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  1. Pollatschek family collection

    The collection consists of a toy bus and correspondence relating to the Pollatschek family in Czechoslovakia before the Holocaust, and in Czechoslovakia, Cuba, and the United States during and after the Holocaust.

  2. Isidor and Chava Braun collection

    The collection consists of artwork, a journal/memoir, and photographs relating to the experiences of Isidor and Chawa (Eva/Evelyn) Braun who survived in hiding during the Holocaust in German occupied Poland (now Ukraine) and then lived as displaced persons in Stuttgart, Germany, after the war.

  3. Anne Clark Schames collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, correspondence and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Anne Clark Schames, her parents Max and Kaethe, and her brother Henry before World War II in Stuttgart, Germany, during the war in Germany and Netherlands, and after the war when they immigrated to the United States in the early 1940s.

  4. Sam Gasson collection

    The collection consists of seven straight razors and documents relating to the experiences of Sam Gasson during or after the Holocaust.

  5. Schulhof family collection

    Correspondence, documents, photographs, album, and printed material, related to the history of the families of Joseph and Charlotte (nee Poras) Schulhof, and their son, Peter, originally of Prague, Czechoslovakia, documenting their emigration in 1940, following the German occupation of their homeland, and their time living as refugees in Shanghai and Tianjin (Tientsin), China, from 1940-1948, prior to their immigration to the United States. Also includes photographs (8), from family album of Peter Schulhof, that were sent subsequent to the initial shipment, depicting Schulhof, his parents, ...

  6. Heinz Max and Jetty Werthamer Newbeck families collection

    The collection consists of two prayer book, documents, correspondence, and photographs related to the experiences of Heinz Max and Jetty Werthamer Neubeck (later Newback) and their families, the Neubacks in Dortmund, Germany, and the Werthamers, originally from Kolomea, Poland, as well as Heinz and Jetty's experiences during the Holocaust in Shanghai, China, and their postwar emigration, with their son Reginald, to the United States in 1947.

  7. Elsie A. Ragusin Azzinaro collection

    The collection consists of a patch, a pouch, three drawings, a prayer book, clippings, correspondence, notes, and photocopies relating to the experiences of Elsie Ragusin during World War II, when, in 1939, on a visit from the United States to Italy with her family, Elsie and her father were arrested as political spies, and Elsie was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps, and after the war when, after liberation, she was taken to Sweden to recover, and returned to the United States in December 1945.

  8. Andrew Nagorski collection

    Materials related to research conducted by Nagorski into topics related to the history of the Holocaust and World War II. Includes the extended draft of an article about Auschwitz written by Nagorski, 1995, and published version of same as it appeared in Newsweek, 16 January 1995, sound recordings of interviews of historical eyewitnesses, historians, and others interviewed by Nagorski during his career at Newsweek, and while writing his books “Hitlerland” and “The Nazi Hunters,” transcripts of interviews, and other related research (and other) materials.

  9. George Salton artwork collection

    The collection consists of artwork photoreproductions created by George Salton documenting his experiences during the Holocaust. The images were produced to illustrate his memoir "The 23rd Psalm."

  10. Oral history interviews of the Grünfeld/Heimann Family collection

    Oral history interviews with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family who discuss their escape from Nazi Germany and experiences as refugees in Shanghai, China.

  11. Oral history interviews of the Chelminsky Family collection

    Oral history interviews of the Chelminsky Family collection

  12. Schwarz and Rosenwald families collection

    The collection consists of a bank note, a framed poem, correspondence, documents, a photograph album, and video tapes related to the experiences of extended family members of Richard Schwarz and Bertha Rosenwald Schwarz and their emigration from Nazi Germany to the United States, made possible by the financial assistance of Julius Rosenwald.

  13. Ratza Solomonskaya collection

    The collection consists of a Singer sewing machine with table and sewing scissors used by Ratza Solomonskaya in Pepeni, Romania (now Pepeny, Moldova), before and during the Holocaust.

  14. Eisenberg and Birnbaum families collection

    The collection consists of a metal tag, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Helena (Nelly) Eisenberg (later Birnbaum), and her parents, Ilya and Sonia Eisenberg, before, during, and after the Holocaust, who immigrated from Danzig to the United States between 1936-1939, as well as the immigration of Joseph Birnbaum, from Kosice, Czechoslovakia, to Baltimore, in 1939.

  15. Otto Feuer collection

    THe collection consists of a striped concentration camp uniform jacket and pants, and brown corduroy jacket marked "KLB" with a prisoner number patch, worn by Otto Feuer while a prisoner in multiple concentration camps including Sachsenhausen, Dachau and Buchenwald where he was liberated on April 11, 1945 and a white reading "Jnformation" [sic] originally worn by Otto Feuer on the sleeve of the brown corduroy jacket.

  16. Abinew Dubensky Collection

    Material pertaining to the service of the donor's father, Lt. Abinew Dubensky, in the 80th Infantry Division. Includes photographs of concentration camps taken by Lt. Dubensky, as well as photographs acquired from German soldiers showing public humiliation of rabbis by German soldiers in Poland. Documents include a pamphlet entitled, "Pocket Guide to Germany," and a flyer entitled "Retreat on All Fronts." Small leather cases with photos of a dog and a young woman. Postage stamps with Hitler's image.

  17. Heinz and Mira Wallerstein collection

    Collection documenting Mira Wallerstein in Russia and Czechoslovakia and Heinz Wallerstein in Kassel, Germany until their separate immigration to the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

  18. Harry Froehlich and Isaak Judas families collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, a Boy Scout banner, belt, twenty drawings, two albums, papers, and photographs related to the experiences of Harry Froehlich, in a refugee camp in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, circa 1939-1945, and then in Palestine, as well as documents and photographs related to the experiences of Isaak Judas, originally of Ihringen, Germany, before and after World War II.

  19. Oral history interviews of the documentary film "Desperate Hours" collection

    Oral history interviews compiled for the documentary film "Desperate Hours," which details Turkish diplomats' efforts to rescue Jews from France and Rhodes during WWII.

  20. Ursula Levy collection

    The collection consists of a medal, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of George and Ursula Levy, and their parents Max and Lucia, of Lippstadt, Germany, before and during the Holocaust in Germany and the Netherlands where George and Ursula were sent in 1939, and later deported to Bergen Belsen concentration camp, and after the war when George and Ursula returned to the Netherlands and then immigrated to Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1947.