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  1. Rosalyn Orenstein collection

    The collection consists of documents, an identification tag, and photographs relating to the experiences of Wiktor Lerhaft as a German prisoner of war during WWII, and with his family in a displaced persons camp and during their emigration to the United States during the postwar period. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  2. Judith Weinstein collection

    The collection consists of a flag, a school box, a publication, a notebook, and a business catalog relating to the experiences of Judith Weinstein and her family in Poland before the Holocaust and in Wels displaced persons camp after the Holocaust.

  3. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, a book, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Jacob Wiener and his family, the Zwienickis, in Germany before World War II and in Canada and the United States before, during, and after the war. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Ernestine Schiller collection

    The collection consists of one scrip and postwar documents relating to the experiences of Ernestine Schiller in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust.

  5. Margo and Rudolf Selby family collection

    The collection consists of a bar of soap, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Rozsahegyi and Zelmanovics families in Hungary before and after the Holocaust and in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust.

  6. Moses Schulstein collection

    The collection consists of one typewriter with Yiddish type in a metal case, a pencil sketch, and documents relating to the experiences of Moses Schulstein, a Yiddish poet.

  7. Adelaide and Fritz Kauffmann collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Adelaide and Fritz Kauffmann in Shanghai, China, from 1931-1949.

  8. Ida Weiss collection

    The collection consists of a steamer trunk and a passport relating to the experiences of Ida Weiss before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and during her emigration to the United States in 1938.

  9. Colonel Alexander Zabin, MD collection

    Collection of newsletters, newspaper clippings, black and white negatives and photographs, documents, glass slides, magazine, Star of David patch, postcards, calling card and 16 mm film reels. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  11. Al Kooper collection

    The collection consists of money, 3 scrip notes and 2 coins, from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland

  12. Esquire magazines

    A collection of four issues of Esquire magazine: one from February, 1942 with an illustration by Arthur Szyk on page 53 titled "The New Orderlies"; the second magazine from March,1942 with an illustration by Arthur Szyk on page 71 titled "The Map Maker"; the third magazine from April, 1942 with an illustration by Arthur Szyk on page 59 titled "Detour on the Glory Road"; and the fourth from May, 1942 with an illustration by Arthur Szyk on page 56 titled "Some Necks...?."

  13. Henry Kis collection

    The collection consists of a handkerchief holder and correspondence relating to the experiences of Heinz (later Henry) Kis who emigrated from Germany to Palestine in 1936 and the Kis family in Germany before and during the Holocaust.

  14. Collier's magazines

    The collection consists of four Collier's magazines dated Jan. 17, 1942; Mar. 28, 1942; June 20, 1942; and Sept. 12, 1942. The magazines feature illustrations by Arthur Szyk on the front covers.

  15. Anne Weil Wascou family collection

    The collection consists of two suitcases, correspondence, documents, photographs, and a photograph album relating to the experiences of Anne Weil Wascou and her family during the Holocaust and to the postwar efforts of Anne Wascou to obtain restitution.

  16. Rose Kfar Rose collection

    The collection consist of books relating to the experiences of Rose Kwar in Krakow, Poland, after the Holocaust when she continued to live under an assumed Christian identity.

  18. Howard Zar collection

    The collection consists of pastels created by Leon Target depicting a French post-war ballet about the Holocaust.

  19. Moszek Brycman collection

    The collection consists of posters and a flier advertising Zionist and Socialist events in post-war France as well as a commemoration for the Warsaw ghetto uprising.

  20. Leo Haas collection

    The collection consists of eleven artworks created by Leo Haas, some created during World War II when he was imprisoned in several concentration camps, and some after the war when he was a satirical cartoonist in Berlin, East Germany.