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  1. Renata Maas photograph collection

    The collection consists of five photographs of corpses possibly killed in a pogrom in Stanisławów, Poland (now Stanislav, Ukraine), as well as an envelope used to store the photographs.

  2. William and Jean Helmar papers

    The papers consist of four postcards and letters with envelopes written and sent by William Helmar from Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps to his parents in the Netherlands. Also included is a note with instructions to concentration camp inmates' friends and families about sending packages to prisoners.

  3. Eugene Patipa identification card

    The identification card states that Eugene Patipa, born on December 29, 1922 in Minsk, CSR, was in Mauthausen Concentration Camp from April 8, 1945 to May 4, 1945.

  4. Susan Mayerowitz papers

    The papers consist of a service record booklet for the German military and a German passport ("Reisepass") issued to Kurt Stern donor's father, a Reisepass issued to Hilde Metzger [donor's mother], and one school diploma issued to Kurt Stern in Germany in 1927.

  5. Joseph Taler papers

    The papers contain certificates, work permits, identification cards, receipts, postcards, photographs, and other documents related to Joseph Taler, originally of Rozwadów, Poland, including his survival during the Holocaust living under the false identity of Józef Skwarczyński and his life after the end of World War II.

  6. Lillian Bronner Glass papers

    The papers consist of two identification cards for Lillian Bronner [donor] and Eleanora Bronner [donor's mother] issued at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in N.Y.

  7. Samuel and Gertrude Gerstenfeld photograph collection

    The collection consists of nine photographs of Sam Gerstenfeld, Gela Majman Sam Gerstenfeld's cousin, Gela Putterman and her daughter, Sara [Gertrude Gerstenfeld's sister and niece], and other family members and friends.

  8. Jenohedgy Szerdahelyvi postcard

    The postcard was written by Jenohedgy Szerdahelyvi to Janos Szerdahelyvi in Hungary.

  9. Sheley Temchin photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of General "Rola" Zymierski visiting a partisan unit of the People's Army in Parczewkie Forest in 1943 (Dr. Michael Temchin is second from the right) and two photographs of the staff of a military hospital in Warsaw, Poland, where Dr. Michael Temchin was Chief of Surgery.

  10. Mortimer Greenberg photograph collection

    The collection consists of 16 photographs of the liberation of Nordhausen-Dora concentration camp taken by Mortimer Greenberg, an American soldier who participated in the liberation.

  11. Eugen Czinner papers

    Consists of three letters written on pre-printed prisoner stationery by Eugen Czinner while interned in the Buchenwald and Auschwitz concentration camps. The letters, two from Buchenwald written in 1941-1942 and one from Auschwitz written in November 1944, were written to Marie Czinner in Pilsen.

  12. Photograph of Israel and Rachel Stroh

    The photograph depicts Israel and Rachel Stroh standing in front of Beth Hamidrash in Sedziszów, Poland. Beth Hamidrash was burned along with Jewish occupants on Rosh Hashanah in 1939.

  13. Bella Heppenheimer papers

    The papers consist of two German passports ("Reisepass") issued to Albert and Selma Levy in Germany in 1941 and a vintage photostat produced in 1941 of the marriage certificate issued to Albert and Selma Levy in Birkenfeld, Germany.

  14. Livia Molnar Bergen papers

    Consists of certificates, correspondence, and permits related to the Holocaust experiences of Livia Molnar (later Bergen), originally of Budapest, Hungary. After dropping out of a death march from the Kristianstadt concentration camp due to frozen feet, Ms. Molnar was arrested and sent to an auxiliary hospital near Hoyerswerda, where she spent several months recovering. Includes identity and travel passes related to her post-war return to Budapest, hospital documents, correspondence she received at the hospital, and a restitution document.

  15. Trude Schiff passport

    The passport ("Reisepass") was issued to Frau Hans Schiff [donor] in Cologne (Köln), Germany.

  16. Agata Bubola papers

    The papers consist of a birth certificate ("Geburtskunde") issued for Gabor Müller in Feldsberg, Austria (now Valtice, Czech Republic) (Gabor Müller died six weeks after his birth) and a postcard written by Agata Müller [donor] in Feldsberg, Austria, to Dr. Josef Rado [donor's father] in Mährisch-Kromau (Moravsky Krumlov), Czech Republic.

  17. Henry Hanski papers

    The papers consist of two Signal Corps photographs of corpses at a concentration camp and twenty pages from a publication of camp and ghetto songs and poems.

  18. S. Podlaski letters

    Contains two letters, with an envelope, sent from Auschwitz concentration camp to Warsaw by S. Podlaski.

  19. Josef Wajs letter

    The letter was written by the Ameican Consul in Belgium, R.M. de Lambert, to Josef Wajs (donor's father) during the Holocaust informing him that he has been put on the waiting list for immigration to the United States since the immigration quota from Poland has already been met.

  20. Julio Herman letter

    The letter was written to Julio Herman by a friend describing the sad situation of his parents in Vienna, Austria, in 1943.