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  1. Marek Watnicki collection

    The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform cap, jacket, and pants, and Łódź ghetto coin relating to the experiences of Mieczyslaw (Marek) Watnicki during the Holocaust when he was in Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland.

  2. Emil Singer collection

    The collection consists of two etchings created by Emil Singer in prewar Vienna, Austria.

  3. Rabbi Aaron Landes collection

    The collection consists of two Waffen SS fez found at Dachau concentration camp following its liberation by United States troops.

  4. Anna Walinska collection

    The collection consists of artwork created by Anna Walinska before and during the Holocaust.

  7. André Scheinmann collection

    Consists of materials related to the Holocaust experiences of André Scheinmann. Born Joseph Scheinmann in 1915, André hid his Jewish identity and worked in the French Resistance and for Great Britain as a spy in France. He was arrested as a Nacht und Nebel political prisoner and was interned at the Natzweiler-Strutthof concentration camp as a kapo, and later in the Dachau concentration camp. Includes "Call Me André," a narrative written by Diana Mara Henry with the assistance of Scheinmann, several articles she wrote about his experiences, and oral history interviews with Scheinmann.

  8. John and Dorothy Goldmeier collection

    The collection consists of a World War I medal, documents, and photograph albums relating to the experiences of Hans Goldmeier (later John), his wife, Dorothy Fried Goldmeier, and their extended families in Germany and England before, during, and after World War II.

  9. Wacław Głouszek collection

    The collection consists of scrip, correspondences, diaries, copy prints, sheet music, and publications relating to the experiences of Waclaw Glouszek during the Holocaust, when he was interened as a non-Jewish political prisoner in several concentration camps and after the Holocaust when he lived in displaced persons camps.

  10. Jewish experience in Eastern Europe and Palestine documents and ephemera collection

    The collection consists of posters, documents, and photographs relating to the Jewish experience in prewar Europe and in Palestine before, during, and after World War II.

  11. Oral history interviews of the Diane Plotkin collection

    Oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Diane Plotkin for her graduate dissertation research and book Sisters in Sorrow: Voices of Care in the Holocaust.

  12. Inge Auerbacher collection

    The collection consists of a doll and doll clothing relating to the experiences of Inge Auerbacher during and after the Holocaust when she and her parents were deported from Germany and imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia.

  13. Kathryn Lichtenberg and Walt E. Lichtenberg collection

    The collection consists of a silver baby cup, correspondence, documents, a journal, a taped interview, and a Pentateuch relating to the experiences of the Lichtenberg and Stein families during and after the Holocaust.

  14. Daisy Kartch Colish collection

    The collection consists of a WW II Iron Cross 1st Class medal and a

  15. Rolland Pearce collection

    The collection consists of 2 bars of soap, cigarette papers, and razor blades relating otthe experiences of Rolland G. Pearce, a United States airman held as a prisoner of war by the German in Stalag Luft IV.

  16. Bernice Krinsky collection

    The collection consists of a Wehrmacht helmet and a cane used by a member of the German army.

  17. Herbert Kaufman collection

    The collection consists of a 1936 Olympics medal and a National Socialist German Worker's Party membership card.

  18. Leah Rosenfield collection

    The collection conisists of scrip from the Łódź ghetto.

  19. Max Epstein collection

    The collectionconsists fo 5 drwaings created by Max Epstein while in hiding in the Netherlands.

  20. Mort Eckhaus collection

    The collection consists of 7 drawings in a series drawn by Mort Eckhaus depicting Nazi brutality in the Buchenwald concentration camp.