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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Kinder Juhren | Blimelech zwei

    Phonograph record 1. Syreno Electro. The disc dates from circa 1929 and preserves rare repertoire from the Polish-Yiddish stage. The operetta "Rumännische Chassene" (The Romanian Wedding), with libretto by Moyshe Shor and music by Peretz Sandler (and featuring contributions by several other songwriters), premiered in New York in 1923 and toured to many European venues, including a lengthy run in Warsaw. Side A: Kinder Juhren (Kinder-yorn). From the operetta "Rumännische Chassene" (Rumenishe khasene). Words and music: Mordecai Gebirtig. Herman Fenigstein, vocals, with unnamed orchestra. Side...

  2. Klezmorimlekh | Tif in veldele

    A: Klezmorimlekh; B: Tif in veldele. Folksinger Epelbaum (1894-1957) was imprisoned in 1949. Phonograph record 3 (red label): Cyrillic, 2 sides. Mikhail Epelbaum, voice Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Yakov Kukles (Moscow, 1939: Gramplasttrest 9019-9020)

  3. German Jewish Aid Committee collection

    The German Jewish Aid Committee collection documents the committee’s efforts to help Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany obtain English visas. The collection primarily includes the correspondence of committee representative Fritz Goldschmidt with refugees from Frankfurt am Main, Essen, Cologne, the Kitchener Camp for Refugees, and other locations. The collection comprises letters, postcards, and supporting documentation revealing the bureaucratic difficulties of receiving visas; efforts to obtain supporting funds from banks, organizations, and private business owners; and the stories of the a...

  4. Doppelt family photographs

    Photographs of Felix and Gitla Doppelt in a displaced persons camp in Bari, Italy.

  5. Shapell family photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs documenting German-occupied Oświęcim, Poland, circa 1940-circa 1941, and refugees living in the Münchberg, Germany, displaced persons camp, circa 1946. The photographs of Oświęcim include depictions of buildings, Jewish men forcibly having their beards and sidelocks (peyot) cut off, street scenes, and Jews clearing snow under the presence of a German soldier. Included are undated typed captions in Polish, and English translations of the captions produced in 2013. The bulk of the photographs of Münchberg document a funeral and re-interment ceremony in 1...

  6. George Rothman papers

    The George Rothman papers document the Holocaust-era experiences of George Rothman (born Georges Bardenstein) and his parents Emmanuel and Esfira Bardenstein in Bordeaux and Paris, France, including Emmanuel’s enlistment in the French Army, George’s hospitalization due to a severe illness, his parent’s deportation to Drancy and Auschwitz, and his survival as a hidden child in a Catholic orphanage. Included are pre-war biographical papers, correspondence, photographs, and a memoir. The bulk of the biographical materials consists of correspondence and immigration documents regarding George’s ...

  7. Eiland family collection

    Collection of documents, certificates, affidavit, and envelopes relating to the Eiland family including Adolf and Cecilia Eiland, and their children, Rudolf and Helen.

  8. Schubach family collection

    Documents, passport, correspondence, and photographs illustrating the emigration of Pauline Schubach [nee Pfeiffer], her husband, Gustav, and their children, Robert and Inge, in 1939. These materials also document their sponsorship by William Stein, Pauline’s maternal uncle, and Pauline’s efforts to try and obtain visas for her parents, Bernhard and Lina, in Rudesheim, Germany. Her parents were in Rudesheim until Bernhard’s death in 1941, and Lina’s movement to the Jewish old age home in Frankfurt. [Lina was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp on May 15, 1942, and then to Auschwitz...

  9. Complete Israelite cookbook with consideration of French and Bohemian cuisine, as well as Easter cuisine Cookbook, Vollständiges israelitisches Kochbuch, owned by Clara Gutmann

    Jewish cookbook that belonged to Herbert’s mother, Clara Gutmann. The book was written by Marie Kauders and published in Prague (now Prague, Czech Republic) by Jakob B. Brandeis in 1898. The book is 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.

  10. Samuel Joseph Monturo papers

    The collection documents Samuel Joseph Monturo’s service with the United States Army, including his separation and discharge papers, two photocopies of photographs depicting Monturo in uniform, and a personalized leather document holder embossed with “War Service Record” and Monturo’s name. Also included is a document “Wartime Trials Nurnberg, Germany Nov 20, 1945” which lists the twenty one defendants, and a brief synopsis of their backgrounds.

  11. 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.

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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 ...

  15. 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.

  16. Randy Comins collection

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

  17. 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...

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.