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  1. Exit papers collection

    Collection of Jewish exit papers from Nazi-occupied Poland in Warsaw involving a husband and wife

  2. Samuel L. Tennenbaum papers

    Testimony, consisting of photocopied fragment of wartime diary of Tennenbaum, later published as "Zloczow Diary," as well as photocopies of supporting documents, such as identity cards and correspondence.

  3. Oral history interview with Simon Pitchon

  4. Oral history interview with Ruth Knopp

  5. Pete House letter

    One letter, from Pete House, a former American POW who was held at Stalag IX-B in 1944-1945, and who wrote to the USHMM after visiting the museum in April 1994. Describes the mistreatment of Allied POWs, including soldiers of African descent.

  6. Sally Pitluk memoir

    Testimony, four pages, handwritten. From Plonsk, Poland, describes life there, German invasion, creation of ghetto, and deportation to Auschwitz.

  7. Papers of the Blumenthal family

    Consists of photocopies of list of residents of "the Jews' House", Munster; of drawing of "Das Judenhaus" from publication; and of correspondence (German and English translation) from Tea Blumenthal and Rabbi Steinthal.

  8. Irving A. Heyman memoir

    Testimony: Typescript, 4 pages, from a former U.S. soldier, describing his experiences at the Battle of the Bulge and subsequently, at Remagen and at the liberation of Buchenwald.

  9. Estate of Fela Maltz photograph collection

    Collection of photographs depicting the Finkelstajn family before the war and in a displaced persons camp.

  10. Hans Landesberg collection

    The collection consists of a lapel pin, a cufflink, correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the experiences of Dr. Hans Landesberg, a member of the International Brigade in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

  11. Zborow Association in New York

    Zborov Landsmanshaften association events in New York City filmed by Nathan Okon.

  12. Documentation of the Nowogrodek Communist Party Municipal Committee, 1939-1941

    Documentation of the Nowogrodek Communist Party Municipal Committee, 1939-1941

  13. Documentation of the Landratsamt Ansbach (District authority of Ansbach) in Bavaria

    Documentation of the Landratsamt Ansbach (District authority of Ansbach) in Bavaria

  14. Fichier du service de la population de la période de l’occupation avec information sur les déportés 1940 – 1944

    This collection contains materials from the administrative department of the city of Luxembourg concerning the deported citizens 1940-1944.

  15. Book

  16. [Newspaper]

    German National Socialist newspaper.

  17. Collin and Reis families collection

    The collection consists of material related to the Collin and Reis families including photographs, correspondence, documents, passports, identification papers, diary and transltion, pamphlets, notebooks, school book and magazines and medal.

  18. Bernard F. Graham collection

    Contains a colorized photographic print of Hirsch and Deborah Green Neijman (Newman) who were last heard from in 1939-1940 in Łódź, Poland.

  19. Institut für Humangenetik der Universität Göttingen collection

    The collection consists of a medical case containing two calipers and two pencils used as part of anthropological race studies during the eugenics movement in Germany before the Holocaust.

  20. Helmut Rosendahl collection

    The collection consists of two Star of David Badges, Westerbork scrip, testimony, and a speech relating to the experiences of Helmut Rosendahl during and after the Holocaust in the Netherlands and Germany.