Archival Descriptions

Displaying items 41 to 60 of 33,295
Language of Description: English
  1. John Scott Small collection

    Collection consists of correspondence and one photograph sent to Holton Ramsay Small [donor's brother] in the United States from a family in Austria seeking assistance to leave Europe, and one letter written to him from a displaced person in Salzburg, in English.

  2. Sylvia Simon Tansey collection

    Three letters written to Sylvia Simon, from her cousin in Vienna (and subsequently of Chicago), Siegfried Feiger, describing his family's experience prior to and following their immigration in 1939.

  3. Tami Ben Or collection

    Consists of four photographs pertaining to donor's life in prewar Budapest. The donor survived the war using false name of Marishka Lenart in the village of Rakocz Ligett, Hungary.

  4. Concentration camp inmate uniform jacket

    Concentration camp uniform jacket issued to Michael Zylberberg and worn in Birkenau and Mauthausen.

  5. Liberation of Paris, France

    (INV1485) Wide shot of street filled with ruins on the ground or some kind of small blockade constructed from ruins. 00:07 American Army cars driving down the street. Civilians approach the car to shake hands with soldiers. 00:23 MS of civilians approaching soldiers. Crowds looking and waving at the camera. 00:29 Larger crowds. 00:35 Two boys approach and kiss soldier 00:52 CU of soldier speaking next to a young boy. 00:57 Crowds advancing quickly down the street 01:05 (INV1484) Armed soldiers (French resistance) walk around Shell gas station. 01:21 Tank with Free French Forces symbol. 01:2...

  6. Cohen family collection

    The collection consists of postcards sent to Morris Cohen (donor's paternal grandfather) primarily from his sister-in-law Esther Feyge (Fagel)regarding their family in Rutki Kossaki, Poland, 1939-1940; postcard sent to Morris Cohen from family friend in Rutki Kossaki regarding the murder of family members in 1942; Also included in the collection are two (2) leather wallets.

  7. Kormes family collection

    The collection consists of immigration papers and other documents, as well as a child's red dress, an Israeli flag, and a prewar German prayer book documenting the donor's parents' and sister’s experiences in prewar Germany, surviving the Patria bombing, their detainment in Atlit (or Athlit) clearance camp, living in Tel Aviv, and their immigration to the US in 1946.

  8. Ilona Nagy collection

    Two fabric pictures created by Ilona Nagy, whose husband had them framed in the shop owned by the Jewish family of Mór Pécsi and his son-in-law Gábor Anhalzen. Pécsi was murdered in Auschwitz along with his wife, daughter and other members of the family. Anhalzen is believed to have survived the war. He was in the forced labor service.

  9. Wornian family collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Wornian family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  10. Henry and Sally Wiener collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Henry and Sally Wiener during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Dorothy L. Jones Miller collection

    The collection consists of documents relating to Dorothy Jones [donors' mother] (b. July 17, 1914) who on July 1, 1945 began to work as Assistant Welfare Officer of UNRRA in US zone in Germany and left in September 1948 as Chief Welfare Officer. The documents include different reports, passports, lists, correspondence, UNRRA publications, and others. Two UNRRA uniforms (2 jackets and 3 skirts), sweaters, dolls, UNRRA patches, name bracelet, metal pins, dolls, doilies, other woven and embroidered items, wooden boxes, pewter set, silver pins and spoon - gifted to Ms. Jones or purchased by her...

  12. Helmut Rosendahl collection

    The collection consists of two Star of David Badges, Westerbork scrip, testimony, and a speech relating to the experiences of Helmut Rosendahl during and after the Holocaust in the Netherlands and Germany.

  13. Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and Ignaz and Rosine Auerbach collection

    Collection of documents, correpondence, photographs and publications surrounding Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and their escape from Nazi occupied Vienna, Austria. Kurt, a lawyer, was arrested and held by the Gestapo before being released and able to flee to the United States.

  14. Coren family collection

    The collection consists of U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs of American soldiers at the Dachau concentration camp soon after the liberation of the camp and a miniaturel Nazi propaganda book entitled "Des Fuehrers Kampf in Frankreich."

  15. Joseph Pallone collection

    The collection consists of two over-printed maps of the area around Bergen-Hohne, Germany, acquired by an American soldier stationed in Germany during the 1980s.

  16. Rosenberg family collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Rosenberg family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  17. Emanuel and Louise Suessmann family collection

    The collection consists of a Shabbat lamp, documents, photographs, and photograph albums relating to the experiences of Emanuel and Louise (Lisl) Schwarzenberger Suessmann in Germany and the United States before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  18. Nathan Gutman collection

    Contains memoirs written by Nathan Gutman about his experiences during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Harold Lehman collection

    The collection consists of paintings, drawings, sketches, publications, prints and photographs relating to the artist Harold Lehman and his experiences in the United States before, during, and after World War II.

  20. Vera Dubilier collection

    These materials concern the Landsberger and Hausler families and their experiences during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.