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Language of Description: English
Country: United States

  1. Jan Jozef Gasior papers

    The collection consists of an identification card and certificate issued to Jan Josef Gasior, originally of Dukla, Poland, confirming that he was a persecuted Pole who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald from 1942-1945. A photograph of Gasior and his second wife, Maria Grzesik, is also included.

  2. Carl and Edith Zucker papers

    The collection primarily documents the post-war experiences of Carl Zucker, originally of Zakroczym, Poland, and his wife Edith Zucker (née Guzy), originally of Olkusz, Poland, in the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp. Included is biographical material such as identification cards, birth and marriage certificates, displaced persons documentation, and restitution paperwork. There is also a small amount of photographs primarily depicting Edith’s sister Esther Guzy and her brother Lajzer Guzy, both of whom perished in the Holocaust. Biographical materials include documents related to Carl, Ed...

  3. Lieber and Löw families papers

    The Lieber and Löw families papers document the prewar experiences of George Lieber, originally of Vienna, Austra, and his family in Vienna, and Brussels, Belgium; the family’s wartime emigration from Europe to Lourenço Marques (Maputo, Mozambique) in 1941; and immigrations to the United States in 1945-1947. The bulk of the collection consists of biographical material, including identification papers, immigration records, and a small amount of correspondence; and photographs, including prints and annotated photograph albums. Series 1. Biographical material primarily consists of identificati...

  4. Mayer and Sonia Pasternack papers

    The collection primarily documents the postwar experiences of Mayer and Sonia (née Zlotnik) Pasternack, both originally from Radom, Poland. Prewar and wartime documents issued to Mayer include a craft card, birth certificate, and an identification card (Kennkarte) issued to him in Radom in 1942, and Jüdische handwerker-werkstätte identification card issued in 1943. Postwar documents include identification papers, immigration documents, a document regarding the possibility of immigration to Palestine, a displaced persons pass issued to Sonia Zlotnik in Stuttgart, and a certificate issued to ...

  5. Gutmann family Bible containing inscribed death dates and pressed flowers mesudar bi-shelemut ha-sidur u-meduyaḳ be-takhlit ha-diyuḳ

    Gutmann family Bible, Sidur Safah berurah, with family death dates recorded on the endsheets and dried flowers (b) pressed between two pages. The Bible was published by J. Lehrberger & Comp.‏ in Rödelheim, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1886. The Bible and flowers are part of a collection documenting the experiences of Herbert Gutmann and the Gutmann family in Germany and their immigration to the United Kingdom and the United States before and during WWII.

  6. Randy Comins collection

    Photographs: family photographs of Zelda Field's (donor's aunt) family in Vilna, Poland, who died during the Holocaust.

  7. Axelrod and Gross families papers

    The collection includes documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the Holocaust-era experiences of the Axelrod family (alternately known as the Akselrad and Gross family), originally of Kolomea (Kolomyia, Ukraine). Documents include birth record and school report for Gussie Mager (born Henia Gittel Axelrod), immigration paperwork, an affidavit for Gussie’s mother Pepi Axelrod to emigrate from Kolomea, receipt for phone call to Kolomea, and a Certificate of Poverty completed by Gussie’s brother Elkuna Gross in 1937. Correspondence includes a letter from Elkuna to his sister Fried...

  8. Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski research materials

    Collection of photos (contemporary and copy prints), map reproductions (photocopies), newspaper reproductions (photocopies), and correspondence related to the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland. Material contains information related to the town’s Jewish community as well as where Jews were hidden during WWII and the Holocaust.

  9. Cohen family collection

    One photographic print and one copy print both of the same image, a portrait of Esther Fagel (Esther Feyge, the donor’s great aunt) She was killed during the Holocaust.

  10. Sevillia and Mevorah families papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era history of the Sevillia and Mevorah families of Athens and Komotini, Greece. Documents include pension and medical disability records of Markos Mevorah, identification cards of Markos and his wife Eleonara Mevorah (née Sevillia), and postwar correspondence of Elonara’s brother Elias Sevillia. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs depicting the Mevorah and Sevillia families in Greece before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  11. Leaflet

    Leaflet, "Do You Want Hitlerism in America?. American League Against War and Fascism; 1936.

  12. Photograph of James Ford and Earl Browder

    Contains a photograph of James Ford and Earl Browder shaking hands, dated 1940. Browder was the Communist Party nominee for President of the United States in 1940, and Ford was his running mate.

  13. Earl Browder and James Ford 1940 campaign button

    1940 election campaign button with images of Earl Browder and James Ford and the words "For a Free, Happy Prosperous America/Browder for President Ford for Vice Pres./Vote Communist."

  14. Wiera Pupko collection

    Documentation, photographs, albums, and correspondence documenting the experiences of Wiera Pupko and her attempts to leave Europe, and ultimately come from Cuba to the United States.

  15. Mossad LeAliyah collection

    Four photo albums (approximately 540 photographs) and a typewritten report document the activity of a representative of the "Mossad LeAliya" (Institute for Immigration) in Iran, Turkey, and Israel in the late 1940s to early 1950s in preparation for bringing Jews to Israel. The information documents an investigative journey from Tehran, Iran, to Haifa, Israel. Includes printed reports: "The Suez Canal of the revolution: outlines of the history of the Communist Movement in Iran,” dated 7.8.1951 (Hebrew); Prisoners of Zion in Eastern European countries, from the establishment of the state to t...

  16. Pin

    Pin, “Defend / America / First”

  17. Search Bureau For Missing Persons Album

    Lot 139. Album of personnel. Search bureau for missing persons (May 1946) Search Bureau For Missing Persons, album containing fifty-three original snapshot photographs, each captioned with name and departmental office. Compiled by the Jewish Brigade personnel attached to the Bureau. Dedicated to Col. J.R. Bowring, founder of the Bureau. ff. 24. Original printed stiff wrappers.

  18. Pin

    Pin, “America first last & always / Home Mission Board / N.B.C. Inc. / Cleveland 1941” with image of soldier in front of American flag; from “T. Theo. Lovelace / 4834 Vincennes Ave. / Chicago”

  19. David Friedmann research materials

    Contains research materials relating to the artwork of David Friedmann

  20. Ralph C. Baas photograph collection

    Contains eight photographs, many with English descriptions on the verso, of the Ohrdruf concentration camp shortly after liberation. Taken by the donor's father, Ralph C. Baas, a U.S. serviceman who drove a tank destroyer through France, Belgium, and Germany.