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  1. William King collection

    The collection consists of two medals related to the experiences of an unknown soldier in the Germany Army during World War II.

  2. Esther Rosenfeld Starobin family collection

    The collection consists of documents such as restitution-related paperwork and Rosenfeld family photographs as well as two pairs of children's shoes relating to the experiences of Esther Rosenfeld who was sent by her parents on the Kindertransport from Germany to Great Britain in June 1939.

  3. Joseph and Alexandra Braciejowski collection

    Consists of artwork created by Arthur Szyk, a satirical and propaganda artist working in the United States during World War II.

  6. Denes-Deszo and Borbala Nussbacher Herskovits collection

    The collection consists of a safety razor and a photograph relating to the experiences of Denes-Deszo Herskovits, when he was a forced laborer in Hungary and an inmate in Gunskirchen concentration camp in Austria, and a lice comb belonging to Borbala (Babi) Nussbacher (later Herskovits), when she was deported from Szilagysomlyo ghetto in Hungarian annexed Romania to Auschwitz, then Riga, Stutthof, Guttau, and Neumark concentration camps.

  7. Edward Isidor Gross collection

    The collection consists of a sports club patch, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Edward Isadore Gross and his family before the war in Aachen, Germany, and during the war in the United States, when Edward was in the United States Army.

  8. Katalina Litvak family collection

    The collection consists of scrip, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Magda Miselbach and her young daughter Katalin (later Katalina) in Hungary, in Karcag and Szolnok ghettoes, in Strasshof concentration camp, and Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp and of Imre Miselbach in Hungary, the Hungarian labor service, and Auschwitz, Dachau, and Muhldorf concentration camps during the Holocaust.

  9. Aaron Rauner family collection

    The collection consists of four pieces of scrip from Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, a handwritten prayerbook, and a Haggadah created in Gurs internment camp in France relating to the experiences of Wolfgang Rauner and his family after the Holocaust.

  10. Celina Blondowska collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Celine Blondowska in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland durnig the Holocaust.

  12. Synagogen-Gemeinde Köln collection

    The collection consists of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip.

  16. Leo Yeni collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, artwork, correspondence, diaries, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leo Yeni during the the Holocaust when he fled Milan, Italy, and illegally entered Switzerland.

  17. Osterreicher and Konigfest (Kingsley) families collection

    Collection of documents and photographs relating to the Oesterreicher and Königfest (later Kingsley) families and their experiences during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Accretion: Collection of scrip from the Theresienstadt [Terezin] ghetto given to donor's father

  18. de Boton family collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence, photographs and two tapes; relating to the de Boton family; Dr. Yves de Boton, donor’s father, who was one of the leaders of the Resistance in southern France and who was executed by the Germans in August 1944; Esther de Boton (donor’s mother) died in 1940 and Aline, born in 1937 was taken care of and later adopted by her paternal aunt Alice de Boton and her husband Robert Bernard, later de Boton. The tapes contain interview with Mrs. Alice de Boton.

  20. Nellie Wiesenthal Fink family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ernestine Wiesenthal, her son, Fritz, his wife, Gertrude, and their daughters, Illa and Nellie, in Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust.