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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    The collection consists of a five piece silver cutlery set, a miniature ivory penknife, a silver locket, a miniature mother of pearl compass, an autograph book, biographical materials, correspondence, a diary, photographs, printed materials, and school records relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.

  2. Laurie Mitchell Billowitz collection

    The collection consist of two labels of the type mandated for use by Jewish physicians during the Nazi regime in Germany, 1933 - 1945.

  3. Breznik and Zylberglajt families collection

    Two limestone sculptures done by Arie Breznik (donor’s maternal cousin) from Boremel, Ukraine; one of the sculptures is symbolic grave for his family; Ink Drawing: done by Moshe Breznik (Arie’s 10-years-old brother), depicting Theodor Zeev Herzl. Arie kept it throughout the war in USSR. Correspondence: letters and postcards from Zylberglajt family in Warsaw, where Jankel Zylberglajt (donor’s paternal grandfather) was an owner of toy company at 51 Nowolipie Street; dated: 1936-1941 in Yiddish and Polish; other letters and postcards are from Zeev Zylberglajt’s friends and relatives, before th...

  4. JosMarie Vanderspek collection

    Audio and video recordings of JosMarie Vanderspek's presentation about her memories of the German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands from 1940-1945."

  5. Ardie Wickers collection

    The collection consists of a Nazi banner and flag pole finial relating to the experiences of Ardie Wickers, a US soldier, during the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany on April 4, 1945.

  6. Arthur Kerdemann collection

    The collection consists of documents, a memoir, and publications relating to the experiences of Arthur Kerdemann during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp, as well as materials he collected after the war.

  7. Ilona Winograd Barkal collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Ilona Winograd Barkal and her parents, Bella and Marcus Winograd, in Łódź, Poland before, during, and after the Holocaust during which they were separated and deported to different concentration camps.

  8. Miep Kaempfer-van Engel collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Miep Kaempfer-van Engel as a hidden child in the Netherlands during and after the Holocaust.

  9. Flora and Louis Pearl collection

    The collection consists of a finger ring and documents relating to the experiences of Louis and Flora Stark Pearl and her parents in Hungary and in several concentration camps during the Holocaust.

  10. Dr. Francis W. Roscoe collection

    The collection consists of two portraits of Dr. Francis W. Roscoe painted by Josef Nassy when both men were imprisoned in Laufen internment camp during World War II.

  11. Minnie Vromen family collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, clippings, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Minnie Vromen and her children, Clara and Jaap, while living in hiding in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

  12. Mark C. Levy collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, books, and documents relating to the experiences of Mark C. Levy as a tank commander in the United States Army 4th Armored Division, 3rd Army, and as a military intelligence officer in Germany during and immediately after World War II.

  13. Oral history interviews of the Twelfth Hour Project collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia who immigrated to Australia.

  14. Emil Black collection

    The collection consists of an identification tag and documents relating to the experience of Emil Black in several concentration camps during the Holocaust and his immigration and claims history in the postwar era.

  15. Malwina (Inka) Gerson Allen collection

    The collection consists of Łódź ghetto scrip, brooches, posters, documents, newspapers, and photographs relating to the experiences of Malwina (Inka) Gerson and her parents, Gustav and Dora, in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland, during and after the Holocaust.

  16. Marge Roberts collection

    The collection consists of four booklets published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, printed between 1939 and 1943 and distributed within the United States, subject describes the "threat" of liberty and reasons and concerns as to the threat. The booklets were printed in New York and in English and distributed by the donor's husband during the Second World War

  17. Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger collection

    The collection consists of a silver purse with coin purse related to the experiences of Elizabeth Lusthaus as a hidden child in Poland during the Holocaust.

  18. Emma Tauber collection

    The collection consists of documents, a poster, and a photograph relating to the career of Emma Tauber prior to her emigration from Poland to Palestine in 1935.

  19. Robert Capa and Mark Markov-Grinberg collection

    The collection consists of photographs taken by Robert Capa, a Hungarian Jewish photojournalist, during the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and photographic prints by Mark Markov-Grinberg, a Soviet Jewish photographer and war correspondent, before and during World War II.

  20. Oral history interviews of the Mark Klempner collection

    Oral history interviews with Dutch rescuers conducted by Mark Klempner as primary source research for his 2007 book, "The Heart has Reasons: Holocaust rescuers and their stories of courage."