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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Itta Shvartsur photograph

    Black and white image of a woman, man and child standing together outside; verso, black ink inscription, "Itta Shvartsur/1959."

  2. Itzhak Giterman collection

    Contains records relating to the German occupation of France, Poland, and the Soviet Union. Subjects include activities of the Wehrmacht, the transport of Jews from France, and the establishment of German communities in the occupied territories in the East.

  3. Itzhak Karpman photograph collection

    The Itzhak Karpman collection consists of photographs of Itzhak Karpman and his work with Hashomer Hatzair, Hashomer Haleumi, and Hanoar Hatzioni, and his work in hachsharot in Poland; and his life in Palestine after emigrating there in 1936.

  4. Itzhak Mayer papers

    The collection consists of Holocaust-era documents and photographs of Itzhack Mayer (born Peter Trebitsch) and his family in Hungary. Documents include an immigration certificate from Hungary to Israel for Itzhack’s aunt Eva Trebitsch; a receipt for services provided from Magyarországi Zsidók Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottság (DEGOB), a national relief committee for Hungarian Jewish deportees, to Itzhack’s cousin Josef Lengyel; and a proof of residence document for Itzhack’s aunt Aranka Trebitsch. Photographs include depictions of Itzhack’s aunt and uncle, Margit and Marcus Tre...

  5. Itzhak Nachmani papers

    The Itzakh Nachmani papers include two diaries Nachmani composed in 1942 and 1943 describing his family’s escape from Poland, his internment in a Soviet labor camp, his release into the Polish Army, and his service in Palestine, Egypt, and Iraq; a misdated Palestine Identity Card issued to Nachmani; and photographs depicting Nachmani and his Rumpler and Krzepicki relatives in Poland before the war and in Israel after the war as well as with fellow soldiers in Egypt, Iraq, and Palestine during the war. Itzakh Nachmani began his diaries on August 4, 1942, during his military service in Palest...

  6. Itzkovitz and Heshkovitz Families collection

    Collection of photographs of the Izkovitz family in Beregszasz (Berehove), Czechoslovakia.

  7. Itzkovitz and Moldovan families collection

    Collection of family photographs of Ester Irén Ickovics (donor’s mother), b. January 13, 1922, and her family in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia (later Beregszasz, Hungary), who was deported together with her whole family to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in May 1944 and a few weeks later, together with her sister Sari Charlotte, b. Sept. 26, 1919, deported to Gelskirchen, a sub-camp of Buchenwald. In September 1944 they were deported to Sommerda slave labor camp, where they worked in ammunition factory; Ester married Emerich Israel Moldovan, b. September 20, 1914, who was mobilized into a forc...

  8. Ivan Backer testimonies

    Consists of a series of short written testimonies written by Ivan Backer between 2002-2009 about his childhood in pre-war Czechoslovakia, the German invasion, leaving for England on a children's transport, and adjusting to life in England.

  9. Ivan Deutsch's letter of protection

    Contains Hungarian language letter of protection (Oltalomlevèl, schutzpass) issued and signed on November 13, 1944, in Budapest, Hungary, by the Ambassador of the Holy See, Apostolic Nuncio Monsignor Angelo Rotta who was honored as a Righteous Among The Nations in 1997.

  10. Ivan Singer collection

    Collection of two medals issued/awarded to Ivan Singer (donor); Russian flier's badge issued in pilot's school in Krasnodar, Russia; circa 1944; gold medal on blue and white striped ribbon issued by Yugoslav Liberation Army for bravery, embossed "Za Hrabost"; circa 1943-1944

  11. Ivan Vamos memoir

    Consists of a memoir titled “My early years, the war years. The recollections of Ivan Vamos, from March 1938 to October 1947”, written by the donor, Ivan Vamos

  12. Ivano-Frankivsk State Oblast Archives records

    Contains correspondence, financial records, questionnaires, applications, list of residents, House Registry Book, census documents, inventories of confiscated Jewish property, autobiographies, list of people confined in ghettos, Ukrainian police lists and reports, and other documents pertaining to Holocaust-related issues in the district of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (Stanisławów, Poland). Records include documents of the Kolomyia District Chief, Snyatin City Administration, Zaluche District Administration, Stetseva District Administration, and Ivano-Frankivsʹk City Administration.

  13. Ivano-Frankovsky Regional Museum records

    Contains statements, reports, photographs, and articles relating to the German and Hungarian occupation of Ukraine; atrocities committed against Jews and Soviet citizens in the region; statistics for executions; names of Gestapo leaders suspected of crimes; and the Tabor Smertii "death camp" at Stanislav, Ukraine (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine).

  14. Izaak Reifer collection

    Contains personal narratives describing the experiences of Izaak Reifer. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. Izabela Biezunska-Malowist false identification card

    The identification card ("Kennkarte") was issued to Izabela Biezunska-Malowist under the alias "Janina Truszcynska" by the Polish underground.

  16. Izac Holcman papers

    The Izac Holcman papers document Izac Holcman’s military career and biographical background. Documents pertaining to his military career include his Armed Forces passport and a translation of the contents within. These materials described Izac’s various assignments, posts, and ranks within the military. Also included are two testimonies, one in lieu of oath because he could not obtain a birth certificate from Warsaw and the other a statement regarding the disappearance of his wife and son. Also included is Izac’s declaration of the intent to obtain American citizenship and a handwritten tim...

  17. Izak and Marthe Weber collection

    Documents, correspondence, photographs and an oral history illustrating the experiences, primarily of Izak Weber, born in Skole, Poland in 1910, who studied medicine in Paris and remained there through WWII. Included in the collection are numerous documents surrounding Izak's medical education and intern work in Paris, his eventual internment in Drancy transit camp in December 1942 near Paris from which he escaped, marriage documentation and identification cards for Izak and his wife Marte, as well as documentation to practice medicine in Argentina after the war and correspondence from fami...

  18. Izak and Pepi Altenhaus Letter

    Contains a letter written by Izak and Pepi Altenhaus (donor's parents) in Belgium, stating that they were being transported. The letter was thrown from train and picked up and posted by someone else. Also includes a scrap of return address and note in envelope.

  19. Izak and Rachel Herzhaft collection

    Contains photographs illustrating the experiences of Rachel Moskowitz, born in the small Carpathian town "Behutz" in Hungary/Czech area of Slovakia and Izak Herzhaft from Rutke, Poland (Galicia). Izak escaped and ended up in Budapest. Rachel moved to Budapest and both were on the Kasztner train in Bergen-Belsen then Switzerland, eventually moving to Palestine where they married.

  20. Izak and Rywa Manski and Gitl Rozenzweig families collection

    The collection consists of a fork, knife, spoon, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Izak and Rywa Manski and their three children during the Holocaust when they left Lida, Poland, and via Japan, finally reaching Seattle, Washington, on May 7, 1941, and documents, a photograph, and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Gitl Rozenzweig in Lida, Poland, and Israel.