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Language of Description: English

  1. Jack Belcher photograph collection

    The collection consists of five photographs depicting the liberation of a concentration camp at Nordheim, Germany.

  2. Semyon Menyuk papers

    Contains a memoir entitled, "Holocaust Experiences," in English and Russian, papers stating that Semyon Menyuk was a member of partisan movements in the Ukraine, awards for outstanding military service, photographs of families, and photographs of an excavation site where 7,000 people were found.

  3. Photograph of mourners at a gravesite

    The image depicts the unveiling of the gravestone of Etla Suchomicka at the Gesia Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, in 1940. Included in the picture are Etla Suchomicka's husband, her daughter, her son, and the Rabbi. All of the people in the photograph are wearing yellow badges.

  4. Photograph of refugees in Sweden, ca. 1945

    The photograph depicts Ilse Schindler (wearing a checkered kerchief) and others anxiously awaiting their first meal minutes after their arrival in Malmö, Sweden, where they were brought after liberation on May 2, 1945, from Flensburg, Germany, (Flensborg, Denmark), as part of the Count Folke Bernadotte action.

  5. Albert Martin photograph collection

    The collection consists of six propaganda photographs documenting Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany. Captions are printed on the verso in German.

  6. Eva Edmands papers

    The papers consist of one photograph of Eva Edmands at age eight and one identification card issued to Gabrielle Rapaport (donor's mother) in France on September 2, 1946, with a visa to enter the United States.

  7. Frederic Bernard photograph collection

    The collection consists of 12 copy portrait photographs of Frederic Bernard and his relatives.

  8. Beverly Balaz photograph collection

    Consists of six photographs of corpses at Dachau concentration camp at the time of liberation in 1945.

  9. Henry Sarna collection

    The papers consist of seven photographs of refugees at the displaced persons camp, Bad Reichenhall, and on the military transport ship, "General McCray," which was headed for the United States in October 1949, as well as release papers from the Bad Reichenhall DP camp and a Polish repatriation document.

  10. Leo Meyer passport

    The British passport permits Leo Meyer to enter Hong Kong and Macau with the Shanghai soccer team in 1947.

  11. Photograph of five girls in Gardelegen, Germany

    The photograph was taken in Gardelegen, Germany, after liberation and depicts five girls posing in matching dresses made, from sheets, by the donor.

  12. David Hersch photograph collection

    The collection consists of three photographs depicting a group of Jewish forced laborers wearing yellow armbands in Dej, Hungary, (now Romania) in 1943; David Hersch wearing his concentration camp uniform; and Hersch's sisters with their children in Dej in 1943.

  13. Miriam and Saul Ingber collection

    The collection consists of photographs of Saul Ingber, his wife, Miriam, and other refugees at a DP camp in Poking (Pocking), Germany, as well as a photograph of the donor and his sister before World War II. Collection also includes photographs of images from pre-World War II Hungary and Romania, the Poking (Pocking) and Bamberg displaced person (DP) camps, and the marriage of Miriam Farcus to Saul Ingber as well as an invitation from Miriam and Saul Ingber's wedding in the Poking DP camp.

  14. Malcolm D. Dixon letter about Ebensee

    Consists of one letter, six pages, written by Malcolm D. Dixon to his wife, Francis, describing what he witnessed after taking part in the liberation of the Ebensee concentration camp, and how witnessing the camps changed his opinion of the Germans.

  15. Glass plate negative of Dachau at liberation

    Image of a pile of corpses; negative in an Agfa film box with a label in French.

  17. Glass plate negative of Dachau at liberation

    View of a room full of corpses; negative in an Agfa film box with a label in French.

  18. Felix Geiger passport

    Contains a German passport issued to Felix Geiger, August 1939. Marked "Deutsches Reich Reisepass"; letter "J" stamped in red ink; middle name "Israel" added; contains immigration visa issued September 20, 1939 in "Vienna, Germany"; Italian transit visa issued October 18, 1939.

  19. Scrapbook of a visit to the Generalgouvernement

    Scrapbook consisting of photographs and articles of the editors in chief of the Nazi party press trip through the Generalgovernment in Poland from March 5-12, 1940. The oversized scrapbook covered in leather consists of 64 pages of photographs of Nazi party press members and their propaganda reports of the current situation in the Generalgovernment. Twelve Nazi party press members participated in this trip representing the main Nazi press publications.

  20. Oral history interview with Michael Bernath