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  1. Hans Praschkauer papers

    1. Hans Praschkauer collection

    The Hans Praschkauer papers include biographical material, scrapbooks, writings, and printed material relating to Hans Praschkauer and his family’s pre-war life in Breslau, Germany (currently Wrocław, Poland) and their experiences in Shanghai after fleeing Germany in 1939. The collection also includes applications, medical and financial records, and ship information relating to their immigration to the United States in 1949. Biographical material includes vaccination certificates, membership cards, a birth certificate, identification cards, and photographs for Hans Praschkauer. The negative...

  2. Deggendorf displaced persons camp scrip, 50 cents, issued to a German Jewish couple

    1. Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn collection

    Scrip, valued at 50 cents, issued to Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn in Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany in 1945-1946. Before the war, the couple lived in Berlin, Germany. After Kristallnacht in November 1938, they sent their 16 year old daughter, Marion, by Kinderstransport to England. They remained in Berlin to care for Lola’s 82 year old father. In 1943, they were deported on one of the last transports to Theresienstadt concentration camp-ghetto. The Soviet Army freed the camp inmates on May 9, 1945. Fred and Lola were sent to Deggendorf. The family soon was reunited. Marion had joi...

  3. Deggendorf displaced persons camp scrip, 10 dollars, issued to a German Jewish couple

    1. Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn collection

    Scrip, valued at 10 dollars, issued to Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn in Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany in 1945-1946. Before the war, the couple lived in Berlin, Germany. After Kristallnacht in November 1938, they sent their 16 year old daughter, Marion, by Kinderstransport to England. They remained in Berlin to care for Lola’s 82 year old father. In 1943, they were deported on one of the last transports to Theresienstadt concentration camp-ghetto. The Soviet Army freed the camp inmates on May 9, 1945. Fred and Lola were sent to Deggendorf. The family soon was reunited. Marion had j...

  4. Etching of a sad young boy in an internment camp created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse/rescuer

    1. Margot Schwarzschild Wicki collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn518759
    • English
    • 1942
    • overall: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm)

    Sepia ink etched print of a melancholy young boy created by Friedel Bohny-Reiter circa 1989. It is based upon memories of the Rivesaltes internment camp in France where she worked from 1941-1942 as a nurse for Secours Suisse aux Enfants [Swiss Aid to Children]. She gave the drawing to Margot Schwarzschild Wicki who as a 10 year old child was interned in the camp. In 1940, Margot, her parents, Richard and Luisi, and Hannelore, 11, were deported to Gurs prison camp from Kaiserlautern, Germany. They were transferred to Rivesaltes and, in 1942, placed on a list of Jews to be deported to concent...

  5. Pencil sketch of a young boy with haunted eyes created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse and rescuer

    1. Margot Schwarzschild Wicki collection

    Pencil and ink sketch of a young boy with large, dark, despairing eyes created by Friedel Bohny-Reiter in 1989. It is labelled draft and resembles her etching, 2006.464.2. It is based upon memories of the Rivesaltes internment camp in France where she worked from 1941-1942 as a nurse for Secours Suisse aux Enfants [Swiss Aid to Children]. She gave the drawing to Margot Schwarzschild Wicki who as a 10 year old child was interned in the camp. In 1940, Margot, her parents, Richard and Luisi,and 11 year old Hannelore, were deported to Gurs prison camp from Kaiserlautern, Germany. They were tran...

  6. Red crayon sketch of 4 females in heavy scarves created postwar by a Swiss Aid nurse and rescuer

    1. Margot Schwarzschild Wicki collection

    Red Conte crayon sketch created by Friedel Bohny-Reiter in 1989. It depicts a partial view of four females of varying age, with their heads wrapped in scarves, standing close together. It is based upon memories of the Rivesaltes internment camp in France where she worked from 1941-1942 as a nurse for Secours Suisse aux Enfants [Swiss Aid to Children]. She gave the drawing to Margot Schwarzschild Wicki who as a 10 year old child was interned in the camp. In 1940, Margot, her parents, Richard and Luisi,and 11 year old Hannelore, were deported to Gurs prison camp from Kaiserlautern, Germany. T...

  7. Margot Schwarzschild Wicki papers

    1. Margot Schwarzschild Wicki collection

    The Margot Schwarzschild Wicki papers contain documents and photographs relating to her family’s stay at the Gurs and Rivesaltes camps, and their eventual rescue by the Swiss Red Cross. These documents are primarily identification papers, including certificates of internment, baptism and vaccination documents, and identity cards. The material from the Schwarzschild’s time with the Swiss Red Cross includes invitations to join, correspondence, and a bound hand-book given by the children to the Elsa Ruth. The post-war documents include return visits that Margot made to Gurs, and an anniversary...

  8. Metal school supply box inscribed in Yiddish used by a Polish Jewish teenager

    1. Judith Weinstein collection

    Metal school supply box sent by the South Africa Jewish Wars Appeal to the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, and received by teenager Judith Wagner while she was living there from 1947-1951. The box originally held crayons, scissors, thread and needles, and writing materials, which Judith viewed as luxuries. Judith grew up in Rudnik, Poland with her younger sister Charlotta, and their parents, Chana and Pinchos. In October 1939, a month after Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union, the Germans deported the Wagners, with all other Jews in Rudnik, to Soviet-occupied ter...

  9. Handmade Israeli flag made by a Polish Jewish girl in a DP camp to celebrate statehood

    1. Judith Weinstein collection

    Israeli flag made by 15-year-old Judith Wagner on November 29, 1947, immediately after hearing the announcement that the United Nations had voted to partition Palestine into 2 separate states. She was living at the displaced persons (DP) camp in Wels, Austria, when the news was broadcast over the camp loudspeakers. Judith ran home and made the flag in about 2 hours for use at the ensuing celebratory party. Judith grew up in Rudnik, Poland with her younger sister Charlotta, and their parents, Chana and Pinchos. In October 1939, a month after Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union...

  10. Happy Holidays! American Joint Distribution Committee booklet on Hanukkah used by a Polish Jewish teenager

    1. Judith Weinstein collection

    Booklet on Hanukkah distributed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, and received by teenager Judith Wagner while she was living there from 1947-1951. Judith grew up in Rudnik, Poland with her younger sister Charlotta, and their parents, Chana and Pinchos. In October 1939, a month after Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union, the Germans deported the Wagners, with all other Jews in Rudnik, to Soviet-occupied territory. Judith and her family refused to take Soviet citizenship, so they were exiled to Siberia....

  11. Leather billfold used by a German Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany to Canada

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    Billfold owned by Josef Zwienicki at the time of his emigration from Germany in 1939. Josef, his wife, and four children lived in Bremen as the Nazis rose to power. It was a predominantly non-Jewish city and there was popular support for increasingly punitive restrictions enacted against the Jewish population. On Kristallnacht in November 9-10, 1938, his wife, Selma, was shot and killed in their home by rioters. Josef appealed for help from relatives abroad. A cousin in Canada arranged for Josef and his four children, Avraham, Gerd (Jacob), Benno, and Liesel, to come to Canada as refugees. ...

  12. Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener papers

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    Collection of photographs, documents and modern color photographs that relate to the donor's experiences during the Holocaust.

  13. Szymon Burg family papers

    1. Eugenia Josefsberg Burg collection

    Contains 24 photographs, dated circa 1914-1949, and documents relating to the Szymon Burg family of Boryslaw (Galicia), Poland. Documents include typed post-war testimonies, registration documents for Central Committee of Polish Jews, and paperwork prepared for restitution purposes, including affidavits from friends of Szymon and Eugene Burg living in Israel, who confirmed the veracity of their stories.

  14. Wiener family photographs

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    Consists of 23 pre-war and wartime photographs of members of the family of Rabbi Jacob Wiener [Gerd Zwienicki] in Germany. Included are class photographs of the yeshiva of Rabbi Breuer in Frankfurt in the 1930s.

  15. Jacob Wiener papers

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    Consists of a blank business form and envelope from the business of Josef Swinizki.

  16. Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener papers

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    Consists of pre and post-war documents, pamphlets, correspondence, and photographs of Jacob Wiener (born Gerd Zwienicki) and his family's experiences from 1936-1948. Included in this collection is his copy of a 1942 pamphlet on "Questions and Answers on Regulations Concerning Aliens of Enemy Nationalities" from the U.S. Department of Justice; Josef Zwienicki's (Jacob's father) 1916 driver's license; a 1948 marriage certificate issued to Gerd Zwienicki and Gertrud Farntrog (Jacob's wife); correspondence from Selma Stiefel Zwienicki (Jacob's mother), dated 1937-1938; correspondence from Jacob...

  17. Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener papers

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    Collection of documents including war ration books and identification papers issued to Gerd Zwienicki (previous name of Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener) by the United States Government after his arrival in the United States after his escape from Nazi occupied Europe.

  18. Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener papers

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    Collection consists of documents, photographs, a wallet, and photocopies of documents pertaining to donor and family during and after the war.

  19. Zwienicki family papers

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    The papers consist of letters received by the Zwienicki family [donor's family] in Nazi Germany and following the Holocaust.

  20. Gerd Zwienicki papers

    1. Jacob G. Wiener collection

    The papers relate to Gerd Zwienicki [donor], his father, Josef Zwienicki, and his life in Germany before the Holocaust. Included in the collection are documents, correspondence, term papers, notebooks and a speech relating to a Jewish school in Bremen, Germany, where Gerd Zwienicki was the principal and director.