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Displaying items 24,041 to 24,060 of 56,066
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  1. Fritz Goldschmidt collection

    Consists of documents, photographs, a book, and a ribbon relating to the life of the Goldschmidt family before the Holocaust, their escape from Germany in 1939, and their subsequent emigration to the United States.

  2. Dorit Isaacsohn family collection

    The collection consists of a hatbox, two trunks, a coin, and photographs relating to the experiences of Dorit Isaacsohn, her parents Gertrud and Julius, and other family members before the Holocaust in Gratz and Berlin, Germany, which Dorit and Gertrud survived in hiding, and after the Holocaust in Berlin and the United States.

  3. Zalcgendler-Caspary family collection

    The collection consists of archival materials and three-dimensional objects related to Abram Zalcgendler's donor's father and Ruth Caspary's [donor's mother] emigration to Shanghai, China, from Europe during the Holocaust

  4. Adrienne Lichtig Petrook collection

    The collection consists of three photograph albums and 47 photographs of the donor and of her family before, during, and after the war in Budapest, Hungary; 29 documents relating to the sale of family property, to the family's emigration to the United States, and to the donor's schooling; one doll's dress, and one wooden heart, a Mother's Day gift from the donor.

  5. Irena Schwarz collection

    Consists of a rosary and cross and an autograph album and invitation, dated circa 1942-1945, relating to the donor's experiences as a hidden child in Poland. Also includes photographs depicting the donor, her birth family before the Holocaust and her war time rescuer, Janina Sycz. Irene (Irena) Schwarz is the author of "A Holocaust Love Story," published in Israel in 2000.

  6. Glass family collection

    The collection onsists of photographic prints, documents and a pair of pants relating to the Glass-Mosewicka families.

  7. Jelena Polak Babic collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, correspondence, and photographs relating to Dr. Jelena Polak Babic and the Polak family during the Holocaust in Croatia.

  8. Bertie Levkowitz collection

    Collection consisting of a note written by donor's mother and a "Star of David" badge printed with "Jood" and worn by donor's parents during the Holocaust

  9. Sonja DuBois collection

    Collection of objects and photographs relating to Sonja DuBois' experiences as a hidden child in the Netherlands. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  10. Marguerite Lederman Mishkin collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, and objects relating to Marguerite and Annette Lederman [donor and her sister] and their experiences as hidden children in Belgium during the Holocaust.

  11. Salomon and Dora Levy Saltiel collection

    The collection consists of a dress, documents, identification cards, newspaper clippings, a CD of two diaries, family photographs, and a family tree related to the experiences of Dora Levy and her family in Thessaloniki (Salonika), Greece, during the German occupation during which they lived in the ghetto, performed forced labor, then went into hiding; it also consists of documents relating to the experiences of Salomon Saltiel who was a member of the Greek military and spent the war in Italian and German POW camps.

  12. Lana Barnett collection

    The collection consists of two coins issued during the Third Reich in Germany.

  13. Ernest G. Heppner collection

    The collection consists of scrip, badges, a blanket, a nightstick, documents, correspondence, publications, and other printed material relating to the experiences of the families of Ernest Heppner and Kurt Redlich in Europe and Shanghai, China, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  14. Jerzy and Zofia Flajszman collection

    The collection consists of photographs, identification cards, a coupon, a wedding invitation, and a coin relating to the Flajszman and Kolczycki families in Łódź, Poland, before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. John Fink collection

    The collection consists of a needlepoint wall hanging and a photographic postcard relating to the experiences of John Fink after the Holocaust when he was an AJDC aid worker in the Blankensee Children's Home and the Warburg Institute in Hamburg, Germany.

  16. Regina Wolbrom collection

    Collection of 5 documents, 67 photographs, 2 Poesie books, 1 siddurim, and 1 atlas relating to the Rotenberg and Wolbrom families and their experiences during the time period of the Holocaust

  17. Ephraim M. Robinson family collection

    The collection consists of a wardrobe trunk and photographs relating to the experiences of Ephraim M. Robinson and his family in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II.

  18. Susan Hilsenrath Warsinger collection

    The collection consists of a HIAS identification tag and seven photographs relating to the experiences of Susi Hilsenrath and her family in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, before the Holocaust and to Susi Hilsenrath's emigration from France to the United States in 1941.

  19. Izy Freudenreich collection

    The collection consists of a cigarette holder and a necklace with a commemorative pendant and mezuzah relating to the experiences of Izy Freudenreich after his release from Kaufering VII slave labor camp in Landsberg, Germany, when he lived in Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany.

  20. Reichman and Weiss families collection

    Collection of documents, photographs and a religious medal relating to the Reichman and Weiss families experiences during the Holocaust. The silver religious medal shows Our Lady of Czestochowa and was worn by Sophie Richman (now Sophie Orfanos) [donor] while in hiding