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  1. New Year card

    The Rosh Hashana card depicts Dora and Israel Iwler holding their young daughter, Jeanne, between them; an image of a flower is in the upper right corner; Hebrew text reads: "L,Shana Tova Tikatevum" ("Happy New Year"); was created in Rome, Italy.

  2. Reska and Vera Katz letter

    The letter was written to Rose Levinson in Chicago, Ill., by her niece, Reska Katz, and Reska's daughter, Vera Katz, in a displaced persons camp in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia. They write of family members who survived and those who perished and ask for sweets and vitamins for Vera and clothing.

  3. Gerry Blumenfeld papers

    The papers consist of 33 photographs and a document relating to the experiences of Idek Blumenfleld [donor] during the Holocaust in Bedzin, Poland; Leipheim, Germany; Barletta, Italy; Tel-Aviv, Israel; and Melbourne, Australia.

  4. Post World War One relief film

    Polish refugees with ox-driven carts along road with people and all their possessions. Peasants who have lost everything sitting on ground. CU, children and crying woman. Photographic stills of destroyed Polish villages with quick intertitles - German villagers escaping from Russian army and desolate Polish countryside. Three people flee on a sled. Group of women and children in front of snow dugout/hut.

  5. Josef-Frances Feiler collection

    Contains two identification cards for Josef-Frances Feiler from Berlin, a picture postcard of Josef-Frances Feiler in Poland in 1942, one photograph of Josef-Frances Feiler in 1946, a photograph of Josef and Frances Feiler in the Linz Bindermichl Displaced Persons camp, and a photograph of the first anniversary of liberation in Linz Bindermichel.

  6. Postage stamp, Austria, 3 schilling, commemorating World Refugee Year

    1. David Pearlman collection

    3 Schillings, issued by the Postal Office of Austria, illustrating the emigration of refugees. It was issued on the occasion of tWorld Refugee Year, 1959-1960.

  7. Hiram and Rose Bingham collection

    The Hiram and Rose Bingham collection consists of correspondence, photographic materials, and printed materials documenting Hiram Bingham's efforts to assist refugees while serving as Vice Consul at the American Consulate in Marseilles. Among the papers are photographs of lines of refugees at the American Consulate in Marseilles, the concentration camp at Gurs, and Marc Chagall, and a letter from Varian Fry. The collection also includes 8mm motion picture film.

  9. UNRRA work in Europe

    "Welt im Film": The Anglo-American newsreel series screened in occupied Germany, 1945-1950. Brief shots of fires used by Britain as defense against invasion in 1940. Work of UNRRA in Europe: camp in Germany for refugees and displaced persons; food supplies sent to Austria.

  10. Envelope

    1. Kurt N. Grübler collection

    The envelope was sent by a member of the Jewish refugee community in Shanghai, China, to Otto Loeffler "husband of donor's cousin" in New York.

  11. Fred Davidowitz papers

    The papers consist of 14 photographs depicting Fred Davidowitz as a baby, his parents, and other refugees in the displaced persons camp in Bamberg, Germany, after the World War II as well as documents relating to the birth of Feri Davidowitsch (later Fred Davidowitz).

  12. Zophia Shulman photographs

    1. Zophia Shulman collection

    The collection consists of nine photographs depicting Zophia Shulman and her fellow refugees at the displaced persons camp in Salzburg, Austria, after World War II.

  13. Jews Land In Australia

    Huge ship arriving at Sydney's port with "700 Jewish migrants" aboard, waving from decks. CUs of people on board and on dock waving. Ledge of ship packed with people.

  14. Leon Shear photographs

    1. Leon Shear collection

    Consists of five photographs depicting Leon Shear and his friends and family members as refugees at the displaced persons camp in Feldafing, Germany, from 1945 to 1947.

  15. Passengers on the St. Louis

    CU "St Louis: Hamburg" written on ship's bow. LS ship from dock as ship enters harbor. Passengers walk down gangplank or are carried off on stretchers. Waving from dock. Boarding train.

  16. Swedish Red Cross Aid for prisoners in Germany, 1945

    "Witness Stand: Diverse Clips" Malmo: ambulance on a dock. Ferry station. Refugees go inland. Malmo ferry arrives. More women getting naked, bathing, getting new clothes, and getting disinfected.

  17. Kenneth and Margaret Lowe papers

    1. Kenneth and Margaret Lowe collection

    The papers consist of a German passport ("Reisepass") issued to Kurt Löwenstein in January 1939 in Düsseldorf, Germany, and one British travel document issued in London, England, to Margaret Pappenheimer [donor], a refugee from Nazi Germany.

  18. The Southern Israelite (Atlanta, Georgia) [Newspaper]

    The newspaper includes the headline article, "Joint Distribution Committee Speeds Aid to 300 Refugees in Tirana, Albania."

  19. Israel Ellen photographs

    1. Israel Ellen collection

    The collection consists of five photographs from the displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany.

  20. Melvin Goldfarb papers

    1. Melvin Goldfarb collection

    The papers consist of documents relating to Melvin and Estera Goldfarb and their experiences as displaced persons in Austria, including post-war certificates of vaccinations, letters stating their wartime experiences, and invoices for package deliveries. Also included is a post-war photograph of a memorial site.