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

  1. Schwarz and Mandl families papers

    The Schwarz and Mandl families papers include identification papers; birth, marriage, and death certificates; immigration and military records; restitution files; and photographs documenting the Schwarz and Mandl families of Vienna Austria before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  2. Heinz Praeger papers

    The Heinz Praeger papers include biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting Heinz Praeger, his prewar life in Germany, and his wartime years as a refugee with his wife and son in Shanghai. Biographical materials include three copies of a brief biography of Heinz Praeger by Michael Carlon describing Praeger’s childhood in Berlin, antisemitic persecution in the 1930s, his imprisonment in Dachau after Kristallnacht, his relocation to Shanghai, meeting and marrying his wife, the birth of their son, the family’s immigration to the United States, and their lives in New...

  3. Michael Honey family trees

    Six family trees created by Michael Honey: 1. Jewish Historical Clock - Branches from the Start of the Horowitz Family in Prague up the the Horowitz Dynasty in Dzikow/Tarnobrzeg Poland Giving Estimates of Birth Years for Each Generation, 1994, 19 1/4 x 13 7/8 2. The Charif-Heizelbeck Genealogy to Find Eitzikel Charif, 1995, 16 ½ x 32 3/4 3. The Levy-Benoliel-Cansino Genealogy from Gibraltar, 1995, 40 1/4 x 41 ½ 4. Jewish Historical Clock - Descendants of R. Yehuda Löw Ben Bezalel The Mahara”l of Prague Giving Estimates of Birth Years For Each Generation, 1995, 41 ⅝ x 41 5. Jewish Historical...

  4. Sephardic Songs of Monastir Kantigas de los Sefardes a Monastir

    Sephardic songs of Monastir, Macedonia. CD 1 contains forty tracks of music sung by Avram Sadikario, recorded in 2004. CD 2 contains a document with the text of the lyrics.

  5. József Essösy papers

    Collection of documents relating to József Essösy's rescue activities in Hungary. Essösy was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 2016.

  6. Henriette Bick Hahn papers

    The collection primarily consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting the Holocaust experiences of Henriette Bick Hahn and her parents Karl and Emma Bick, originally of Munich, Germany. The bulk of the collection consists of documents and correspondence relating to Karl’s imprisonment in Stadelheim and Dachau after Kristallnacht. The last letter in the collection written by Karl while in Dachau is dated May 5, 1940. Other material in the collection includes Karl and Emma’s marriage certificate, identification cards and naturalization certificate of Henriette, and prewa...

  7. Goldmann family papers

    The Goldmann family papers consist of correspondence, biographical records, immigration documents, school notes and records, photographs, and military documents relating to Kurt Goldmann's prewar life in Germany, immigration to the United States in 1939, experience as a student at Pennsylvania State University, service in the United States Army during WWII, and his postwar life in the United States. Also included are documents related to Kurt’s parents, Paul and Hedwig (Hede) Goldmann, and their emigration from Germany to England and the United States, as well as prewar documents relating t...

  8. Mishloach Manot… 5701

    "Mishloach Manot… 5701" (Hebrew), a handwritten booklet made for the festival of Purim and presented to the head of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski. [Lodz], 1941. The booklet, presumably made by a resident of the Lodz Ghetto, contains several word plays in the spirit of Purim: the author's name (Ya'akov Brickman) encoded within a verse written on the title page; seven blessings arranged in the form of a star of David; an acrostic poem with the first letters of the lines spelling the Hebrew name "Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski". An inscription on the title page reads "From the...

  9. Weinberg family collection

    Photographs and Yiddish notes surrounding Morton Steinberg's extended family in pre-war Europe

  10. Court of the First Instance in Chmielnik Sąd Grodzki w Chmielniku (Sygn. 2152)

    Court files in civil cases and few files in criminal cases in which Jews from Chmielnik were parties: for reconstruction of birth, death, marriage certificates, for declaring ownership, for entering into possession of property, for declaring death or being declared dead, for correcting personal data, and for entering into possession of property. In addition, case repertories for the entire period containing key information on all cases decided by this court.

  11. Court of the First Instance in Starachowice-Wierzbnik Sąd Grodzki w Starachowicach-Wierzbniku (Sygn. 3285)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents. In addition, case repertories and indexes containing accurate information about all cases in that court during a given period.

  12. Municipal Government in Starachowice-Wierzbnik Zarząd Miejski w Starachowicach-Wierzbniku (Sygn. 3063)

    Numerous post-war materials regarding real estate (including those owned by Jews) and decisions regarding their return to their owners or transferring them for use to other people.

  13. Primary School in Iłża Szkoła Podstawowa w Iłży (Sygn. 2744)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  14. Municipal Savings Bank of Opatów County, Branch in Ostrowiec Komunalna Kasa Oszczędności powiatu opatowskiego Oddział w Ostrowcu (Sygn. 2950)

    The matter of an agreement between the Municipal Savings Bank and Aron Kupferblum of 1935. The unit consists of declarations, official correspondence, certificates, an extract from a notarial deed.

  15. Primary School no 5 in Wierzbnik Szkoła Podstawowa nr 5 w Wierzbniku (Sygn. 2748)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  16. Ernest Chambré postcards

    Three (3) postcards sent to Ernest Chambré in Tel Aviv, Palestine (now Israel), from multiple authors in France. The postcards are dated January 23, 1945, September 24, 1945, and September 23, 1946.

  17. Municipal Government in Iłża Zarząd Miejski w Iłży (Sygn. 3025)

    Numerous post-war materials regarding real estate (including those owned by Jews) and decisions regarding their return to their owners or transferring them for use to other people.

  18. Wanderer and Biheller families collection

    Consists of Wanderer family photographs, copies of the Biheller family tree, and restitution-related papers that primarily relate to the donor's mother, Ruth Wanderer Biheller (1935-2020) with some documentation capturing the Wanderer family's experience in the Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany after they survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzeżany, Poland (currently Berez︠h︡any, Ukraine). They immigrated to the United States in 1951. Identification documents, such as an Israeli passport and Palestinian identity card, for Ruth's husband, Hans Josef Biheller (Joseph Bihelle...

  19. Sąd Grodzki in Proszowice Sąd Grodzki w Proszowicach (Sygn. 1979)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  20. Court of the First Instance in Busko Zdrój Sad Grodzki w Busku Zdroju (Sygn. 2149)

    Files of civil cases brought by Jews, inhabitants of the town of Busko Zdrój, in various cases such as: eviction, division of property or inheritance, statement of rights to property or inheritance, rectification of personal data, statement of death, recognition as dead. In addition, a small number of criminal cases against Jews from the 1930s.