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  1. Oral history interviews of the NAVO and NASA Stennis Space Center collection

    Oral history interviews from the Naval Oceanographic Office and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Stennis Space Center collection

  2. Margalit Lujten collection

    The collection consists of a miniature chocolate box and photographs relating to the experiences of Margalit Lujten in the Netherlands before and after the Holocaust, during which she and her family lived in hiding.

  3. Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger family collection

    The collection consists of two medals and a report folder, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Edmund and Helena Strassburger and their daughter, Elzbieta, in prewar Poland and during World War II when Edmund served in the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, and Helena and Elizabeth lived in hiding in Poland, and after the war when the family was reunited in Italy and emigrated to Great Britain in 1946.

  4. Abraham Levi family collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, a suitcase, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Adolf and Mathilde de Beer and their extended family group, the de Levie, Levy, and Seligmann families, originally of Oldenburg, Germany, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  5. Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger collection

    The collection consists of two silver baby spoons relating to the experiences of Elzbieta Lusthaus and her maternal grandmother, Sophie Schiff, in the Tarnow ghetto and in hiding in Poland during the Holocaust.

  6. Joseph A. Thacker collection

    The collection consists of a Nazi banner and a photograph relating to the experiences of Joseph A. Thacker during World War II, when he served as a solider in the 80th Infantry Division of the United States Army in Germany.

  7. Howard S. Kaplan collection

    The collection consists of two after action report posters depicting the movements of the 11th Armored Division, United States Army, across Germany and into Austria in March, April and early May 1945 during World War II.

  8. Harold Alden Hornbeck collection

    The collection consists of two military patches, Buchenwald scrip, a certificate, and photographs relating to the experiences of Harold Alden Hornbeck as a soldier in the United States Army in Germany during World War II and in France and Scotland after the war.

  9. Dina Ostrower collection

    The collection consists of a blouse, head covering, and photographs relating to the experiences of Donia Pickholz Ostrower before and during the Holocaust when she lived in Synowodzko Nizne and Stryj, Poland, and then under an assumed identity in Bolechow, Poland, and after the war in Cyprus and Israel with her husband Josef. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  10. Ira Zames family collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Israel Znamirowski and his parents, Mendel and Chaja, before and during the Holocaust in Warsaw and Łódź, Poland, and in the United States following their emigration in 1939 and 1940.

  11. Zvi and Ester Steinkeller Weinstadt family collection

    The collection consists of a self-portrait and photographs relating to the experiences of Zvi Weinstadt and his family from Łódź, Poland before the war, and after the war in Stuttgart displaced persons camp, a British internment camp in Cyprus, and in Israel, and of Ester Steinkeller (later Weinstadt) and her family from Katowice, Poland, before the war, and after the war in Austria, Italy, and Israel.

  12. Carlos Zepeda collection

    The collection consists of two posters relating to the propaganda efforts of the United States government in Central America during World War II.

  13. Frank Meissner collection

    The collection consists of a medal, diaries, and documents relating to the experiences of Frank Meissner and his family in Trest, Czechoslovakia, before, and his family in Theresienstadt concentration camp, during the Holocaust and of Frank in Scandinavia and Great Britain during and after World War II.

  14. Lennie Kropveld Jade collection

    The collection consists of baby clothing, a cookbook, and photographs relating to the experiences of Lennie and Yitzchak Jedwab (later Jade) and their son Aaron, before, during, and after the Holocaust during which they lived in hiding in Aalten, Netherlands.

  15. Ellen Hecht collection

    The collection consists of fifteen pieces of scrip relating to the experiences of the husband of Ellen Hecht who was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust.

  16. Richard Grune collection

    The collection consists of eleven lithographs created by Richard Grune based upon his experiences as a prisoner in Sachsenhausen and Flossenburg concentration camps in Germany from 1937-1945.

  17. Anna and Benno Fischer oral history collection

    Oral history interviews wtih Anna Fischer and Benno Fischer.

  18. Nazi Germany racial science and education collection

    The collection consists of a textbook and Nazi racial science educational charts.

  19. Peter Veres family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, audio recordings, documents, film, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Deutsch, Krausz, and Veres families in Budapest, Hungary, prior to and during the Holocaust, when some family members were deported to camps or lived in hiding, and after their postwar emigration to the United States.

  20. Emeric Lazar collection

    The collection consists of drawings and documents related to the experiences of Emeric Lazar in prewar Budapest, Hungary, and before, during, and after the Holocaust in Paris, France, during which he was imprisoned in Drancy internment camp.