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  1. Osgood Hilton collection

    The collection consists of German newspapers gathered by Osgood Hitlon in 1933 in Germany.

  2. Mitchell Swiatek collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of Mitchell Swiatek. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  3. Guy Reed Branch collection

    Consists of a photograph album containing photographs of life at the prisoner of war camp in Laon, France, which the American military used to house German POWs after the war. Includes photographs of performances, housing, and groups of prisoners. The album was compiled, described, and given by an unknown POW to Guy Branch, a member of the American occupying forces who staffed the camp. The POW may have been Hans Scheffler; the collection also contains a letter with his prisoner number which matches the prisoner number and photograph on the interior of the album. Also includes a handmade wo...

  4. Anita Karl collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Anita Karl's family during the Holocaust.

  5. Lore Anthes Schwarz family collection

    The collection consists of a jewelry box, a postcard, and several documents relating to the experiences of Regina Hess in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust and the family of Julius Bentheim in Germany during the Holocaust, which were kept hidden by Georg, Elise, and Lore Anthes in Germany during World War II.

  6. Harry and Luba Marcus family collection

    The collection consists of a wallet, documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Marcus family in Prenzlau, Germany, before and during the Holocaust, and in Cuba and the United States during and after the Holocaust.

  7. Anne Ranasinghe collection

    Photographs, documents, and memorabilia related to the donor’s mother, Anneliese Katz (later Anne Ranasinghe), her childhood in Essen, Germany and immigration alone to England at age13. Includes a small photograph album; loose photographs; a diary (approximately 100 pages, covering 1939-1947 [bulk 1939-1942], in German with some English poems and phrases); wartime letters and postcards from Annaliese’s parents in Germany; miscellaneous correspondence; family history material; Alte synagogue Exhibition document, nursing badges, and order of merit awarded by German government.

  8. 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.

  9. Brant famly collection

    The collection consists of clippings and newspapers from Cedar Falls, Iowa and Des Moines, Iowa.

  10. Bernard Lee collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of Bernard Lee. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Morris and Rachel Shulzinger collection

    Contains material related to the experiences of Morris and Rachel Shulzinger. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  12. Selma Abensohn collection

    Collection of prayerbooks originally owned by Adolph and Bertha David (donor's parents), Dügenheim, Germany. Given to Anna Lellig (donor's former neighbor) by Bertha David (donor's mother), 1942, Düngenheim, Germany. Hidden by Anna Lellig, 1942-1945, Düngenheim, Germany. Given to Selma Abensohn by Anna Lellig after the war, Germany.

  13. Magda and Harry Steinberg collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Magda and Harry Steinberg collection. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  14. Bernat Berk collection

    The collection consists of a prayer book with loose inserts, a pair of tefillin with covers and pouch, a Tallis with a bag, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Bernat Berk as a displaced person in Germany, Switzerland, and Australia after the Holocaust.

  15. Richard Schifter collection

    Correspondence, postcards, photographs, pins, patches, medallions, notebooks, and related documents and ephemera, related to the history of the Schifter family of Vienna, Austria, and the immigration of Richard Schifter to the United States in 1938 and his subsequent service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Includes family photographs, postcards and correspondence from Paul Schifter during his service in the Austrian Army during World War I, documents related to Paul Schifter's business ventures in the United States during the 1920s, school documents for Richard Schifter in Austria and...

  16. Rosenwald, Block, and Kupferschlag family collection

    The collection consists of a Bible, with the Old and New Testament in one volume, and four Jewish prayer books relating to the experiences of the Rosenwald, Block, and Kupferschlag families in Germany before the Holocaust.

  17. Orban Wales Peters, Jr. collection

    The collection consists of military items of Orban Wales Peters, Jr. including uniform jacket, two hats, a helmet; “After Action Report” of the 914th artillery; Eighty-Ninth Division album; photographs of his unit on march into Germany and at Camp Phillip Morris; Correspondence; miscellaneous Army passes; selected copies of “The Rolling.” Correspondence from Margarete Lang Schweidler, from Germany, to her daughter Gretel Schweidler Holzer in the U.S. Her daughter, Anna Margarete Holzer married Orban Wales Peters, Jr. They are the parents of the donor.

  18. Steve S. Goldberg collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of the family of Steve S. Goldberg. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Materials from the Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie

    Contains materials donated to the Museum by the Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (NIOD) in Amsterdam. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  20. Kriegsberichterstattung: Tiger nach vorn Teil I

    Decelith Folie D. War report by Joachim Manzinoki, SS Standarte Kurt Eggers, 3. Kriegsberichter-Kompagnie. "Tigers to the Front" Part 1. Report on the drum and a short radio extract.