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  1. Frederick Gratwick, Jr. collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp coat and two pairs of pants, relating to the experiences of Frederick Gratwick, Jr., an American military administrator, at Dachau concentration camp after the Holocaust.

  2. Martin Stuler collection

    Nazi radio manufactured by Siemens, decorated with Nazi eagle and swastika. Brought home from WWII by German Jewish refugee Martin Stuler (donors' father) after his service with the US Army during WWII. Two photos of Martin Stuler in his Army uniform during WWII.

  3. Kim family collection

    The collection consists of of correspondence, documents, photographs, identification cards, and other original materials pertaining to Max and Regina (née Tenenbaum) Kim and their daughter Betty, as extended family members in Berlin, Germany and Warsaw, Poland. Included in the collection is a letter from Cordell Hull relating to their efforts to get visas and leave Nazi Germany. The collection also includes a Star of David "Juif" badge worn by Regina’s brother Joseph Tenenbaum, who survived the Holocaust in hiding in France.

  4. Frederic Zeller collection

    Correspondence; diaries; documents; photographs; interview; of David Borgenicht (one of “The Boys”); manuscript of unfinished chapters of second book: “Friendly Enemy Allien”; negatives; all related to the Zeller family of Berlin: Heinrich Zeller and Fanny Gottesmann Zeller and their two children: Frederic and Lilian. Pocket Watch: which Heinrich Zeller left with a French woman he worked for, when he was in a camp in South of France. Heinrich Zeller left this watch and a suit with the French woman as he was deported to Drancy. The woman located Frederic after the war and returned the watch ...

  5. Collected documents, correspondence and exchange media

    “Statute of Kalisz” published by Artur Szyk in Paris, France; c. 1926-1932; based on a legal document issued in 1264 by a Polish Duke, Boleslaw the Pious, granting Jews civil liberties – in the USHMM Library; documents, scrips, stamps, SS coupons, correspondence; coins.

  6. David Friedman collection

    Archival material documenting the legacy of artist David Friedman (donor's father) including artist's scrapbook with photographs, correspondence, exhibit brochures and catalogs, press clippings, magazines book and DVD (for Library) and "Warsaw Ghetto Aufstand" (pen and ink drawing with color)

  7. David Friedman collection

    The collection consists of six pieces of artwork created by artist David Friedman: drawing entitled "Nothing in His Pot"; Poster montage of 1964 exhibition photos; 1966 sketch of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; 2 pieces In Memorial of the Warsaw Ghetto for the Jewish Community Center in Baltimore; Poster created of the original invitation to the Warsaw Memorial Meeting.

  8. Church of St. Teresa of Avila collection

    The collection consists of a picture of Dr. Gyula Hevey who was the priest at the St. Teresa of Avila church during WWII; Gyula Hevey (worked 1935-1952) was active in trying to supply baptismal certificates to Jews in 1944 as well as earlier during the war and a sign posted in St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Budapest to notify people that conversions will no longer be offered.

  9. Simcha Munzer collection

    The collection consists of a typewriter used by Simcha Munzer (donor's father) before and during the war, and then afterwards by Gisele and Alfred Munzer (donor's mother and donor). 2 photographs of Eva and Lianne Munzer (donor's sisters) which were likely entrusted with neighbors. Napkin ring given to Alfred Munzer on the occasion of Sinterklaas Day from his paternal uncle Emil (?)

  10. Ferenc Hevesi family collection

    The collection consists of Jewish religious attire, athletic medals, commemorative plaques, and copy prints relating to the experiences of Rabbis Simon and Ferenc Hevesi and their family in Budapest, Hungary, before and during the Holocaust.

  11. Max Krause collection

    The collection consists of two drawings and a woodcut created by Max Krause in Dresden, Germany, during the Holocaust.

  12. Museum für Deutsche Geschichte collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and posters related to the history of Jewish culture in Germany and artifacts and antisemitic propaganda posters related to the activities of the Nazi Party in Germany in the 1930s.

  13. Stephan H. Lewy collection

    The collection consists of a camera, a prayer book, documents, photographs, and two memoirs relating to the experiences of Heinz Stephan Lewy before the Holocaust in Berlin, Germany, during the Holocaust in France, and after the Holocaust in the United States.

  14. Anthony A. Carullo collection

    The collection consists of a Nazi banner, pennants, and propaganda leaflet relating to the experiences of Anthony A. Carullo during World War II, when he served as a sergeant in the 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, United States Army.

  15. Rashel and Haim Eshaya collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David button and four photographs relating to the experiences of Rashel and Haim Eshaya before the Holocaust in Burgas, Bulgaria, during the Holocaust in Gradeshnitsa, where Haim was a forced laborer, and after the Holocaust in Burgas.

  16. Benjamin B. Ferencz collection

    The collection consists of the personal papers of Benjamin B. Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor of the Einsatzgruppen at the Nuremberg Trials. Papers include biographical information pertaining to Ferencz and materials relevant to the Second World War, the Nuremberg Trials, Holocaust-related restitution and indemnification issues, war crimes justice, his activities in the formation of the International Criminal Court in The Hague; his teaching, research, and speaking activities, in particular as director of the Pace Peace Center, but also more generally in the subject areas of world peace, crimes a...

  17. Handcrafted artifacts from prewar Poland collection

    The collection consists of artifacts handcrafted in Poland from 1920-1941.

  18. Baruch and Cila Knaster collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, a pair of earrings, a skirt, hand-embroidered linens, a doily, handknit baby clothing, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Baruch and Cila Hausman Knaster and their families in Poland before and during the Holocaust, and relating to their and their daughter Mirka's experiences in a displaced persons camp in Italy after the war.

  19. Erica Goldstein Mansfield collection

    Consists of one DVD containing a talk entitled "Erica Mansfield: Kindertransport to U.S.A", given by Erica Goldstein Mansfield on February 3, 2004. In the talk, Mrs. Mansfield, originally of Vienna, Austria, describes her memories and experiences as a five-year-old child on a transport to the United States in May 1939, as part of a group of children sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus and Brith Sholom. Erica's parents and younger brother were able to emigrate to the United States later that year. Also includes a short memoir written by Erica in 1997 as well as copies of her personal pape...

  20. Gelbhaus, Neumann, Butzel and Beck families collection

    The collection consists of documents (primarily photocopies from Austrian archives) related to the experiences of the Gelbhaus and Neumann family, documents and photos about Juliette Beck's clothing design and custom couture for Princess Valerie, correspondence from Butzel family and photographs, a statue given to donor's father by the employees of his bicycle factory in 1932 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the factory, and photocopies of correspondence from Gabriele Aufricht.