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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. KdF-Wagen

    Booklet advertising KdF Wagen, using Hitler's image

  6. French resistance leaflets

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

  7. 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.

  8. Dr. Arthur Kessler papers

    Dr. Arthur Kessler's papers related to reparations for Vapniarka survivors as well as related to his own compensation from Germany.

  9. Jeanne Thomas Bell papers

    The collection includes the following British newspapers: Daily Mirror, August 28, 1939 Evening Standard, April 16, 1945 Sunday Pictorial, May 13, 1945

  10. Die Judenfrage

    The Jewish Question: Negotiations of the Prussian House of Representatives, November 1880

  11. Oral history interview with Paula Weiss

  12. Hildegard Simon papers

    The Hildegard Simon papers include biographical material, correspondence, poesie albums, and photographs relating to Hildegard “Hilde” Hanna Simon and her family’s prewar and wartime life in Cloppenburg, Germany, Hilde’s Kindertransport, and postwar restitution claims. Biographical material includes certified copies of Hilde’s birth certificates, a certificate of identity for immigration, a declaration of intent to become a naturalized citizen, a vaccination certificate, and a typed personal narrative. Correspondence includes copies of letters from Selma to Hilde and Ruth, a letter from Kar...

  13. Oral history interview with Lucy Haber

  14. Wilhelm Fuchs papers

    The Wilhelm Fuchs papers include a Reisepass (German passport), alien registration card, and part of a United States visa application for Wilhelm Fuchs, who immigrated from Germany with his wife, Katchen, in June 1941, via Havana, Cuba.

  15. Monique Joseph papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Monique Joseph (born Helga Kaufmann), originally of Cologne, Germany, her parents Caroline and Sallly Kaufmann, as well as her Husband Theophile Joseph and his family. Included are identification papers, false-identity documents, an autograph album, immigration papers, correspondence, memoirs, and photographs. Biographical material related to Monique includes address books, an autograph album, identification papers including a French passport; false-identity documents under the name of Monique Colin; post-war documents regarding her ...

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  17. Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz family papers

    The Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz family papers consist of identification documents, affidavits, documents, and photographs relating to the Schwarz family. Also included is Ilse Weinberger's memior entitled "Story of My Life," a letter from Ilse to Vera Frankel, and a photograph of Ilse Weinberger, the maid of honor, at Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz's wedding, June 29, 1932.

  18. Suzanne Friedmann photographs

    The Suzanne Friedmann photographs depict Suzanne Friedmann and other young women and children at the Rothschild orphanage and hospital in Paris where Friedmann lived before and during the war. The collection also includes picture of her brother Jacques Friedman in the French Amry and picture postcards of the Rothschild hospital.

  19. Der Phew-er Hitler Skunk S(cent) Penny Guitar Brooch

    Der Phew-er Hitler Skunk S(cent) Penny Guitar Brooch; 1940

  20. Benjamin (Dan) Schefflan collection

    Documents and photographs documenting the experience of Benjamin (Dan) Schefflan [donor's father].