abraham Spiegel collection

    Consists of one pre-war and wartime file of papers gathered and used by Abraham Spiegel, originally of Munkács, Czechoslovakia, to establish himself as a Hungarian citizen. Includes scrip from both the Theresienstadt and Litzmannstadt ghettos and official documents and paperwork for the Spiegels once they arrived in the United States, including passports. The paperwork focuses on Abraham Spiegel and his wife, Edita Rosenwasser Spiegel.

  3. Margolies and Zetterberg Nuremberg collection

    Contains photographs, correspondence, newspaper articles, speeches, briefs, and two badges pertaining to Daniel Margolies and Harriet Zetterberg's role on the prosecution team during the Nuremberg Trials. Includes: briefs regarding the history of various defendents, written by Harriet Zetterberg for the Trials; numerous post-war articles and speeches by Daniel Margolies regarding the Trials; identity cards and Tribunal entry passes; large photographs showing Margolies and Zetterberg in the Trials.

  4. Rivka Ribak collection

    The collection consists of a fragment of embroidered curtain and a scarf relating to the experiences of Rivka Ribak during the Holocaust in the Warsaw ghetto in German occupied Poland.

  5. Oral history interviews of the India Documentation Project

    Oral history interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust who lived in India during or after WWII.

  6. Oral history interviews of the Isaiah Kuperstein collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors produced by Isaiah Kuperstein and Robert Shapiro.

  7. Albert Günther Hess collection

    The collection consists of handmade puppets, two photo albums and loose photographs relating to the experiences of Albert Günther Hess and his family before and during the Holocaust in Germany, Belgium, and France and the experiences of Albert in the United States and after his service in World War II. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  8. Schillinger and Baumann family collection

    The Schillinger and Baumann family papers document Marie and Samuel Schillinger and their children Jan and Jiri’s efforts to emigrate from Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) to the United States after its annexation by Germany in 1938. The papers document their trip on the MS St. Louis from Hamburg, Germany to Havana, Cuba; their relocation to the Heijplaat refugee camp in the Netherlands; their move to Quito, Ecuador; and their immigration to the United States in 1942. The collection consists of biographical materials of the Schillinger and Baumann families from Užhorod, Prague, a...

  9. Fruma Gulkowitz Berger collection

    The collection consists of a fork, spoon, originals and photocopies of poems and prose writings, a composition book of poetry, newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, and photographs relating to the experiences of Frances (Fruma) Gulkowitz Berger, Murray Berger (originally Mordechai Shmulewicz), and Elliot Berger (originally Elia Shmulewicz) during the Holocaust in Poland where they were interned in ghettos and then escaped and joined the Bielski partisan brigade, as well as their experiences in the postwar period.

  10. Korman and Maizels families collection

    The collection consists of a purse, a briefcase, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Maizels and Korman families in Poland and Germany before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  11. Leika and Moisei Akkerman collection

    Abacus and washboard that initially belonged to Leika and Moisei Akkerman (donor's parents). The items were left behind in their family home when they escaped to Tashkent in the summer 1941. When they returned to Edinet in 1948, they found their home occupied by locals. The house had been looted and many of their belongings were found in the posession of neighbors who lived a two houses down and claimed that they had "bought" these items during the war. Among the few items that remained in their home were this washboard and the abacus which was used by Moisei who worked as an accountant at ...

  12. Nachmias and Ezratty family collections

    Spanish passport issued by Consul General of Spain in Greece to donor's aunt Esther Ezratty Brudo on may 26, 1943 and valid until May 1944; Passport valid for transit for Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, France and Italy. Passport enabled donor to find refuge in Barcelona, Spain. Pillow case and small end table cover embroidered by grandmother Reina Ezratty in Saloniki. Handwritten list by Haim Exratty of Spanish nationals that were in Bergen Belsen with him during the war. Cloth #195 worn by donor's mother, Jeanne (Jenny) Exratty on her chest in Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Certificate of ...

  13. Norbert Orgler collection

    The collection consists of a newspaper, correspondence, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Norbert Orgler in Germany and Belgium before the Holocaust, and in several internment, forced labor, and concentration camps in France, Poland and Germany, including Bergen-Belsen where he perished during the Holocaust.

  14. Irene Bourla Modianot collection

    Watch face worn and used by Riquetta (nee Simha) Bourla and through her hiding experience in Athens, Greece with her husband Isaac. Photographs of Isaac and Riquetta Bourla, dated early 20th century, and a photgraphic portrait mounted on porcelain.

  15. Elfriede Gerson Hillelsohn collection

    The collection consists of a skirt, passport, and documents relating to the experiences of Elfriede Gerson before and during the Holocaust in Hamburg, Germany and her immigration to the United States.

  16. Jacques Schweitzer collection

    Photographs, documents, class notebook related to Jacques Schweitzer (originally Jacques Swiczarczyk). Also includes his beret and pants from his service in the Forces Navates Francaises Libres and wartime French currency.

  17. Shlomo Garber family collection

    The collection consists of a Hebrew typewriter, a ketubah, and photographs relating to the experiences of Shlomo Garber and Stella Feidel before and after the Holocaust when they married in Pocking displaced persons camp in Germany.

  18. Ernest Fiedler collection

    The collection consists of dog tags, patches, documents, a photograph album, photographs, and a publication relating to the experiences of Ernest Fielder, before the war in Breslau, Germany, which his family left for the United States in 1938, and during his service in the United States Army Counterintelligence Corps during and after World War II.

  19. Morgenstern and Merkur families collection

    The collection consists of a prayer book, correspondence, documents, photographs, and sheet music relating to the experiences of the Morgenstern and Merkur families in Austria, England, France, Poland, the Soviet Union, and Switzerland before the war, in those nations, Czechoslovakia, and many concentration camps during the Holocaust, and in Austria and Australia after World War II.

  20. Barbara Gramaska collection

    The collection consists of a forced labor badge and a portrait photograph relating to the experiences of Barbara Gramaska during World War II.