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  1. Cyprus detention camp collection

    The collection consists of banners, stone carvings, flashlights, a compass, and documents relating to the experiences of inmates, primarily Jewish, who were held by the British Army in detention camps on Cyprus after being caught attempting to immigrate into British-mandate Palestine and of British Lieutenant D.P. Grehan, who served as a commanding officer in the camps.

  2. Fran Greene family collection

    The collection contains a dress worn by Fran Frost upon her arrival in the United States and a pair of suspenders worn by her father in Lukow, Poland, before World War II

  3. Helen and William Luksenburg collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform jacket relating to the experiences of Welek (William) Luksenburg during the Holocaust when he was imprisoned in several concentration camps and two photographs relating to the experiences of Welek Luksenburg and of Hilde (Helen) Chilewicz in prewar Poland.

  4. Dr. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

    Collection consisting of one school diploma and five books owned by the Selma Schwarzwald (now Sophie Turner-Zaretsky)[donor] (with inscriptions). Five books published in Polish, which belonged to Zofia Tymejko [false name used by Selma Schwarzwald] and which she kept throughout the years and one diploma from St. John's Wood Synagogue school in London; dated July 26, 1950

  5. George Pick family collection

    The collection consists of a two sets of pressed flowers, a suitcase, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Istvan and Margit Kornhauser Pick, their son Gyorgy, and Malvina Spitzer Kornhasuer and their extended family in Hungary before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust, which they survived by living in hiding in Budapest.

  6. Ruth Wiener Klemens collection

    The collection relates to the life of Ruth Wiener Klemens, her mother, Margarete Wiener, and her sisters, Mirjam and Eva Wiener, during their time at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany and Westerbork concentration camp in the Netherlands.

  7. US newspaper collection

    Group of two newspapers: The Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, June 16, 1953 and New York Times, Sunday, September 21, 1947

  8. US newspaper collection

    Group of newspapers including: New York Times, April 30, 1933, New York Herald Tribune, May 10, 1933 and New York Herald Tribune, August 30, 1933

  9. Historical newspaper collection

    Group of newspapers including: Dallas Morning News, May 16, 1933, New York World-Telegram, November 29, 1933, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 12, 1933 and New York times, July 3, 1953

  10. Anna Cheszes collection

    Contains photographs and documents pertaining to Anna Cheszes' experiences as a hidden child during the Holocaust

  11. Shlomo Solly Perel collection

    Collection of black and white photographs, textbook, postcard and copies of letters and an article. Textbook from the Hitler Youth Academy title, "Die Stimme der Ahnen" (The Voice of the Ancestors), 59 pages, hardbound cover with paper book jacket dated 1937; in German; Berlin, Germany. Collection of 224 pictures showing the history of the Nazi Party with descriptive text on verso, dated circa 1933; in German. Personal correspondence between Solly Perel (donor) and Henriette von Shirach, one postcard, copies of three letters and newspaper article, dated circa 1991; in German and English.

  12. Gaston Schmir collection

    The collection consists of two children's books, "Mon Petit Trott" and "Contes et Légendes Du Grand Siècle," taken by Gaston Schmir from a school library in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, in Apr. 1943. Gaston Schmir left the books in Haute-Savoie, France, before crossing into Switzerland, and he returned and recovered them after World War II.

  13. Moses Schulstein collection

    The collection consists of one typewriter with Yiddish type in a metal case, a pencil sketch, and documents relating to the experiences of Moses Schulstein, a Yiddish poet.

  14. Ariege collection

    Contains a copy of Vichy registration of Jews in Ariege, twelve copyprints, and oral history interviews with Jeanne Rogalle, Claude Delpla, and G. Ane.

  15. Margo and Rudolf Selby family collection

    The collection consists of a bar of soap, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Rozsahegyi and Zelmanovics families in Hungary before and after the Holocaust and in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust.

  16. Adelaide and Fritz Kauffmann collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Adelaide and Fritz Kauffmann in Shanghai, China, from 1931-1949.

  17. Ida Weiss collection

    The collection consists of a steamer trunk and a passport relating to the experiences of Ida Weiss before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and during her emigration to the United States in 1938.

  18. Colonel Alexander Zabin, MD collection

    Collection of newsletters, newspaper clippings, black and white negatives and photographs, documents, glass slides, magazine, Star of David patch, postcards, calling card and 16 mm film reels. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  20. Al Kooper collection

    The collection consists of money, 3 scrip notes and 2 coins, from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland