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  1. Herman Fayman collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap, jacket, and pants, a menorah, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Fayman in Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust and in the United States after the Holocaust.

  2. Hubert John Placey collection

    The collection consists of two miniature "button books" issued for charitable contributions by the Winter-hilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes and a pamphlet acquired by Hubert John Placey while serving overseas in the U.S. Army during WWII.

  3. Saliba Sarsar collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to Dr. Salbia Sarsar's research into postwar refugee emigration to Palestine. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Ehrlich family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, passports, and photographs relating to the experiences of Gertrude Ehrlich, her parents Josef and Charlotte (Kobak) Ehrlich, and sister in Austria and the United States before, during, and after World War II.

  5. Walter Wharton collection

    The collection consists of a cigarette holder, handheld heating device, and miniature sandals relating to the experiences of Walter Wharton, a British Army medic who was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp and concentration camp during World War II.

  6. Silbiger family collection

    An oral history interview with Herman Silbiger and a compilation of Silbiger family home movies from the 1930s

  7. Fred Lubcher collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Fred Lubcher, his parents Jacob and Rose Lubczer, and his brothers Herman and Bernard, including pre-war life in Vienna, Austria, his father Jacob’s arrest and death at Buchenwald in 1940, and the family’s immigration to the United States in March 1940. Included are biographical material, immigration paperwork, correspondence, German passports (Fremden Pass), photographs, report cards, and a high school magazine essay authored by Fred describing his experiences in Vienna. The collection also includes a camera and camera case owned by...

  8. Brant famly collection

    The collection consists of clippings and newspapers from Cedar Falls, Iowa and Des Moines, Iowa.

  9. Edith B. Ziegler Lowe collection

    Collection illustrating the experiences of Edith Ziegler who went to the United Kingdom with the Kindertransport from Vienna, Austria. The collection includes documents, correspondence, photographs, publications (3 miniature English-German/German-English dictionaries) and a handmade item in the shape of a key.

  10. Tenzer family collection

    The collection consists of a document holder, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Samuel Tenzer and his parents, Melvin and Lillian (Telerman) Tenzer in Poland before and during the Holocaust, and in the United States after World War II.

  11. Menczel, Kahn and Reichnitzer family collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, books, and a textile relating to the holocaust-era experiences of Shulamith Ziv's family. This includes a Deutsches Reisepasse belonging to Szmil and Adele Menczel, prewar photographs of the donor's maternal and paternal grandparents and cousins, transportation passes, announcement of PhD ceremony for the donor's mother, Fanny Menczel Kahn, and other documents. Also, a poetry book written by and a cookbook belonging to Frieda Reichnitzer, the donor's mother-in-law, an autograph book belonging to Fanny Menczel, two friendship books belonging...

  12. Oral history interviews of the Lebow family collection

    Oral history interviews with Hildegard Lebow

  13. Annie Windschauer Spegal collection

    Consists of letters written to Annie Windschauer Spegal from her parents and brother, a letter from her then boyfriend Fred Marot who was interned at Bourg-lastic, a portrait of Fred Marot by Felix Kalischer, and photos. Also includes other correspondence.

  14. Grubman family collection

    Oral history interview and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Sara Grubman

  15. Mrs. Cyrus J. Janover collection

    The collection consists of seven Der Stürmer newpapers.

  16. Harry Markowicz collection

    The Harry Markowicz photograph collection contains pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs and copyprints of Harry Markowicz and his family in Widawa, Poland; Berlin, Germany; and Brussels, Belgium from 1920-1949. It also includes one framed hand-painted photograph of Harry Markowicz that was made after his family was reunited. It further includes a bracelet inscribed "Henri Vanderlinden" entrusted to Harry Markowicz immediately following the WWII by the family with whom he hid.

  17. Oral history interviews of the “Nuremberg Remembered” documentary film collection

    Oral history interviews with participants in the Nuremberg trials (1945-1949 ) who served in a variety of roles, including members of the legal team for the prosecution and a journalist who reported on the events for the press

  18. Wladislaw and Jozefa Misniakewicz collection

    The collection consists of books recovered from a burned synagogue, in Dubiecko, Poland, in September 1939, by Wladislaw and Jozefa Misniakewicz.

  19. Michael W. Barnes collection

    The collection consists of a Waffen SS knife bayonet and a scrip receipt from Westerbork, Netherlands, transit camp used during World War II in Europe.

  20. Elen Chajet Murad collection

    The collection consists of a doll and photograph relating to the experiences of Helene Chajet during the Holocaust when she lived in hiding in Arleuf, France.