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  1. Nachman Zonabend collection

    The Nachman Zonabend papers consist of biographical materials, ration tickets, and photographs documenting Zonabend’s family from Łęczyca, Poland, his confinement to the Łódź ghetto and the work he performed there, his marriage to Ita Kuperminc, his liberation, and his work as photographer and collector of historical materials for the Main Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Jews in Poland. The collection also includes a bound volume of newspapers published in the Litzmannnstadt Ghetto and two Łódź ghetto coins.

  2. Joseph and Rosalie Holler Collection

    Contains two German children's books titled, "Die Fahrt ins Gluck" by A. Gaber and Alpentragodie written by Richard Voss, one children's game, one autograph book (Poesie), and one cardboard construction with children's theatre pasted inside along with family. Also contains papers including biographical materials, correspondence, reparation files, photographs, and printed materials documenting the Hollers' lives in Stettin, Germany and their immigration to the United States in 1939.

  3. Sidney Lindenheim family collection

    The collection consists of a pin, documents, a notebook, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Siegfried (later Sidney) Lindenheim and other family members before and during his immigration to the United States in 1939.

  4. US propaganda buttons, pins, and realia collection

    The collection consists of twenty-four US World War II propaganda buttons, pins, and realia.

  5. Ernest and Kitty Fischer collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, and prayer books relating to the experiences of Ernst and Kitty Lehrer Fischer and their extended family before, during, and after the Holocaust in Austria, Poland, and the United States.

  6. Wolf and Dreisel Bienstock family collection

    The collection consists of documents, papers, photocopies, and a suitcase relating to the experiences of Wolf and Dreisel Bienstock and their children Joseph and Martha before the Holocaust when they fled Dortmund, Germany for the United States via Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal, and after the Holocaust as they pursued financial restitution for their confiscated business.

  7. Laurie Mitchell Billowitz collection

    The collection consist of two labels of the type mandated for use by Jewish physicians during the Nazi regime in Germany, 1933 - 1945.

  8. Joseph Goetz collection

    The collection consist of two wallets, documents, writings, photographs, ephemera, and photographic postcards relating to the experiences of Joseph Goetz, a Holocaust survivor, and his experiences as a displaced person in Italy following World War II.

  9. Gerhard and Ursula Naumann Maschkowski collection

    The collection consists of scrip, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Gerhard Maschkowski before the Holocaust in Elbing, Germany, and during the Holocaust in Neuendorf and Auschwitz concentration camps, and of documents, correspondence, and photographic postcards relating to the experiences of Ursula Naumann (later Maschkowski) and her family during the Holocaust in Theresienstadt, and to both Gerhard and Ursula after the war in Deggendorf displaced persons camp, where they met, and in the United States where they later settled.

  10. Bertha and Isak Melchior family collection

    The collection consists of a brooch, document, and photographs relating to the experiences of Isak and Bertha Melchior in Vienna, Austria, and their sons Norbert and Hugo who were sent for safety to Great Britain, by their parents, who did not survive.

  11. American war posters collection

    The collection consists of four American World War II propaganda posters.

  12. Hanneliese Mendowsky family collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Hanneliese Mendowsky Tannenbaum and her mother Martha Mendowsky during and after the Holocaust when they left Breslau, Germany, for the United States.

  13. Izak Rosenblat collection

    The Izak Rozenblat papers contain photographs and documents relating to Izak “Izy” Rosenblat, a Polish tailor who lived in the Radom ghetto and whose wife and child were deported to Treblinka in 1942. Izy continued to work forced labor for the Germans until his liberation in 1945. Included in the collection are photographs, identification papers, and documents related to restitution from the German government.

  14. Laura Sternberger and Adolf Preizler collection

    The collection consists of a handkerchief, correspondence, documents, a poetry manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Laura Sternberg, originally from Kostrina, Czechoslovakia, who was interned in Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, and her husband Adolf Preizler, originally from Marmosch, Romania, who was interned in Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Melk concentration camps durng and after the Holocaust.

  15. Oral history interviews of the Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme collection

    Oral history interviews of the Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme collection

  17. David and Lucinda Pollack collection

    The collection consists of American, French, Hungarian, and German propaganda, war bonds, recruitment, and election posters produced during World War II.

  18. Elfriede Schloss collection

    The collection consists of a tag and documents relating to the experiences of Elfriede Meyer during the Holocaust when she was placed in a Jewish orphanage in France and eventually emigrated to the United States along with other orphaned children with the assistance of the American Friends Service Committee.

  19. War propaganda posters and ephemera collection

    The collection consists of two posters and a full page advertisement produced in the United States during World War II.

  20. World War II American poster collection

    The collection consists of nine World War II propaganda and War Bond posters produced in the United States during World War II.