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  1. Bachner family portrait

    The photograph depicts the Bachner family (Fred Bachner, his parents, and his brother) in Berlin, Germany, during the summer of 1938.

  2. Barbara and William Farkas photograph collection

    The collection consists of four photographs taken by the Red Cross at Bergen-Belsen at the time of liberation, one photograph of a memorial at Bergen Belsen, and one photograph of Dr. Erich Cohn testifying at the trial of Dr. Fischer.

  3. Herman Lewinter photographs

    The Herman Lewinter photographs document the Janowska concentration camp, Lvov (now Lviv, Ukraine), and Zloczow (now Zolochiv, Ukraine). Images depict prisoners, camp staff, the Janowska prisoner orchestra, and corpses. Photographs include 15 images that were presented at the Nuremberg Trials and 26 photographs of photo collages with Russian captions that Herman Lewinter created at the request of Soviet investigators of Nazi atrocities.

  4. Leo Weinberger papers

    The Leo Weinberger papers consist of Weinberger’s report cards from Frankfurt am Main, an immunization certificate and identification card, stationery from the hotels where he stayed en route to America, stationery and menus from aboard the Queen Mary, and two versions of the diary he wrote on his immigration journey to the United States.

  5. Military pass

    The pass allowed Edward Moses to enter and leave Dachau concentration camp at any time of the day or night. Passes were issued by the United States Army to help control the entrance and exit of people in the camp because of disease and the death rate of the prisoners.

  6. Handbill

    The handbill warns against spying against the Allies and includes photographs of four spies who were executed. It was printed by the Maquis in Grenoble, France The handbill was picked up by Maurice Sipser when the Maquis helped him and three other U.S. officers to flee Switzerland.

  7. Beatrice Pappenheimer papers

    The Beatrice Pappenheimer papers consist of original and photocopied records including biographical materials, correspondence, Œuvre de secours aux enfants materials, and photographs documenting the Stern family from Lauterbach and Karlsruhe, their internment in concentration camps in France during the Holocaust, their efforts to immigrate to the United States, Beate and Suse Stern’s survival in hiding under the auspices of the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE), and their reunion with their aunt in England. Biographical materials include OSE paperwork documenting Beate and Suse’s itinerary...

  8. Jan Komski papers

    The Jan Komski papers consist of a copy of three identification photographs; a photostat of notice alerting officials to the escape of four individuals (including Jan Komski) from Auschwitz concentration camp; photograph taken immediately after the escape of the four prisoners from Auschwitz; black and white image of a watercolor painted by Jan Komski, who was commissioned by the SS to paint it; two letters written on official form from Auschwitz; and a postcard depicting a man tied to a totem pole with Native Americans dancing around him.

  9. Mary Dickinson photograph collection

    The Mary Dickinson photograph collection consists of 39 black and white photographs of Buchenwald, Weimar, Hergenhein, Nuremberg, Ohrdruf, Schwartenxenfield, Wetterfield, and other unidentified German concentration camps after liberation. Most are stamped on the back with the seal of the U.S. Army Examiner. Thirty-one of the photographs have captions in English attached to the bottom.

  10. Photograph of labor brigade in Hungary

    The photograph depicts a Hungarian Jewish labor brigade working in Erday, Hungary, building a runway. The donor's brother, Gyula Roth/Rauth, age 32, is in the photograph.

  11. Helen Surosky photograph collection

    The Helen Surosky photograph collection consists of seven photographs of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. The pictures show the victims corpses. All of the photographs have captions on the verso.

  12. Barbara Rodbell papers

    The Barbara Rodbell papers consist of photographs of Franz, Ilse, Susanne, and Barbara Ledermann in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the 1930s and 1940s, correspondence between Barbara and her family while they were in Westerbork, a letter from Barbara to her Aunt and Uncle after the war, and a guest book with signatures of guests who came to the Ledermann home to listen to music. The Ledermann’s were friends with Anne Frank and her family while they lived in Amsterdam. Anne and Margot Frank are included in a photograph and Otto and Edith Frank signed the guest book.

  13. Francis Akos papers

    Consist of materials relating to the Holocaust experience of Ferenc Akos Weinberg (later Francis Akos) as well as his experiences as a displaced person after World War II. The papers include a diary recounting his experiences at the Neuengamme concentration camp and the sinking of the Cap Arcona ship, which was a vessel used to evacuate refugees from West Prussia. Includes four photographs depicting a ceremony to memorialize the passengers who died when the Cap Arcona sank after a mistaken British attack. Also includes post-war passes and permissions identifying Akos as a former prisoner.

  14. Schulmuseum Dresden papers

    The papers consist of two family trees ("Ahnentafel"), two identification cards, one photograph of a young boy, and three sets of reproductions of cover pages and title pages for biology textbooks.

  15. Shlomo Flam papers

    The papers consist of identification cards issued in Romania and Palestine to Shlomo Flam in 1945 and 1947, as well as photograph of four members of the Gordonia Zionist youth movement pose in the Marysin quarter of the Łódź ghetto.

  16. David Miller notebook

    The notebook was kept by David Miller while serving in the United States Army and contains the names of Jews he encountered shortly after the liberation of Dachau, along with the names of their family members residing in the United States. David attempted to contact the families on behalf of the individuals once he returned to the United States.

  17. Henny Haas papers

    The Henny Haas papers consist of a passport and travel pass for stateless persons issued in Italy to Henny Haas and her parents, Oscar and Mania Notowicz; a permit to stay in Italy issued to Oscar Notowicz; an exiles identification card issued to Oscar Notowicz by the Allied Military Govt.; and a permanent identification card issued by the U.S. War Relocation Authority to Oscar Notowicz as a resident of Fort Ontario.

  18. Stanley E. Smith photograph collection

    The Samuel A. Smith photograph collection consists of ten photographs taken by Stanley E. Smith, M.D., a medical officer in the United States Army, following the liberation of the Ebensee concentration camp, June 1945. The photographs show Ebensee concentration camp inmates before and after the delousing process.

  19. Klaus Frank papers

    The Klaus Frank papers consists of a passport belonging to Klaus Frank for his immigration to Israel; a death certificate for Nanette August, the maternal grandmother of Klaus Frank; a banknote from Theresienstadt; a German banknote; a photograph of Klaus Frank after his release from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp; a photograph of Klaus Frank with his cousin, Larry; a sketchbook of Klaus Frank’s drawings of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and Copenhagen, Denmark; and seventy-three original cartoons created by Klaus Frank while he served as a staff artist at the newspaper, La Naci...

  20. Max Haber photograph

    The photograph of Max Haber was taken when his exit documents were stolen in Kirov, Russia, as he was traveling to Western Europe.