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  1. Zinaida Rabinovich collection

    Black and white photograph of a woman wearing a heavy coat and hat; verso: blue ink inscription; dated 1947.

  2. Kurt von Schuschnigg Sr. collection

    The collection consists of an identification card issued to Dr. Kurt Auster [donor's father], a police residence record issued in Sachsenhausen concentration camp to donor, and a book titled Austrian Requiem written by the donor's father.

  3. Simon Jeruchim collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, drawings, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Simon Jeruchim and his family in France during and after World War II, when he lived as a hidden child in Normandy and then in foster homes near Paris.

  4. Soep family papers

    Primarily identification papers for Harry Soep, including passport, post-war IDs, pre-war letters of reference from past employers, youth hostel membership card, repatriation papers, and summons to serve as witness in post war trial.

  5. Matthew Tovian papers

    Contains a memoir entitled "Matthew's Story," and photographs related to the donor's Holocaust experiences in Poland and the Soviet Union.

  6. Lou and Clari Levy collection

    Two propaganda leaflets, one in German ("Himmler Gegen Deutschland!") and one in English ("Benjamin Franklin's Prophecy"). Latter is antisemitic propaganda, former is anti-Nazi propaganda.

  7. Samuel Schwarzberg papers

    Collection contains the correspondence and receipts for Samuel Schwarzberg's restitution claim against the German government. Collection also includes two handmade kipots belonging to Samuel Schwarzberg.

  9. Hermanowski family collection

    The collection consists of an armband, a badge, an envelope with commemorative stamps, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Wojciech Hermanowksi and his family in Poland, Germany, and Sweden during and after the Holocaust.

  10. Arthur R. Myers collection

    The collection consists of a League of German Girl's uniform jacket and a Hitler Youth jacket relating to the experiences of Arthur R. Myers, an American soldier who served in combat with the US Army in Europe during World War II.

  11. Public television feature on the USHMM

    WETA's program on the development and construction of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum broadcast on public television in 1993.

  12. Albert E. Carter collection

    The collection consists of political cartoons, a book, and newspaper articles relating to the experiences of Albert E. Carter as a journalist in the United States, Germany, and South America before and during World War II.

  13. Funeral service for Theo Croneiss

    AGFA 1942. Title in German. Funeral service for Theo Croneiss, Messerschmittwerk in Regensburg, on November 10 and 11, 1942. Includes Gauleiter Wächler, SS Obergruppenführer and General der Police Dr Martin

  14. Carl Atkin collection

    The collection consists of photographs, artwork, documents, a ribbon, and scrip relating to the experiences of Carl Atkin’s work after the Holocaust with the UNRRA and later at the American Financial and Development Corporation for Israel.

  15. Esther Weisz Grun oral history collection

    Includes a CD-ROM of audio interviews with Esther Weisz Grun conducted from December 15, 2005 until May 8, 2006 and a DVD of a video testimony recorded at Pace University in Pleasantville, NY ca. 2009.

  16. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Faith in Humankind oral history collection

    Oral history interviews from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Faith in Humankind collection

  17. Communications, authorizations, reports.

    Factories owned by Jews. Voided authorizations for work and free movement.

  18. Roman Vishniac collection

    Portfolio containing twelve photographs, reproduced from the original negatives. The original photographs were taken prewar by Roman Vishniac (donor's father) in 1938. The catalog of the work is titled "A Vanished World," (published by Witkin-Berley, Ltd.).

  19. Henry Wellisch collection

    The collection consists of two suitcases that were used by Emil and Jolan Wellisch donor's parents as they fled from Vienna, Austria, to Palestine and Mauritius during World War II and were again used by the Wellisches when they emigrated to Canada in 1951

  20. Peter Dallos collection

    The collection consists of The War Series, a group of nine semi-abstract welded steel sculptures, created by Peter Dallos (originally Deutsch) about his childhood experiences in German occupied Hungary and as a memorial to victims of the Holocaust and World War II.