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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Polish

  1. Oral history interviews of the Project Second Wave collection

    Oral history interviews with individuals who were born between 1918 and 1935 in Germany or Austria and came to the United States at a young age as refugees from National Socialism.

  2. Marvin Glyder collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, a pamphlet, and photographs relating to the experiences of Marvin Glyder as a soldier in the United States Army stationed near Dachau, Germany, after the war.

  3. Regina and Samuel Spiegel collection

    The collection consists of a handcrafted metal box and a suitcase relating to the experiences of Regina and Sam Spiegel after the Holocaust in Germany where they lived as displaced persons after their liberation from concentration camps. Also incldues photograph albums documenting the couple's postwar life. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Fritz P. Gluckstein collection

    The collection consists of two Star of David badges and documents relating to the experiences of Fritz P. Gluckstein and his parents, George and Hedwig, during and after the Holocaust in Berlin, Germany.

  5. Leo Arnfeld collection

    The Leo Arnfeld collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and a satirical pamphlet documenting the Arnfeld family in Warsaw, Sara and Leo Arnfeld in the Warsaw ghetto, Chaim Arnfeld in Vilnius, Kobe, and Shanghai, and Leo Arnfeld’s postwar life in Munich. The collection also includes cosmetics and pharmaceutical labels and sample from Chaim Arnfeld’s pharmacy in Warsaw as well as German and Chinese currency, Łódź ghetto scrip, and Japanese occupation currency.

  6. Fort Polk Historical Holding U.S. Army medical blanket collection

    The collection consists of 2 U.S. Army medical blankets.

  7. Maurine Grammer collection

    The collection consists of two cloth dolls with moveable arms and legs.

  8. Leo Pelkington collection

    The collection consists of seven pieces of scrip.

  9. Hedwig E. Stern family collection

    Photos, documents, letters, table linens, baby bibs and other original materials related to Hedwig (Hedi) Eichengrün Stern.

  10. Dina Ofman collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Dina Ofman during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Sarah Field collection

    Contains photographs documenting the postwar experiences of Sarah Field. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  12. Francis Fife collection

    The collection consists of a bouquet of paper flowers hand made by unknown concentration camp prisoner out of German stationery/forms given to 1st Lt. Francis Fife, a member of the US Army 4th Infantry Division during their liberation of Haunstetten, a sub-camp of Dachau, in late April 1945; Copy prints and images of 1st Lt. Francis Fife during his military service during WWII.

  13. Goldfarb family collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of William Goldfarb and his family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  14. Mike Korenblit collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust experiences of the Nagelsztajn and Kornblit families. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. Stefan Horn collection

    The collection consists of clippings, copy prints, drawings, and photographs relating to the experiences of Stefan Horn as an interpreter at the War Crimes Trials in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War II.

  16. Charles Gross collection

    The collection consists of two Star of David badges relating to the experiences of Charles Gross during the Holocaust.

  17. Oral history interview with Josef Guttman

  18. Loewenstein family collection

    The collection consists of two passports, 36 documents, one photograph album, fifteen photographs, and a Star of David badge from the collection of Ernest and Guy Loewenstein.

  19. Edith Schwartz collection

    The collection consists of drawings, a velvet puch and a Suddur.

  20. Elizabeth Kaufmann Koenig collection

    The collection consists of the Elizabeth Koenig papers of a letter from HIAS-JCA Emigration Association to Fritz Kaufmann; an autograph book including photographs of children in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon; Elizabeth’s diary describing her life in France from February to July 1940; a 1939 map of the Hautes-Pyrénées; photographs of Elizabeth, her brother, and the La Guespy children’s house in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon; and a school report Elizabeth wrote and illustrated after arriving in America about France under the occupation. In addition, a sketchbook created by Elizabeth Kaufmann in Nazi-occupied...