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  1. Prayer book

    Shavuot Mahzor, published in 1884, that belonged to Martha Bermann Loeb.

  2. Star of David badge worn in Romania

    Worn by Anuta Kling Rappaport Mendelovici in Botoşani-Suceava, Romania during the Holocaust.

  3. Salomon Garfinkel collection

    Contains letters and photographs concerning a family in Poland who wrote to their brother Solomon (Sam) Garfinkel in the United States. Letters dated 1940s.

  4. Greissman and Aronsfrau families collection

    Correspondence; from relatives in Berlin, dated September 1933, in Yiddish; from Anna Greissman Aronsfrau, sister of donor’s grandmother; dated December 12, 1940, from London, UK, in English; letter from Sophie Kanarek Aronsfrau from Lisbon explaining whose names should appear on an affidavit, dated January 22, 1941; and a telegram sent by Sophie Kanarek Aronsfrau from Lisbon on March 15, 1941 asking about the status of the affidavit. Also includes the front cover of a prayer book; inside, Mary Greissman wrote the names of her children, their dates of birth and Bar Mitzvah.

  5. Elizabeth Ann Malmquist Wilson Papers

    Contains three letters, dated May 20, 21 and June 7, 1945. written by Elizabeth Ann Malmquist, an American servicewoman and nurse who was attached to the 139th Evacuation Hospital in Ebensee, Austria, at the site of the former subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp. The letters describe dire conditions of concentration camp survivors, their health and needs, and Elizabeth’s work. Collection also includes copyprints.

  6. Aaron Tunick papers

    The collection primarily consists of family correspondence received by Aaron Tunick, originally of Stołpce, Poland (Stolbsty or Stowbtsy, Belarus), after he emigrated from Poland in 1934. The bulk of the letters (1936-1941) are from his siblings, and in particular Henja and Yitzhak. The letters discuss a deteriorating situation, loss of their businesses because they are Jewish, a rise in antisemitism, and an urgency to flee Poland. A small amount of biographical material consists of a birth certificate and a Zionist Organization of Poland identification card. Also included are photographs d...

  7. Jewish Philanthropic Association : Minutes of the Board of Directors Asociación Filantropica Israelita : Reuniones Comision Directiva

    Minutes of meetings of the board of directors of Asociacion Filantropica Israelita, organized by year.

  8. Weisberger family papers

    Documents, photographs, and printed materials, related primarily to the activities of the Weisberger family, of Poughkeepsie, NY, and New York City, during World War II. Most material relates to Rabbi Ralph M. Weisberger, in his role as a chaplain in the U.S. Army, including his service in Iraq and Iran, where he worked with refugee Polish doctors. Also includes photographs of his parents, and documents related to the wartime voluntary service in the United States of two of his siblings, Estelle Klein and Helen Weisberger.

  9. Selected records of the Ministry of Information and Propaganda in Warsaw Ministerstwo Informacji i Propagandy w Warszawie (Sygn.168)

    Reports on the political situation in individual voivodships, materials about the Majdanek Museum of 1945, war compensation cases, German inscriptions from the occupation period, Soviet soldiers' graves in Poland, memoirs and elaborations on concentration camps, literary works on war, posters and announcements from 1945 on ceremonies for the victims of war, reports and correspondence on the Red Army in Poland.

  10. Mira Rosenblatt collection

    Consists of a photograph, dated 1933, of a group of friends in Siewierz, Poland with signatures and messages from those depicted and a photograph depicting Franya Szytra and Cesia Zelonka from Sosnowiec, with an undated message. Also includes two enlarged maps showing the route of two death marches, one showing the route from Grünberg to Helmbrechts, January 25th-March 15th,1945, and one showing the route from Helmsbrechts to Prachatitze in from April 13th to May 5th, 1945.

  11. Gunther L. Eichhorn collection

    Contains a memoir entitled “After Sunset Comes the Dawn,” written by Gunther L. Eichhorn (donor’s husband) documenting his life from his birth and childhood in Germany, his family’s escape from Nazi Germany to the United States in 1938, and subsequent life in the United States. includes a postscript written by David Eichhorn (donor’s son).

  12. Provincial Office in Łuck Urząd Wojewódzki w Łucku (Sygn.1181)

    Monthly reports of the regional municipal offices regarding regional security, social and political movements, professional associations, communist organizations; new regulations of the governor, minutes of administration conferences, correspondence and statistics relating to political and cultural activities of Jews, their emigration to Palestine, and correspondence regarding communist activities.

  13. Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung collection

    Five issues of the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, a weekly illustrated magazine that was published in Berlin, Germany from 1892 to 1945; issues in this collection: Number 49, 5 December 1940 Number 28, 10 July 1941 Number 29, 17 July 1941 Number 30, 24 July 1941 Number 32, 7 August 1941

  14. Béla Ingber family papers

    The collection consists of correspondence and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Béla Ingber, originally from Munkács, Hungary (now Mukacheve, Ukraine) as a forced-laborer in Hungary during World War II and as a Jewish refugee in Italy from 1945-1947. Correspondence includes postcards to Béla while he was a forced-laborer from his father Kálmán Ingber in Munkács, and post-war letters from his brothers Jóska, Miki, and Oli and his sister Libu. Photographs include depictions of pre-war family life, Béla and his brothers in the Czech Army, Béla as a forced-laborer in Hung...

  15. Jerome Ney papers

    Correspondence, documents, telegrams, and related materials concerning the efforts of Jerome Ney, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, to help relatives emigrate from Germany between 1938 and 1941. Relatives included his second cousin, Herbert Neu, and Neu’s parents and sister, Sigmund, Carola, and Ellinor, who were able to immigrate to the United States, due to Ney’s efforts; as well as Jerome Ney’s paternal aunt, Emma David, and her four daughters, who were unable to leave Germany and perished in the Holocaust. Includes correspondence with relatives, government agencies, aid organizations, immigratio...

  16. Selected records of the Headquarters of the State Police in Warsaw Komenda Główna Policji Państwowej w Warszawie (Sygn.349)

    Registers of persons detained for an espionage and suspected of communist activity, a bulletin "Poufny Przegląd Inwigilacyjny" (Confidential Investigation Review), 1921-1934, albums of criminals, photographs of officers of the Polish State Police, a report "Ruch żydowski w Polsce' (Jewish movement in Poland), 1925; and investigative materials related to the murder of the Jungsztajn family (Correspondence, photographs), 1927, 1939.

  17. Summertime leisure; paying a visit to the cemetery

    Jirka (George) and Emma Vasilevsky at home in late summer. Together, they ride an adult bicycle. They swim in a shallow pool. 00:03:18 Emma accompanies George to the school for registration in first class. INT, mother Elizabeth eats at the table with the children. George flips the pages of a photo album with Emma and George. MS, George poses for the camera on his first day of school. George and a younger boy play on a rocking horse in the garden (probably "Strakova with her boy" according to the canister). Emma and George share a lounge chair and play in the sand while the mothers rest in t...

  18. Collection of letters by child survivors

    Collection of letters from child survivors of the Holocaust in Holland and France, regarding their immigration to Israel; addressed to the teachers Raphael and Gini who were living in Israel. Includes drawings and cards for Rosh Hashana

  19. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic: Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Munich Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Monachium (Sygn.480)

    Reports, studies, correspondence, statistics and other documents related to the condition of national minorities in Poland and Germany: registers of Polish citizens expelled from Germany, materials about the expulsion of Polish citizens, mainly of Jewish ethnicity, from Bavaria, orders to citizens to return to Poland for military service, and a descriptive list of Jewish organizations.

  20. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate General in London Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Londynie (Sygn.504)

    Instructions, circulars, correspondence, reports, forms related to emigration policy, organization of transporting emigrants by the shipping companies to Palestine and US, emigration of Polish refugees to Canada and Jamaica, migration of Polish expatriates by Great Britain, migration of the English population, and Jewish minorities in Poland. Includes a letter requesting a return of the Baron Günzburg's book collection to Jewish representatives in Vilnius.