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  1. Walter Benson collection

    Contains photographs related to the liberation of various concentration camps. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  2. Adek Firestone collection

    Th collection consists of a bar of soap, a book, and an identification badge relating to the experiences of Adek Firestone in a Jewish refugee camp after the Holocaust.

  3. Harry and Ruth Krautwirth Meyerowitz collection

    The collection consists of a belt and two handkerchiefs relating to the experiences of Ruth Krautwirth, who was an inmate of Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, and Malchow concentration camps during the Holocaust, and a Nazi armband and SA uniform shirt relating to the experiences of Harry Meyerowitz, a soldier in the United States Army in Europe during World War II.

  4. Nazi Party antisemitic poster collection

    The collection consists of three small text only antisemitic Parole der Woche posters produced by the Nazi Party in Germany.

  5. Mike Korenblit collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust experiences of the Nagelsztajn and Kornblit families. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  6. Norma Flanders collection

    The collection consists of a 1936 Olympics map of Berlin and a 1936 route distance schedule for Lufthansa airlines.

  7. Cygielsztrajch family collection

    Contains materials related to the experiences of the Cygielsztrajch family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  8. David H. Pollock collection

    Contains materials related to David H. Pollock and his work with survivors shortly after the liberation of Buchenwald. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  9. Berta Hertz collection

    Contains materials about the Holocaust-era experiences of the donor, Berta Hertz. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  10. Josef L. Meshorer collection

    These collections contain materials primarily about the Holocaust experiences of the Meszorer (or Meshorer) family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Richard C. Geehr collection

    Contains correspondence from various individuals compiled by Richard C. Geehr. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  12. Sass and Sygal families collection

    Consists of documents, photographs, correspondence, German POW camp issue scrip, and wallet/document holder. The collection pertains to the experience of Paul (Pesach) Sass, his wife Bernice (Bronia) Sass (née Sygal) and their families. A number of Sass and Segal family members survived the Holocaust in Poland. They later lived as displaced persons in Cremona, Italy where 3 Sass siblings (Pesach, Schaja, and Nechama) married three Sygal siblings (Bronia, Ruth, and Szamu). The collection also includes a document confirming Pesach Sass's release from Majdanek in February 1942 to return to Ska...

  13. Zajonc family collection

    THe collection consists of a suitcase from Hinda Zajonc (Hilda Kreuzer in the United States), photos of liberation of Dachau and Dachau postcard in red photo holder, and copies of documents related to Zelda Zajonc (Sophie Morris in the United States).

  14. Maier family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts from the Maier family (Ludwig, Freya and Sonja), who were passengers on board the MS St. Louis: 2 women's handbags, a blue velvet ball gown, a shoe bag, a women's toiletries bag, and a tan blanket.

  15. Oral history interviews of the Darby Linn collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors recorded by Darby Linn in Boulder, CO

  16. Rabbi Wilhelm Weinberg collection

    The Rabbi Wilhelm Weinberg papers consist of the personal papers of the first post-Holocaust Chief Rabbi of Hesse and Frankfurt am Main. The papers include biographical materials, correspondence, printed materials, records relating to legal cases, writings, a nineteen-volume set of the Heidelberg Talmud, audio recordings, and a photograph album. The collection documents Weinberg’s work in reorganizing the surviving German Jewish community after the war and his examination of philosophical and ethical issues stemming from the Holocaust.

  17. Fischl and Gerstmann family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, photographs, correspondence, and oral histories relating to the experiences of Alice Fischl Gerstmann, Gerd Gerstmann, and their families in Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Palestine before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  18. Seymour Samuels collection

    The collection consists of pamphlets, documents, correspondence, photographs, postcards, and newspaper clippings documenting the 1936 Winter Olympic as well as documents, and correspondence surrounding the Stettbergers family, and a book, Ludendorffs Halbmonatschrift: 1936 (nos. 5-8), 1937 (no. 4).

  19. Dingfelder family collection

    The Dingfelder family collection contains identification papers, photographs, clippings, and a prayer book relating to the experiences of the family in pre-war Germany and in Theresienstadt concentration camp. Included are birth, bris, and marriage certificates; clippings of articles about their experiences in Nazi Germany and their new lives in the United States; and Siegfried Neu’s prayer book which he used while interned at Theresienstadt. The photographs include loose photographs of Sigbert and Elizabeth Dingfelder; the ship which carried the Sigbert, Elizabeth, and their son Justin to ...

  20. Kurt Maier family collection

    The collection consists of ceremonial artifacts, photographs, and a letter relating to the experiences of Kurt Maier and his extended family before and during the Holocaust.