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  1. Estella d'Ancona-Vieijra papers

    The papers relate to the experiences of Estella d'Ancona-Vieijra immediately after World War II. Photographs of the d'Ancona family before the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, birth announcment of Hetty d'Ancona, and post war correspondence.

  2. Photograph of Jeanine Fields

    The photograph depicts Jeanine Fields as a child in the displaced persons camp in Selb, Germany, following the Holocaust.

  3. Wasner and Wand families' papers

    The Wasner and Wand families papers are realated to the experiences of the Wasner and Wand families in Poland during the Holocaust and include false identification papers used by Regina Wand and Rozalia Wand, a birth certificate reissued to Zygfryd Wasner after World War II, and the ketuba of Zygfryd Wasner and Regina Wand.

  4. Fernbach family papers

    The papers relate to Werner Fernbach and Margot Lewandowski Fernbach [donor's parents] and their experiences immigrating to Palestine in 1938 and to the United States in the 1950s.

  5. Uriel Hanoch photograph collection

    The photographs document the experiences of the Hanoch family in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, before World War II and the experiences of Uriel Hanoch and her brother in a displaced persons camp in Germany and Italy after their liberation from concentration camps.

  6. Johanna Deutsch papers

    The papers consist of 17 photographs and letters documenting the experiences of Johanna Deutsch [donor] and her family in Vienna, Austria, and Palestine during the time period of the Holocaust.

  7. Photograph of Helena Zymler

    The collection includes an identification photograph of Helena Zymler taken in Łódź, Poland, in 1946.

  8. Joseph Kempenich prayer books

    Contains six Hebrew prayer books, published in 1901, belonging to Joseph Kempenich. Mr. Kempenich gave the books to his family, whom he was planning to join in the United States, for safe-keeping when they emigrated in 1938. Unable to escape, Mr. Kempenich was deported to Theresienstadt and perished in the Minsk ghetto. Also includes the Yom Kippur programs for the synagogue in Trier, Germany, from 1928-1936.

  9. Chester Aaron papers

    The collection consists of seven photographs taken by Chester Aaron while serving in the United States Army depicting the liberation of Dachau concentration camp and two programs for musical performances for the American troops.

  10. Dachau liberation photographs

    Consists of 12 photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of the railcars which held victims as well as carts used to transport the bodies of victims for reburial. The photographs are from the collection of Grant Balch, a liberator of Dachau.

  11. Halina Gozdzik Milich photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight photographs depicting Halina Gozdzik Milich and her relatives before World War II in Łódź, Poland, and after liberation.

  12. Roman Morrow photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight photographs documenting Roman Morrow and his family's experiences in Kraków, Poland, during the Holocaust. Includes images of Roman Morrow's Maccabi soccer team, members of a Zionist organization, his brother, Steven Morrow, in the Polish Army, Montelupich prison in Kraków, forced labor in the swamps of Pychowiec, a funeral procession, and Roman Morrow in the Kraków ghetto wearing a Star of David armband.

  13. Arnold Kronfeld papers

    The papers consist of correspondence, visa applications, affidavits and other materials that belonged to Herbert E. Kronfeld [donor's father] and that document his efforts to assist his maternal aunt, Bertha Dyckhoff, and her daughter, Hildegard Dyckoff, in immigrating from Berlin, Germany, to the United States. Included in the collection is correspondence from Judges Mitchell May and Algeron I. Nova, Senator Robert F. Wagner, Senator James M. Mead, and United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull.

  14. May-Reich family papers

    The papers consist of 32 photographs and documents relating to the experiences of the May and Reich families during the Holocaust.

  15. Levin and Kulmanas families' papers

    The papers consist of a birth certificate for "Abram Levin" [donor's husband] issued by the Rabbinate of Vilna, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania); a photograph of a family wedding with an inscription in Yiddish; and a Red Cross document about the fate of members of the Kulmanas family.

  16. My Story of Life in Italy During the Holocaust

    Consists of one memoir, 15 pages, entitled "My Story of Life in Italy During the Holocaust," by Liliana Briefel, originally of Naples, Italy. The daughter of a Jewish father and a Christian-born mother, Liliana's mother and father arranged for Liliana and her siblings to be baptized as Catholics (and for their baptisms to predate1938) in order to protect them from anti-Jewish measures. In the memoir, she also describes the events surrounding the arrival of Allied troops. Also contains one videocassette of a Yom Hashoah service in which Ms. Briefel presented her story.

  17. 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.

  18. Israeli Holocaust commemoration stamps

    Consists of one set of six commemorative stamps and a envelope stamped "day of issue," issued in Israel to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and to honor the Jews who fought against the Nazi regime, whether as partisans or as soldiers in the Allied forces.

  19. Oral history interview with Arnold Weiss

  20. The Barber of Goerlitz

    Consists of one memoir, 71 pages, entitled "The Barber of Goerlitz," by Dr. Kasriel K. Eilender, M.D., originally of Suwałki, Poland. In the memoir, Dr. Eilender describes his childhood in Suwałki, the Soviet and German occupations of the area, his Holocaust experiences in the Derecyn-Slonim ghetto and in the Mogilev, Blizyn, Płaszów, Gross-Rosen, and Langenbielau concentration camps. After his liberation, he reunited with American relatives; with their help, he emigrated to the United States after the war and attended medical school.