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  1. Vera Hauser collection

    The collection consists of a toothbrush cup, newspaper clippings, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Vera Hauser in Sweden after World War II.

  2. Ralph M. Kopansky collection

    The collection consists of a camera, camera accessories, tobacco pipes, silk maps, an armband, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ralph Kopansky in the United States Army before, during, and after World War II, including the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp, where he carried his Leica camera.

  3. Eric Junker family collection

    The collection consists of a wimpel, documents, and photographs related to experiences of Erich (later Eric) Junker, his parents Fred and Betty, and brother Herbert, originally of Aschaffenburg, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in 1936-1937, as a result of anti-Semitism in Germany.

  4. Myron Halpern collection

    The collection consists of a captured German flag, correspondence, documents, and photographs and negatives relating to the experiences of Myron Halpern, a soldier in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. The flag was signed by his fellow soldiers of the 75th Infantry Division who captured the flag in 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.

  5. Annemarie Warschauer family collection

    The collection consists of a tefillin bag, 3 tefillin with straps, two leather wallets, an autograph book, a television interview, documents, photographs, and Trauer albums relating to the experiences of Annemarie Alexander Israelski (later Warschauer) and her family before and during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, in Shanghai, China, where they fled in 1940, and later in the United States.

  6. Donald W. Rust collection

    Original color drawings created by Hungarian Jewish survivor Erwin Abadi and given to Pfc. Donald W. Rust (donor's grandfather) after liberation near Magdeburg; newsletters & documents of Rust’s US Army unit; photograph of woman depicted in Abadi drawing; photograph of Donald Rust; photograph and obituary of Edwin Rust (Donald’s brother); envelope and original housing material that collection arrived in and was stored in.

  7. Julie Lando collection

    The collection consists of books, notebook, raffia craft kit, baby clothing, carried out of Nazi-occupied Germany by the donor, who was born in Bamberg Germany in 1920 and fled in 1936.

  8. Maureen Graney collection

    The collection consists of one book on Konzentrationslager Oranienenburg and one War Department issued German phrase booklet.

  9. Calvin Seddelmeyer collection

    Collection of glass slides and newspapers.

  10. Susan Meisner collection

    Collection consists of photographs, publications and a first aid kit box.

  11. Elfriede Toch collection

    The collection consists of a purse, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Elfriede Toch, originally of Austria, who was one of the fifty children selected and sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus to come to the United States in 1939.

  12. Julius Sussman collection

    Collection of documents and photographs related to Julius Sussman who was born in Eiself, Germany on September 20, 1910. The family resided in Frankfurt am Main. In 1933 Julius immigrated to Palestine; he was able to bring his parents to Palestine in 1936. On July 8, 1940, Julius enlisted in the British Army, Royal Military Pioneer Corps, 605th Palestinian regiment, Pvt #11621. He fought in the African campaign from November 1940 - March 1941. From March 1941, a small British force helped the Greek Army to defend it from the German invasion on April 6th. On April 29th, Julius became POW #66...

  13. Julie Keefer family collection

    The collection consists of a tin cup, documents, a manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Aisik Eisen and his granddaughters Tola and Jula (later Julie Keefer) during the Holocaust in the ghetto and in hiding with the assistance of Lucia Nowicka, as well as a hat and table runner brought by Thea Klestadt from Dusseldorf, Germany, to the United States in 1938.

  14. Siegmund Sobel collection

    The collection documents the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Siegmund Sobel, originally of Vienna, Austria, and his wife Gertrude Sobel, including their emigrations from Vienna to Shanghai, China in 1939, Shanghai to Israel in 1949, and Israel to the United States in 1951. Included is biographical material, immigration paperwork, photographs, and 141 homemade photograph albums made by Siegmund chronicling his life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Objects include a box, armband, film canisters, currency, pillow, purse, and two suitcases.

  15. Henry Oertelt and Inge Fromm Oertelt families collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, Hitler Youth armband, photographs, copy prints, identity card, written testimony and presentations relating to the experiences of Henry Oertelt during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Flossenburg, his postwar marriage to Inge Fromm in Germany, as well as materials used and received by Henry Oertelt and his daughter Stephanie Ortelt-Samuels during presentations about his experiences.

  16. Izak and Rywa Manski and Gitl Rozenzweig families collection

    The collection consists of a fork, knife, spoon, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Izak and Rywa Manski and their three children during the Holocaust when they left Lida, Poland, and via Japan, finally reaching Seattle, Washington, on May 7, 1941, and documents, a photograph, and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Gitl Rozenzweig in Lida, Poland, and Israel.

  17. Carl Rosner Collection

    The collection consists of one Łódź ghetto note, one Buchenwald coupon, a purse, a ribbon, an autograph album, documents, and photographs related to the experience of Carl Rosner in prewar Germany, in Buchenwald concentration camp during the Holocaust, and in Sweden after the war, as well as to the experiences of his wife Frieda Zeidshnur in Łódź, Poland.

  19. Panariti and Kuonne families collection

    The collection consists of a a necklace, two watches, and copy prints relating to the experiences of the Panariti and Kuonne families in Greece, and then Albania during the Holocaust.

  20. Robert I. Kaplan collection

    The collection consists of an armband, currency, flags, insignia, ration stamps, silhouette, correspondence, clippings, documents, fliers and ration cards relating to the experiences of Robert I. Kaplan, a captain and medic in the United States Army, Company D, 110th Medical Battalion, who served overseas during World War II.