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  1. Nathan Ehrenreich papers

    Consists of concert programs, correspondence and newspaper clippings illustrating the experiences of Nathan Ehrenreich and his serving as director of the choir of the Frankfurt am Main chapter of the Jüdischer Kulturbund. Also included are an affidavit of support for Nathan and a Red Cross letter, addressed to him in New York, containing a message from his sister, Rebekka Steinhaeuser in Würzburg, Germany; also includes an accretion of essays.

  2. Rulya Firer collection

    Consists of a black and white image of a boy and girl standing wearing sailor suits; and a black and white image of two children (boy and girl) flanked by their parents (donor with her brother and parents).

  3. Isabelle Bates photograph

    Consists of a black and white image of three teenage girls sitting near a tree, holding toddlers. Inscription on verso: "Isabelle in camp 43/ sick already," dated March 1943. Donor is the child seated on the far left, marked with "X." The photograph was taken in a Swiss internment camp.

  4. Ruth Wasserberger letter

    One letter with typed text on US Department of State letterhead; addressed to Ruth Wasserberger from Pierrepont Moffat, Chief, Division of Western European Affairs.

  5. Antisemitic leaflets

    Sticker: rectangular form of paper; recto has black, white, and red image of two Jewish men being pushed by large boot with Swastika on sole, above and below image is text that reads "Genossen/es geht/abwarts;" verso has adhesive. Postcard: rectangular form of paper; printed on recto is colored image of men in uniform assisting in moving wagon, at lower left corner is text that reads "Von Kultur/Keine Spur/Woman steht,/Geht und Fahrt/Bleibt stechen/Mann und Pferd."; handwritten text on verso and postal stamp at upper right corner dated "23.1.17." Flyer: rectangular form of pink paper; folde...

  6. Ginette Kalish photographs

    Contains photographs of Ginette Kalish [donor] and other children in Canet Plage, France, who were part of a group of seventy other orphaned children from Barcelona, Spain, who had escaped Franco and were assisted by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. This group of children were later moved to a chateau in La Vercantiere that included a school and church until their liberation in 1945. Also includes a collection of prewar and wartime photographic prints and a photographic postcard documenting the Druker family, friends from Canet Plage and the Château de Masgelier children's home in Francet.

  7. Alina Skibinska collection

    Consists of one black and white photograph bearing an image of three men standing in front of a building and ditch; verso, handwritten in graphite in the upper right corner is "1952-894" and handwritten in ink at the upper center is "Pustkow - Lager/IX.1941/mit 2 Judenrat (tlern)." Photograph is of the Pustków slave labor camp, Poland.

  8. Casimier Claude Hampel collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Wasserman and Hampel families in Warsaw and Łódź, Poland, including Genia Wasserman, her parents Emilia and Marian Wasserman, Genia’s sister Lea Wasserman, and her son Claude Hampel. Pre-war photographs include depictions of Emilia and Marian Wasserman, and Genia’s brother. Wartime photographs consist of depictions of the Wasserman family in the Warsaw ghetto and Lea Wasserman and her fiancé. Post-war photographs include depictions of Genia and her son Claude in Łódź.

  9. Joe Hausman collection

    Consists of eight black and white photographs of street scenes and one black and white photograph of a group of men and women in Shanghai, China; a document, issued in Shanghai on 26 June 1946, "DENTAL TREATMENT CARE No 08927," authorizing dental treatment for the donor’s father in Shanghai; and one “Ausweis,” which the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) issued to Zymunt Hausmann, the donor’s father.

  10. Erika Bassist Freier collection

    Consists of two identification cards issued in Shanghai, China.

  11. Alralej-Steruberg postcards

    Consists of 15 postcards to Mosa Alralej from Arnold Steruberg. Postcards are marked Stari Gradiska and Lepoglava, concentration camps in Croatia.

  12. Betty Ventura papers

    Contains one songbook that includes Yiddish songs sung in her hometown of Oshmiena and eleven concentration camps, one copyprint of Betty Ventura [donor], and one embarkation card for Basia Prusak.

  13. Ellen Nebel collection

    Contains eleven documents from Emmanuel Weinberg's employers proving employment and from the Hamburg police proving his residence in the city; twenty-five documents and one photocopy of a photographic print regarding the Weinberg family's store, J.P. Neumark; four photographic prints depicting the Weinberg family's pre-war experiences; two postcards sent to Ellen Nebel's father from Ellen Nebel's mother; three cards congratulating the Weinberg family on Ellen Nebel's birth; Ellen Nebel's report cards from the Volksschule in Hannover; and a letter from the Turkish consulate to Frau Neumark, ...

  14. Elisabeth Bates papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Elisabeth Bates (born Isabela Wolfowicz), originally of Gąbin, Poland. Documents include a false identification document used by Elisabeth to live under the name of Elzbieta Rybiecka in Warsaw, Poland, dated 21 April 1939; and an identification card belonging to Elisabeth’s grandfather, Icek Majer, circa 1939. Photographs consist of a photograph of Elisabeth with her mother, Mania (née Glas) Wolfowicz, circa 1925; and one of her father, Marek Wolfowicz, undated.

  15. Szyja Faktor papers

    The Szyja Faktor papers contain photographs and documents concerning Szyja Faktor, a Polish citizen who was displaced as a result of World War II. Included in the collection are letters sent by Szyja while living in the Rivoli, Italy displaced persons camp in 1948 to his cousin Morris Himelsztein in Toronto, Canada. Also included are photographs depicting Szyja, his wife, and his daughter while they were living in the camp in Rivoil.

  16. Lola Laks collection

    Consists of two envelopes sent from Ulanow, Poland, to the United States; eighteen photographs taken by the donor in the Bindermichl displaced persons camp, 1946; two letters written in 1941, from Warsaw to the donor; one postcard, dated 28 February 1941, from Lola Ulrych in the Warsaw ghetto to J. Fishbein, for Lola Fishbein, in New York; and one postcard written by Lola Langham in Dzierzoniow, Poland, to Lola Fishbein in New York, January 1948.

  17. Ilana Sherman collection

    Consists of a letter, dated 18 August 1945, from Henia Lewin in Grodno, Poland (Grodno, Belarus), describing her experiences during the war.

  18. Wanda Rotbart papers

    The Wanda Rotbart papers concern Wanda Rotbart, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw, Poland. The collection contains a single blank form, issued to Wanda sometime between 1944 and 1945 while she was a slave laborer in the HASAG slave labor camp in Leipzig, Germany. The form, issued each day to record the amount each person produced in their respective section, is inscribed on the reverse with a handwritten poem for freedom.

  19. Beate Czarlinski collection

    Consists of one I.D. certificate from Shanghai, 26 June 1947; one certificate of travel for Benjamin (Siegfried Czarlinsky); one United Nations. letter of registration, 1947; and one class photograph from a Jewish school, Berlin, Germany, 1938.

  20. Mary Temple Shanghai papers

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn510542
    • English
    • oversize folders 1 folder 2 4 photographs, 1 innoculation certificate, 1 announcement, 1 resident certificate, 1 census certificate, 1 identity card, 1 Shanghai Youth Association School report card, 1 article,

    Consists of photographs from Shanghai; innoculation, resident, and census certificates; a Shanghai Youth Association report card; a newspaper article from 'China Press," Shanghai, 26 November 1946, and an announcement requesting help to leave Shanghai.