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  1. Julius and Selma Einstein papers

    Consists of correspondence (letters and telegrams) received by Julius and Selma Einstein between 1939-1941 and 1946-1947. Julius and Selma's daughter Ruth emigrated to the United States in 1939; though the collection contains correspondence sent to Selma Einstein while she was interned in Camp de Gurs in France, Selma was able to immigrate to the United States through Casablanca, Morocco, in 1941 and was briefly interned in Camp Ouedzum in Morocco. Julius Einstein, unable to emigrate, perished after being deported to Theresienstadt (Terezin). Includes correspondence between the Einsteins an...

  2. Moser family papers

    The papers consist of handwritten and typed postcards and letters written by a Jewish family, the Arnhelms, in Berlin, Germany, to relatives in the United States as well as a typewritten genealogy of German Jewish family starting with "Karl Moses, geb 15.9.93zu Kolberg, mosaisch, Preus."

  3. Stephanie Richardson photograph collection

    19 photographs taken or gathered by donor's father immediately following the Liberation of Buchenwald. The collection consists of vintage black and white copy prints of Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation by American troops.

  4. French collaborator arrested

    [Journal de guerre in 1945 - occupation allemande scene d'arrestation de collaborateur] Title: "A L'Ouest de L'Europe...Confedence Militaire" Troops, well-dressed men at train station. French collaborator arrested by train, CUs. Boarding train.

  5. Louis Schwarz papers

    The papers consist of postcards written in Nazi-occupied Poland. The majority of the postcards were written by Jacob Holschutz in Brody, Poland, to Louis Holschütz in Chicago, Ill. See numbered list in accession file.

  6. Book

    Book, printed in English, of purported "Polish" atrocities committed against Germans; published in 1940; Berlin, New York

  7. Weiss family papers

    The papers consist of a list sent from Malines concentration camp by Karl Weiss, Dorothea's father, to Madame Dujardin who saved Dorothea and her sister from deportation by the Gestapo, a good conduct certificate (Führungszeugnis) issued to Berta Weiss, Dorothea's mother, a letter sent to Karl Weiss by the police in Berlin, Germany, a re-issued birth certificate, and a family wedding photograph.

  8. Hitler poster

    Poster with black and white photograph of Hitler against a black background with white text. The portrait photograph was taken by Heinrich Hoffman; 1932. The poster is mounted on a linen backing

  9. Estare Kurz Weiser papers

    The collection includes a birth certificate, issued post liberation for Estare Weiser, a translation of the birth certificate, and three photographs of Anna Kurz, Estare's mother, and Estare after the war in Switzerland.

  10. George Weissberg papers

    The papers consist of a postcard written by Geogette Cattan [donor's aunt] in Drancy concentration camp to her fiancé, Louis de Michel, in Marseilles, France, the day before she was deported to Auschwitz where she perished, two identification cards ("Carte d'Identite") issued to Aimee Cattan [donor's mother] during the Holocaust in France, a photocopy of an identification card ("Carte de Deporte Politique") issued to Aimee Cattan stating that she was a political prisoner, and a photocopy of a repatriation card ("Carte de Repatrie") issued to Aimee Cattan as a displaced person.

  11. Fredda Shere Valenti photograph collection

    The collection consists of 9 photographs depicting Dachau concentration camp and Munich, Germany, after liberation.

  12. Peter Steindler papers

    The papers consist of an identification card issued to Margarethe Löwy Steindler [donor's mother] in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia dated 1/7/1945, and a worker's pass issued to Margarethe Steindler in 1944 in Theresienstadt

  13. Illustrierter Beobachter (Munich, Germany) [Newspaper]

    Insert to special edition of Illustrierter Beobachter, spring 1940 with maps of Europe and the Middle East. Political cartoon on cover shows African soldier with a flag "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" attached to his rifle and a French military leader and a man with Jewish-type caricature in the background with the caption "Frankreichs Schuld."

  14. Ilie Wacs family papers

    The Ilie Wacs family papers consist of biographical materials and correspondence documenting members of Ilie Wacs’ family in Vienna and their emigration to Shanghai, photographs documenting the Wacs family and their friends, and printed materials documenting Jewish refugee life and Ilie Wacs’ participation in Jewish cultural youth organizations in Shanghai. Deborah Wacs materials include identification papers. Henia Wacs materials include identification papers, registration records, and tax documents. Ilie Wacs materials include identification, membership, and travel papers; student records...

  15. Safirsztajn and Gold families' photograph

    Black and white image of the Safirsztajn and Gold families taken on the occasion of a family wedding in the United States and a portrait of Rojza Gold Safirsztajn, Rose’s maternal grandmother. Pictured in photograph: last row, left to right: Ajzyk Safirsztajn, unknown, [first name unknown] Gold, unknown, [first name unknown] Gold. middle row, left to right: unknown, [first name unknown] Safirsztajn, wife of Wolf Safirsztajn, Wolf Safirsztajn, [first name unknown] Najmark, [first name unknown] Najmark, [first name unknown] Najmark, Chana Safirsztajn Ickowicz [Rose’s mother], Adek Eizel Safir...

  16. Allen and Jenny Zuman photograph collection

    The collection consists of four photographs of Jenny Solomson Zuman's family in Vilna, Poland (currently Vilnius, Lithuania), all victims of the Holocaust, including Eddie Solomson, Shejnke Solomson, and Cheryn Gitle.

  17. Neuhauser and Groeger families papers

    The papers relating to the Neuhauser and Groeger families during the Holocaust consist of identification cards, birth certificates, a certificate of ancestry, photographs and a booklet entitled "Eere Begraafplaats" commemorating the lives of members of the Dutch resistance who died in the Holocaust. The papers specifically relate to Karl Groeger, Jr., son of Karl and Friederike Groeger, who was executed in Nazi-occupied Netherlands for his resistance activities.

  18. Pamphlet

  19. Izak Sznaper photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of the Izak Sznaper’s parents Abraham and Basia (née Bleiweiss) Sznaper and four of their 8 children; a photograph of Basia Sznaper and Izak’s grandmother, aunt, and uncle; a photograph of Izak’s cousins Frieda and Moriz Press; and a photograph of the Izak’s sister, Salka, and brother Mojsze. All of the photographs were taken near Wojnilów, Poland (Voynyliv, Ukraine).

  20. Lidia Pierz photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs of the donor and family and friends from Borysław, Poland (now Boryslav, Ukraine), who perished in the Holocaust: Zygfryd Rappaport [donor's first husband]; Marceli Aleksander Egert [donor's brother; perished in Brzuchowice concentration camp]; Nela Egent [donor's sister; perished in Brzuchowice concentration camp]; Leon and Roza Egert [donor's parents; perished in Brzuchowice concentration camp].