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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Sally and David Tauber collection

    Contains a camera, photographs and documents illustrating the experiences of Sala Kleinberg, who was born in 1922 in Otynia and lived in Kolomea before the war, and David Tauber, born in 1908 in Stanislau. They met before the war, survived (Sala in hiding on a farm with her sisters and David in Russia), then reunited after the war in a displaced persons camp. Includes photographs and documents as well as a camera used in or issued in a displaced persons camp in Germany, as well as numerous photographs of the couple's first child, Clara, who was born in Germany.

  2. Rubin and Huntly families collection

    The collection consists of a commemorative pin-back button, commemorative materials, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Rubin and Huntly families in Hungary, Poland, and the United States before during, and after the Holocaust.

  3. Wayne Perrin collection

    Collection illustrating the experiences of Wayne Vester Perrin, an American who traveled from Detroit, Michigan to Nuremberg, Germany in June 1946 as a civilian working for the Office of the Secretary of War as a court reporter during the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. Includes a copy of the book "Nuremberg" by Charles Alexander (Nurnberg: Karl Ulrich and Co., 1946) with annotations on some pages.

  4. Hugo Ostreich collection

    Collection belonging to Hugo Ostreich including wooden box purchased in Shanghai, China, Jewish prayer books, textbook for citizenship, tallis and tallis bag, photographs and documents that illustrates donor's [Paula Berg] great uncle's experiences fleeing Nazi-occupied Germany in 1939 with his younger brother Alfred, leaving behind Hugo's wife, Erna Baer and extended relatives. Hugo and Alfred survived WWII in Shanghai, immigrating to the United States in the late 1940s.

  5. Ruth Kittel Miller family collection

    The collection consists of six Star of David badges, two German bank notes, Theresienstadt scrip, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ruth Kittel (later Miller) and her family in Berlin, Germany, before, during, and after the Holocaust until their emigration to the United States in 1946.

  6. Claudine Cerf collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Cippora Cerf in France during the Holocaust.

  7. Gert Wollheim collection

    The collection consists of four drawings and one painting relating to the experiences of Gert Wollheim, originally from Germany, during the war when he was held in Vierzon, Ruchard, Gurs, and Septfonds internment camps in France.

  8. Horace S. Berry collection

    The collection consists of a watercolor and a publication related to the experiences of Horace S. Berry, a soldier in the United States Army, 71st Infantry Division, which liberated Gunskirchen concentration camp in Austria in May 1945.

  9. Alice Lok Cahana and Surpik Angelini collection

    The collection consists of collages related to the experiences of Alice Lok Cahana and her family in Hungary, Germany, and Sweden before, during, and after the Holocaust, as well as the larger experiences of the Jewish community during the Holocaust captured by Cahana and Surpik Angelini.

  10. Muzeum Okregowe w Konine collection

    The collection consists of concrete, a map, utensils, clothing accessories, and other small personal artifacts recovered from the site of Chelmno killing center operated by the German SS and police authorities in German-occupied Poland.

  11. Edward Kaluski collection

    The collection consists of artifacts related to the experiences of Edward Kaluski during his service as a soldier in the United States 3rd Army in Germany, including the liberation of Dachau concentration camp in spring 1945.

  12. Antisemitic and pro-Nazi propaganda collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and publications about antisemitism and pro-Nazi Party propaganda in Germany during the 1930s.

  13. Robert Heiberg collection

    The collection consists of a handbill and 4 Nazi toy soldiers.

  14. Gusti and Julius Ackermann collection

    The collection consists of a shofar and cover and a torah binder relating to the experiences of Julius Ackermann and his family and Gusti Mayer and her younger brother August and their emigration to the United States from Hermeskeil, Germany, in 1937.

  15. Albert Finger collection

    The collection consists of German currency, Łódź ghetto scrip, documents and a photograph relating to the experiences of Abe Fingerhut during the Holocaust in Łódź, Poland and after the Holocaust in Lampertheim displaced persons camp in Germany.

  16. George L. Salton collection

    The collection consists of three drawings created by George Salton in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust.

  17. David Friedman artwork and letter

    Artwork by and letter from donor's grandfather, David Friedman. The collection includes three pages of preliminary sketches created in1963-1964 for drawings and etching plates (the etchings were produced in 1967), as well as a copy of a letter dated September 19, 1972. The original letter, which begins "Lieber Heinz" (Dear Heinz), was adhered to the back of an etching by David Friedman which was gifted to fellow Łódź Ghetto survivor Heinz Konig. Additionally, the collection includes two etchings dated 1967 titled "In Łódźer Ghetto, Some Found Food in Trash Containers."

  18. Adler and Cohn families collection

    Materials related to the Adler and Cohn (later Cornell) families including a photo, photo album, postcard album, album of Dutch documents, documents, poems, a handmade painted flower, a Dutch medal, cookbooks, a brochure and commemorative materials related to Bad Mergentheim, Germany, and papers related to honoring Jan Sprey as a Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem and by the government of The Netherlands. Also includes a letter to Bad Mergentheim regarding the Stolpersteine petition.

  19. Oral history interviews of the Ethnographic Archive collection

    Audiotaped recordings of the Ethnographic Archive collection, featuring interviews on the subject of blood libel, the history of Polish Jews, and the Holocaust and its aftermath in Poland.

  20. Brust family collection

    The collection consists of clothing, documents, photographs, and portraits related to the experiences of Livia, Elek, and Eva Brust, their family, and the Vogel and Schwarcz families in Hungary and the United States, before, during, and after the Holocaust.