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  1. Jack and Beatrice Glotzer papers

    The Jack and Beatrice Glotzer papers consist of biographical materials, a memoir, photographs, and a postcard documenting Jack Glotzer’s family in pre‐war and wartime Rohatyn and Jack and Beatrice Glotzer’s immigration to the United States in 1949. Biographical materials include the meal card Beatrice Glotzer used during her passage to the United States, an International Refugee Organization medical tag issued to her when the ship reached Boston Harbor, and two report cards issued to Edmund Glotzer in 1938 and 1939. Jack Glotzer’s memoir, I Survived the German Holocaust Against All Odds: A ...

  2. Dina Littman photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of David Kuperman [donor's brother] and Leibul Mendelman [donor's cousin] taken in Zgierz, Poland; a photograph of Moshe Pinches Leyzerowich [donor's maternal grandfather]; and a copy photograph of Jacob and Miriam Kuperman [donor's parents] and their children (David, Regina, Macheia, Molley, and Dina) taken in Zgierz, Poland.

  3. Fred Feld papers

    The Fred Feld papers consists of a passport ("Reisepass") stamped with a " J" issued to Mathias Scheer [Fred Feld's uncle] in Austria on December 1, 1938, and two postcards written by Baruch Wiener in Tarnów, Poland, to his brother-in-law, Mathias Scheer in Brooklyn , N.Y. in September 1941.

  4. Harry Goodrich papers

    The papers consist of an identification card issued to Harry Gutreich [donor] after his release from Buchenwald concentration camp, a telegram to Harry Gutreich in Zurich, Switzerland, from Lotti Gutreich sent after his release from Buchenwald, and a telegram sent from "Uncle Max" in London, England, to Harry Gutreich in Basel, Switzerland, after the latter's release from Buchenwald.

  5. Oskar Licht passport

    The passport is stamped with a "J" and was issued to Oskar Licht in Vienna, Austria, in 1938.

  6. Louis White photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight photographs of Dachau concentration camp taken by Louis White [donor's father] at liberation on May 2, 1945, and two photographs of three soldiers guarding a woman and five corpses laying on the ground that were removed from a German soldier.

  7. Letter written by the Vichy General Commissioner to Berck Hercberg

    The letter was written by the Vichy General Commissioner to Berck Hercberg donor's father-in-law and pertains to the disposition of Jewish property in the Vichy zone of France.

  8. Rose Ackermann Weissman postcard

    The postcard was sent by Rose Ackerman Weissman to her brother, Imre Ackermann. She claims she is well and asks for news.

  9. Alfred Manning photograph collection

    The collection consists of five black-and-white photographs depicting the liberation of the Wöbbelin subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp near Ludwigslust, Germany. All photographs were taken by Alfred Manning.

  10. Henry and Grace Dondero photograph collection

    The collection consists of five photographs of the proceedings of the Nazi war crimes trials at Nuremburg and Dachau, Germany; one photograph of refugees on the ship "Medina Yehudit" attempting to enter Haifa, Palestine, on December 3, 1947; and a photograph of a little girl waving Israeli and American flags in front of a kosher butcher store in Pittsburgh, Pa., on July 2, 1948.

  11. Andrew Laszlo papers

    The papers consist of ten postcards and four letters written and recieved by Andras Laszlo [donor] in Kó́szeg, Hungary, and Zsibo, Romania, to and from Erzsebet Laszlo [donor's mother], Laszlo Laszlo [donor's father], Miklos Laszlo [donor's uncle], Alice Laszlo [donor's aunt], and Sandor Laszlo [donor's brother] in Szombathely, Hungary, as well as one poem written by Andras Laszlo in Zsibo, Romania.

  12. Ehrlichman and Leibovich families papers

    The papers consist of a release/discharge notification ("Entlassungsanzeige") issued to Mordechai Ehrlichman [donor's father] by a German prison in Marseille, France; five identification cards issued to Golda Leibovich [under name "Maria-Angelica Georgescu" [donor's mother], Nathan Pizon [under name "Jean Pizon" - donor's first cousin], Mordechai Ehrlichman, and Chaja Ehrlichman [donor's mother]; and two copies of a document regarding the distribution of gas masks that was issued to Joseph Leibovici [sic].

  13. Carl Romack letter

    The Carl Romack letter is a three-page letter was written by Carl Romack, a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Air Force to family in the United States, April 17, 1945. The describes his eyewitness experience of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

  14. Military pass

    The military government pass was issued in Stadt Nordhausen to Emil Davidovits [donor's husband], a liberated victim, allowing him to travel to Kassel, Germany, to find his wife and return home.

  15. Basia McDonnell papers

    The papers consist of nine photographs of Basia Israel [donor] and her parents, Tosha and Izryl Israel, in the ghetto in Kraków, Poland, and an autograph book dated 1928 belonging to Tosha Israel that survived in hiding with Izryl Israel during the Holocaust.

  16. Berta Fried papers

    The papers consist of a postcard sent by Berta Fried, a Hungarian Jewish deportee, from Auschwitz-Birkenau to a Christian cousin in Budapest, Hungary, dated May 28, 1944; a letter from Berta Fried in a hospital in Danzig, Germany, to her children after her liberation from Stutthof concentration camp dated April 1945; and two envelopes sent to Agata Fried in Mukacevo-Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), by her mother, Berta Fried, in Danzig.

  17. Mae Harris photograph collection

    The Mae Harris photograph collection consists of eleven photographs of corpses, prisoners, and mass graves taken at the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.

  18. Ignacy Steinkeller identification card

    The document served as identification for Ignacy Steinkeller, interned during the Holocaust and liberated in Flossenbürg, Germany. The document was issued by Alfred Ziegler, Infantry Captain in the United States Army.

  19. Norbert Landecker family papers

    The Norbert Landecker family papers measure 1.0 linear foot and date from 1912‐1942, 1957‐1969, and 1988‐1992. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, subject files, a photo album, and printed materials documenting the Landecker family, their military service, medical careers, immigration to the United States, and efforts to receive restitution. The collection also includes a copy of Heinrich von Trietschke’s Deutsche Geschichte im 19. Jahrhundert published in 1933. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates, a sports club membership bookl...

  20. Photograph of a Hungarian Jewish family

    The photograph depicts a Hungarian Jewish family.