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  1. Arnold D. Kerr photograph collection

    Contains twelve black and white photographs depicting Arnold Kerr's post-Holocaust experiences in Eschwege and Berlin, Germany.

  2. Weisman family letters

    Contains five letters that were sent to Sadye Weismann from his relatives in Poland.

  3. Rosenwald, Block, and Kupferschlag families papers

    The Rosenwald, Block, and Kupferschlag families papers measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1755 to 1959. They are comprised of biographical materials, immigration records, and ancestral records. The collection documents the lives of Fritz and Gertrude Rosenwald, their Rosenwald, Block, and Kupferschlag relatives, the families’ efforts to immigrate to the United States during the 1930s and 1940s, and the Kupferschlag ancestors. Biographical materials date from 1876-1959 and primarily document the pre-war lives of Fritz and Gertrude Rosenwald and the early lives of Fritz’s parents, Bendix a...

  4. "I Recall"

    Contains a memoir, 40 pages, about Kayla Gitla Skop's Holocaust experiences.

  5. William Steiner papers

    Collection includes identification documents of William Steiner, one photograph of members of the Vienna Maccabi Sportsclub with William Steiner's sister, and one photograph of William Steiner and his sister. The identification documents contain: one Schuelerausweiskarte, issued in Vienna on October 25, 1933, one Deutsches Reich Reispass, issued in Vienna on August. 25, 1938; one Deutches Reich Kennkarte, issued on January 30, 1939; and one Ausschliessungsschein, issued in Vienna, on August 5, 1939.

  6. Lubov Shtipelman collection

    Includes three letters and two photographs relating to the life in the Soviet Union - Belarus, in the beginning of the Second World War.

  7. Marianna Kohl document

    Contains the Red Cross document issued on February 2, 1941, for Marianna Kohl from London , with the information sent to her daughter, Elsa Mangold from Vienna (received on March 4, 1941).

  8. Mosheim and Marx families papers

    The Mosheim and Marx families papers measure 1.0 linear foot and date from 1914‐1952, 1988, 1994, and 1999. The collection contains biographical materials, correspondence files and translations, Inge Moss’s early life story, photographs, clippings, and research files documenting Herbert and Inge Moss’ immigrations to the United States, the unsuccessful immigration efforts of the families they left behind in Munich and Vlotho, Germany, and efforts to find out what happened to them. Biographical materials document the education and immigration of Inge Marx and Herbert Mosheim. Materials inclu...

  9. Simon Drucker memoir

    The Simon Drucker memoir consist of a single typed page relating Drucker’s arrest during the Velodrome d’Hiver roundup; his internment, escape, and re-internment in nearly a dozen prisons and concentration camps in France, Poland, and Germany; liberation; fighting in the first Arab-Israeli war; and beginning his life again in Paris.

  10. Penner family collection

    Contains 26 letters, six legal documents, three Canadian Pacific cards, and one menu from the Canadian Pacific pertaining to the experiences of Ilona Penner and her twin brother, Kurt Penner on a Kindertransport.

  11. Nazi propaganda flyer

    Includes a Nazi propaganda flyer.

  12. Bruno Loewenberg papers

    Consists of client restitution case files of attorney Bruno Lowenberg. Case files were found abandoned in a home in California and donated to the Museum.

  13. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives records

    Contains photocopies of correspondence, reports, declarations, telegrams, and various other documents from the Molotov Secretariat (Fond 06), the Wyszyński Secretariat (Fond 07), the Lozovkiy Secretariat. Soviet Information Bureau (Fond 013), the Soviet Consulate in Kaunsas (Fond 050); the Second Western Department (Fond 082). The Molotov Secretariat documents concern early Soviet knowledge of the Holocaust and interaction with the Allies about a joint policy declaration. The Wyszyńskii Secretariat material contains statements about experiments relating to the war prisoners in 1943 in Poz...

  14. Swedish Foreign Ministry records

    Contains diplomatic correspondence and other records relating to ethnic minorities in Sweden. Many of the volumes contain reports on the situation of Jews. Volumes 1094 through 1101 contain reports on Raoul Wallenberg's work in Budapest. The records date from 1920 to 1964.

  15. Martin Wasserman papers

    Contains twelve photographs, eight legal documents, two copies of newspaper articles, a biographical statement, and a program titled, "Ninth Annual Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Nazi Holocaust. These materials contain information pertaining to Martin Wasserman's experiences in Warsaw, Auschwitz, and Dachau, his employment at St. Ottilien for the World ORT Union DP hospital police department, Martin Wasserman's work for the International Rescue Committee in Munich, Germany, and his later emigration to New Orleans, Louisiana.

  16. Selected records from the Legation of the Dominican Republic in Washington

    Contains letters, telegrams, clippings, and various other documents compiled by the Legacion de la República Dominicana in Washington, D.C., in 1940. The letters, addressed to Andres Pastoriza, Dominican Minister Plenipotentiary, are from various sources and written on behalf of Jewish refugees, requesting permission to emigrate to the Dominican Republic from various European countries.

  17. Perry Leon memoir

    Contains a memoir in which Perry Leon (1928-1998) describes his life in Poland; in Siberia, where he was sent by Russian government in 1940; in Germany at a D.P. camp; and in the U.S. after II World War.

  18. Ludwig Charatan collection

    Includes letters and clippings illustrating how a Polish Catholic woman saved Ludwig Charatan of Brooklyn and three members of his family from Nazi extermination during the II World War.

  19. Oral history interview with Eva Schloss

  20. Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (R 59)

    Records relate to the activities of the agency in directing and overseeing German "Volksgruppen" outside Germany proper, especially population transfers (Umsiedlungspolitik), transit facilities, and ideological indoctrination.