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  1. Zachary Gruzin collection

    The collection consists of a photographic postcard and a photograph of Zachary, Edward, and Charles Gruzin and their mother, Dora Gruzin in Kovno, Lithuania, a pass issued to Zachary Gruzin authorizing him to return to Lithuania from Landsberg, Germany, and a cloth prisoner identification badge embroidered with 13268.

  2. Jack Erdfarb collection

    Consists of fourteen photographs related to Jack Erdfarb 's (Jakub Erdfarb) residence in Landsberg displaced persons camp and a suitcase.

  3. Yona Wygocka Dickmann collection

    The collection consists of a comb and pocket knife relating to the experiences of Yona Wygocka as a prisoner in a salve labor camp in Germany during the Holocaust.

  4. Steve Bennett collection

    The collection consists of a letter and key.

  5. Hedy Epstein collection

    The collection consist of documents, photographs, and a towel.

  6. Shirley Sternberg collection

    The collection consists of postage stamps.

  7. Oral history interviews of the Survivor and Veteran Experience Team collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors, liberators, witnesses to Nazi atrocity, and members of the armed forces who served in the Pacific.

  8. Oral history interviews of the Ehrlich-Schwarz Family collection

    Testimonies of members of the extended Ehrlich and Schwarz families, documenting the history and experiences of various members from Austria and Galicia during the Holocaust era, including their experiences in immigration to various countries.

  9. Oral history interviews of the Nicole Cohen-Addad collection

    Oral history interviews with Algerian Jews and with participants in resistance against the French Vichy regime in order to help the Allies land in Algiers during the November, 8, 1942 Operation Torch.

  10. Judith Taylor collection

    The collection consists of two figurines dreated by defendants awaiting trial at Nuremberg.

  11. Krynski family collection

    The collection consists of three postwar Polish passports issued to Abraham and Sarah Krynski, and family photographs of the Krynski family, who survived the Warsaw Ghetto and later immigrated to the United States. Also included is an inscribed and signed print of The State of Israel by Arthur Szyk. The print is inscribed “To Sarah and Abraham with my compliments, Arthur Szyk, New Canaan, 1948.” Also included are 13 audio cassettes of testimony from Abraham and Sarah Krynski.

  12. Bernard Michel collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge relating to the experiences of Borish (Bernard) Michel prior to his deportation from Luxembourg in 1942 to Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia.

  13. Parole der Woche poster collection

    The collection consists of broadsides and posters from the Parole der Woche [Slogan of the Week) series of propaganda posters issued by the Nazi Party in Germany from 1936-1943, and one postwar poster.

  14. Frank Reisz collection

    The collection consists of a drawing created by Frank Reisz based upon his experiences as an inmate at the Meslay du Maine internment camp in France during the Holocaust.

  15. Frank Morris collection

    The collection consists of artifacts acquired by Frank Morris during his service in the United State military in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.

  16. Adam and Helen Gawara collection

    Collection of certificates, correspondence and photographs documenting the experiences of Holocaust survivors Adam Gawara and Helen Hercberg Gawara along with their friends and family in the years following their liberation. Primarily comprised of materials from the Loheide, Feldafing and Bergen Belsen displaced persons camps as well as correspondence regarding their applications for compensation of victims of National Socialism; dates 1945-1954; in German and English. Adam Gawara was persecuted as a Pole. He met Helen Hercberg while in the displaced persons camp, and they were married afte...

  17. Regina and Halina Goldwag collection

    The collection consists of a pin badge, a Rentenmark note, two luggage tags, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Regina Zak Goldwag and her daughter Halina in Poland and Germany before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  18. Ita Lew Bullard collection

    The collection consists of a Sonderkommando tag, a ketubah, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Lewenkron and Korn families before and during the Holocaust in France.

  19. World War II ephemera collection

    The collection consists of a broadside of regulations restricting Jewish activity in Budapest, and an Arthur Szyk drawing, Gloire A La Folie Des Braves, relating to the outbreak of World War II in Europe, and Ponevezh Yeshiva group photograph.

  20. Gyorgy Kadar collection

    The collection consists of seventy-three original works of art created by Gyorgy Kadar depicting the experiences of Kadar, his family and friends in Budapest, Hungary, and multiple concentration camps and Budapest, Hungary during the Holocaust. It also includes materials relating to the art collection, such as condition books, press clippings, exhibition materials, and slide sheets.