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  1. Kimmel family collection

    Consists of post-war photographs dating from 1946-1956 of the Kimmel family, originally of Lvov, Poland. Included also are five copies of photograph strips and one postcard written on October 7, 1947 to Dr. Alfred Kimmel, who at that time was living in the Schlachtensee DP camp in Berlin, Germany. The photographs include portraits of individuals and of groups, and images of daily life in the displaced persons camp. Dr. Alfred Kimmel and his wife, Laura (Späth) Kimmel emigrated to the United States in 1949.

  2. Oral history interview with Simon Konover

  3. Asmara detention camp photograph

    1. Vladimir Jabotinsky, Zionism, and prewar Palestine collection

    Consists of one posed photograph of a large group of men living in the Asmara detention camp in Eritrea, circa 1945. The photograph depicts the flag of Israel and a sign which reads, in Hebrew, "Zion's Exiles in Asmara." Related to this is a small piece of grey cloth stamped with a Hebrew mark reading "Jabotinsky Day in Asmara Exile, 29 Tamuz 1946" commemorating the sixth anniversary of Jabotinsky's death (2011.418.4.2), which is cataloged separately.

  11. Oral history interview with Avi Livni

    1. Oral history interviews of the Exodus 1947 collection