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  1. Nahman-Leib Neumann Itzicovici collection

    The collection consists of newspapers, certificates, an identification card, and military medals won by Nahman-Leib Neumann Itzicovici donor's paternal grandfather in World War I.

  2. Jack Reuben collection

    Consists of nine photographs of the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp in 1945 and a Nazi armband.

  3. Vera Waisvisz-Reiss family collection

    The collection consists of baby clothes, bags, a mezuzah, a pin, a purse, a tallit, a tallit katan, tefillin, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of Vera Reiss, a hidden child, and her family before, during, and after the Holocaust in the Netherlands.

  4. Peter Fischer collection

    The collection consists of manuscript material and three-dimensional objects relating to Peter Fischer and is wife, Gertrude Adler's, experiences in concentration camps in Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland during the Holocaust and after liberation.

  5. Casimir Biebers collection

    The collection consists of photographs and three-dimensional objects relating to Casimir Biebers' donor life in the ghetto of Warsaw, Poland, during the Holocaust

  6. Annette Krygier collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, and a three-dimensional object relating to Annette and Leon Krygier donor and donor's husband and their experiences in France during the Holocaust

  7. Fritz Goldschmidt collection

    Consists of documents, photographs, a book, and a ribbon relating to the life of the Goldschmidt family before the Holocaust, their escape from Germany in 1939, and their subsequent emigration to the United States.

  8. Dorit Isaacsohn family collection

    The collection consists of a hatbox, two trunks, a coin, and photographs relating to the experiences of Dorit Isaacsohn, her parents Gertrud and Julius, and other family members before the Holocaust in Gratz and Berlin, Germany, which Dorit and Gertrud survived in hiding, and after the Holocaust in Berlin and the United States.

  9. Zalcgendler-Caspary family collection

    The collection consists of archival materials and three-dimensional objects related to Abram Zalcgendler's donor's father and Ruth Caspary's [donor's mother] emigration to Shanghai, China, from Europe during the Holocaust

  10. Adrienne Lichtig Petrook collection

    The collection consists of three photograph albums and 47 photographs of the donor and of her family before, during, and after the war in Budapest, Hungary; 29 documents relating to the sale of family property, to the family's emigration to the United States, and to the donor's schooling; one doll's dress, and one wooden heart, a Mother's Day gift from the donor.

  11. Irena Schwarz collection

    Consists of a rosary and cross and an autograph album and invitation, dated circa 1942-1945, relating to the donor's experiences as a hidden child in Poland. Also includes photographs depicting the donor, her birth family before the Holocaust and her war time rescuer, Janina Sycz. Irene (Irena) Schwarz is the author of "A Holocaust Love Story," published in Israel in 2000.

  12. Glass family collection

    The collection onsists of photographic prints, documents and a pair of pants relating to the Glass-Mosewicka families.

  13. Jelena Polak Babic collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, correspondence, and photographs relating to Dr. Jelena Polak Babic and the Polak family during the Holocaust in Croatia.

  14. Bertie Levkowitz collection

    Collection consisting of a note written by donor's mother and a "Star of David" badge printed with "Jood" and worn by donor's parents during the Holocaust

  15. Sonja DuBois collection

    Collection of objects and photographs relating to Sonja DuBois' experiences as a hidden child in the Netherlands. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Marguerite Lederman Mishkin collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, and objects relating to Marguerite and Annette Lederman [donor and her sister] and their experiences as hidden children in Belgium during the Holocaust.

  17. Salomon and Dora Levy Saltiel collection

    The collection consists of a dress, documents, identification cards, newspaper clippings, a CD of two diaries, family photographs, and a family tree related to the experiences of Dora Levy and her family in Thessaloniki (Salonika), Greece, during the German occupation during which they lived in the ghetto, performed forced labor, then went into hiding; it also consists of documents relating to the experiences of Salomon Saltiel who was a member of the Greek military and spent the war in Italian and German POW camps.

  18. Lana Barnett collection

    The collection consists of two coins issued during the Third Reich in Germany.

  19. Ernest G. Heppner collection

    The collection consists of scrip, badges, a blanket, a nightstick, documents, correspondence, publications, and other printed material relating to the experiences of the families of Ernest Heppner and Kurt Redlich in Europe and Shanghai, China, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  20. Jerzy and Zofia Flajszman collection

    The collection consists of photographs, identification cards, a coupon, a wedding invitation, and a coin relating to the Flajszman and Kolczycki families in Łódź, Poland, before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.