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  1. World War II American poster collection

    The collection consists of nine World War II propaganda and War Bond posters produced in the United States during World War II.

  2. Bob Levitan collection

    Consists of documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, and an oral history related to Hyman Robert (Bob) Levitan, a World War II veteran who became the captain of the SS Ben Hecht and illegally transported a group of refugees, mainly Holocaust survivors, to Palestine in 1947. The ship was intercepted by British warships and the passengers and crew were imprisoned. The crew was released after six months, while the refugees were eventually allowed into Palestine. The collection includes photographs taken on the ship and in prison, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and documents relat...

  3. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    The collection consists of a five piece silver cutlery set, a miniature ivory penknife, a silver locket, a miniature mother of pearl compass, an autograph book, biographical materials, correspondence, a diary, photographs, printed materials, and school records 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.

  4. Laurie Mitchell Billowitz collection

    The collection consist of two labels of the type mandated for use by Jewish physicians during the Nazi regime in Germany, 1933 - 1945.

  5. Rapoport family collection

    Photographs of Aaron and Feiga Rapoport and their children Malka, Bola, Chana and Benzion who were imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto, then Liebenau and Titmoning internment camps in Germany, and finally, the Vittel internment camp in France. Additionally, there is evidence that Aaron, Malka, and Bola were imprisoned in Pawiak in Warsaw. The family, all born in Poland, survived and immigrated to the United States in 1946. Accretion: 2 oral history cassettes of interview with Benzion Jacob Rapoport.

  6. Hanneliese Mendowsky family collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Hanneliese Mendowsky Tannenbaum and her mother Martha Mendowsky during and after the Holocaust when they left Breslau, Germany, for the United States.

  7. Ernest and Kitty Fischer collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, and prayer books relating to the experiences of Ernst and Kitty Lehrer Fischer and their extended family before, during, and after the Holocaust in Austria, Poland, and the United States.

  8. Nachman Zonabend collection

    The Nachman Zonabend papers consist of biographical materials, ration tickets, and photographs documenting Zonabend’s family from Łęczyca, Poland, his confinement to the Łódź ghetto and the work he performed there, his marriage to Ita Kuperminc, his liberation, and his work as photographer and collector of historical materials for the Main Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Jews in Poland. The collection also includes a bound volume of newspapers published in the Litzmannnstadt Ghetto and two Łódź ghetto coins.

  9. Elfriede Schloss collection

    The collection consists of a tag and documents relating to the experiences of Elfriede Meyer during the Holocaust when she was placed in a Jewish orphanage in France and eventually emigrated to the United States along with other orphaned children with the assistance of the American Friends Service Committee.

  10. Ada Abrahamer collection

    The collection consists of three drawings, a diary, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ada Abrahamer during the war when she was imprisoned in concentration and labor camps, and after the war when she resided in displaced persons camps in Austria.

  11. Walter and Gretel Kleeblatt collection

    The collection consists of two pillowcases, documents, photographs, and photograph albums owned by Walter and Gretel Kleeblatt (née David), originally from Germany.

  12. Wolf and Dreisel Bienstock family collection

    The collection consists of documents, papers, photocopies, and a suitcase relating to the experiences of Wolf and Dreisel Bienstock and their children Joseph and Martha before the Holocaust when they fled Dortmund, Germany for the United States via Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal, and after the Holocaust as they pursued financial restitution for their confiscated business.

  13. Laura Sternberger and Adolf Preizler collection

    The collection consists of a handkerchief, correspondence, documents, a poetry manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Laura Sternberg, originally from Kostrina, Czechoslovakia, who was interned in Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, and her husband Adolf Preizler, originally from Marmosch, Romania, who was interned in Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Melk concentration camps durng and after the Holocaust.

  14. Leon Fierer collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, leaflets, clippings and publications relating to the experiences of Leon Fierer during his military service with the 79th Infantry Division, United States Army, in Europe during World War II.

  15. Martha Salm Oppenheimer collection

    The collection consists of documents relating to the experiences of Martha Salm Oppenheimer during the Holocaust and two Iron Cross medals and sketches drawn in 1941 by a friend of Martha Salm's friend in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.

  16. Raoul Wallenberg Unit, B'nai B'rith International, Melbourne, Australia collection

    Postage stamps from Australia, commemorating Raoul Wallenberg. Included is a block of four stamps, a first day cover, and special display edition of a 70 cent commemorative stamp issued by Australia Post in October 2015, honoring Raoul Wallenberg, who had been made an honorary citizen of Australia posthumously, in 2013. The first day cover and commemorative display also include the two other stamps issued in this series, which honored Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela, as humanitarians who were officially recognized as such by the government of Australia, along with Wallenberg. Also included...

  17. Herman and Ethel Berger family collection

    The collection consists of a boy's suit, trousers, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman and Ethel Berger and their son family before, during, and after the Holocaust in Poland when they lived in hiding as well as their immigration to Bolivia in the early 1950s.

  18. Jacob Hennenberg collection

    The papers consist of two certificates and two letters of recommendation issued to Jacob Hennenberg [donor] relating to his experiences as a displaced person after World War II. Two of the certificates have photos of the donor attached. The collection also includes an advertisement sign for the Jakob Haberfeld spirit refinery and liquor factory, and other documents related to his experiences. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Herta Griffel Baitch collection

    The collection consists of children’s clothing, a suitcase, a doll, a siddur, a pair of earrings, correspondence, documents, a notebook, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Herta Griffel Baitch and her parents in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and of Herta in the United States following her immigration in November 1940.

  20. Olga Klein Astrachan collection

    The Olga Klein Astrachan collection consists of twenty eight gouache paintings as well as biographical and photographic materials and personal narratives documenting Russian-born Olga Klein Astrachan and her family’s survival in France during the Holocaust. The papers also include postcards from her husband’s relatives confined to the Otwock ghetto and printed materials documenting German-occupied France and French collaboration.