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  2. Yakov Gincherman collection

    Contains an oral history interview with Yakov Gincherman, ten black and white photographs, and a newspaper article pertaining to the memorial at the Jewish cemetery in the village of Nafartav to the thousand Jews shot by German fascists, 1941 September 14.

  3. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, newspapers, and photographs relating to the experience of Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder and his family in Berlin, Germany, before the Holocaust, in Shanghai, China, during and after World War II, and in the United States following their emigration in 1947, and of Ralph's stepfather, Viktor Stummer, in Vienna, Austria, before the Holocaust and in Shanghai during and after the war. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Oral history interviews of the Linda Hunt collection

    Oral testimonies gathered by Linda Hunt for her study of the U.S. government's post World War II program for the utilization of German scientists and technicians, of which many had been members of the Nazi Party, in Operation Paperclip.

  5. Martin Shallow III collection

    The collection consists of Nazi Party cigarette cards, Theresienstadt scrip, and German passbooks relating to life under the Nazi led governments in Germany and occupied Czechoslovakia.

  6. Paul Zilczer family collection

    The collection consists of a briefcase, pouch, wallets, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Paul Zilczer, his wife Margit Gelyi Zilczer, and their families in Hungary before and during the Holocaust and of Paul Zilczer's experiences after his immigration to the United States in 1939.

  7. Grodno Survivors Association collection

    The collection consists of artifacts discovered after the end of World War II on the site of the destroyed synagogue in Grodno, Poland, now Hrodna, Belarus.

  8. Oral history interviews of the "Ich Bin Jude! Ich Bin Jude!" film collection

    Oral history interviews gathered for the documentary film "Ich Bin Jude! Ich Bin Jude!"

  9. Oral history interviews of the Edith Ruina collection

    Oral history interviews gathered by Edith Ruina for her manuscript "The Grupa," which tells the story of Jewish youth from 1939-1945, who fled as a group from Poland through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and finally to Palestine.

  10. Hal and Robyn Klein collection

    The collection consists of an unused Star of David patch, three Theresienstadt ghetto labor camp parcel stamps, and a letter relating to the history of the Holocaust in German occupied Czechoslovakia and Netherlands.

  11. Nathan Baruch collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Rabbi Nathan Baruch as director of the Vaad Hatzala Rescue Organization in Germany from 1946-1949.

  12. Edith Ruina collection

    Contains research materials pertaining to Edith Ruina's research for her manuscript entitled, "The Grupa." "The Grupa" tells the story of a group of Jewish youth from 1939-1945, who fled as a group from Poland through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and finally to Palestine. The manuscript is based on the writings of Rutka Judenherc Bayuk, one of the youths, and the collection includes oral history interviews, and transcripts, of members of the group.

  13. Herbert Fierst collection

    The Herbert A. Fierst collection consists of biographical materials, displaced persons files, photographs, subject files, writings, speeches, and interviews primarily documenting Fierst’s work on displaced persons issues at the Pentagon and State Department in the 1940s; a diary Herbert kept while traveling in Germany in 1935 and 1936; writings and speeches about Nazi Germany and postwar displaced persons issues; McCarthy-era investigations into Fierst and his colleagues; materials relating to Herbert’s family; and an oral history interview with Sam Perlman and Sophy Perlman about Herbert F...

  15. Nellie Wiesenthal Fink family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ernestine Wiesenthal, her son, Fritz, his wife, Gertrude, and their daughters, Illa and Nellie, in Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust.

  16. Leopold Schein collection

    The collection consists of handpainted textiles, handmade notebook, correspondence, documents, photographs, and photograph albums relating to the experiences of Poldek (Leopold) Schein in prewar Poland, prior to his escape from Krakow to Soviet occupied Poland and his subsequent imprisonment in a Siberian labor camp and resettlement in Uzbekistan during the Holocaust, and to his life in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in Germany and in the United States after the end of World War II.

  17. Levy family collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge and identification cards relating to the experiences of the Levy family while living under Nazi occupation in and around Berlin during WWII.

  18. Cesia Carol Redlich collection

    The collection consists of a Łódź Ghetto coin, certificates, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Cesia Uncyk and her family before the Holocaust in Poland, and after the Holocaust when she lived in a displaced persons camp in Germany and then emigrated to the United States. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Michal Goldin collection

    The collection consists of a Polish eagle badge, a Polish medal and box, documents, and publications relating to the experiences of Michal Goldin before the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland, and during the Holocaust, when Michal served in the Polish Army in exile in France, Switzerland, and Scotland, and was killed in combat in Normandy, France, in 1944.

  20. Fritz Hirsch family collection

    The collection consists of a poster, a red box, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Fritz Hirsch, his wife, Hilda, and their sons Gerd Karl and Frank, and extended family members before and during the Holocaust in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States, before the family was deported to various concentration camps in Germany and Poland where they perished.