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  1. Tema de Ratafia collection

    The collection consists of a photograph and a wrist watch relating to the experiences of Tema de Ratafia and her family in Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania, during the Holocaust.

  2. Salomea Herszenberg Kape family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Roza Herszenberg Kape and Anna Toronczyk and their family in Łódź, Poland, before, during, and after the Holocaust, Anna's experiences as a midwife in displaced persons camps, and the family's immigration to the United States in the 1950-60s. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  3. Herbert Kobs collection

    The collection consists of 15 cigarette cards produced as propaganda in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

  4. Mark Rumple collection

    The collection consists of two Nazi propaganda magazines: Der Untermensch, published in 1942, and Ein Volk/Ein Reich/Ein Fuhrer, published in Mar./Apr. 1938. Also included are two post-World War II newspaper clippings from Allegemeine Deutsche Lehrerzeitung, dated Sept. 1, 1961, and Nord-Amerika, dated July 21, 1949

  5. Sabina Heller and Stanislava Roztropowicz-Szkubel collection

    The collection consists of two drawings, a diary, and photographs relating to the experiences of Stanislava Roztropowicz and her family and Sabina Heller, a young Jewish child rescued by the Roztropowicz family in Radziwillow, Poland, during and after the Holocaust.

  6. Reha Abraham Sokolow family collection

    The collection consists of a scarf, a clothes and a hair brush, documents, a letter and photographs relating to the experiences of Ruth and Walter Abraham, their daughter, Reha, and other family members in Berlin, Germany, before, during, and after the Holocaust, including two years spent living in hiding.

  7. Sabina Heller collection

    The collection consists of a dress and photograph relating to the experience of Sabina Heller as a hidden child in Poland during the Holocaust.

  8. Philip Freid collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Philip Freid during and after the Holocaust.

  9. Alice and John Morawetz collection

    The collection consists of a drawing, documents, and photographs from the 1920s to the 1940s relating to the experiences of Alice Tauscher and Hans Morawetz and their families in Vienna, Austria, of the Tauscher family in Trinidad, and of both families following their immigration to the United States during the Holocaust.

  10. Max Feld and Rose Feld-Rosman collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Max Feld and Raisa Steinberg in Germany and Poland before the Holocaust and in France with their daughter, Esther, during and after the Holocaust.

  11. Morris Rosen collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experience of Morris Rosen in New Palestein displaced persons camp in Salzburg, Austria, after the Holocaust. Oral history interview accreted to collection in October 2014.

  12. District of Unterfranken collection

    The collection consists of school desks and educational charts relating to education and the teaching of racial science in schools in Nazi Germany from 1933-1945.

  13. Fridl and Lea Kufert collection

    The collection consists of a pair of child's red shoes and a photograph relating to the experiences of Fridl Kufert and her daughter Lea who perished during the Holocaust.

  14. Henri Bomblat collection

    The collection consists of packaging ribbon, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Henri Bomblat and his family in France before and during the Holocaust.

  15. Lou Dunst collection

    The collection consists of an identification tag issued to Lou Dunst in Mauthausen concentration camp during the Holocaust and an identification card issued after the end of World War II.

  16. Margot Hamburger family collection

    The collection consists of three World War I medals and documents relating to the experiences of Margot Joseph, her parents Salli and Martha Danziger Joseph, and her brother Bernard in Germany and Palestine before, during, and after World War II. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  17. Paul and Sally Comins Edelsberg family and Kurt Clark collection

    The collection consists of a doll, a child’s dress and ankle boots, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Zelda Kamieniecki (later Comins) and Pinkus Edelsberg after the war in displaced persons camps in Germany, and of the Bebczuk/ Kamieniecki family, and of their friend Kurt Clark before, during and after the Holocaust.

  18. Adolph Blau family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and documents relating to the experiences of Adolph Blau and his family in Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust and in Deggendorf displaced persons camp in the postwar period.

  19. Paul M. Carey collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Paul M. Carey in Germany while serving with the United States Army during World War II.

  20. William Beck collection

    The collection consists of an anti-Hitler pendant and a publication relating to the experiences of William Beck, while serving as a soldier in the United States Army during World War II.