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  1. Donald W. Rust collection

    Original color drawings created by Hungarian Jewish survivor Erwin Abadi and given to Pfc. Donald W. Rust (donor's grandfather) after liberation near Magdeburg; newsletters & documents of Rust’s US Army unit; photograph of woman depicted in Abadi drawing; photograph of Donald Rust; photograph and obituary of Edwin Rust (Donald’s brother); envelope and original housing material that collection arrived in and was stored in.

  2. Julie Lando collection

    The collection consists of books, notebook, raffia craft kit, baby clothing, carried out of Nazi-occupied Germany by the donor, who was born in Bamberg Germany in 1920 and fled in 1936.

  3. Maureen Graney collection

    The collection consists of one book on Konzentrationslager Oranienenburg and one War Department issued German phrase booklet.

  4. Calvin Seddelmeyer collection

    Collection of glass slides and newspapers.

  5. Susan Meisner collection

    Collection consists of photographs, publications and a first aid kit box.

  6. Elfriede Toch collection

    The collection consists of a purse, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Elfriede Toch, originally of Austria, who was one of the fifty children selected and sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus to come to the United States in 1939.

  7. Julius Sussman collection

    Collection of documents and photographs related to Julius Sussman who was born in Eiself, Germany on September 20, 1910. The family resided in Frankfurt am Main. In 1933 Julius immigrated to Palestine; he was able to bring his parents to Palestine in 1936. On July 8, 1940, Julius enlisted in the British Army, Royal Military Pioneer Corps, 605th Palestinian regiment, Pvt #11621. He fought in the African campaign from November 1940 - March 1941. From March 1941, a small British force helped the Greek Army to defend it from the German invasion on April 6th. On April 29th, Julius became POW #66...

  8. Julie Keefer family collection

    The collection consists of a tin cup, documents, a manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Aisik Eisen and his granddaughters Tola and Jula (later Julie Keefer) during the Holocaust in the ghetto and in hiding with the assistance of Lucia Nowicka, as well as a hat and table runner brought by Thea Klestadt from Dusseldorf, Germany, to the United States in 1938.

  9. Siegmund Sobel collection

    The collection documents the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Siegmund Sobel, originally of Vienna, Austria, and his wife Gertrude Sobel, including their emigrations from Vienna to Shanghai, China in 1939, Shanghai to Israel in 1949, and Israel to the United States in 1951. Included is biographical material, immigration paperwork, photographs, and 141 homemade photograph albums made by Siegmund chronicling his life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Objects include a box, armband, film canisters, currency, pillow, purse, and two suitcases.

  10. Henry Oertelt and Inge Fromm Oertelt families collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, Hitler Youth armband, photographs, copy prints, identity card, written testimony and presentations relating to the experiences of Henry Oertelt during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Flossenburg, his postwar marriage to Inge Fromm in Germany, as well as materials used and received by Henry Oertelt and his daughter Stephanie Ortelt-Samuels during presentations about his experiences.

  11. Izak and Rywa Manski and Gitl Rozenzweig families collection

    The collection consists of a fork, knife, spoon, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Izak and Rywa Manski and their three children during the Holocaust when they left Lida, Poland, and via Japan, finally reaching Seattle, Washington, on May 7, 1941, and documents, a photograph, and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Gitl Rozenzweig in Lida, Poland, and Israel.

  12. Carl Rosner Collection

    The collection consists of one Łódź ghetto note, one Buchenwald coupon, a purse, a ribbon, an autograph album, documents, and photographs related to the experience of Carl Rosner in prewar Germany, in Buchenwald concentration camp during the Holocaust, and in Sweden after the war, as well as to the experiences of his wife Frieda Zeidshnur in Łódź, Poland.

  14. Panariti and Kuonne families collection

    The collection consists of a a necklace, two watches, and copy prints relating to the experiences of the Panariti and Kuonne families in Greece, and then Albania during the Holocaust.

  15. Robert I. Kaplan collection

    The collection consists of an armband, currency, flags, insignia, ration stamps, silhouette, correspondence, clippings, documents, fliers and ration cards relating to the experiences of Robert I. Kaplan, a captain and medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, who served overseas during World War II.

  16. Èva Bán family collection

    The collection consists of an embroidered linen relating to the experiences of Gizella Weisz and a photographic print of Vilma Gonda and her daughter.

  17. Richard Schifter collection

    Correspondence, postcards, photographs, pins, patches, medallions, notebooks, and related documents and ephemera, related to the history of the Schifter family of Vienna, Austria, and the immigration of Richard Schifter to the United States in 1938 and his subsequent service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Includes family photographs, postcards and correspondence from Paul Schifter during his service in the Austrian Army during World War I, documents related to Paul Schifter's business ventures in the United States during the 1920s, school documents for Richard Schifter in Austria and...

  18. Rosenwald, Block, and Kupferschlag family collection

    The collection consists of a Bible, with the Old and New Testament in one volume, and four Jewish prayer books relating to the experiences of the Rosenwald, Block, and Kupferschlag families in Germany before the Holocaust.

  19. Moses and Mania Leinwand family collection

    The collection consists of a wallet, documents, a manuscript, photographs, and a publication relating to the experiences of Moses and Mania Pfeffer Leinwand before and during the Holocaust in and near Przemyslany, Poland, where they lived in hiding, and after the Holocaust in Deggendorf displaced persons camp, as well as a copy of a siddur written while in hiding by Moishe Boruchowicz (Borochovitch) of Dzelechov (likely Zelechow), Poland.

  20. Eva Hirschel collection

    The collection consists of an embroidered textile, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Eva Hirschel, her mother and stepfather Hedwig and Max Hirschel, and brother Horst who fled Bresalu, Germany, for Shanghai, China, in 1940.