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  1. Seelinger, Bieber, and Groag families collection

    The collection consists of a traditional folk costume brought with Emmerich Laszlo Seelinger and Jolanthe Bieber Seelinger when the couple fled Austria for Uruguay in 1938. The collection also includes illustrated correspondence and poetry authored by Trude Groag sent in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the end of WWII in 1965. The letter and poems were sent to Eva Feitis Schmeichler and her family by Trude Groag, a fellow survivor from Olomouc. The poems were originally composed by Trude Groag shortly after arrival in Theresienstadt in 1942.

  2. Hans and Hertha Steinberg collection

    Collection illustrating the experiences of Hertha and Hans Steinberg and their children Ernst Dieter [donor] and Martin in Hamburg, Germany, Italy and the United States. Hertha and sons left Germany in 1936 for Palestine, stopping in Italy for more than two years And eventually emigrating from Italy to the United States in 1939. Hans never joined, passing away in Germany in 1936. Included are birth and death records, family tree, letters of recommendation, Ketubah, marriage certificates, books, including Talmud and correspondence and report cards.

  3. Ninetta Feldman Sound Collection

    Contains liturgical recitations from the repertoire of the Romaniote Jewish community of Ioannina, Greece, as well as Ms. Feldman's translations of texts to "Greek-Jewish Musical Traditions."

  4. Sietsema and Zomer families collection

    The collection documents the wartime experiences of the Sietsema and Zomer families, originally from the Netherlands. Documents consist of two letters regarding the imprisonment of Pieterdina Sietsema and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta, all three American citizens, in Liebenau internment camp from 1942-1944. Objects consist of patriotic ribbon worn by Hilda Zomer after the Netherlands was liberated, and ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat, and 1 cluster of flowers.

  5. Edith Steinberg collection

    THe collection consists of a letter, two page, from Werner Samuel [and others unidentified] to Edith Steinberg, donor’s aunt. The letter, dated October 18, 1945, explains the fate of Edith’s husband, Siegfried, who was liberated in April 1945, transferred to Sweden to recuperate and died and buried in Sweden on June 6, 1945. Edith and Siegfried Steiberg were deported from Hannover, Germany to Riga, Latvia. From Riga, Edith was deported to Stutthof concentration camp in Poland and was liberated in April, 1945. Wallet, tan, in which letter has been housed [unknown origin].

  6. Friedrich Haas collection

    The collection consists of a lighter and an identification card relating to the experiences of Friedrich Haas in Transnistria during the Holocaust.

  7. Laura Scheer Lille collection

    The collection consists of school insignia, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Laura Scheer before and during the Holocaust in Podhajce and Rohatyn, Poland.

  8. Fritz Weinschenk collection

    The Fritz Weinschenk collection consists of case files and recordings documenting his assistance obtaining witness testimony related to war crimes proceedings in Germany.

  9. Paul and Margit Rafford collection

    The collection consists of papers, photograph album, loose photographs and artwork relating to Paul and Margit (Lichter) Rafford

  10. Weil family collection

    The collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, tefillin, and tallit bag that had belonged to Walter Weil (donor's uncle).

  11. Fleischmann family collection

    Trunk brought from Czech Republic with Sonia Fleischmann, who fled Prague to the United Kingdom in 1940. Eva and her sister, Milena Fleischmann, were sent ahead of their parents from Czechoslovakia on Kindertransport, or, a children’s transport to the United Kingdom, in 1939. Backpack used and worn by Eva Fleischmann. Tag worn by Eva while traveling to the UK., photographs of Eva, Milena and the Radcliffe Family who cared for the girls once They arrived in the UK., Identification for “Seina Fleischmannova” and luggage tag, documenting Sonja’s voyage through Oslo, Norway to Liverpool, UK and...

  12. Henry Rosenthal collection

    Documents, letters, photographs and prayer book documenting the experiences of Henry Rosenthal's family.

  13. Wolf and Zofia Paszko collection

    The collection consists of photographs, medals, and oral history tapes documenting the experiences of Wolf and Zofia Paszko before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  14. Archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal

    Digital copies of the audio, film, and paper components of the Archives of the International Military Tribunal of Nuremberg. The original materials include: 1,942 cut gramophone discs of audio recordings of the hearings of the IMT; 37 rolls of 35mm nitrate films used as evidence during the trial; and 269,093 pages of documents (exhibits submitted to the Tribunal; trial briefs; minutes; lists).

  15. Zyroff family collection

    Oral history interview with Holocaust survivor Sonia Zyroff recorded in 1986; a video recording of Sonia Zyroff's presentation to students, ca. 1987; and video recording of her return to Ukraine in 1992

  16. Herb Romerstein collection

    THe collection consists of a red “Winterhilfe” collections canister and postcard “Kämpfen Arbeiten Opfern” with image of worker and German soldier.

  17. Ruth Olesker Geary collection

    Documents, correspondence, photographs, passports and tea set illustrating the experiences Osias and Seril Olesker in Vienna, Austria, and their children, Ruth and Martha, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria. The collection shows efforts to secure visas for all family members. Ruth and Martha were able to flee May 31, 1939, with the support of Henry Turkel, a cousin, and documents show he then tried to secure visas for Osias and Seril, who never left. They were deported to Opole, Poland in February 1941, where they were likely killed. Letters within collection indicate e...

  18. Leah Goltzman collection

    An oral history interview and memoir detailing the wartime experiences of Leah Goltzman and her family

  19. Hauer and Honig families collection

    Photographs, documents and prayer books related to the Hauer and Honig families in Berlin, Shanghai, and the United States.

  20. Beno Helmer collection

    The collection consists of a prisoner patch, currency, scrip and ration cards, and documents related to the experiences of Beno Helmer in the Łódź ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust.