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  1. Adolf and Bettina Liebermann family collection

    The collection consists of a nameplate and correspondence relating to the experiences of Adolf and Bettina Liebermann, who fled from Vienna to Prague in 1939, and their children, Hedi and Hans, who emigrated to Great Britain in 1938 and 1939.

  2. Miriam Winter photograph

    Contains Marysia Kowalska's first communion photograph. This photograph was taken while Miriam Winter was in hiding.

  3. Lore Hillman papers

    Documents, correspondence and photographs regarding the Baumgarten family during the Holocaust.

  4. Walter Teitz Collection

    Collection documenting the experiences of Sophie and Emil Teitz and their children Werner and Walter in Furth, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Includes documents, correspondence and an oral history interview recorded with Walter Teitz.

  5. George Rodger and Alina Szapocznikow collection

    The collection consists of photos taken by George Rodger of Bergen-Belsen at liberation as well as a silver cigarette case created in Bergen-Belsen given to fellow internee Alina Szapocznikow (1942-1943). Both were received by the donor.

  6. Sylvia Bassman collection

    The collection consists of an artifact, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Sylvia Bassman before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  7. Kotarska oblast, sresko načelstvo Požega

    • County Administration for the town of Požega

    The collection should provide insight into the paths leading to the perishing of the Jews of Pozega and the introduction of race laws. The time range extends until the change of power in Croatia, i.e., the introduction of the Independent State of Croatia (April 10, 1941).

  8. Esfira Bramson-Alperniene collection

    Consists of a photograph of members of the Bramson extended family, circa 1900. Many of those identified perished during the Holocaust.

  9. Martin Spett collection

    The collection consists of an armband, a brooch, soap, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Monek (Martin) Spett and his family in Tarnow, Poland, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust, and in Belgium after the Holocaust.

  10. Arie Singer collection

    The collection consists of contemporary paintings by Arie Singer relating to his experiences as a child in Vilna, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania), the ghetto in Glembokie (Hlybokaye), Belarus, and with a partisan group in the forests near Vilnius during the Holocaust.

  11. Memoir

    Testimony, photocopy of manuscript, 11 pages, in Russian (with one page English summary included by donor). Covers experiences between 1941-1944 in occupied Odessa, includling Slobodka ghetto.

  12. Letter relating to the bombing of Auschwitz

    Photocopy of one letter, from Norman Bottomley to Carl Spaatz, providing rationale for not bombing Auschwitz, September 1944.

  13. Deposition of Isaak Egon Ochshorn

    Photocopied document, looks to be testimony from Ochshorn given for purposes of trials at Nuremberg, about life in six Nazi concentration camps. Is in German, but also appears to have handwritten Hebrew translation.

  14. Harry Posmantier and family papers

    Contains photographs of a relative who died at Auschwitz and a photograph of the donor's brother, Sam, who was a Jewish policeman at Landsberg DP camp. There also is a photocopy of his postwar ID certificate.

  15. Charles Laufer collection

    The collection consists of Gewerberlegitimationskarte, Landhurm-Pals, Reisepass, Arbeitsbuch, two Polish passports, box of correspondence, blue and white sash, three books, leather portfolio, and two photo albums.

  16. Paul Kuttner memoir

    Contains a memoir about Paul Kuttner's Holocaust experiences.

  17. Mary Mills oral history collection

    The collection contains oral history interviews from the Mary Mills collection.

  18. Stella Luftig collection

    Contains two photographs: one, dated 15 May 1927, a studio portrait of two boys; the other, undated, of a woman with three children in a park.

  19. Arzt family collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence, photograph albums, family histories and genealogies, notebooks, a wallet, textile-covered box, small bottle, and souvenirs relating to the experiences of the Arzt family who fled Berlin, Germany for the Dominican Republic.

  20. Documentation of the International Jewish Young Women's Zionist Organization WIZO in Tallinn, 1931 - 1933