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  12. Berlin AJDC Tracing Office, 1945-1947 [Book]

    An American Joint Distribution Committee Publication in memory of the Jewish Holocaust survivors of Berlin, Germany.

  13. Youth Aliyah and "Tehran Children" photographs

    Consists of 11 photographs documenting the arrival of Jewish children and youths in Palestine who were assisted in fleeing Nazi Europe with help from the Youth Aliyah organization founded by Recha Freier and the Jewish Agency for Palestine. Select photographs depict the arrival of the so-called "Tehran children" who lived as refugees in Iran prior to their immigration to Palestine.

  14. Life (New York, New York) [Magazine]

    One original copy of Life Magazine from September 22, 1947. It inlcudes an article "Exodus Refugees End Tragic Voyage." Sam Brill's father was on the Exodus and is pictured in the image on page 34.

  15. Maria Klein papers

    1. Maria Klein collection

    The papers consist of ten postcards and one letter written by Estera Lifszyc [donor's mother] in Warsaw, Poland, to Maria Klein and her brother, Rubin Lifszyc, in Toyo and Kobe (Kōbe-shi), Japan.

  16. Sigmund Boraks papers

    1. Sigmund Boraks collection

    The papers consist of 18 photographs and 4 documents relating to the history of Sigmund Boraks and his wife, Margot Neuburger. Included in the collection are pre-war photographs of Margot, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and post-war photographs and documents of Margot and Sigmund.

  17. Pink cloth Torah scroll cover saved by a refugee from Nazi Germany

    1. Freddy Rotenberg collection

    Torah scroll cover made to slide over and protect a closed scroll that was received by Freddy Rotenberg from his parents for his Bar Mitzvah in 1934 Germany.