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Language of Description: English

  1. Albert E. Carter collection

    The collection consists of political cartoons, a book, and newspaper articles relating to the experiences of Albert E. Carter as a journalist in the United States, Germany, and South America before and during World War II.

  2. Funeral service for Theo Croneiss

    AGFA 1942. Title in German. Funeral service for Theo Croneiss, Messerschmittwerk in Regensburg, on November 10 and 11, 1942. Includes Gauleiter Wächler, SS Obergruppenführer and General der Police Dr Martin

  3. Carl Atkin collection

    The collection consists of photographs, artwork, documents, a ribbon, and scrip relating to the experiences of Carl Atkin’s work after the Holocaust with the UNRRA and later at the American Financial and Development Corporation for Israel.

  4. Esther Weisz Grun oral history collection

    Includes a CD-ROM of audio interviews with Esther Weisz Grun conducted from December 15, 2005 until May 8, 2006 and a DVD of a video testimony recorded at Pace University in Pleasantville, NY ca. 2009.

  5. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Faith in Humankind oral history collection

    Oral history interviews from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Faith in Humankind collection

  6. Communications, authorizations, reports.

    Factories owned by Jews. Voided authorizations for work and free movement.

  7. Roman Vishniac collection

    Portfolio containing twelve photographs, reproduced from the original negatives. The original photographs were taken prewar by Roman Vishniac (donor's father) in 1938. The catalog of the work is titled "A Vanished World," (published by Witkin-Berley, Ltd.).

  8. Henry Wellisch collection

    The collection consists of two suitcases that were used by Emil and Jolan Wellisch donor's parents as they fled from Vienna, Austria, to Palestine and Mauritius during World War II and were again used by the Wellisches when they emigrated to Canada in 1951

  9. Peter Dallos collection

    The collection consists of The War Series, a group of nine semi-abstract welded steel sculptures, created by Peter Dallos (originally Deutsch) about his childhood experiences in German occupied Hungary and as a memorial to victims of the Holocaust and World War II.

  10. Oral testimony of Irene Raab Epstein

  11. A memoir entitled "Through Hell and Back" relating to experiences in Poland

    Testimony (memoir), typescript, 178 pages, titled "Through Hell and Back," by Michael Levitan, recounting author's experiences in Niemenczyn, Poland.

  12. Lotte Rosenbaum Herz memoir

    Testimony, typescript, 3 pages, circa 1990s, written by Lotte Rosenbaum Herz, describing the arrival of Erich Rosenbaum's family in the United States in 1938.

  13. A memoir relating to experiences in Hungary and the U.S

    Testimony, 6 pages, typescript, of Marika (Marianne) Spizz, born in Hungary in 1947 to survivor parents. Describes her experience as child of survivors in U.S. (Bellmore, NY).

  14. Basil Herzstein collection

    Photocopies of excerpts of books and magazines relating to Donor's father, Fred Herzstein. Newspaper clippings from German newspapers and Dutch magazines containing articles relating to donor's father, from the 1930s.

  15. Lotte R. Peters memoir

    Contains a memoir, 32 pages, entitled "The Flight," about Lotte R. Peters' Holocaust experiences.

  16. [Newspaper]

    German National Socialist newspaper.

  19. Documentation of the Frauenwirtschaftskammer (Women's Economic Chamber) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Frauenwirtschaftskammer (Women's Economic Chamber) in Hamburg

  20. Αρχείο Ηλία Μεσσίνα

    • Elias Messinas Archive
    • Archeio Elia Messina

    It contains copies of the research of the architect Elias Messinas, mainly plans of synagogues in Greece. The copies are in paper and digital format.