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  1. Perman family collection

    The collection consists of an oral history with Malka Perman, translated by her daughter, Eileen Perman Baker, and documents such as naturalization records, falsified birth certificates, family photographs, and restitution-related papers. The materials all relate to the experiences of the Perman family particularly following their escape from Poland to Siberia and then Central Asia after they were forced into the Bialystok and Warsaw ghettos.

  3. Arthur R. Myers collection

    The collection consists of a League of German Girl's uniform jacket and a Hitler Youth jacket relating to the experiences of Arthur R. Myers, an American soldier who served in combat with the US Army in Europe during World War II.

  4. Kovno ghetto collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, drawings, documents, and scrip relating to life in the Kovno (Kaunus) ghetto in Lithuania before and during the Holocaust.

  5. Enger family collection

    Oral history interviews with Horace J. Enger (né Horst Joachim Enger) produced by the Enger family

  6. Richard Lowy collection

    Oral history interviews and related footage featuring Leo Lowy and Kalman Braun

  7. Weidhorn family collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Manfred Weidhorn and his parents Anne and Aron Weidhorn, including their flight from Vienna, Austria after the German-annexation of Austria in March 1938, Aron’s immigration to the United States in 1939, and Manfred and his mother’s immigration to the United States via Cuba in 1941. Included are biographical and identification documents, records related to Aron’s fur businesses in Europe and the United States, immigration paperwork, photographs, correspondence, a diary kept by Aron in 1940, shortly after his arrival in the U.S., chil...

  8. Ackner and Geller families collection

    The collection consists of papers and photographs of the Ackner and Geller families (maternal and paternal families of the donor). Included are family records: among them birth certificates, school reports, wedding certificates, and other materials including books that pre-date the Nazi era. Ackner and Geller items from Vienna, Austria, duirng the Nazi era include identity cards, financial statements, citizenship and right of domicile certifications, and police reports, and Chaskel Geller's WWI medals credentials. Prior to Kristallnacht, Chaskel, Mathilde and their son Sigmund went to Riga....

  9. Miodownik family collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Anne Miodownik and her mother Bina Miodownik, both of whom survived the Holocaust in hiding after escaping the Srodula ghetto in Sosnowiec, Poland. Papers include documents regarding Erich Siudmok and his wife Gertruda Siudmok, Polish citizens who helped Anne and her family; a document certifying that Bina was a victim of fascism; passenger tickets for the SS Ernie Pyle, 1947; copy print of U.N. Our Hope sheet music with a photograph of Anne and Bina on the cover; a translation of testimony given by Bina, and a copy of a speech given...

  10. Oral history interviews of the Irene Woods Hofstein collection

    Oral history interviews with Irene Woods Hofstein collection

  11. Oral history interviews of the Jeffrey Cymbler collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors, produced by Jeffrey Cymbler

  12. Idarius and Goldberg family collection

    Oral history interview with Abram Goldberg and a Yom HaShoah presentation by Abram Goldberg, Bela Goldberg, and Rene Durand

  13. Goodman family collection

    Oral history interviews with Rachel Goodman and William Goodman

  14. Nathan Zepell collection

    Nathan Zepell's oral testimony and presentations about his experiences as a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp

  15. Zelda Abramson collection

    Oral history interviews produced by Zelda Abramson as research for her book The Montreal Shtetl: Making Home After the Holocaust

  17. Oral history interviews of the John Shelton Ivany collection

    Oral history interviews with David, Joe, and Paul Halpern.

  18. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    The collection consists of two memoirs and cutlery relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.

  19. George Rodger and Alina Szapocznikow collection

    The collection consists of photos taken by George Rodger of Bergen-Belsen at liberation as well as a silver cigarette case created in Bergen-Belsen given to fellow internee Alina Szapocznikow (1942-1943). Both were received by the donor.

  20. Greenbaum family collection

    The collection consists of books, a poster, a pamphlet, documents, photographs, and letters documenting the experiences of Henry Greenbaum, his family, and his wife, Esther Stern, in Gąbin, Poland, Romania, and France, before, during, and after the Holocaust.