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  1. Andre Goedwert collection

    Consists of 7 report cards, 1 leaflet, and 1 photograph relating to Andre Goedwert donor's husband as well as 1 stamp used to make false documents

  2. Sven Sonnenberg collection

    The collection consists of one armband with a blue Star of David worn in the Drzewica ghetto, one yellow badge worn in the Płock ghetto, one coin from the Łódź ghetto, and two photographs.

  3. Alicia Fajnsztejn Weinsberg collection

    Consists of a purse owned by the donor's aunt and kept by Alicia Weinsberg in hiding; a Russian affidavit for Jakob Fajnsztejn (the donor's grandfather); seven postcards from the Warsaw ghetto; one letter and envelope from the ghetto; one Red Cross letter from the ghetto; two identity cards; three false birth certificates; and one letter from the American Consul General in Sweden. Also includes other materials concerning the wartime experiences of the donor's family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Lola and Walter Kaufman collection

    The collection consists of a dress, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Lola Rein before and during the Holocaust in Poland and after the Holocaust in Germany, and photographs relating to the experiences of Walter Kaufman after the Holocaust in Germany.

  5. Harry J. Mayer collection

    The collection consists of a leather belt, booklets, documents, letters, photographs, and postcards relating to Heinz (Harry) J. Mayer and his family before the Holocaust in Germany, during the Holocaust when his parents, Max and Mina, were imprisoned in Camp de Gurs and Camp de Noé in France, and Heinz was taken to safety in Switzerland.

  6. Vera Waisvisz-Reiss family collection

    The collection consists of an apron, letters, documents, postcards, and a newspaper clipping relating to the experiences of Vera Reiss, a hidden child, and her family in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

  7. Mini Chazen collection

    The collection consists of one oval metal pin, one charm featuring a Star of David, and photographs that depict members of the Chazen family before the Holocaust and three of the Chazen siblings at various locations throughout France. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  8. Dezsofi family collection

    The Dezsofi family collection includes biographical material, correspondence, school notebooks, writings, and magazines relating to the pre-war experiences of twin sisters Dolly and Marianne Dezsofi in Budapest, Hungary as well as during the war while in hiding. Biographical material includes a death certificate and union identification card for Imre Tieberger, Dolly and Marianne’s uncle, two pre-war greeting cards with photographs Dolly gave to her mother for mother's day, and a pre-war photograph of Dolly and Marianne in first grade, dated 1937. Correspondence includes letters written by ...

  9. Estera Horn family collection

    Consists of seven original photographs of Estera Horn and her maternal relatives before the war in Chelm, Kamien, and Krocyn, Poland, and in Palestine during the war; and two gold-colored metal buttons taken from the donor's coat by her rescuer, Leokadia Wojtkiewicz.

  10. Frances Ziegler family collection

    The collection consists of two armbands, cloth bundle, two combs, earmuff, klaf, knife, scissors, scrip, tag, documents, photographs, and books relating to the experiences of Frances Ziegler before and during the Holocaust in Poland where she lived in hiding in Poland and after the Holocaust in Fohrenwald displaced persons camp.

  11. Starkopf family collection

    The collection consists of 26 photographic images, 1 hatbox, 1 necklace, and 2 fur stoles relating to the experiences of the Starkopf family during the Holocaust.

  12. Walter Gewing collection

    The collection consists of archival materials and a three-dimensional object relating to the Gewing family's emigration to Shanghai, China, during the Holocaust.

  13. Rose and Mayer Zar collection

    Consists of documents relating to Rose and Mayer Zar's (formerly Szoszana and Mayer Zarnowiecki), the donor's parents' residence in different DP camps in Germany and two suits that were handmade for the Zars in a DP camp. The documents include inoculation certificates; registration cards; a birth certificate of their first son Awiron Zarnowiecki, born on 9 Aug.1948, his death certificate indicating that the little boy drowned on 29 May 1951, reparations payment certificates, and announcements. The collection includes accretions. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collecti...

  14. Jan Kostański collection

    The collection consists of images of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II and the post-World War II period, a certificate from the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, Poland, and a coin from the Litzmannstadt ghetto in Poland.

  15. Ester Reisel collection

    The collection consists of a tennis racket owned by Aldo-Yasaiiah (Eldad) Foà and an identification card for Eugenio Foà.

  16. Alexander Schenker collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Alexander Schenker and his father Oskar Schenker, including Alexander’s time in a Soviet forced labor camp, and Oskar’s flight from Lithuania to Japan with the help of a transit visa issued by the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Chiune Sugihara, and subsequent immigration to the United States from Japan. Personal papers included identification and travel papers, primarily belonging to Oskar. Objects include a cup, cigarette holder, and cigar lighter all owned by Alexander in Russia.

  17. Margalit Katz Harel collection

    Consists of documents issued to Mitzi Katz, the donor's mother, in the Mahiliou (Mogilev) ghetto in Belarus; photographs of Margalit Katz Harel as a child and of her relatives; and a belt belonging to a young girl who was killed in Transnistria, Ukraine, during the Holocaust

  18. Julius Kornman collection

    The collection consists of two handkerchiefs, a pouch, two wallets, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Julius Kornmann (later Kornman) and his family before and during the Holocaust in Sokal, Poland.

  19. Jakob and Zofia Dymant collection

    The Jakob and Zofia Dymant papers document Jakob Dymant’s escape from Poland during the Holocaust and survival in Japan, China, and India; Zofia Dymant’s wartime work for Walther C. Többens in Warsaw under her Christian alias; and the Christian aliases of some of Zofia’s relatives. Jakob Dymant records include identification papers, receipts, permits, immigration records, and an immunization certificate documenting his prewar life in Warsaw and escape to Vilna and then, with a Chiune Sugihara visa, to Japan, China, and India. This folder also includes a postcard Dymant sent from Bombay seek...

  20. Edith Ostern collection

    The collection consists of a child's blouse and nightgown, and two documents relating to the experiences of Edith Tennenbaum (later Ostern) and her parents Emil and Dora before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and their emigration to the United States.