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  1. Annie Windschauer Spegal collection

    Consists of letters written to Annie Windschauer Spegal from her parents and brother, a letter from her then boyfriend Fred Marot who was interned at Bourg-lastic, a portrait of Fred Marot by Felix Kalischer, and photos. Also includes other correspondence.

  2. Heny Hersh collection

    Collection documenting the experiences of Heny Hersh (nee Stern) [1926-2017], her family, her survival in a Romanian ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and ober Hohenelbe concentration camps, and DP camps Admund, Salfenden, Rivoli, and Barletta, eventually immigrating to the United States in 1950 with Artie Hersh [b. 1927 Osoj] who survived Auschwitz, Hausdorf, and Ebensee concentration camps, and was in DP camps Rivoli, Kobenz, and Bagnoli. Collection includes health card, Rivoli letter of reference, Yetta Ginsburg's sponsor application for Artie and Heny, certificate of residence, US immigration ...

  3. Anneliese Centawer Marx family collection

    The collection consists of six games, two composition books, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Anneliese Centawer and her family before the Holocaust in Nuremberg, Germany, and during and after the Holocaust in the United States, after leaving Germany in July 1938.

  4. Werner and Inge Berg Katzenstein family collection

    The collection consists of a pin relating to the experiences of Inge Berg and her family in Nairobi, Kenya, during the Holocaust, and of cards, envelopes, stamps, and postcards relating to the experiences of Werner Katzenstein in prewar Germany and during and after the war in the United States.

  5. Arthur R. Myers collection

    The collection consists of a League of German Girl's uniform jacket and a Hitler Youth jacket relating to the experiences of Arthur R. Myers, an American soldier who served in combat with the US Army in Europe during World War II.

  6. Edith Hamberg Tarcov collection

    The collection consists of textiles (dinner napkins) entrusted to Edith Hamberg Tarcov, the donor’s mother, by her grandparents during the Holocaust when she emigrated from Hannover Germany.

  7. Halina Peabody collection

    The collection consists of a makeup compact and beaded bag that belonged to donor’s aunt who perished during the Holocaust.

  8. Zelda Abramson collection

    Oral history interviews produced by Zelda Abramson as research for her book The Montreal Shtetl: Making Home After the Holocaust

  9. Nathan Zepell collection

    Nathan Zepell's oral testimony and presentations about his experiences as a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp

  10. Idarius and Goldberg family collection

    Oral history interview with Abram Goldberg and a Yom HaShoah presentation by Abram Goldberg, Bela Goldberg, and Rene Durand

  11. Goodman family collection

    Oral history interviews with Rachel Goodman and William Goodman

  12. Ackner and Geller families collection

    The collection consists of papers and photographs of the Ackner and Geller families (maternal and paternal families of the donor). Included are family records: among them birth certificates, school reports, wedding certificates, and other materials including books that pre-date the Nazi era. Ackner and Geller items from Vienna, Austria, duirng the Nazi era include identity cards, financial statements, citizenship and right of domicile certifications, and police reports, and Chaskel Geller's WWI medals credentials. Prior to Kristallnacht, Chaskel, Mathilde and their son Sigmund went to Riga....

  13. Jim Robinson collection

    The collection consists of pin-back buttons, pamphlets, advertisements, handbills, and similar materials relating to American interest groups, organizations, and institutions expressing support or opposition to American involvement in World War II and a range of associated political and social groups.

  14. "Here We Live Again" documentary film collection

    The collection consists of a documentary film, interview outtakes, and related documentation about the production, participants, and stories featuring a number of Holocaust survivors who settled in Rhode Island after the Holocaust.

  15. Richard Lowy collection

    Oral history interviews and related footage featuring Leo Lowy and Kalman Braun

  16. Judith Cromwell collection

    The Judith Cromwell collection primarily documents the pre-war and post-war experiences of Judith Cromwell (née Lissauer) and her parents John Lissauer and Charlotte Lissauer (née Breuer), including John and Charlotte’s medical careers in Berlin, Germany, John’s World War I military service, their immigration to England in 1939, and Judith and Charlotte’s post-war immigration to the United States in 1950. The bulk of the collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, and photographs. Also included are 9 publications.

  18. John L. Spanier family collection

    The collection consists of a fraternity medallion, correspondence, documents, manuscripts, and photographs relating to the experiences of Lothar (John L.) Spanier and his family in Berlin, Germany, before and during the Holocaust, and of John after his emigration to the United States in 1939.

  19. Kovno ghetto collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, drawings, documents, and scrip relating to life in the Kovno (Kaunus) ghetto in Lithuania before and during the Holocaust.

  20. Peter Zvi Fuchs-Zinner family collection

    The collection consists of documents, postcards sent from a forced labor camp, scrip from Auschwitz concentration camp and Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, and family photographs relating to the experiences of Peter (Zvi) Zinner and his extended Zinner and Braun family members from Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina) before and during the Holocaust.