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

  1. Jacob Fischler papers

    The papers consist of a letter written by Rabbi Moise Cassorla on September 8, 1941, attesting to a Bar Mitzvah ceremony to take place in Toulouse, France on September 20, 1941; a telegram sent to Sabina Fischler [donor's mother] by Jacob Fischler and his brother, Alexander; an identification tag from the American Joint Distribution Committee worn by Jacob Fischler (#43) and issued in Barcelona, Spain; a ticket issued in Bracelona on January 18, 1944; a letter written from Reichenberg (Liberec), Czechoslovakia, by Hermann Fischler [donor's father]; a letter written in English from Sabina Fi...

  2. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, a book, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Jacob Wiener and his family, the Zwienickis, in Germany before World War II and in Canada and the United States before, during, and after the war. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  3. Jacob Gutman collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Jacob Gutman. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Jacob Hennenberg collection

    The papers consist of two certificates and two letters of recommendation issued to Jacob Hennenberg [donor] relating to his experiences as a displaced person after World War II. Two of the certificates have photos of the donor attached. The collection also includes an advertisement sign for the Jakob Haberfeld spirit refinery and liquor factory, and other documents related to his experiences. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  5. Jacob Igra photographs

    Consists of 22 photographs seemingly taken by a SD-SIPO (Sicherheitspolizei) German soldier in Sosnowiec, Poland. The photographs show German soldiers interrogating and arresting Polish citizens, and possibly include photographs of the "Wehrfaehige," people who were capable of carrying arms who were interned during and after the Polish campaign as a security measure. The photographs were found after the war by Jacob Igra in an apartment in Sosnowiec.

  6. Jacob Kriegel papers

    The collection documents the efforts of American Jacob Kriegel, originally of Nadworna, Poland, to assist with family and friends in Poland and Israel trying to immigrate to the United States during the Holocaust and afterwards. The bulk of the collection contains affidavits written by Kriegel, wartime financial and related documents including his efforts to help other local businesses encourage their workers to purchase war bonds, and correspondence. There is significant correspondence from Anna and Max Hutt, his only relatives in Europe, along with their daughter Zimmia, who survived the ...

  7. Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld memoirs

    Consists of a copy of an article written by Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld concerning his family history and experiences during the Holocaust. The article includes detailed information on the dispersal of Maltiel-Gerstenfeld's relatives who eventually perished in the Lvov ghetto, his activities as a Zionist youth, his life in Romania under an assumed identity, and his emigration to Palestine at the end of World War II.

  8. Jacob Miller collection

    Letters to the donor's parents Helen and Bernard Miller, dated 1947-1948. Postcard in Russian to the Millers, dated 1945. Certificate regarding immigration visa, 1945. Letter from National Council of Jewish Women, 1945, regarding Gitta Levin. Copy of pamphlet entitled "It Has Become Clear To Us."

  9. Jacob Mincer papers

    The Jacob Mincer papers consist of correspondence and identification papers documenting Mincer’s efforts to emigrate from Europe before and after the Holocaust and the efforts of his uncle, Issy Mincer, to help him from South Africa. Correspondence primarily includes letters Jacob wrote to Issy from Brno before the war and from Munich and the United States after the war as well as pre-war letters documenting Issy Mincer’s efforts to provide Jacob financial assistance through the Anglo-Palestine bank. Identification papers include Jacob’s pre-war student identification card from Brno and his...

  10. Jacob Mosberg collection

    Contains one identification card for Jakob Moszberg indicating that he had been a prisoner in Sachsenhasen and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, one notice to Jacob Moszberg (now Mosberg) from the Ministry of Interior of Lower Saxony, a photocopy of Jacob Moszberg and Charlotte Moszberg's marriage certificate from the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, and one identification card for Jakob Moszberg issued by Dr. Solomon Barash, Director Emigration Service AJDC Bremen.

  11. Jacob Reimer and Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum collection

    The collection consists of letters sent to Jacob Reimer from parents in Europe. Jacob Reimer had immigrated in December 1939. Also includes a recording, tag, documents related to mother's cousin Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum and photographs.

  12. Jacob Reinbach collection

    Consists of seven original photographs of an unknown camp liberation (most likely Buchenwald). Contains images of both survivors and open mass graves.

  13. Jacob Rutstein collection

    The collection consists of 13 coins and a hand-made tobacco pouch found at Dachau concentration camp post-liberation.

  14. Jacob Silvermintz papers

    Documents related to the post-war experiences of Jacob Silvermintz (aka Jakob Silberminz), originally of Szkosin, Poland; issued while he was living as a displaced person in and around Munich, Germany, 1945-1949. Includes identification cards, including those certifying that he had previously been a prisoner at Buchenwald; residence permits; health documents; and letters of reference related to his apprenticeship as an auto mechanic at a number of German companies after 1945, including Robert Bosch, GmbH. Includes his typescript memoir, 71 pages, entitled "I'm Still Here: The Story of Jacob...

  15. Jacob Vogel collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Jacob Vogel. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Jacob Wolf collection

    Consists of one document, 4 pages, handwritten by Jacob (Jake) Wolf on May 27, 1992. In the document, Mr. Wolf writes about his experiences as a German speaking American soldier during World War II, including his memories of the liberation of Buchenwald.

  17. Jacob Wolman collection

    Contains documents relating to the investigation of war crimes in Poland.

  18. Jacob Yessenow collection

    The collection consists of photographs: post-liberation images of victims in the former Mauthausen concentration camp. Images include piles of bodies in wagons, laid and waiting to be buried and placed in mass graves by local Austrian bystanders. Also included is a view of the camp and interior barracks where surviving victims still remained; dated circa May 1945. Photographs belonged to Jacob Yessenow (donor's father) a member of the US Army's 11th Armored Division. The collection also includes two cameras used by Jacob Yessenow to take photographs of victims in the former Mauthausen conce...

  19. Jacobsberg family collection

    Contains 19 photographs, a Shanghai census certificate, a passenger list for the Lloyd Triestino, Shanghai refugee papers, a marriage certificate, a death certificate, two pieces of Deutsches Reich Reisepass, two International Certificates of Inoculation and Vaccination, and two Shanghai Resident Certificates pertaining to the experiences of the Jacobsberg family in Shanghai.

  20. Jacobson and David families papers

    The Jacobson and David families papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and journals of poetry documenting the Jacobson and David families of Liepāja, Latvia; Paula Jacobson Sandler’s youth in Liepāja; Meyer and Nanny David’s exile to Siberia; and Meyer David’s last years in Minsk, Tallinn, and Nemenčinė. Several of the letters and poetry are translated into English. T Correspondence is primarily addressed to Paula Sandler and her daughter Milly Bennie in South Africa from Meyer and Nanny David in Europe. The correspondence documents the Davids’ refuge in Riga during World War I, pre...