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  1. Fred Oestreicher collection

    Consists of one passport, "Deutsches Reich Reisepass," issued to "Ferdinand Israel Oestericher," with a red ink "J" stamped on the first page, cover detached, issued on 2 Mar. 1939; one black and white photograph, dated Nov. 1939, hand colored, taken by the donor, of the interior of a synagogue in Landau, Germany; and one clipping of the images, including the one that the donor took, above, of three synagogues in Landau, Glogau, and Beuthen, Germany.

  2. Hedwig Goldmann papers

    The Hedwig Goldmann papers consists of two Identification cards issued to Hedwig Goldmann in the Theresienstadt,(Terezin) ghetto and in the Deggendorf.Germany, displaced persons camp; a certificate of labor performed in the Theresienstadt ghetto, issued in July 1945 to Hedwig Goldmann; a letter rfrom the Austrian Red Cross regarding the fates of family members; eleven (unused photographic postcards of Theresienstadt; and 26 pieces of Theresienstadt ghetto scrip.

  3. Hana Wieder collection.

    The Hana Wieder collection consists of postcards written to Konrad Budzanowski in Brussels by Reginsa Budzanowski in Breslau (Wroclaw), Germany; Chaim and Itta Birnbaum in a Soviet labor camp near Konosho, Archangelsk district, USSR; and an aunt, Stefanie Leschizer, in Izbica Lubelska ghetto, Poland. Also included are documents relating to Konrad Budzanowski and Helena Hudes Budzanowski’s inquiries with Polish authorities regarding their civil status, and a photograph of them.

  4. Renee Fritz photograph collection

    The Renee Fritz photograph collection consists of nine photographic prints depicting Sima Schwalb and her daughter, Renee Schwalb, a Jewish child in hiding, from Austria and Belgium.

  5. Esther Karpman collection

    Consists of three documents relating to donor's membership in the Zionist Organization of Poland, and one immigration certificate issued to the donor, entitling her to immigrate to Palestine.

  6. Arthur Mayers photograph collection

    The Arthur Mayers photograph collection consists of nine vintage copy prints of Buchenwald concentration camp at the time of liberation, including images of the gallows, bear pit, crematorium, and camp survivors.

  7. Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior collection

    The Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior collection consists of two petitions for the issuance of identification cards for Lejzor Melchior, Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior’s paternal grandfather and of Rózia Melchior, Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior's paternal great-aunt in the Radom ghetto, Poland. Petition; number 4089 for identification card by Rózia Melchior, Rabbi Malgorzata Melchior’s paternal great-aunt, born on June 12, 1889; Jewish; married; residing on 45 Słowackiego Street apt. 12 in the Radom ghetto; issued, March 22, 1941; location: Radom ghetto, Poland; in German and Polish. Petition; number 4092 fo...

  8. Photographs of Hermann Göring and of concentration camps

    Consists of 36 photographic prints bearing images of Hermann Göring during meetings, with his family and with Adolf Hitler; the film with these images was found by a soldier while the donor's unit was marching through Mannheim, Germany. The images were developed contemporaneously. Also contains seven photographic prints bearing images of concentration camps (most likely Dachau concentration camp), taken by Harry Mueller while on assignment as a photographer with the U.S. Army, dated April 1945.

  9. Moshe Sheps photograph collection

    The Moshe Sheps photograph collection consists of photographs of members of "Hashomer Hadati" in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland; the "Kibbutz Buchenwald" in Gersfeld, Germany and in Italy awaiting immigration to Palestine; four family photographs from Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland; and three photographs of the Gorset family, Moshe Sheps' cousins.

  10. Toby Quitslund papers

    Consists of three identification cards: identification card issued to Maurice Goldstein, 21 October 1941; forged identification card-issued to an alias, "Yves Maurice Gallois;" and a forged Identification card issued to an alias "Maurice Marchal," dated circa 15 March 1940-42.

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- Synagogue in Czechoslovakia; peasants

    1150 Y: Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 3, 1946 (?). INTs, Jews worshipping in the Synagogue of Prague. MS, the rabbi opens the ark and takes out the Torah which is shown to the worshippers. LS, same as MS above. MS, Jews worshipping the Torah. The rabbi enters the center of the synagogue where the Torah is placed on a table. He opens it. MS, the rabbi opening the Torah for the ceremony. CU, the rabbi opening the Torah and demonstrating it, wide open, to the worshippers. LS, Jews leaving the synagogue after the ceremony. NOTE: The American Jews gave a Torah to the Czech Jews in Prague. This...

  12. Esther Loeb collection

    Consists of four photographic prints: one image of Esther Loeb in Siberia during the war; one of Esther Loeb in Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany, and two of Esther Loeb in Israel.

  13. David and Nina Fox collection

    The David and Nina Fox collection consists of two photographs taken Foehrenwald, Germany, likely at the Foehrenwald DP camp; a newspaper clipping regarding Jozef Schmidt, 1904-1942, a lyric tenor; and a newspaper clipping regarding Nazi atrocities and ghetto scenes, 1945; in Yiddish.

  14. Sally Muschel collection

    The Sally Muschel collection consists of photographs of school children and teachers at the Ainring displaced persons camp; baggage tags used in her immigration to the United States; two certificates issued by the World ORT Union 5th Area H.Q. Vocational School in Lechfeld, Germany; a telegram; and a letter.

  15. Raymond McCormick photograph collection

    The Raymond McCormick photograph collection consists of nine photographs of an unidentified concentration camp following its liberation, circa 1945. The photographs include images of victims’ corpses, a cemetery, and a memorial.

  16. David Fromer collection

    Consists of a copy of a military permit, printed on “Dachau Concentration Camp" letterhead, issued to David Fromer (the donor was a 21 year-old US soldier at that time) stating that he is a member of the permanent staff and is allowed to enter and leave the camp at any time; signed by bearer.

  17. Katherine Keenum collection

    Consists of a black and white image of two survivors, wearing prisoners’ uniforms, in front of a barrack in one of the liberated Dachau sub-camps; the caption on the back: “Prisoners at concentration camp near Landsberg, Germany."

  18. Anna Fruchtman collection

    The Anna Fruchtman collection consists of a phtogoraph of three women sewing at the World ORT/Union Vocational School, Stuttgart, Germany; a certificate of employment and identification card relating to Hanka Fruchtman's (later Anna Fruchtman) employment at the World ORT/Union Vocational School, Stuttgart, Germany.

  19. Gloria Hartenbaum collection

    The collection consists of wartime and post-war photographs depicting Gizelle Herskovits (later Gloria Hartenbaum), originally of Bixad, Romania, and her sisters Magda Herskovits (later Magda Kramer), Vicky Herskovits (later Vicky Zepnick), and Katya Herkovits (later Katherine Rezak). The photographs include wartime images of the sisters with family and friends in Bixad and post-war depictions of them in the Feldafing displaces persons camp.

  20. Eva Kovacs collection

    The Eva Kovacs collecton consists of identity cards, documents, and correspondence for Pal and Pálnéak (Pálné) Justus, originally of Budapest, Hungary, between 1931-1944. Includes correspondence from Pal Justus in Bor, Yugoslavia, while he was performing forced labor, to his family in Budapest.