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  1. Leah Goltzman collection

    An oral history interview and memoir detailing the wartime experiences of Leah Goltzman and her family

  2. Ilona Nagy collection

    Two fabric pictures created by Ilona Nagy, whose husband had them framed in the shop owned by the Jewish family of Mór Pécsi and his son-in-law Gábor Anhalzen. Pécsi was murdered in Auschwitz along with his wife, daughter and other members of the family. Anhalzen is believed to have survived the war. He was in the forced labor service.

  3. Rachel and Harvey Goldfarb collection

    The Rachel and Harvey Goldfarb collection relates to the wartime and postwar experiences of Rachel and Dina Mutterperl, Harvey Goldfarb, and a family friend, Berel Rostein. The collection consists of identification and naturalization documents for Dina Mutterperl and Rachel Mutterperl, 1945-1947, 1953; Red Cross documents relating to the fate of Shlomo Mutterperl, 1994; a transcript, in Hebrew, of an oral history interview with Dina Mutterperl, undated; correspondence and transcripts of speeches given at the commemoration of the 60th year of the liberation of the Wiesengrund concentration c...

  4. Flusser family Chinese print collection

    The collection consists of seven Chinese prints that the Flusser family brought from Shanghai, China.

  5. Jacob Reimer and Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum collection

    The collection consists of letters sent to Jacob Reimer from parents in Europe. Jacob Reimer had immigrated in December 1939. Also includes a recording, tag, documents related to mother's cousin Gustawa Zabramna Tenenbaum and photographs.

  6. Ninetta Feldman Sound Collection

    Contains liturgical recitations from the repertoire of the Romaniote Jewish community of Ioannina, Greece, as well as Ms. Feldman's translations of texts to "Greek-Jewish Musical Traditions."

  7. Agi Geva collection

    The collection consists of family documents, photographs, and handmade lace doilies.

  8. Levy and Weinschenk families collection

    The collection consists of a folding knife, correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of the Levy family and Paul and Margot Weinschenk before, during, and after World War II in Germany and the United States.

  9. Friedrich Haas collection

    The collection consists of a lighter and an identification card relating to the experiences of Friedrich Haas in Transnistria during the Holocaust.

  10. Weil family collection

    The collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, tefillin, and tallit bag that had belonged to Walter Weil (donor's uncle).

  11. Müller family collection

    The collection consists of sheets of stationery from a paper store in Budapest owned by Jozsef Müller until 1944 when it war Aryanized. Small ball of thread taken by Aniko Müller from a textile factory in Zillerthal where she performed forced labor in the threading area. She took the thread with her when the factory was evacuated in advance of advancing Soviet troops. Jozsef Müller, his wife, and their 8 year old daughter were murdered at Auschwitz. Their older daughter Anniko, who was also deported to Auschwitz, survived.

  12. Fekete collection

    Collection of ceramic decorations made by Béla Fekete and Éva Barta in their ceramics workshop. Béla Fekete, who was not Jewish, and his wife Éva Barta, who was Jewish, made these decorations by day and sold them to make a modest living. At night they forged identity papers with Béla creating the documents and Éva making the official looking stamps to go with them. Hundreds of people benefitted from their work, and in 2012 Béla Fekete was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.

  13. Szabó family collection

    The collection consists of a figurine and two handkerchiefs recovered by the survivors of a family that had been deported from Transylvania. The items were kept by neighbors after deportation and given back upon the survivors' return.

  14. Greek National Resistance Medals

    The collection consists of two bronze medals in their cases awarded "by the Greek State as a token of honor to those who fought against the conquerors (Germans, Italians, Bulgarians) during the Triple Occupation of 1941-1944."

  15. Seelinger, Bieber, and Groag families collection

    The collection consists of a traditional folk costume brought with Emmerich Laszlo Seelinger and Jolanthe Bieber Seelinger when the couple fled Austria for Uruguay in 1938. The collection also includes illustrated correspondence and poetry authored by Trude Groag sent in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the end of WWII in 1965. The letter and poems were sent to Eva Feitis Schmeichler and her family by Trude Groag, a fellow survivor from Olomouc. The poems were originally composed by Trude Groag shortly after arrival in Theresienstadt in 1942.

  16. Beno Helmer collection

    The collection consists of a prisoner patch, currency, scrip and ration cards, and documents related to the experiences of Beno Helmer in the Łódź ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust.

  17. Thermos and pot found in the territory of the former Brest Ghetto

    Traditional copper thermos used for Shabbat by Jewish families, and copper pot used by a Jewish family before WWII and most likely during internment in the Brest Ghetto.

  18. Wolf and Zofia Paszko collection

    The collection consists of photographs, medals, and oral history tapes documenting the experiences of Wolf and Zofia Paszko before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  19. Ruth Olesker Geary collection

    Documents, correspondence, photographs, passports and tea set illustrating the experiences Osias and Seril Olesker in Vienna, Austria, and their children, Ruth and Martha, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria. The collection shows efforts to secure visas for all family members. Ruth and Martha were able to flee May 31, 1939, with the support of Henry Turkel, a cousin, and documents show he then tried to secure visas for Osias and Seril, who never left. They were deported to Opole, Poland in February 1941, where they were likely killed. Letters within collection indicate e...

  20. John Honig collection

    The collection consists of an accordion and case, music book, patches, issues of Boy Scout journals, commemorative Boy Scout stamps, Boy Scout diaries and pamphlets, and writings related to the Holocaust-era experiences of John Honig (born Gerhart Honig) and his parents Gertrude and Walter Honig, including their flight from Vienna, Austria to England in September 1938, their immigration to the United States in 1939, and John’s enlistment in the United States Army in 1943.