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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  16. Jenny Eisenstein collection

    The collection relates to members of Jenny Eisenstein's family, containing numerous photographs of people Jenny sang for, either at weddings or bar mitzvahs. The collection includes: miscellaneous photographs of Jews (some are annotated) collected by Jenny from Jewish refugees living in Canada which contain Yiddish or Hebrew, Polish, and English annotations (circa 1920-1935, circa 1946-); miscellaneous correspondence, identification papers, passport (Polish), etc., relating to the immigration of Herz Mordcha Kohn to Canada (circa 1927-1930); a Canadian passport issued to Morris Ricer (circa...

  17. Records from the French National Archives on the persecution of Jews in France (F 41)

    Collection contains predominantly published materials and some correspondence related to antisemitism, war refugees, persecution of Jews in France and to Vichy politics. Records include brochures, essays, clippings, newspaper illustrations and office documents.

  18. General Association of Jews in France. Camp Commission

    Consists of records relating to the operations of the Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF) Commission des Camps, The Commission des Camps was headquartered in Toulouse, halfway between the camps of Gurs and Rivesaltes, and proximate to three other camps. The Commission's goal was the centralization of camp archives. The collection includes hundreds of letters from refugees and internees, testifying to the plight of Jews in France during occupation.