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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Complete Israelite cookbook with consideration of French and Bohemian cuisine, as well as Easter cuisine Cookbook, Vollständiges israelitisches Kochbuch, owned by Clara Gutmann

    Jewish cookbook that belonged to Herbert’s mother, Clara Gutmann. The book was written by Marie Kauders and published in Prague (now Prague, Czech Republic) by Jakob B. Brandeis in 1898. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Herbert Gutmann and the Gutmann family in Germany and their immigration to the United Kingdom and the United States before and during WWII.

  2. Samuel Joseph Monturo papers

    The collection documents Samuel Joseph Monturo’s service with the United States Army, including his separation and discharge papers, two photocopies of photographs depicting Monturo in uniform, and a personalized leather document holder embossed with “War Service Record” and Monturo’s name. Also included is a document “Wartime Trials Nurnberg, Germany Nov 20, 1945” which lists the twenty one defendants, and a brief synopsis of their backgrounds.

  3. Jan Jozef Gasior papers

    The collection consists of an identification card and certificate issued to Jan Josef Gasior, originally of Dukla, Poland, confirming that he was a persecuted Pole who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald from 1942-1945. A photograph of Gasior and his second wife, Maria Grzesik, is also included.

  4. Carl and Edith Zucker papers

    The collection primarily documents the post-war experiences of Carl Zucker, originally of Zakroczym, Poland, and his wife Edith Zucker (née Guzy), originally of Olkusz, Poland, in the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp. Included is biographical material such as identification cards, birth and marriage certificates, displaced persons documentation, and restitution paperwork. There is also a small amount of photographs primarily depicting Edith’s sister Esther Guzy and her brother Lajzer Guzy, both of whom perished in the Holocaust. Biographical materials include documents related to Carl, Ed...

  5. Lieber and Löw families papers

    The Lieber and Löw families papers document the prewar experiences of George Lieber, originally of Vienna, Austra, and his family in Vienna, and Brussels, Belgium; the family’s wartime emigration from Europe to Lourenço Marques (Maputo, Mozambique) in 1941; and immigrations to the United States in 1945-1947. The bulk of the collection consists of biographical material, including identification papers, immigration records, and a small amount of correspondence; and photographs, including prints and annotated photograph albums. Series 1. Biographical material primarily consists of identificati...

  6. Mayer and Sonia Pasternack papers

    The collection primarily documents the postwar experiences of Mayer and Sonia (née Zlotnik) Pasternack, both originally from Radom, Poland. Prewar and wartime documents issued to Mayer include a craft card, birth certificate, and an identification card (Kennkarte) issued to him in Radom in 1942, and Jüdische handwerker-werkstätte identification card issued in 1943. Postwar documents include identification papers, immigration documents, a document regarding the possibility of immigration to Palestine, a displaced persons pass issued to Sonia Zlotnik in Stuttgart, and a certificate issued to ...

  7. Gutmann family Bible containing inscribed death dates and pressed flowers mesudar bi-shelemut ha-sidur u-meduyaḳ be-takhlit ha-diyuḳ

    Gutmann family Bible, Sidur Safah berurah, with family death dates recorded on the endsheets and dried flowers (b) pressed between two pages. The Bible was published by J. Lehrberger & Comp.‏ in Rödelheim, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1886. The Bible and flowers are part of a collection documenting the experiences of Herbert Gutmann and the Gutmann family in Germany and their immigration to the United Kingdom and the United States before and during WWII.

  8. Axelrod and Gross families papers

    The collection includes documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the Holocaust-era experiences of the Axelrod family (alternately known as the Akselrad and Gross family), originally of Kolomea (Kolomyia, Ukraine). Documents include birth record and school report for Gussie Mager (born Henia Gittel Axelrod), immigration paperwork, an affidavit for Gussie’s mother Pepi Axelrod to emigrate from Kolomea, receipt for phone call to Kolomea, and a Certificate of Poverty completed by Gussie’s brother Elkuna Gross in 1937. Correspondence includes a letter from Elkuna to his sister Fried...

  9. Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski research materials

    Collection of photos (contemporary and copy prints), map reproductions (photocopies), newspaper reproductions (photocopies), and correspondence related to the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland. Material contains information related to the town’s Jewish community as well as where Jews were hidden during WWII and the Holocaust.

  10. Cohen family collection

    One photographic print and one copy print both of the same image, a portrait of Esther Fagel (Esther Feyge, the donor’s great aunt) She was killed during the Holocaust.

  11. Dr. Douglas M. Kelley papers

    The collection documents Dr. Douglas M. Kelley’s role as a United States Army psychiatrist examining 22 high-ranking Nazi defendants awaiting trial in the Nuremberg War Trials. Included are case files for each defendant; war trial documents, memorandums, and clippings; Rorschach test results; Nazi Rorschach research papers and correspondence; and manuscript drafts of his book 22 Cells in Nuremberg. Nuremberg War Trials papers include administrative documents and memorandums, a diary and ledger with handwritten notes by Kelley, clippings regarding the trial defendants, and copy prints of pho...

  12. Hermann and Charlotte Sperling collection

    Correspondence of donor's grandparents Hermann and Charlotte Sperling (later Spalding) and children Irene and Dorothea (donor's mother).

  13. Hans Wijsman photographs

    The collection consists of three prewar photographs depicting Hans Wijsman of Bloemendaal, the Netherlands in his military uniform. He is pictured with his father and other unidentified individuals. Hans was a Dutch prisoner in Buchenwald from 1943-1945.

  14. Pieces of a wrought iron railing from a stairwell

    Pieces of a wrought iron railing from a stairwell, along with modern wooden handrails, from a home in Sighetu-Marmatiei, Romania. The home was owned by a Jewish family before their deportation to Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The pieces of the railing feature a design with Star of David patterns.

  15. Dachau Trials photograph album pages

    Two-sided photo album page (loose) with 4 photographs taken during the Dachau Trials (1945-1947).The pages are annotated in English. Includes depictions of camp building exteriors, an unidentified woman in a jeep, and the ceiling lights of a courtroom. There are annotations for other photographs missing from the pages.

  16. Cukier and Cohen families papers

    The collection primarily consists of correspondence of brothers Max Cohen and Charles Cohen, both of whom immigrated to the United States before World War II from Poland, from their nephews Jakub Cukier and Shmul Cukier. Early letters concern Max’s attempts to help Shmul immigrate to the United States in the early 1920s. Postwar letters from Jakub inform his uncle Charles that he and his older brother served with the Polish Army, were imprisoned, and that his parents and older brother all perished in the Holocaust.

  17. Serebrenik family papers

    The collection primarily documents the immigration of Otto and Lili Felberbaum Serebrenik, and their son Stefan, from Vienna, Austria to the United States in January 1939. Included are biographical documents such as birth and marriage certificates, and a family genealogy narrative; immigration paperwork including German passports, affidavit of support from David Felberbaum for Hermann and Marie Felberbaum, and naturalization certificates.The collection also includes wartime correspondence regarding Otto’s mother Regina Serebrenik (née Weiss), who was deported from Vienna to Riga, Latvia in ...

  18. KdF-Wagen

    Booklet advertising KdF Wagen, using Hitler's image

  19. French resistance leaflets

    Leaflets, newspapers, and documents from resistance organizations in the south of France.

  20. 1936 Olympics collection

    Collection of materials relating to the Olympic Games in Berlin 1936 collected during a visit to Berlin in summer 1936. Included in the collection are: tickets, street maps, tourist guides, advertising from the famous warehouse 'Karstadt' at Hermannplatz (which was new and is an example for the modern architecture and modern life at that time). Includes a faksimile street map of Berlin in the 1930s. Newspaper "Der Arbeitsmann, August 1, 1936, 2 Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, poster from Kraft durch Freude organization.