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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Conversations with “50 Children” group collection

    Video recorded conversations with members of the "50 Children" group, survivors who were rescued from Nazi occupied Austria by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus

  2. Oral testimonies of the George Sanders collection

    An oral history interview with George Sanders and a recorded presentation

  3. Moses and Posen families collection

    The collection consists of materials such as documents, photographs and correspondence, as well as embossed or inscribed books and some objects, like a game and bib, that all document the experiences of Lotte Moses Grunwald (1915-2001) and members of the Moses and Posen families. There are also some documents related to the Grunwald family.

  4. Heny Hersh collection

    Collection documenting the experiences of Heny Hersh (nee Stern) [1926-2017], her family, her survival in a Romanian ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and ober Hohenelbe concentration camps, and DP camps Admund, Salfenden, Rivoli, and Barletta, eventually immigrating to the United States in 1950 with Artie Hersh [b. 1927 Osoj] who survived Auschwitz, Hausdorf, and Ebensee concentration camps, and was in DP camps Rivoli, Kobenz, and Bagnoli. Collection includes health card, Rivoli letter of reference, Yetta Ginsburg's sponsor application for Artie and Heny, certificate of residence, US immigration ...

  5. Oral history interviews of the Blatman family collection

    Oral history interviews with Jacob and Margaret Blatman

  6. Dorothy Powell collection

    The collection consists of two training manuals.

  7. Alexandre Davidowitch collection

    The collection consists of Yiddish language newspaers published in Paris in the 1930s.

  8. Shulamit Bukowski Levin collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Shulamit Bukowski Levin and his family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  10. Tamara Buchman Weinreich collection

    Contains essays written by Tamara Buchman Weinreich while recovering after World War II in a children's home near Otwock, Poland. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Symche Lazar collection

    The collection consists of two pamphlets written Dr. Szymon Datner and sent to Symche Lazar.

  12. Oral history interviews of the László Fekete collection

    Oral history interviews concerning the resistance activities of Éva Barta in Hungary during the Holocaust

  13. Helen Fagin collection

    The collection consists of five issues of the Yiddish language periodical "From the Last Extermination: Journal for the History of the Jewish People during the Nazi Regime."

  14. Maria Sporrer collection

    Contains materials donated by Maria Sporrer. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. Esther Gitman collection

    Contains materials compiled by Esther Gitman documenting her research into the Holocaust in Croatia, including materials about her family history. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Oral history interviews of the András Szirtes collection

    Oral history interviews that concern the massacre in Kam'yanets'-Podil's'kyi, Ukraine during the Holocaust.

  17. Concentration camp uniform and ID card collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap, jacket, and pants and an identification card from Trausdorf, Germany.

  19. Wornian family collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Wornian family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  20. Henry and Sally Wiener collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Henry and Sally Wiener during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.