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

  1. Romeo J. Fagiolo collection

    The collection consists of four prints of a set of maps depicting the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Trail relating to the experiences of Romeo J. Fagiolo as an infantry soldier in the United States Army, serving in combat in the European Theatre and present at the liberation of Dachau concentration camp during World War II.

  2. Renia Sperber Perel collection

    The collection consists of two blouses, a skirt, and a comb relating to the experiences of Renia Sperber in Malnow, Poland, and as a forced laborer in the Lampertsmuhle textile factory near Kaiserslautern, Germany, during the Holocaust and in displaced persons camps in Dunsen and Backnang, Germany, after the end of World War II.

  3. Maier Firnbacher family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Maier Firnbacher, his wife, Ida, their son, Manfred, and other family members in Straubing, Germany, before and during the Holocaust and following the family's emigration to the United States in 1939.

  11. Don Stanton collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Don Stanton as a soldier in the United States Army serving in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

  16. Second Generation of Long Island oral history collection

    Interviews conducted by the Second Generation of Long Island as part of a project to document the testimonies of Holocaust survivors on Long Island, New York City, and Israel from 1982-1989

  18. Oral History interviews of the Ukraine Documentation Project

    Oral history interviews of the Ukraine Documentation Project conducted in partnership with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with the assistance of Beit Lohamei Haghetaot in Israel. The 43 interviews with Ukrainian Jewish Holocaust survivors were conducted between August 1-15, 1994, resulting in about 60 taped hours, covering a geographical span of about 3500 kilometers. The journey consisted of two main parts - to the east of Kiev, and to the west and south of Kiev. Taping was conducted in Kharkov, Cherk...