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  1. Concentration camp uniform worn by Mihaly Borsa

    Two-part prisoner uniform, a jacket and pants, worn by Mihaly Borsa in Dachau concentration camp during the Holocaust.

  2. German Jewish Aid Committee collection

    The German Jewish Aid Committee collection documents the committee’s efforts to help Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany obtain English visas. The collection primarily includes the correspondence of committee representative Fritz Goldschmidt with refugees from Frankfurt am Main, Essen, Cologne, the Kitchener Camp for Refugees, and other locations. The collection comprises letters, postcards, and supporting documentation revealing the bureaucratic difficulties of receiving visas; efforts to obtain supporting funds from banks, organizations, and private business owners; and the stories of the a...

  3. Doppelt family photographs

    Photographs of Felix and Gitla Doppelt in a displaced persons camp in Bari, Italy.

  4. Leaflet

    Leaflet, "Do You Want Hitlerism in America?. American League Against War and Fascism; 1936.

  5. Photograph of James Ford and Earl Browder

    Contains a photograph of James Ford and Earl Browder shaking hands, dated 1940. Browder was the Communist Party nominee for President of the United States in 1940, and Ford was his running mate.

  6. Earl Browder and James Ford 1940 campaign button

    1940 election campaign button with images of Earl Browder and James Ford and the words "For a Free, Happy Prosperous America/Browder for President Ford for Vice Pres./Vote Communist."

  7. Pin

    Pin, “Defend / America / First”

  8. Pin

    Pin, “America first last & always / Home Mission Board / N.B.C. Inc. / Cleveland 1941” with image of soldier in front of American flag; from “T. Theo. Lovelace / 4834 Vincennes Ave. / Chicago”

  9. Ralph C. Baas photograph collection

    Contains eight photographs, many with English descriptions on the verso, of the Ohrdruf concentration camp shortly after liberation. Taken by the donor's father, Ralph C. Baas, a U.S. serviceman who drove a tank destroyer through France, Belgium, and Germany.

  10. Leaflet

    Leaflet announcing a symposium, "The Church & Synagogue in the Next War."

  11. Block of stamps

    Block of stamps, “Keep America / Out of War” above field of crosses with “War Crushes / Democracy” at bottom

  12. Broadside

    Broadside announcing a strike of University of New Hampshire students against war, Friday, April 12.

  13. Sandra Abbott photographs

    Photographs: Palestine/Israel and the Israeli War of Independance, portrait of donor's great grandfather; digital copies of photos of the Tek and Hebron yeshivot.

  14. Pin

    Pin: “Home Mission Board / Keep home fires burning” with image of fireplace; from “T. Theo. Lovelace / 4834 Vincennes Ave. / Chicago”

  15. Pin

    Pin, “American First / Home Mission Board” with central image of map of United States; from “T. Theo. Lovelace / 4834 Vincennes Ave. / Chicago”

  16. Broadside

    Broadside, “No A.E.F. Day / November 11th” for Armistice Day Rally “Keep Out Of War”

  17. Henriette Bick Hahn papers

    The collection primarily consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting the Holocaust experiences of Henriette Bick Hahn and her parents Karl and Emma Bick, originally of Munich, Germany. The bulk of the collection consists of documents and correspondence relating to Karl’s imprisonment in Stadelheim and Dachau after Kristallnacht. The last letter in the collection written by Karl while in Dachau is dated May 5, 1940. Other material in the collection includes Karl and Emma’s marriage certificate, identification cards and naturalization certificate of Henriette, and prewa...

  18. Goldmann family papers

    The Goldmann family papers consist of correspondence, biographical records, immigration documents, school notes and records, photographs, and military documents relating to Kurt Goldmann's prewar life in Germany, immigration to the United States in 1939, experience as a student at Pennsylvania State University, service in the United States Army during WWII, and his postwar life in the United States. Also included are documents related to Kurt’s parents, Paul and Hedwig (Hede) Goldmann, and their emigration from Germany to England and the United States, as well as prewar documents relating t...

  19. Weinberg family collection

    Photographs and Yiddish notes surrounding Morton Steinberg's extended family in pre-war Europe

  20. Główny Urząd Celny w Płońsku Main Customs Office in Płońsk Hauptzollamt Ploehnen (Sygn.1058/II)

    Reports and correspondence of custom officials on confiscation of foodstuffs of Poles and Jews and investigations against smuggling.