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  1. Philippe Henriot propaganda speeches collection

    The collection consists of four pamphlets of propaganda speeches given by Philippe Henriot for the Vichy government in France and one book.

  2. Nazi propaganda collection

    The collection consists of documents, a canister of film from the 1936 Olympics, a scrapbook of postcards, and a publication.

  3. Shiber family collection

    The collection consists of photographs, documents, negatives, and a reel of magnetic tape relating to Emanuel Shiber's family and their life in Lʹvov, Poland, (now Lʹviv, Ukraine) before World War II, his experiences during and after the war, and his wife's experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau and her art and testimony.

  4. IBM-DEHOMAG tabulating machine collection

    The collection consists of a three part Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] tabulating system: a Dehomag D11 tabulating machine, sorter, and puncher, four punch card facsimiles, and three user manuals of the type used by the Nazi regime in Germany to tabulate census data.

  5. Maria Sporrer collection

    The collection consists of a 50 kronen note from the Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp.

  6. Nancie Furgang collection

    The collection consists of one London News Agency photograph of Nordhausen concentration camp at liberation and two hardbound collections of the British edition of "Yank," a weekly magazine published during World War II by the United States Army.

  7. Collection of posters and propaganda leaflets

    Group of posters and leaflets with anti-Semitic propaganda. Printed in black ink on off-white paper

  8. Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology collection

    The collection consists of books and lantern slides that were used for eugenic studies at the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology in Berlin, Germany.

  9. Maurice Chazot collection

    The collection consists of sabots and a wool sample relating to the experiences of Madame Maurice Chazot on France during World War II.

  10. Ela Weissberger collection

    The Ela Weissberger collection consists of photocopies of materials related to cultural activities at Theresienstadt including a Purim play and Brundibár, poetry about Theresienstadt, a map of Theresienstadt and hand-colored coat of arms of Theresienstadt, and biographical materials and correspondence documenting Walter Weiss’s imprisonment in Theresienstadt. Weiss was a cousin of Ela Weissberger. The collection also includes a metal item: two separate pieces of iron alloy held together by a hinge. On front is a relief of a lion with a sword between two castles above a brick pattern with st...

  11. John Hein collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, a three page letter, and two photographs relating to the experiences of John Hein, originally from Germany, as a soldier in the United States Army during the liberation of Zwodau labor camp in Czechoslovakia during World War II.

  12. Louis Brandsdorfer collection

    The collection consists of a diamond ring found at Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944 and seven photographs depicting a massacre in Bolesławiec, Poland.

  13. Paul A. Strassmann collection

    The collection consists of documents, certificates, identification cards, photographs, a medal, and a badge relating to Paul Strassmann's involvement with partisans in Slovakia during World War II.

  14. Herman Yablokoff collection

    The collection consists of documents and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Yablokoff after World War II

  15. Yehuda Nir collection

    The collection consists of artifacts: a badge, cigarette cards, leaflets, posters, and scrip and correspondence, documents, sheet music, and publications relating to the history of the Holocaust in Europe. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  16. Fred and Katie Rose collection

    The collection consists of materials issued to Dutch citizens during and immediately after World War II.

  17. David Mentken family collection

    The collection consists of a portrait drawing, a silhouette, a shop sign, three pairs of capmaker’s scissors, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Salomon Mentkewicz, his family, and the Haar family before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and Krakow, Poland, and to the emigration of David and Regina Haar Mentkewicz (later Mentken) and their sons, Edgar and Robert, to the United States in 1938.

  18. George and Shari Fine collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and documents related to the experience of Getzel Fingerhut (George Fine) in Dachau concentration camp and Sari Marmor (Fine) as a slave laborer in Poland during the Holocaust and in displaced persons camps and Canada after the war.

  19. Miles Lerman collection

    Collection of one (eine) Mark bills (scrip) issued in the Łódź ghetto, Poland; issued May 1, 1940.

  20. Rose Galek Brunswic family collection

    The collection consists of mother of pearl buttons, mother-of-pearl shards, a letter, two photographs, and other materials relating to the experiences of Raszka Galek (later Rose Brunswic) and her family in prewar Poland and in Germany and Poland during the Holocaust and of a haggadah relating to the experiences of Kurt Braunschweig (later Claude Brunswic) in prewar Germany. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection the future.