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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Jack Friedman collection

    Consists of a photocopy of an identity certificate and transit visa issued to Jakob Frydman (Jack Friedman) by Chiune Sugihara in Kaunas, Lithuania, in August 1940, a copy of a photograph of the Mr. Friedman holding his visa, photocopies of two postcards sent from occupied Poland in 1941, and photocopies of newspaper clippings and programs honoring Sugihara between 1986-1995.

  2. Jack Garfein collection

    Documents, papers, photos, poster, correspondence, and objects related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Jack Garfein and his family, originally of Mukachevo.

  3. Jack Goldman collection

    The collection consists of Łódź ghetto scrip relating to the experiences of Jack Goldman in Poland after the Holocaust.

  4. Jack LaPietra photograph collection

    The collection consists of sixteen photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation.

  5. Jack Marchick papers

    The Jack Marchick collection comprises letters and photographs collected by Jack during and after his deployment with the United States Army in Europe. The letters are written between 1945 and 1948 by Raymond Weinstein, a former prisoner of the camp Jack Marchick liberated, and discuss the economic and political situation in post-war France. Raymond writes of his struggles to obtain and keep work; his family; his health; and his progress in gaining back his weight after years of malnutrition. Among the 26 photographs are images of a concentration camp, likely Buchenwald, immediately after l...

  6. Jack Milgrom collection

    Consists of photographs, identification card, postcards, certificates, receipts, telegrams, a flyer, envelope, letters, documents, and permits relating to Gertrude Hoffer (later Gertrude Milgrom), and her family's experiences in Vienna, Austria; Zagreb, Yugoslavia; London, United Kingdom; Bielsko, Poland, Landsberg displaced persons camp, Germany; and her immigration to the United States.

  7. Jack Morse papers

    Identity cards, black-and-white photographs of St. Lô and Buchenwald, and video tape made by Jack Morse [donor] (memoir).

  8. Jack Moses papers

    The Jack Moses papers consist of correspondence, identification papers, and photographs documenting Jack Moses, his family’s immigration to the United States, his military service during and after World War II, and the fate of relatives who remained behind in Europe. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Nazi-era newspapers and booklets. The collection also includes an SS membership booklet and a Nazi Party membership booklet for unrelated men.

  9. Jack Neufeld papers

    Consists of correspondence, restitution and naturalization documentation, pertaining to the experiences of Jack (Jurek) Neufeld, born 1922 in Wolbrom, Poland. The correspondence includes letters from families Schwinghammer and Preis of Eggenfelden, Germany, who Jack knew well from his time living as a displaced person in the community.

  10. Jack Nusan Porter collection

    Contains materials donated by Jack N. Porter. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Jack O. Horton letter describing liberation of slave laborers near Barth, Germany

    The letter was written by Jack O. Horton in 1990 and contains his recollections about the liberation of Jewish slave laborers at a German airport near Barth, Germany.

  12. Jack Ozarow papers

    The papers consist of a letter written on June 27, 1941, by Lonia (nee Russlander) Ozarow of Warsaw, Poland, to her brother, Leon Russlander, in Washington, D.C. and the envelope in which the letter was mailed.

  13. Jack Penrose Stockton papers

    Includes photographs of corpses at liberated concentration camp (likely Ohrdruf), and photocopied documents relating to military career of Jack Stockton in U.S. Army, and letter from U.S. Army in 1993 confirming that his unit liberated Ohrdruf.

  14. Jack Postman collection

    Consists of documents and photographs regarding the pre-war and wartime experiences of Jakob Postmann (later Jack Postman), originally of Vienna, Austria. Includes pre-war identity and school documentation, a German passport, emigration paperwork, and wartime education and employment documents in the United States.

  15. Jack Ratz collection

    The collection consists of a HIAS pin, a ring made from a ring, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Isaak Racs during the Holocaust in Riga, Latvia, and Lenta, Stutthof, Burggraben, and Goddentow concentration camps, and after the Holocaust in Landsberg, Germany. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Jack Reuben collection

    Consists of nine photographs of the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp in 1945 and a Nazi armband.

  17. Jack Schneider collection

    Typescript, 13 pages, of an oral history interview of Schneider, who participated in liberation of Dachau. Also contains photocopies of correspondence from that period, and other copied documents from Schneider.

  18. Jack Waksal photograph collection

    The Jack Waksal photograph collection consists of 18 photograph prints taken for identification cards in Kruszyna labor camp (Kruszyna, Silesian Voivodeship) in 1941. All of the men depicted in the photographs perished in the Holocaust. The photographs were acquired by Jack Waksal, a Holocaust survivor originally from Jedlińsk, Poland, after the war from the photographer. Four of the photographs have a small piece of paper affixed to the back with a typed name: “Slifkowich,” “Uer Nifeld,” “Sraria Fishman,” and “Kirshenbam Leizer.” Additionally, there is a photograph depicting a street scene...

  19. Jack Weiner photographs

    Consists of original photographs and glass slides from the collection of Dr. Jack Weiner, a member of the United States Army who worked at the 115th Field Hospital in Kassel, Germany, in 1945. The collection includes photographs of Weiner and his staff in the summer of 1945, of structures damaged in the war, and original glass slides of the liberation of a concentration camp. The photographs are described on the verso.

  20. Jack Zimmermann papers

    The papers consist of pre-war photographs of the Zimmermann family in Przemyśl, Poland and post-war photographs of Malwina Zimmermann, Jack Zimmermann, and Cesia Zimmermann at the displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany and of the Zimmermann family after they immigrated to the United States in 1949. Also included is a certificate from the ORT-UNRRA trade school in Landsberg for Jack, a driver's license issued to Jack in Landsberg, and a letter sent to Jack from Mulke, in 1948.