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  1. Photograph of five girls in Gardelegen, Germany

    The photograph was taken in Gardelegen, Germany, after liberation and depicts five girls posing in matching dresses made, from sheets, by the donor.

  2. Pola Ross photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of Pola Ross, her husband, and their daughter who was born in Siberia; her husband's brother Lakivif Gidel Gurman, a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine; and a photograph of a group of men and women working in a field in Siberia.

  3. Helene Bloch collection

    Consists of eight photographs documenting the donor's family in Villefranche, France, during the Holocaust and immediately after liberation.

  4. Herman Rothberg photograph collection

    The 33 photographs were taken in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II. Many of the photographs have captions on the verso.

  5. Lili Levy photograph collection

    The Lili Levy photograph collection consists of two photographs of Lili Levy, after liberation in the DP camp in Ludwigsdorf, Germany, 1945.

  6. Ration book

    The ration book ("Zuteilungskarte") was issued by the Jewish Committee in Hannover, Germany, to Frieda Landau.

  7. Minnie Friedman Piha photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph album and 77 loose photographs relating to the experiences of Minnie Friedman Piha [donor's great aunt] while working in the Women's reserve or "WAVES" in post-World War II Germany.

  8. Robert Barton photograph collection

    The collection consists of three photographs depicting life in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, after World War II.

  9. Photograph of a group of Holocaust survivors from Radzyń Podlaski, Poland

    The photographic postcard depicts a group of ten men and one woman seated at a table with lit candles, a Yizkor sign, and a banner with Hebrew characters on the wall behind them. Caption on the verso: "Radzyń Podlaski Poland / This was taken in / Germany D.P. Kamp sic."

  10. Anna Lewis papers

    The papers consist of an identification card issued to Geza Ottai in Cinecittà, Italy, dated November 1948; a photograph of Anna M. Ottai, Geza’s daughter; a registration certificate issued to Geza Ottai by the International Refugee Organization Italian Mission in Rome, Italy, dated May 1949; and a Stewart Times newsletter, dated January 1, 1952.

  11. Paryzer family photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight black and white photographs documenting the Dr. Morton Paryzer and his wife, Genia Paryzer, and their families' experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  12. Lillyan Rosenberg papers

    The papers consist of correspondence pertaining to Lillyan Rosenberg's escape from Germany on a Kindertransport to England and the deaths of her parents in Auschwitz.

  13. Ida Weiss passport

    1. Ida Weiss collection

    Austrian passport: rectangular form consisting of 48 pages, typed and handwritten text, black and white photographic image of woman, and postal and ink stamps throughout; issued to Ida Weiss on June 8, 1928, No. 403982.

  14. Blumenstein family collection

    Consists of photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to the experiences of the Blumenstein family in Vienna, Austria, on board the MS St. Louis, in hiding in Holland, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. Includes a photograph of the donor's father in Sosua, Dominican Republic and a photograph taken in a Quaker camp for refugees in Havana, Cuba.

  15. Emil Hersch photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs taken of Emanuel Herszkowicz (now Emil Hersch) at the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Includes photographs of Mr. Herszkowicz working in an O.R.T. training facility and as a member of the Landsberg camp's police force.

  16. Gerber Ezriel letter

    The letter was written by Gerber Ezriel from a DP camp in Germany to Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for assistance with his emigration to Palestine.

  17. Green wool blanket received at postwar dp camp

    1. Esther Flam collection

    Blanket issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany

  18. Knife with US engraving issued at postwar dp camp

    1. Esther Flam collection

    Knife, molded with "U.S." on the handle, was issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany

  19. Erna and Herman Meyer collection

    The collection consists of a wallet and documents relating to the experiences of Erna Landau before the war when she emigrated from Rhede, Germany, to Great Britain in 1938 and of photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Meyer and his extended family in the Netherlands and then in Kenya where they lived as refugees during World War II.

  20. Miriam Levitt photograph collection

    The collection consists of 27 photographs documenting the experiences of Eli and Esther Kushelewicz and their daughter, Miriam donor, in the displaced persons' camp in Lampertheim, Germany.