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  1. George Zielezinski collection

    The collection consists of two published art portfolios with prints of drawings created by George Zielezinski in the immediate postwar period depicting scenes of daily life as a prisoner in German concentration camps.

  2. Auschwitz concentration camp uniform badge collection

    The collection consists of two identification badges from the Auschwitz concentration camp.

  3. New York Times newspaper collection

    The collection consists of four issues of the New York Times daily newpaper, published the week of Kristallnacht.

  4. Peter Kubicek collection

    The collection consists of three pieces of Theresienstadt scrip valued at 1, 10, and 20 kronen.

  5. Yaffa Eliach Shtetl collection

    The collection consists of artifacts related to the experiences of Yaffa Sonenson and her family in Ejszyszki, Poland (Eisiskes, Lithuania) and the Radun ghetto (Belarus) before and during the Holocaust when, as a child, she lived in hiding, and also artifacts collected by Dr. Eliach relating to Jewish life in the shtetl before the war.

  6. Medical instrument collection

    The collection consists of a variety of medical instruments including syringes, clamps, scissors, medicine bottles, and stethoscopes used during the Holocaust.

  7. Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal collection

    The collection consists of a Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal and case.

  8. Arthur Szyk collection

    The collection consists of an anti-Fascist political cartoon created by Arthur Szyk in London in 1939.

  9. Zofia Chorowicz Burowska collection

    The collection consists of a doll, teddy bear, book, postcard, letter, and three photographs relating to the experiences of Zofia Chorowicz and her parents Isydor and Rachela before and during the Holocaust in Krakow and Wolbrom, Poland, and of Zofia after the war when she returned to Krakow following her liberation from slave labor.

  10. Joseph and Romana Koplowicz collection

    The collection consists of a metal box carried by Joseph Koplowicz and an identity card belonging to Romana Koplowicz.

  11. Edith Jacobson collection

    The collection conists of scrip from the Buchenwald and Theresienstadt concentraton camps.

  12. Jacob Rutstein collection

    The collection consists of 13 coins and a hand-made tobacco pouch found at Dachau concentration camp post-liberation.

  13. Arthur and Mary Kleinhandler collection

    The collection consists of a handmade spoon, knife, and comb.

  14. Marion Davy collection

    The collection consists of a filmstrip projector, case, accessories, and 11 Nazi propraganda filmstrips.

  15. Deutsches Hygiene Museum in der DDR collection

    The collection consists of educational materials relating to education and the teaching of racial science in Nazi Germany from 1933-1945.

  16. Joseph Gilmore Rowley collection

    The collection consists of armbands worn in Europe during the Holocaust.

  17. Paul and Herbert Ripp family collection

    The collection consists of an eating utensil and documents relating to the experiences of Paul Ripp and his son Herbert during the Holocaust when Paul was held in Gurs internment camp in France and Herbert fled Germany for the United States and then served in the United States Army.

  18. United States homefront poster collection

    The collection consists of thirteen posters relating to the war effort in the United States before and during World War II.

  19. Frank and Edith Sim collection

    The collection consists of an identification tag and commemorative medal relating to the experiences of Frank and Edith Sim during and after the Holocaust at Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia.

  20. Felice Rubinstein Korn collection

    Photographs, documents, poetry, audio recordings illustrating Felice Rubinstein Korn's experiences in pre war Poland and post war Munich, Germany. Included are materials illustrating Felice's education in Munich, post-war, displace persons identification cards, and diploma or certificate that Felice has completed education and qualifies as a pharmacist. Felice, born in Radom, in 1924, was interned in the Radom Ghetto, then deported to Majdanek and Plaszow concentration camps in Poland.