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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Multiple

  1. Lieberman family relaxes on the terrace in prewar Poland; Hanna and Thomas bathe

    The family is in the yard. Hanna and Thomas run around unclothed. High angle shots looking down at the porch, where the family eats. Includes Thomas, Benedikt, Heinrich, Hanna, and Magda. CUs, Emanuel (with glasses) and Nelly. The children bathing in the wash tub with Benedikt.

  2. Rachel Rottersman correspondence with Grace Cohen Grossman

    Correspondence from Rachel Rottersman, a social worker who had worked with UNRRA at displaced persons camps in Germany following World War II, and Dr. Grace Cohen Grossman, curator at the Spertus Museum in Chicago, dating from 1979-1980. The correspondence largely deals with requests from Rottersman regarding research about a mass grave near Baumholder, Germany; efforts to recognize a Polish couple, Victor and Ludmila Gromadski, as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem; and proposals to interview people who Rottersman knew from the displaced persons camps where she had worked.

  3. Rudolf Kovacs collection

    Two adhesive labels used with medicines prescribed exclusively for Jews. The labels were given to the donor by his brother Leo Kovacs.

  4. Oral history interviews of the Avi Kumar collection

    Interviews with Holocaust survivors and the family members of Holocaust survivors

  5. Kirchhausen family collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the extended Kirchhausen family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  6. The Jewish Community of Cluj collection

    The collection consists of a prayer book stand from the Neologist Synagogue of Horea Street, and a wooden cabinet from the Chancellery of the former local Jewish High School.

  7. Rezak family collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Rezak family, primarily in the Feldafing displaced persons camp. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  8. German bunker envelope collection

    The collection consists of envelopes found in a German bunker by an American soldier while serving in Europe.

  9. George Salton artwork collection

    The collection consists of artwork photoreproductions created by George Salton documenting his experiences during the Holocaust. The images were produced to illustrate his memoir "The 23rd Psalm."

  10. Richard C. Geehr collection

    Contains correspondence from various individuals compiled by Richard C. Geehr. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Rattner and Breindler families collection

    The Rattner and Breindler families collection consist of biographical materials and correspondence documenting the families of Beno Rattner and Edith Breindler in Vienna, the couple’s lives and marriage in England, and their parents’ unsuccessful efforts to emigrate. Biographical materials include Beno’s German passport, two of Edith’s British passports, birth and registration records, Beno’s World War II military papers, and certificates documenting the deportation of Beno’s parents. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Beno and Edith in England from their parents in Vienna. The lett...

  12. Wallach family collection

    Letters, documents, family photographs and handwritten books primarily illustrating the experiences of Margot Wallach and her mother Hildegard, and Hilde's husband Karl in Germany, Belgium and France (French internment). Also included is Leni Appel's information and her daughter Ellen's who were with Margot and Hilde in Belgium and whose husband Joseph was in internment. The collection also includes Belgian stamps with images of the Belgian royal family.

  13. Siedner family collection

    The collection consists of documents, citizenship certificates (and holders), photos, passport, family book, a Kennkarte (passport), and a phototopy of a personal testimony that documents the experiences of Kurt and Regina Siedner (donor's grandparents) and their daughters Rosemarie (donor's mother) and Ursula, from Flensburg, Germany, and their experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  14. Esther and Roman Eisen collection

    Contains photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Esther and Roman Eisen. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. Kornberg family collection

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

  16. Helen and Harry Berger collection

    Collection contains scrip and documents related to Helen Berger (nee Blum) and Harry Berger (aka Chaim David Berger); includes Helen's wartime documents under the name Helen Borciszewska. It also contains a cigarette case taken from the home of an SS soldier and family that Helen Blum worked as a nanny for.

  17. Samuel Schalkowsky collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Samuel Schalkowsky during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  18. Henri Pieck collection

    The collection consists of a published folio inscribed by the artist, Henri Pieck: 7 Origineele Kleurenlitho's Van Beelden Uit Het Concentratiekamp Buchenwald, seven reproductions of sketches of prisoners in Buchenwald concentration camp based on his experiences as an inmate.

  19. Maljean and Totman family collection

    The collection consists of documents and artifacts documenting the experiences of Emile-Georges Maljean, Prefect of Police in Toulon and Marseille, and his family prior to and during World War II in France and Austria.

  20. Edith Steinberg collection

    THe collection consists of a letter, two page, from Werner Samuel [and others unidentified] to Edith Steinberg, donor’s aunt. The letter, dated October 18, 1945, explains the fate of Edith’s husband, Siegfried, who was liberated in April 1945, transferred to Sweden to recuperate and died and buried in Sweden on June 6, 1945. Edith and Siegfried Steiberg were deported from Hannover, Germany to Riga, Latvia. From Riga, Edith was deported to Stutthof concentration camp in Poland and was liberated in April, 1945. Wallet, tan, in which letter has been housed [unknown origin].