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  1. Mauerstein family papers

    1. Mauerstein family collection

    Identification papers, immigration paperwork, restitution claims, a testimony, and photographs documenting the post-war experiences of Israel and Yetta (née Friedman) Mauerstein, both originally of Zborów, Poland (Zboriv, Ukraine), in several Italian DP camps, and their efforts to immigrate to the United States. DP camp papers consist of identification papers and paperwork from the Landsberg DP camp in Germany, and the Adriatica and Trani DP camps in Italy. Additionally there are lists of refugees classified as “invalids” from several DP camps in Italy including Adriatica, Bologna, Caldorna...

  2. Jacob Gutman photographs

    1. Jacob Gutman collection

    The collection consists of five photographs of images of Dachau concentration camp following liberation in May 1945 and three photographs of a memorial at Mittenwald DP camp in Germany in 1947.

  3. Group portrait of Jewish youth on vacation

    1. Lucie S. Rosenberg collection

    The photograph depicts a group of Jewish youth vacationing in Novi Vinodolski, Yugoslavia, (now Croatia) during the summer of 1939. Sitting from left, in front row: Ksenja Raic, Lucie Rosenberg's mother, Fritzi Blis later Miroslava Despot, and Erna Singer Simic. Standing in the back row, from left: three sons of Erna Singer Simic and third from left is Mario Sternberg Sorel [donor's brother].

  4. Photograph of students on a graduation trip

    1. Lucie S. Rosenberg collection

    The photograph depicts two rows of students seated together in a boat on a high school graduation trip in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, (now Croatia) during the summer of 1940. Pictured from left to right in back row: unknown; Mladen Frölich killed; Mrs. Zavrtnik; her daughter, Ljubica Zavrtnik; Branka Marić; and unknown. From left to right in front row: Fedora [Feja] Frank; Renata Andres; Ivanka Roskamb; unknown; Lucie Sternberg [donor]; Mirjana Vidaković; Zora Kreutzer; and unknown man standing.

  5. Central Bank of China, 5000 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Peter Victor family collection

    5000 yuan note issued by the Central Bank of China acquired by Peter Victor when he lived as a refugee in Shanghai, China, from 1938-1947. It features the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic of China, who promoted the establishment of a national banking system. It was the primary issuer of bank notes in China from 1928-1942. It moved to Taiwan in 1949 and is now known as the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Peter, 18, left Berlin for Shanghai in 1938 to escape the anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi-led government. His parents, Carl and Elsa, arrived in Shanghai...

  6. Central Bank of China, 1000 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Peter Victor family collection

    5000 yuan note issued by the Central Bank of China acquired by Peter Victor when he lived as a refugee in Shanghai, China, from 1938-1947. It features the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic of China, who promoted the establishment of a national banking system. It was the primary issuer of bank notes in China from 1928-1942. It moved to Taiwan in 1949 and is now known as the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Peter, 18, left Berlin for Shanghai in 1938 to escape the anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi-led government. His parents, Carl and Elsa, arrived in Shanghai...

  7. Central Bank of China, 1000 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Peter Victor family collection

    5000 yuan note issued by the Central Bank of China acquired by Peter Victor when he lived as a refugee in Shanghai, China, from 1938-1947. It features the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic of China, who promoted the establishment of a national banking system. It was the primary issuer of bank notes in China from 1928-1942. This bank moved to Taiwan in 1949 and is now known as the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Peter, 18, left Berlin for Shanghai in 1938 to escape the anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi-led government. His parents, Carl and Elsa, arrived in S...

  8. Central Reserve Bank of China, 10 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Peter Victor family collection

    10 yuan note, occupation currency issued by the Central Reserve Bank of China acquired by Peter Victor when he lived as a refugee in Shanghai, China, from 1938-1947. This was the bank set up by the pupper government installed by the Japanese in Nanjing in 1941, also known as the State Bank of the Republic of China government in Nanjing. This emergency currency was issued to deal with the high inflation rates caused by the war. Peter, 18, left Berlin for Shanghai in 1938 to escape the anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi-led government. His parents, Carl and Elsa, arrived in Shanghai in 1939. Ca...

  9. Central Reserve Bank of China, 10 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Peter Victor family collection

    10 yuan note, occupation currency issued by the Central Reserve Bank of China acquired by Peter Victor when he lived as a refugee in Shanghai, China, from 1938-1947. This was the bank set up by the puppet government installed by the Japanese in Nanjing in 1941, and also known as the State Bank of the Republic of China government in Nanjing. This emergency currency was issued to deal with the high inflation rates caused by the war. Peter, 18, left Berlin for Shanghai in 1938 to escape the anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi-led government. His parents, Carl and Elsa, arrived in Shanghai in 1939...

  10. Central Bank of China, 100 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Peter Victor family collection

    100 yuan note issued by the Central Bank of China acquired by Peter Victor when he lived as a refugee in Shanghai, China, from 1938-1947. It features the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic of China, who promoted the establishment of a national banking system. This bank is now known as the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Peter, 18, left Berlin for Shanghai in 1938 to escape the anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi-led government. His parents, Carl and Elsa, arrived in Shanghai in 1939. Carl died in 1940 and Elsa in 1942. Shanghai was liberated by the United Stat...

  11. UNRRA selected records AG-018-004 : Bureau of Areas

    Selected files of the Executive Office, Office of Country Mission Affairs, and European Mission Affairs: Agreements to establish various country missions, postwar relief plans, reports, polices and analysis on displaced persons, health and medical requirements, field and intelligence reports and statistics on country field missions, European mission affairs, and miscellaneous correspondence.

  12. Letterhead stationery of The Jewish Brigade kept by a young female recruit

    Letterhead acquired by 17 year old Jutta Rosen while serving in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army in Palestine after the war. The Brigade, established in British ruled Palestine in September 1944, fought against Nazi Germany in Italy from March 1945 until the end of the war in May. Postwar, the Brigade helped create displaced persons camps for Jewish survivors. Many Brigade members were involved in organizing the flight of Jewish refugees from eastern Europe and arranging their clandestine entry into Palestine. Britain disbanded it in summer 1946. In November 1938, after Kristallnacht,...

  13. UNRRA selected records AG-018-021 : France Office

    Selected records of the UNRRA Offices in France: correspondence between London and Paris, 1944-49, subject files, reports, and medical office files, 1944-48, monthly mission reports, daily bulletins, displaced persons reports, organizational charts, field operations, statistical reports of emigrants including unaccompanied children.

  14. Fonds FSJF-après-guerre (MDLXXXIV). Fédération des Sociétés Juives de France

    Records of the Fédération des Sociétés Juives de France (Federation of Jewish Charities in France) FSJF: Correspondence, reports, minutes, leaflets, cultural programs, press articles related to socio-legal assistance for Jewish survivors and the needy, commitment to the memory of the Shoah, support for the State of Israel, promotion of Yiddish language and the renewal of Jewish culture in France.

  15. Lindheim family papers

    1. Fred Lindheim family collection

    The Lindheim family papers relate to the emigration experiences of the Lindheim family of Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1939 and their efforts to assist other family members to leave Nazi occupied Belgium. The papers include identification documents, affidavits of support, correspondence, memoirs, restitution paperwork, and family photographs. The Lindheim family correspondence consists of letters of recommendation and support for Berthold Lindheim as well as letters relating to travel arrangements. Restitution documents and related correspondence are also housed within this series. The bio...

  16. Hess and Spier families papers

    1. Hess, Spier and Steinberg family collection

    The Hess and Spier families papers consist of two typescript memoirs: "Refugee's Journey: A Memoir" (365 pages), by Walter Hess, and "An Extraordinary Woman," by Hannah S. Hess (421 pages, undated, circa 2007), as well as pre-war photographs of the family of Hannah Spier Hess, taken in Germany. The memoir of Hannah Hess focuses on the life of her mother, Ruth, describing her childhood in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, the history of her parents, Siegfried and Fanni Steinberg, her marriage to Alfred Spier, the birth and childhood of their two daughters, her immigration to the United States with her ...

  17. UNRRA selected records AG-018-040 : Office of the Historian

    Selected files of the UNRRA Office of the Historian. Consists of publications and monographs: UNRRA monthly reviews, the Facts and Figures, Operational Analysis Papers, the Director General's Report to the Central Committee-Supply Operations, Documents of the Central Committee of the Council, Indexes to the Council Documents, United Nations Committee on UNRRA, the President Roosevelt's message to the First Council, reports to the Allied Governments, various agreements; Subject files: agreements, Richard Brown's diary of trip with congressmen, reports, correspondence, displaced persons files...

  18. Samuel Zisman papers

    1. Samuel Zisman collection

    The Samuel Zisman papers consist of biographical materials, team records, drawings and maps, memoranda and reports, personal correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Samuel Zisman’s service as United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) director of District 5 in Bavaria from 1945-1947 and the administration of displaced persons camps in that district. Biographical materials consist of Samuel Zisman’s international certificate of inoculation and vaccination, chest x-ray, and permit to cross the Soviet zone of occupation as well as Paul Spreiregen’s c...

  19. Fritz Buff papers

    The Fritz Buff papers consist of biographical materials, letters, and a travel diary documenting Fritz Buff from Krumbach, Germany, his voyage aboard the MS St. Louis to Cuba in 1939, the ship’s forced return to Europe, his life as a refugee in Brussels, Belgium, and his immigration to the United States in 1940. Biographical materials include identification, registration, and immigration papers and a ration card documenting Buff’s status as a German Jew, his relocation to Belgium following the return of the St. Louis in June 1939, and his immigration to the United States in 1940. Two letter...

  20. Yad Vashem

    University course-debate at Yad Vashem. Shalmi Barmore, the Director of Education, stands in front of an assembly of military students after showing a film. Barmore and several students debate the resistance actions of the Jews during the Holocaust. They show concern that the Holocaust could happen again, in any country, including Israel. A student asks why the world appeared to be uninterested in helping the Jews during the Holocaust. Another student responds that the world was aware of what was occurring, but due to the violent situation they could not do more than accept refugees. A stud...