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  6. Esther Lurie collection

    The collection consists of two drawings created by Esther Lurie in a labor camp.

  9. Muzeum Okregowego w Koninie collection

    The collection consists of 3 bullet shells recovered from a tree.

  10. Irving Heymont collection

    The collection consists of a paperweight, correspondence, documents, photographs, a publication, reports, and a videocassette relating to the experiences of Irving Heymont, then a Major, 5th Regiment, 71st Infantry, during and after World War II in Germany, including the liberation of Gunskirchen concentration camp and his administration of Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany, as well as continuing educational and commemorative activities.

  12. Fred Mittler collection

    The collection consists of 7 banners used by a Boy Scout troop in Shanghai, China during World War II.

  13. Barry Perlman collection

    The collection consists of seven pieces of scrip of the type issued in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp during World War II and four French currency exchange coupons of the type issued during World War I.

  14. Ervin Abadi collection

    The collection consists of eighty-six artworks created by Ervin Abadi while hospitalized after his liberation from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945.

  16. Simcha Dimant collection

    The collection consists of Buchenwald concentration camp canteen scrip, a concentration camp uniform jacket, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Symcho Dymant before the Holocaust in Czestochowa, Poland, during the Holocaust in Buchenwald concentration camp, and after the Holocaust in Fulda displaced persons camp.

  17. Hanna Poznanska-Linde collection

    The collection consists of a one piece of Łódź ghetto scrip, and two Soviet bank notes relating to the experiences of Hanna Poznanska-Linde, a survivor of the Łódź ghetto, and her husband, a soldier in the Russian Army during World War II.

  18. Matthaeus Pibal collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform jacket and pants relating to the experiences of Matthaeus Pibal, who was imprisoned in Germany for being a Jehovah’s Witness after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany.

  20. Winter family collection

    Documents, correspondence, photographs, and certificate illustrating the experiences of Marianne Winter, a refugee from Nazi occupied Austria, who fled with her parents Max and Anna and her brother Stephan. Included are letters to Jane Bomberger in Reading, PA who was Marianne's pen pal since 1935 and whose parents assisted the Winters in immigrating to the United States. Also included are pre-war images of Winter's family, report cards for Marianne, materials documenting Marianne's participation in competitive swimming for Hakoach.