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  1. Eugene and Irene Wojcik Wojtas family collection

    The collection consists of a forced labor badge, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Eugeniusz Wojtas and Irena Wojcik Wojtas, Roman Catholics who were persecuted in German occupied Poland during World War II when both Eugeniusz, a prisoner of war, and Irena, were assigned to forced labor in Germany, and, after the war, when they met and married as displaced persons.

  2. Käthe Steiner Stecklmacher collection

    The collection consists of a set of porcelain soup and dinner plates with drinking glasses relating to the experiences of Käthe Steiner Stecklmacher and her family in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, before and after the Holocaust, during which she and her family were imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp.

  3. Alfred and Elsa Dukes collection

    The collection consists of a man’s nightshirt and a woman’s nightgown relating to the experiences of Alfred and Elsa Dukes and their daughter, Gertrude, in Austria before and during the Holocaust and in the United States following their emigration in 1939.

  4. Stephen Mize collection

    Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch für Ausländer issued to Polish youth (Wasyl Nowodejki?)in 1944; Antisemetic Notgeld coupon from Brakel, Germany; dated March 1, 1922

  5. Hersz Berlinski collection

    Collection of documents, certificates, correspondence, wallet, tag, receipt and other papers documenting the experiences of Hersh (Herz) Berlinski, b. March 20, 1921 in Łódź, Poland who survived the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz (prisoner # 95325) and Kaufering where he was liberated by the US Army in April 1945. After the war he recuperated in Bad Wörishofen hospital. He immigrated to the United States in January 1951 with the assistance of the International Refugee Organization under the US Displaced Persons Act.

  6. Walter Fried collection

    The collection consists of brass knuckles and a Nazi state criminal police warrant disc relating to the experiences of Walter Fried, a Jewish Austrian refugee, while serving in the United States Third Army, War Crimes Investigating Team #6824, Judge Advocate Section during World War II.

  7. Luba Tryszynska-Frederick collection

    Photographs, documents, books, and audio visual materials related to the Holocaust experiences of Luba Tryszynska-Frederick who rescued 54 children left for dead by the Nazis while she was imprisoned in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

  8. The Jewish Community of Cluj collection

    The collection consists of a prayer book stand from the Neologist Synagogue of Horea Street, and a wooden cabinet from the Chancellery of the former local Jewish High School.

  9. Rose and Ben Gross collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, photographs and identification cards for Rose and Ben Gross who survived the Holocaust in Europe, met in Reichenbach and married.

  10. Ray D'Addario collection

    The collection consists of a United States Army issue uniform jacket, three shirts, and a tie relating to the experiences of Ray D'Addario, a Signal Corps photographer during and after World War II when he was assigned to cover the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

  11. Oral history interviews of the Avery Rosh collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors, American servicemen, and European and American witnesses to World War II

  12. Oral history interviews of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Albanian Witnesses Documentation Project

    Oral history interviews of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Albanian Witnesses Documentation Project

  13. John and Harriet Isaack collection

    The John and Harriet Isaack collection consists of John’s description of his wartime experiences, Chinese currency and scrip, an original drawing, and biographical, photographic, and printed materials documenting the Isaacks' escape from Germany, life in occupied Shanghai, and immigration to the United States.

  14. Pilsen Liberation Photographs collection

    Pilsen liberation photographs consist of black-and-white photographs of the liberation of Pilsen (Plzeň), Czechoslovakia and the arrival of the United States Army to the city. Pilsen was liberated on May 6, 1945 by the 16th Armored Division of General Patton's 3rd Army as well as by elements of the 97th and 2nd Infantry Divisions supported by the Polish Holy Cross Mountains Brigade. Elements of the 3rd Army, as well as units from the 1st Army, remained in Plzeň until late November 1945. Images depict parades, memorials, Czech president Edvard Beneš, General George Patton, war damage, soldie...

  15. Shirley R. Hyman art collection

    Collection of artwork created by multiple artists including Karl Schwesig and other artists in various French internment camps including St. Cyprien and Les Milles; dated c. 1940-1941

  16. Dr. Henry Kupfer family collection

    The collection consists of a child's coat and matching hat purchased by Dr. Henry Kupfer, for his daughter, during his service in the Soviet Army during World War II.

  17. Ullman family collection

    Documents, correspondence, poetry, photograph albums, loose photographs, ephemera, audiovisual materials, and other items related to Leo S. Ullman and his family's life in the Netherlands prior to World War II, and their experiences in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands after 1940. Also includes material about their post-war lives in the Netherlands and immigration to the United States. Also included is the memoir of Emily Ullman, titled "A Stormy Survival" (1976), "Stories by Emily Ullman," the memoir of Leo Ullman, titled "796 Days," family geneaological data, and book...

  18. Löwenstein and Stern families collection

    The collection consists of document cases, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Fred Loy (born Alfred Löwenstein), Lola Stern Loy, Julius Loewenstein, and their families in Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, and China before and during the Holocaust, and in the United States after World War II.

  19. Hedwig Kudesch and Robert Briscoe collection

    The collection consists of two gold King Christian X commemorative pins produced in Denmark and worn as symbols of patriotism during the occupation by Nazi Germany from 1940-1945.

  20. Marion Phillips collection

    Papers and ephemera related to a trip to Europe by Miss Marion Phillips in the summer of 1936, including materials related to the Berlin Olympics; also includes a ribbon from Goethe's birthplace.