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  1. Henry Plitt papers

    The papers include 55 photographs including images of Major Henry Plitt as a child and as a member of the United States 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment and the liberation of Dachau concentration camp as well as a letter written to Julius Streicher, after his capture, by his wife.

  2. Deutsches Einheits Familien = Stammbuch

    A family tree in book form for "Stanislaus and Maria Rozhon."

  3. Portrait of Perry Milbauer

    Black and white photograph, matted, inside black cardboard folder. Image of Perry Milbauer [donor] in uniform, World War II. The photograph was taken in Brussels, Belgium, after VE Day in 1945.

  4. David H. Pollock papers

    The papers consist of an envelope and three letters to David H. Pollock concerning the search for Israel Ajzenberg (later known as Harold Eisenberg) and Mrs. Chaim Rosenbaum [sister of Israel Ajzenberg] by their families. One letter was written by Claude Renaud, Chief Constable of Windsor, Ontario, and another letter was written by C.W. Farrow, also Chief Constable of Windsor, Ontario.

  5. Henry Fleisher photograph collection

    The collection includes images of Jewish persecution in Germany before the Holocaust, Nazi propaganda photographs, and images from the Stroop report of the Warsaw, Poland, ghetto.

  6. Eva Cohen papers

    The papers consist of three letters from the Okre̜gowy Komitet Żydowski (Jewish Committee) of Kalisz, Poland, to Eva Cohen about survivors in the village and the kinds of kosher foods that could be sent to Poland, along with an envelope that contained some of this correspondence.

  7. Solomon Klug photograph collection

    The collection consists of four individual and family portraits of Solomon Klug's family. Included are Solomon, Hershel (brother), Nathan (brother), Jacob (father), Gittel (mother), Paula (sister), and Chaskel Klug (brother). Hershel and Nathan Klug were killed during World War II.

  8. Margaret Klug photograph collection

    The collection consists of 30 original and copy photographs of Margaret Jastrow Klug's extended family both before and after World War II.

  9. Photographs of an Italian internment camp

    The collection consists of four copy photographs of men posing for group photographs in the Italian internment camp, Civitella della Chiana, September 1940.

  10. Helene Baraf papers

    The papers consist of a civil marriage certificate issued in Berchem, Belgium, for Osias Zupnik and Chana Beila Klein; a photograph of Leon Zupnik (donor's brother); a certificate of residence from Lille, France, for Leon Zupnik; and a certificate documenting Leon Zupnik's arrest and deportation to Auschwitz.

  11. Michael A. Diamond papers

    The papers consist of documents and photographs pertaining to Michael Diamond's experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust. The photographs mainly consist of images of Michael Diamond and his family and friends in Czechoslovakia before and after World War II; of his emigration to Israel with his wife, Ilse, after the war; and of his daughter, Naomi, as a baby.

  12. Abraham Malach papers

    The papers consist of 34 photographs of Abraham Malach and his family and friends, as well as school report cards, identification cards, and an immigration certificate for Abraham Malach.

  13. Alice Lang Rosen papers

    The collection contains seven copy gelatin silver prints of photographs made in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Images are of Alice Lang (b. June 13, 1934); her parents, Ida Baehr Lang and Fritz Lang; her maternal grandparents, Johanna and Heinrich Baehr; and Paula Lang. Contains a French passport, which enabled Frieda Lang donor to return to Germany in April 1946; and a travel clearance document from the Western Base Section, U.S. Forces, European Theatre, issued to Frieda Lang in April 1946.

  14. Oral history interview with Bedrich Borges

  15. Ahnenpass

    A family tree in book form that verifies the "Aryan background" of the book's owner.

  16. Mark Weisel collection

    Two photographs of Mark Weisel [donor] and one of an unidentified solider, MPs attached to the VII Corps Headquarters, at Nordhausen concentration camp at liberation and a holiday card sent from the donor to his parents.

  17. David Klipp papers

    The collection consists of photographs of commemoration ceremonies in Hannover, Germany, in September 1946; a poem in German; a letter, from the War Crimes Group to David Klipp, that lists the verdicts of the Hannover-Ahlem trial; and David Klipp's testimonies about two camps, Conti and Ahlem.

  18. Liny Yollick papers

    The Liny Yollick papers were created in 1942 and include a “Sauf Conduit,” safe conduct pass in lieu of a national passport, issued to Liny Paula Pogin, Nice, France, 1942. A black and white photograph of Liny is affixed and a stamp of the emblem of the Regional Police of Nice. A pencil sketch of a man wearing a chef’s cap drawn by an unknown man that Liny befriended while in Nice, France, 1942. A postcard written in French and addressed to Liny in memory of time spent aboard the SS Nyassa. On the front of the postcard is a full color reproduction of a drawing of the SS Nyassa. A vaccinatio...

  19. Leon Weinstein papers

    The papers consist of a "Kennkarte" issued to to Leonard Cravnecki, the false identity assumed by Leon Weinstein by the General Government from Warsaw, Poland, in 1942; a card identifying Weinstein as the Chairman of the Committee of Polish Jews from Breslau, Germany, (now Wrocław, Poland) in 1946; and a card identifying Weinstein as a member of the "Ichud," the Society of Zionist Democrats, from Breslau in 1947.

  20. Photograph of Michael Bernath

    Contains a photograph depicting Michael Bernath in April 1944.