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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  2. Knapsack

    Knapsack carried by Ruth Berkowicz when she was fleeing from Warsaw, Poland, to Japan during the Holocaust.

  4. German passport issued to Charlotte Hartmann

    Consists of a German passport ("Reisepass") issued to Charlotte Hartmann of Vienna on 19 September 1938. Charlotte's son, Paul (1933-), is also registered on this same passport. Visas stamped inside the passport indicate that the Hartmanns arrived in Shanghai in 1939.

  5. Salomon Pfeffer papers

    The Salomon Pfeffer papers consists of a Military Government Residence Certificate for Salomon Pfeffer, dated August 7, 1945; an image of Salomon Pfeffer taken in fromt of the Landsberg hospital in 1949; and 1 roll of negatives of an unidentified concentration camp taken by Salomon Pfeffer.

  6. Caribbean internment camp envelopes

    Two empty envelopes, sent by internees in camps for European refugees in the Caribbean during World War II. One envelope, with illegible postmark, was sent by Ruchel Nayberg from Gibraltar Camp 2, in Jamaica, British West Indies, addressed to Michel Nayberg care of Mr. Bidermann's bookstore in New York. The second envelope, postmarked May 1945, was sent from Heinrich Hauser, at Camp Guatemala, Bonaire, Netherlands West Indies, addressed to Olaf Domnauer in Paterson, New Jersey. Both envelopes show evidence of having been opened and examined by censors.

  7. Photograph of Josef and Fanny Stein on MS St. Louis

    A photograph of Josef and Fanny Stein seated in wooden deck chairs on board the MS St. Louis with a life preserver reading "St Louis/Hamburg" in the background, May 13, 1939 - June 17, 1939.

  8. Lists of deported persons of Judeo-Spanish ancestry deported from France

    Contains digital reproductions of lists of deported persons of Judeo-Spanish ancestry who were deported from France. These are provisional lists and include information forms, some with photographs, on individuals, as well as people names found on lists at the Spanish Consulate in Paris, 1940.

  12. Card photograph album

    1. Ernest Fiedler collection

    Album of cloth photographs of film stars with biographies brought with Ernest Fiedler when he left Nazi Germany with his family in 1938. He later served in the United States Army Counterintelligence Corps.

  13. Lt. Col. George R. Snyder collection

    The collection primarily consists of postwar photographs taken between 1945 and 1947 by Lt. Col. George R. Snyder documenting the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, Landsberg prison, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Subjects include the Camp New Orleans, German and Polish POWs, refugees, landscapes, and destroyed buildings and towns. Also included is his passport and letters from George to his mother Louise Snyder, his son James, and his wife. The collection also includes a map of Munich.

  14. US Army 100th Infantry Division patch worn by a Jewish emigre soldier

    1. Josef Pistiner family collection

    US Army 100th Infantry Division patch worn by Josef Pistiner during his World War II service. Josef left Berlin, Germany, with his parents Aron and Taube and brother Max in 1939 for the United States.

  15. Brown leather wallet printed US Army used by a Jewish emigre soldier

    1. Josef Pistiner family collection

    Brown leather wallet printed US Army used by Josef Pistiner during his World War II service. Josef left Berlin, Germany, with his parents Aron and Taube and brother Max in 1939 for the United States.

  16. Watercolor of three men relaxing at a table

    1. Josef Pistiner family collection

    Watercolor of three men seated at a table.

  17. Watercolor of men watching a chess match

    1. Josef Pistiner family collection

    Watercolor of men watching a chess match.

  18. Frederick Richard Wohl papers

    1. Frederick R. Wohl collection

    Contains a memoir entitled "Recollections of one participant in the evacuation of the Jewish community from the British colony of Cyprus in 1941," and letters and documents pertaining to Friedrich now Frederick Richard Wohl's experiences as a participant in the evacuation of the Jewish community from the British colony of Cyprus in 1941.

  19. German-English dictionary brought to the United States by Arthur Schmitt

    1. Arthur and Meta Grunebaum Schmitt collection

    The German-English dictionary was brought to the United States by Arthur Schmitt when he emigrated from Germany between 1937 and 1938. The dictionary is part of a larger collection documenting the experiences of Arthur (Abraham) Schmitt and Meta (Miriam) Grunebaum Schmitt and their families in Germany and the United States before, during, and after World War II.

  20. US Army garrison cap worn by Arthur Schmitt

    1. Arthur and Meta Grunebaum Schmitt collection

    The garrison cap was used by Arthur Schmitt during his three years of military service during World War II (1939-1945). The cap is part of a larger collection documenting the experiences of Arthur (Abraham) Schmitt and Meta (Miriam) Grunebaum Schmitt and their families in Germany and the United States before, during, and after World War II.