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  1. Abraham Sosnowik collection

    Contains memoirs related to Abraham Sosnowik's experiences during the Holocaust. These materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  2. Charlotte Szwajcer collection

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

  3. Anna Friedman Prager collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Anna Friedman Prager and her family during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Bluma Fischer collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the family of Bluma Fischer. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  5. Hava Snir collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Hava Snir. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  6. Melvin Goldfarb collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Melvin Goldfarb and his family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  7. Frederick R. Wohl collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust experiences of Frederick R. Wohl and his family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  8. Anton Fojn collection

    Contains materials related to the experiences of Roma during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  9. "Music of the Holocaust" web exhibition

    Songs included in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's web exhibition, "Music of the Holocaust" https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/music/. Music was heard in many ghettos, concentration camps, and partisan outposts of Nazi-controlled Europe. While popular songs dating from before the war remained attractive as escapist fare, the ghetto, camp, and partisan settings also gave rise to a repertoire of new works. These included topical songs inspired by the latest gossip and news, and songs of personal expression that often concerned the loss of family and home. Classical music—instrument...

  10. Fred Israel Morgan collection

    The collection consists of a luggage tag, documents, and identity cards relating to the experiences of Israel Morgenstern (later Fred Morgan) before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and during the Holocaust in the United States, following his family’s 1939 emigration to New York.

  11. Martin Lewin collection

    Contains materials compiled and donated by Martin Lewin. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  12. Chayele Rosenthal sound recordings

    Sound recordings relating to the musical career of Chayele Rosenthal, a Yiddish singer and actress who performed in the Vilna ghetto.

  13. Leopold Lowy collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of Leopold Lowy and his family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  14. Gitta Rosenzweig collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Gitta Rosenzweig and her family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. Julien Engel collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of Julien Engel. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Abraham Zemach collection

    Contains materials relating to the experiences of Abraham Zemach as a Jewish chaplain with the American armed forces in Europe during and after World War II. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  17. Rachel Bodner collection

    Contains materials compiled and donated by Rachel Bodner. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  18. Esther and Roman Eisen collection

    Contains photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Esther and Roman Eisen. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Beitar Austria collection

    Photos of the Beitar movement in Austria from 1935 - 1937; Copper symbol of the Beitar movement in Austria

  20. John and Melanie Balzer collection

    Contains materials concerning the experiences of apparently unrelated individuals during the Holocaust. The materials were compiled by John and Melanie Balzer. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.