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  3. Moses Silberberg collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap and trousers, five Buchenwald scrip, documents, and a book relating to the experiences of Moses Silberberg, who was a prisoner in Plaszow, Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps in Poland and Germany during the Holocaust and when living in Germany and Switzerland after the Holocaust.

  4. Magda Lapedus collection

    The collection consists of three drawings, postcard correspondence, documents, and a Spanish Schutzpass relating to the experiences of Magda Mezei and her family before and during World War II in Budapest, Hungary, during which her father Henrik and older brother Janos perished and Magda, her mother Berta, and brother Gyorgy survived by obtaining a Spanish schutzpass and refuge in the Spanish safe house, and then in a displced persons camp in Linz, Austria. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  5. Jerry and Lydia Milrod collection

    The collection consists of five pieces of Łódź ghetto scrip.

  7. Sali Berl Bogatyrow collection

    The collection consists of an ashtray, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Sali Berl after the Holocaust in Sweden and the United States.

  10. Adolf and Bettina Liebermann family collection

    The collection consists of a nameplate and correspondence relating to the experiences of Adolf and Bettina Liebermann, who fled from Vienna to Prague in 1939, and their children, Hedi and Hans, who emigrated to Great Britain in 1938 and 1939.

  11. Bernard Stern collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Stern family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Ilya Kamenkovich collection

    Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  17. Malcolm A. Vendig collection

    The collection consists of daily reports, war diaries, and memoranda, copies and originals, relating to the experiences of Captain Malcolm A. Vendig, United States Army, 83rd Infantry Division, as a soldier during World War II and after the war as military governor of Landkreis Dachau, Germany.

  20. Milton Silver collection

    The Milton Silver collection consists of seven black and white photographs Silver took during his May 1945 visits to the Mauthausen concentration camp and two daggers he took from local Austrians.