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  1. Trude Schiff passport

    The passport ("Reisepass") was issued to Frau Hans Schiff [donor] in Cologne (Köln), Germany.

  2. Agata Bubola papers

    The papers consist of a birth certificate ("Geburtskunde") issued for Gabor Müller in Feldsberg, Austria (now Valtice, Czech Republic) (Gabor Müller died six weeks after his birth) and a postcard written by Agata Müller [donor] in Feldsberg, Austria, to Dr. Josef Rado [donor's father] in Mährisch-Kromau (Moravsky Krumlov), Czech Republic.

  3. Henry Hanski papers

    The papers consist of two Signal Corps photographs of corpses at a concentration camp and twenty pages from a publication of camp and ghetto songs and poems.

  4. S. Podlaski letters

    Contains two letters, with an envelope, sent from Auschwitz concentration camp to Warsaw by S. Podlaski.

  5. Josef Wajs letter

    The letter was written by the Ameican Consul in Belgium, R.M. de Lambert, to Josef Wajs (donor's father) during the Holocaust informing him that he has been put on the waiting list for immigration to the United States since the immigration quota from Poland has already been met.

  6. Julio Herman letter

    The letter was written to Julio Herman by a friend describing the sad situation of his parents in Vienna, Austria, in 1943.

  7. Rose Linden papers

    The papers consist of a postcard sent by Mendel Lipschitz in Skidel, Poland, to his brother, Charles Lipschitz [donor's father-in-law], in New York, N.Y., and a postcard sent by Mendel Lipschitz in the Soviet Union to Charles Lipschitz in N.Y.

  8. Fernande Susanne Epler passport

    The passport ("Reisepass") was issued to Fernande Susanne Epler [donor] in Vienna, Austria.

  9. Postcard

    The postcard was mailed from Hessi (?) Neudorfer in Poland to Magda Feder in N.Y. and bears Nazi postal stamps.

  10. Thomas Shepherd photograph collection

    The collection consists of five photographs taken of prisoners and corpses at Dachau concentration camp shortly after liberation.

  11. Bernard Rosenberg collection

    Bernard Rosenberg's collection of World War II memorabilia includes the Nazi party membership booklet for Karl Schmahl (b. 1891 in Frankfurt am Main) and a propaganda pamphlet by Joseph Goebbels entitled, "Dreissig Kriegsartikel für das deutsche Volk."

  12. Virginia Panzer photograph collection

    The collection consists of twelve photographs depicting corpses and prisoners at Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps at liberation.

  13. Fritz Schnaittacher papers

    Two letters from a U.S. soldier to his wife.

  14. Majon Huff photograph collection

    The collection consists of three photographs of corpses taken at the liberation of Dachau concentration camp.

  15. Max Botie passport

    The Polish passport ("Paszport") was issued to Max Botie, a German Jewish man.

  16. George Katz photograph collection

    The collection consist of seven photographs taken by American soldiers of Dachau concentration camp after liberation.

  17. Michael Danziger papers

    The papers consist of a labor card and a driver's license issued to Fajwel Dancygier [donor's father] at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany, a photograph of a boy wearing a dark military-style hat and a Star of David pin, a photograph of Itta Rizal Danziger [mother of Philip (Felix) Danziger] who perished in the Holocaust, and an identification document issued to Fajwel Dancygier by a Polish government official in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.

  18. Passport

    The German passport ("Reisepass") stamped with the letter "J" was issued to Margarethe Bauer [donor's mother] in Hamburg, Germany. It includes an immigration visa for the United States.

  19. Adolf Eichmann trial ticket

    The ticket was issued to Laurence Ottenstein for admission to the trial of Adolf Eichmann on June 8, 1961, in Jerusalem.

  20. George Hindels identification card

    The identification card was issued to George Hindels by the Jüdischer Pfadfinderbund Österreichs on July 4, 1932.