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  1. Regina Kozuch Dafner photographs

    Consists of six photographs from the collection of Regina Kozuch Dafner; includes a photograph of young adults belonging to the Kadima Hapoel Zionist youth group, as well as photographs described as "Regina Kozuch" and as "Frau Lene."

  2. Jacob Igra photographs

    Consists of 22 photographs seemingly taken by a SD-SIPO (Sicherheitspolizei) German soldier in Sosnowiec, Poland. The photographs show German soldiers interrogating and arresting Polish citizens, and possibly include photographs of the "Wehrfaehige," people who were capable of carrying arms who were interned during and after the Polish campaign as a security measure. The photographs were found after the war by Jacob Igra in an apartment in Sosnowiec.

  3. Ellen Echeverria photograph collection

    Consists of photographs of Elke Plech (Elke Bozena, now Ellen Echeverria), a hidden child, with Janina Wysocka, the Polish woman who hid her during the Holocaust.

  4. Laurie Bernstein photographs

    Consists of a photograph of two children, Genia and Akiva Bernstein, siblings of the donor's father, who later perished during the Holocaust, and one photograph of a train depot. The photographs were taken in Skalat, Ukraine.

  5. Edith Leuchter collection

    Consists of photograph of a group of Girl Guides in Moissac, France, in 1945. Pictured on the far right is Edith Leuchter, a Jewish girl in hiding. Also includes a newspaper clipping from the "La Vie a Marseilles" reporting on the emigration of child survivors to the United States in 1946.

  6. Lissek family photographs

    Consists of three post-war photographs of Channa Lissek and her sons Leon, Marcel, and Jacques. The boys spent the war in hiding with the help of the OSE. The boys' father, Sam Lissek, perished in Auschwitz; one of the photographs, taken in 1950, shows Channa's second husband.

  7. Szlezyngier-Wiernik family photographs

    Consists of 13 pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the Szlezyngier family of Wojkowice, Poland, and the Wiernik family of Sosnowiec, Poland. Benjamin Szlezyngier and Chana (Hanka) Wiernik both spent the war in various labor camps and survived death marches. They married in Cyprus and emigrated to Palestine in 1946.

  8. Aszkenazy and Rosenberg family photographs

    Consists of two photographs of the Aszkenazy family in Warsaw, Poland, one taken in 1939 and one taken in 1946. Also includes one photograph of the Rosenberg family in Zakopane, Poland, in 1927.

  9. Helene Bloch collection

    Consists of eight photographs documenting the donor's family in Villefranche, France, during the Holocaust and immediately after liberation.

  10. Yeheskel Fleisher collection

    Consists of a pre-war photograph of the Fleisher family, originally of Shavly, Lithuania; two photographs of Yeheskel Fleisher in Shavly, 1941, wearing a Star of David after being released from a temporary stay in a Nazi prison; and two photographs of Mr. Fleisher's sister, Batia Michaele Gutstein being taken off the ship "The Exodus" on a stretcher and with her husband Michael Gutstein. Also includes one biography of Mr. Fleisher written by his granddaughter.

  11. Berkowitz family photographs

    Consists of photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of the Berkowitz family, originally of Riga, Latvia. Includes photographs taken in pre-war Latvia, as well as photographs of family members in Shanghai and in Kobe in the 1930s.

  12. Stephen Olesnevich papers

    Collection of more than 280 photographs taken by Stephen Olesnevich in Warsaw and other cities in 1945-1946. Documents include his passport and his nomination to serve as Vice Consul of the Unted States in Poland.

  13. Aviva Slesin papers

    Two photo albums containing photos of Aviva Slesin and her family circa 1947-1948. Selection of loose photos including Aviva's rescuers Matilda and Juozas Salenekas, as well as images of Aviva and her mother reunited in Munich after the war and arriving in the United States. Business card for A. Slezinas (Aviva Slesin’s stepfather) employed by Warner Bros. First National, SAR, as well as a letter attesting to his employment there from March 1935-January 1939. Period photocopy attesting that Abraham Slesin was detained in Dachau concentration camp. Report card for Aviva for Hebrew Primary Sc...

  14. Dr. Hans-Werner Wollenberg memoir, Berlin

    Consists of a typed memoir, 130 pages, marked "Property of Dr. Wollenberg, Berlin," dated 1947. The memoir describes the experiences of Dr. Hans-Werner Wollenberg, a Jewish physician who worked as a doctor while imprisoned in several concentration camps, including Drancy, Johannsdorf, Brande, Blechhammer-Ehrenforst, Faulbrück, and Langenbielau. The memoir was later published as .".und der Alptraum wurde zum Alltag" in 1992.

  15. Joseph Ansell papers

    The Joseph Ansell collection consists of research material, correspondence, articles, artistic prints, and slides collected by Joseph Ansell while researching Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole which was published by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in 2004. The collection includes photocopies of original documents and secondary source material collected from libraries and research collections regarding the life and art of Arthur Szyk, the Polish-born artist and caricaturist, who was best known for his anti-Nazi political cartoons, involvement with groups in the United States protesti...

  16. Central Historical Commission : Collection about children (M 1.PC)

    Contains approximately 327 questionnaires. This collections includes materials gathered by the CHC (The Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich) by means of special questionnaires to gather information about the past of the few children among the Holocaust survivors in the DP camps. The children were asked about their lives during the Nazi rule and the fate of their families. Some questionnaires have photos of the children.

  17. Charles R. Myers photographs

    12 vintage copy prints, 1 photographic print, acquired by Charles R. Myers in Germany in 1945.

  18. 1948 Jewish organizations photographs

    Consists of four photographs from the World Jewish Congress meetings which took place in Montreux, Switzerland, in July 1948. Includes a photograph of the Israeli delegation, including Rabbi Joseph Gabrieli and Abba Eban, who later became the Israeli foreign minister. Rabbi Gabrieli is the father of the Shoshana Rosenberg, the donor. Also includes photographs taken at a post-war Mizrachi Zionist meeting held in August 1948 in Tel-Aviv. In 1949 Rabbi Gabrieli became the director of the Mizrachi organization.

  19. Buchenwald liberation photographs

    Consists of eight photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of piles of corpses, of a gallows, and of the Buchenwald memorial. Captions in English say "Dachau" but the photographs are of Buchenwald.

  20. November 1945 Dachau negatives

    Consists of 8 photographic negatives taken on November 28, 1945 in the former Dachau concentration camp. Includes negatives of various structures and signs, and includes photographs of recreated scenes in the camp. Also includes a description of each negative.