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  1. Oral history interviews of the Mark Klempner collection

    Oral history interviews with Dutch rescuers conducted by Mark Klempner as primary source research for his 2007 book, "The Heart has Reasons: Holocaust rescuers and their stories of courage."

  2. Olga Waldman Wisen and Mark Wisen collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Olga Wisen and her son, Mark, in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust.

  3. Ella and Judit Schichtanz collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and photographs relating to the experiences of Ella Schichtanz and her daughter, Judit, in Budapest, Hungary, before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Alfred Moritz collection

    The collection consists of postage stamps that were created, but not used, in the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust.

  5. Fanni Reznicki collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Fanni Wolhgeschaffen and her family in the Jaworzno ghetto in Krakow, Poland, and in several concentration camps during the Holocaust.

  6. Evelyn Klein Altman family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and a photograph album relating to the experiences of Evelyn Klein, her mother, Maria Hermanda, and her stepfather, Miklos (Nicolaus) during their voyage on the Ms. St. Louis from Hamburg, Germany, to Havana, Cuba, in May 1939.

  7. Robert Hess collection

    The collection consists of a signet ring, documents, and copy prints relating to the experiences of Robert Hess, a United States soldier present at the liberation of Dachau concentration camp.

  8. Margit Meissner collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Margit Meissner when she worked for the US Office of War Information and the US Army of occupation to promote re-education efforts in Germany after World War II.

  9. Fritz and Ilse Silten collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and documents relating to the experiences of Fritz and Ilse Silten and their family and friends in the Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  10. Regina Betty Eber collection

    The collection consists of a sweater and photographs relating to the experiences of Regina Betty Eber during the Holocaust when she was imprisoned in several concentration camps in Poland as well as her experiences after liberation in displaced persons camps.

  11. Hanna Hirshaut collection

    The collection consists a blouse and photographs related to the experiences of Hanna Warhaftig Hirshaut and her family in Poland before and during the Holocaust.

  12. Irene Halmi collection

    The collection consists of documents and a photograph relating to the experiences of Irene Halmi as a nurse in the United States Army hospital in Dachau concentration camp following its liberation and artifacts relating to the experiences of Fred Rudkowski, an inmate in Dachau before and after liberation.

  13. Irene Halmi collection

    The collection consists of a vase, a document, photographs, and a publication relating to the experiences of Irene Halmi as a nurse in the United States Army hospital in Dachau concentration camp following its liberation on April 29, 1945.

  14. Erika Rybeck collection

    The collection consists of a drawing, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Erika Schulhof and her family in Vienna, Austria, and Erika's experience as a Kindertransport refugee in the United Kingdom before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. Olga and Werner Leszynski collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Olga and Werner Leszynski and their daughter, Ruth, in Berlin, Germany, and Prague, Czechoslovakia, and their emigration to the United States before the Holocaust.

  16. Heinemann and Graetz families collection

    The collection consists of an artifact, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the Heinemann and Graetz families in Nazi-occupied Germany and the United States before and during the Holocaust.

  17. Shoshana Neuman collection

    The collection consists of two paintings created by Shoshana Neuman around 2007 depicting scenes from her childhood in the Bershad ghetto in Transnistria, Romanian occupied territory, during the Holocaust.

  18. World War II antisemitic and anti-Nazi poster collection

    The collection consists of four posters, two Serbian antisemitic posters, one Nuremberg Trial poster, and one Polish film poster, that are relevant to the history of the Holocaust.

  19. Alkis Keramidas collection

    This collection consists of three drawings, one watercolor painting and one oil painting created by Alkis (Alkiviades) Keramidas immediately after World War II, depicting German retaliation aktion in Greece.

  20. Mayer, Bierig, and Ehrmann families collection

    The collection consists of a medal, correspondence, and documents relating to the Mayer, Bierig, and Ehrmann families before, during, and after the Holocaust in Germany, and the United States where several family members emigrated to escape persecution.