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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Lillyan Rosenberg papers

    The papers consist of correspondence pertaining to Lillyan Rosenberg's escape from Germany on a Kindertransport to England and the deaths of her parents in Auschwitz.

  2. Ida Weiss passport

    1. Ida Weiss collection

    Austrian passport: rectangular form consisting of 48 pages, typed and handwritten text, black and white photographic image of woman, and postal and ink stamps throughout; issued to Ida Weiss on June 8, 1928, No. 403982.

  3. Blumenstein family collection

    Consists of photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to the experiences of the Blumenstein family in Vienna, Austria, on board the MS St. Louis, in hiding in Holland, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. Includes a photograph of the donor's father in Sosua, Dominican Republic and a photograph taken in a Quaker camp for refugees in Havana, Cuba.

  4. Emil Hersch photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs taken of Emanuel Herszkowicz (now Emil Hersch) at the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Includes photographs of Mr. Herszkowicz working in an O.R.T. training facility and as a member of the Landsberg camp's police force.

  5. Gerber Ezriel letter

    The letter was written by Gerber Ezriel from a DP camp in Germany to Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for assistance with his emigration to Palestine.

  6. Green wool blanket received at postwar dp camp

    1. Esther Flam collection

    Blanket issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany

  7. Knife with US engraving issued at postwar dp camp

    1. Esther Flam collection

    Knife, molded with "U.S." on the handle, was issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany

  8. Erna and Herman Meyer collection

    The collection consists of a wallet and documents relating to the experiences of Erna Landau before the war when she emigrated from Rhede, Germany, to Great Britain in 1938 and of photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Meyer and his extended family in the Netherlands and then in Kenya where they lived as refugees during World War II.

  9. Miriam Levitt photograph collection

    The collection consists of 27 photographs documenting the experiences of Eli and Esther Kushelewicz and their daughter, Miriam donor, in the displaced persons' camp in Lampertheim, Germany.

  10. Judith W. Adler collection

    Consists of eighteen photographs, which depict Judith Adler's experiences in Kibbutz Tikva in Aschau am Inn, Germany; after her journey on the Exodus 1947 on board the Ocean Vigour; in Pöppendorf internment camp; and in Emden, Germany.

  11. Abraham Ackerstein collection

    Consists of two documents from the SS Marine Flasher, thirty photographs, and three small photograph albums from the displaced persons camp in Föhrenwald, Germany, relating to Abraham Ackerstein.

  12. German and Austrian Immigrants Association collection (Hitachduth Olej Germania)

    Consists of printed proclamations, notices, invitations and book printed on behalf of the German and Austrian Immigrants Association, based in Tel Aviv, between 1935-1938. Also includes a booklet, entitled "Missive to Immigrants from Western Europe," which was printed in German and Hebrew in 1938.

  13. Invasion of Poland

    Funeral in Gdansk of Gauleiter Joseph Wessel, who was shot by a "Polish gang," followed by footage of ethnic German refugees fleeing alleged persecution by the Poles. CUs of women and blond children with tear-stained faces. Extreme CU of an older man wearing glasses and an older woman in a head scarf. Burning houses supposedly set on fire by the Poles. The newsreel cuts off abruptly.

  17. Zajt Frajlich = Be Happy

    1. Jewish experience ephemera and manuscript collection

    Program for a theatrical production of the Idischer Dramatischer Krajz (Jewish Dramatic Group) at the displaced persons camp, Landsberg/Lech, undated, circa late 1940s.

  18. Documents related to Displaced Persons in Italy

    1. Holocaust era antisemitic publication collection

    Consists of letters, protocols, and reports sent to the Executive Committee of the Histadrut trade union by various aid organizations working in displaced persons camps in Italy between 1944-1947. Includes records related to a variety of aid organizations, including the HeChalutz HaEchad, the Jewish Agency, and the Union of Jewish Soldiers, and a variety of displaced persons camps, including Bari.

  19. She'erit Hapletah documents

    1. Holocaust era antisemitic publication collection

    Consists of letters, memos and reports sent to the Histadrut in Tel Aviv, including letters, a report of a conference in the American zone, report about the situation in camps, a copy of the Yidisher Invalid (a publication of a society for Jewish handicapped in the American zone in 1948), the invitation to the 1948 wedding of a Jewish couple in Munich.

  20. Oral history interview with Paul Reutlinger