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  1. Sidney Tick collection

    The collection consists of a Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal with case, photographs of Dachau concentration camp, a pamphlet on the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp, and a typewritten letter with envelope relating to the experiences of Sidney Tick while serving with the United States Army in Europe during World War II.

  2. Alain Morley collection

    The collection consists of two Scoutisme Français [Boy Scouts in France] badges relating to the history of the Eclaireurs Israélites de France and Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Unionistes de France during the war in German occupied France.

  3. Nowak family collection

    The collection consists of a wardrobe and folding chair used to hide a Jewish child during the Holocaust.

  4. Kugelman family collection

    The collection consists of photographs of the Kugelman family and friends in Bedzin, Poland from 1930-1942; a photograph album which belonged to Bela Kugelman Navon that she took with her to Palestine in 1935; and a pendant that was made in 1945 in Germany with the image of Joel and Judyta Kugelman on one side and Abba Englard on the other

  5. Walter E. Hunkler collection

    The collection consists of two cameras, camera accessories, a cloth pouch, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Walter E. Hunkler, medical technician, 160th Field Artillery Battalion, 45th Infantry Division, United States Army in combat in Europe during World War II, including the liberation of Dachau concentration camp in Germany.

  6. Leo Haas collection

    The collection consists of seventeen artworks created by Leo Haas depicting scenes from concentration camps based upon his experiences during the Holocaust.

  7. Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection

    The collection consists of a blanket, cooking pot, shirt, long underwear, and photograph relating to the experiences of Helen and Joseph Matlow and their family before and during the Holocaust in Poland, and afterwards in the Eggenfelden displaced persons camp in Germany.

  8. French collaborationist propaganda poster collection

    The collection consists of propaganda posters circulated by the Nazi-collaborationist government in France during World War II.

  9. Salomon Slowes collection

    The collection consists of military insignia, sketches, correspondence, documents, pamphlets, photographs, and photographic negatives relating to the experiences of Dr. Salomon Slowes, a veteran of the Polish Army of the East and the Second Polish Corps, British Army, before, during, and after World War II.

  10. Joel Kaye collection

    The collection consists of photographs as well as two letters received by Joseph Krakower and Cecile Krakower from Aron (Armand) Krakower who was interned in Pithiviers internment camp in France. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Karl Schwesig collection

    The collection consists of seventeen drawings, three watercolors, and 1 typed manuscript created by Karl Schwesig before and after the Holocaust when he was arrested in Dusseldorf, Germany, for anti-Nazi activity and for being a Communist, and incarcerated in multiple internment and prison camps in German and then France, as well as works relating to his wartime experiences done when he returned to Dusseldorf after the war.

  12. Zydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma collection

    The collection consists of seventy-eight pieces of scrip and sixteen coins issued in the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto in German occupied Poland, one bar of soap, and one flight logbook from the Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps used during World War II.

  13. Oral history interviews of the Gymnasium Langenhagen project collection

    Oral history interviews of the Gymnasium Langenhagen project collection

  14. Walter Fried collection

    The collection consists of a tefillin set, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Walter Fried during World War II when Fried, a Jewish Austrian refugee, served in the United States Army.

  15. Marcel Mayer-Astruc collection

    The collection consists of a photograph album documenting a 1944 exhibition in London, England, entitled, "Germany -- the Evidence", organized by Marcel Mayer-Astruc. The collection also includes an envelope and photographs relating to the 1944 exhibition, "Germany--the Evidence," in London, England, created by Marcel Mayer-Astruc. The envelope is labeled with a printed return address, "INBEL..London." The photographs show exhibit panels with images of Adolf Hitler and other Nazi officials, civilians greeting Nazi officials, and scenes of war destruction as well as placards with quotations ...

  16. Ilya Yoffe collection

    The collection consists of medals, documents, a pamphlet, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ilya Yoffe and his family in the Soviet Union before, during and after World War II and of Ilya’s service in the Soviet Army during and after the war.

  17. Henry Wellisch collection

    The collection consists of two suitcases that were used by Emil and Jolan Wellisch donor's parents as they fled from Vienna, Austria, to Palestine and Mauritius during World War II and were again used by the Wellisches when they emigrated to Canada in 1951

  18. Lore Gotthelf Jacobs collection

    The collection consists of two steamer trunks that were sent to England to Lore Gotthelf Jacobs who left Frankfurt-am Main, Germany, on the Kindertransport

  19. Philip Goodman collection

    The collection consists of a poster and a magazine cover using images created by Arthur Szyk.

  20. David Winchester collection

    The collection consists of a prison shirt, prisoner identification badge, documents, and letters relating to the experiences of David Wincygster (later Winchester) in Poland before the Holocaust, in Ostrowiec ghetto, Auschwitz II-Birkenau and Eintrachthutte slave labor camp during the Holocaust, and in Poland and Gabersee displaced persons camp in Germany after the Holocaust.