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Language of Description: English
Country: United States

  2. Oral history interview with Rosalie Rosenbaum

  3. Oral history interview with George Schwarz

  4. 1936 Olympics collection

    Collection of materials relating to the Olympic Games in Berlin 1936 collected during a visit to Berlin in summer 1936. Included in the collection are: tickets, street maps, tourist guides, advertising from the famous warehouse 'Karstadt' at Hermannplatz (which was new and is an example for the modern architecture and modern life at that time). Includes a faksimile street map of Berlin in the 1930s. Newspaper "Der Arbeitsmann, August 1, 1936, 2 Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, poster from Kraft durch Freude organization.

  5. Dr. Arthur Kessler papers

    Dr. Arthur Kessler's papers related to reparations for Vapniarka survivors as well as related to his own compensation from Germany.

  6. Jeanne Thomas Bell papers

    The collection includes the following British newspapers: Daily Mirror, August 28, 1939 Evening Standard, April 16, 1945 Sunday Pictorial, May 13, 1945

  7. Die Judenfrage

    The Jewish Question: Negotiations of the Prussian House of Representatives, November 1880

  8. Oral history interview with Paula Weiss

  9. Hildegard Simon papers

    The Hildegard Simon papers include biographical material, correspondence, poesie albums, and photographs relating to Hildegard “Hilde” Hanna Simon and her family’s prewar and wartime life in Cloppenburg, Germany, Hilde’s Kindertransport, and postwar restitution claims. Biographical material includes certified copies of Hilde’s birth certificates, a certificate of identity for immigration, a declaration of intent to become a naturalized citizen, a vaccination certificate, and a typed personal narrative. Correspondence includes copies of letters from Selma to Hilde and Ruth, a letter from Kar...

  10. Oral history interview with Lucy Haber

  11. Wilhelm Fuchs papers

    The Wilhelm Fuchs papers include a Reisepass (German passport), alien registration card, and part of a United States visa application for Wilhelm Fuchs, who immigrated from Germany with his wife, Katchen, in June 1941, via Havana, Cuba.

  12. Monique Joseph papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Monique Joseph (born Helga Kaufmann), originally of Cologne, Germany, her parents Caroline and Sallly Kaufmann, as well as her Husband Theophile Joseph and his family. Included are identification papers, false-identity documents, an autograph album, immigration papers, correspondence, memoirs, and photographs. Biographical material related to Monique includes address books, an autograph album, identification papers including a French passport; false-identity documents under the name of Monique Colin; post-war documents regarding her ...

  13. Pin-back button

  14. Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz family papers

    The Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz family papers consist of identification documents, affidavits, documents, and photographs relating to the Schwarz family. Also included is Ilse Weinberger's memior entitled "Story of My Life," a letter from Ilse to Vera Frankel, and a photograph of Ilse Weinberger, the maid of honor, at Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz's wedding, June 29, 1932.

  15. Suzanne Friedmann photographs

    The Suzanne Friedmann photographs depict Suzanne Friedmann and other young women and children at the Rothschild orphanage and hospital in Paris where Friedmann lived before and during the war. The collection also includes picture of her brother Jacques Friedman in the French Amry and picture postcards of the Rothschild hospital.

  16. Der Phew-er Hitler Skunk S(cent) Penny Guitar Brooch

    Der Phew-er Hitler Skunk S(cent) Penny Guitar Brooch; 1940

  17. Benjamin (Dan) Schefflan collection

    Documents and photographs documenting the experience of Benjamin (Dan) Schefflan [donor's father].

  18. Take a Punch game board

    Take a Punch game encouraging people to buy US Defense bonds and stamps; in red, white, and blue with a caricature of Hitler next to a swastika in the left corner. In the right corner is a large 2 cent symbol. It includes instructions on how to play the game.

  19. Komlos and Grünhut families papers

    The collection consists of two memoirs documenting the Hungarian Holocaust experiences of Herbert Komlos and his wife Eva Lőwy’s cousin Irén Grünhut. The memoir authored by Herbert Komlos discusses his survival of Hungarian labor battalions and going into hiding in Budapest with his wife Eva Lőwy and extended relatives. Irén Grünhut was a survivor of several camps including Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Stutthof. Her memoir is a photocopy of the original authored in 1955.

  20. Franz Gerhard Back papers

    The Franz Gerhard Back papers include documents, correspondence, report cards. university records, baptismal certificates, and immigration papers documenting Frank Back, his parents, Anton and Wilhelmine (Minna) Back, and his grandparents, Ignatz and Julie Sommer and Ignatz and Katharina Back.