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  1. Hannelore Wahlhaus papers

    The papers consist of letters, postcards, telegrams, a passport, a passport photograph, and other documents relating to the experiences of Hannelore Wahlhaus [donor's mother] and her emigration from Germany in 1937, with the assistance of the German-Jewish Children's Aid organization. The collection also documents the subsequent efforts of Max Schrayer, Wahlhaus's "adopted" father in the United States, to bring her parents, brother, and extended family to the United States.

  2. Popper family collection

    Consists of documents and photographs regarding the experiences of the Popper family, originally of Vienna, Austria. The family was forced to flee to the United States in 1938 in order to escape imprisonment. Includes attempts by Olga Popper to secure restitution for family members lost in the war as well as Austrian pensions after the death of her husband, Julius, in 1947. Also includes the family's pre-war and wartime papers, including passports, and photographs taken in pre-war Vienna (including photographs taken of Julius and Olga's daughter, Suse).

  3. Gertrude Philipp letter

    Consists of one letter, 12 pages, from Gertrude Philipp, of Germany, to the Salberg family in Pennsylvania on August 17, 1939. In the letter, she gives extensive description of her experiences on Kristallnacht and how difficult life had become as a result of the anti-Jewish laws and of popular sentiments.

  4. Zvi Griliches photograph collection

    The collection consists of thirty photographs relating to Zvi Griliches' childhood in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania and after World War II in the DP camp in Feldafing, Germany, and Israel.

  5. Harry David collection

    Consists of letters, articles, photographs, identity cards, and forms related to the life and experiences of Harry David, born Hans Dzialowski, originally of Berlin, Germany. Mr. David immigrated to Bolivia to escape the Nazis and worked as a news announcer for Radio Patria. In 1941, he immigrated to the United States, where he established himself as a writer and advisor for business affairs. Includes paperwork regarding his immigrations and his work with Radio Patria, as well as his identification cards and pre-war family photographs. Also includes writing samples from later in his life.

  6. Allen A. Cramer collection

    Consists of one memoir on CD-ROM entitled "A Half-Century Later," by Allen A. Cramer, a member of the 11th Armored Division and a liberator of the Gusen concentration camp. In the memoir, he describes his memories of the liberation and of his experiences guarding the camp. Also includes photographs taken by PFC Cramer of the Gusen concentration camp, including an episode of "Camp Justice," handwritten and V-Mail, regarding the liberation, sent to his parents and to Natalie Broder, who later became his wife. Also includes one piece of counterfeit English money produced by the Germans.

  7. Dachau liberation photographs

    Consists of two photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes one photograph of a large group of prisoners with flags in front of a building and one photograph of a cart of corpses being taken through a German village on the way to burial.

  8. Federman family collection

    Consists of one photograph of Jews in Warsaw protesting against Hitlerism, Fascism, and attacks on Jewish schools. In the photograph, taken in 1937, the protesters are carrying signs in Yiddish which read "Down with Fascism; Down with Hitlerism" and "We denounce attacks on Jewish schools." Yankel Federman is pictured second from the left. Also includes a Polish passport, issued in 1930, and a ticket on the SS France, both of which were used by Abraham Federman during his emigration to the United States, as well as a copyprint of a portrait of Federman prior to his departure from Warsaw.

  9. Gardelegen photographs

    Consists of 14 photographs of piles of burnt victims of the Gardelegen atrocities. The photographs were taken by a member of the United States Army.

  10. Ludwig Fischel collection

    Consists of pre-war and post-war documents and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Ludwig Fischel, originally of Rimbeck, Germany. Includes photographs of Ludwig, his siblings Walter and Inge, and his parents, Siegfried and Mathilde, in Rimbeck before the war. Also includes post-liberation photographs of, and identity papers for, Ludwig and Inge, both of whom survived the war (their parents perished during the war and Walter died shortly after liberation.) Ludwig Fischel is a survivor of Riga, Stutthof, Burggraben, and Rieben Pommern camps.

  11. Andre Limot OSE home collection

    Consists of 38 photographs (many with the accompanying negatives) taken at various OSE homes in France during and after the Holocaust, including photographs of Andre Limot [donor]. Includes a book of photographs of OSE homes entitled, "OSE France; Homes d'enfants, 1946." Also includes photographs and negatives of Moroccan Jews. Photographs have been identified by the donor.

  12. Strauss/Lehmann family collection

    Consists of one box of documents, questionnaires, forms, and correspondence (mostly from the 1950s and 1960s) regarding the Holocaust restitution claims for Adolph and Bella Lehmann Strauss and their daughter Hilde, originally of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Also includes information about the extended Lehmann family. The restitution claims include family information and information about their Holocaust experiences.

  13. Max Joseph collection

    This collection includes personal papers of Max Joseph, who kept detailed records relating to his pre-World War II experiences in Berlin from 1935 to 1938. The papers also document his immigration to Australia in 1939, his internment in the Tatura internment camp from 1940 to 1941, and his work with Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors through the 1960s.

  14. Rene and Raya Karschon papers

    The papers document the experiences of Rene and Raya Karschon during the Holocaust. Includes documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to Rene's imprisonment in Camp de Gurs in France and his subsequent escape to Switzerland (dated 1941-1942) and letters and postcards written to Raya Levin, Rene Karschon's wife, in Switzerland from her relatives in Vilna, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania) (dated 1938-1941). Also includes postcards and correspondence written by Rene Karschon while in Le Chambon, France, between 1941-1942.

  15. Photograph of Dachau shoes

    Consists of one photograph of large piles of the shoes of victims who perished in the Dachau concentration camp. The photograph was taken by United States Army Aircorps member George Donaldson in May 1945.

  16. Richard T. Breidenbach photographs

    Consists of 36 photographs, taken upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, by Captain Richard T. Breidenbach. Includes photographs of the Dachau grounds, of survivors, of victims, and of the railcars.

  17. Ohrdruf liberation photographic negatives

    Consists of photographic negatives taken of the Ohrdruf concentration camp by James Howard Hartley Blackmore, a professional photographer and member of the 80th infantry division. Photographs mainly depict the bodies of victims.

  18. "My Life": Dr. Asher Miller memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 46 pages, entitled "My Life," by Dr. Asher Miller, originally of Koszyce, Slovakia. Dr. Miller graduated from medical school in Bratislava, and worked as a doctor in a government hospital until 1944, when he went into hiding in Bully, Slovakia. He was captured in January 1945 and taken to Lichtenrade, Germany, before being transferred to Sachsenhausen. In 1949, he and his family emigrated to Israel.

  19. "A Letter to Shammy"

    Consists of one book of letters and memoirs entitled "A Letter to Shammy," by an author identified as "Kay B.L." The book is addressed to Gitta Shammy (now Gitta Kalderon), originally of Skopje, Macedonia. In the book, the author professes his love for "Shammy" and describes their friendship before the war and how the war has separated them. After Gitta was deported in 1943, "Kay" continued to write to her and left the letters with a neighbor to give to her, should she return.

  20. Saul Loeb collection

    Consists of 41 photographs taken by Saul Loeb, an officer in the United States Army and the assistant to Chaplains Morris Kertzer and Isidore Breslau in Marseille, France. The photographs, taken in the spring of 1945, depict Jews in Marseille, refugees emigrating to Palestine, scenes of Passover, and the Army chaplains. Also includes one scrapbook of photographs of Passover in Marseille, 1945. Most of the photographs are captioned. Collection also includes scrip from Theresienstadt and Łódź and scrip from the American military occupation of Germany.