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  1. Oral history interviews of the BILD TV collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors produced by BILD TV for its production on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.

  2. Richard Pfifferling and Ruth Pfifferling Knox family collection

    The collection consists of a tefillin set and storage pouch, two tallits, a tallit storage pouch, a stole, publications, and photographs relating to the experiences of Richard Pfifferling, who left Germany for the United States in 1939, and of documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of his wife, Ruth Liebermensch (later Knox), and her sister, Hanna Liebermensch (later Lewin), who left Germany on a Kindertransport in 1939.

  3. Erwin Marx and Ernst Rothschild collection

    The collection consists of World War I German medals and documents and corrspondence relating to the experiences of Erwin Mark and Ernst Rothschild in prewar Germany and of Erwin Marx during and after World War II in Germany, Shanghai, China, and the United States.

  4. Edwin Kulawiec collection

    Woodcut made by a child in Poland in 1978, and a paper craft made by a child at the Ben Gurion school in Israel.

  5. Miriam Davenport Ebel collection

    Collection includes a hatbox, which Miriam Davenport Ebel (the donor) took to France with her in June 1938. At one point, she lived for five months using only what was packed in the box. Steamer sticker on box is that of the Companie Generale Transatlantique's SS Champlain. In addition, the collection includes a musical score written by Hans Sahl, 1938, Zurich, Switzerland and purchased by Miriam Davenport circa 1940 in Marseilles, France, as well as a book she purchased, also in Zurich. The collection also includes artwork and papers. The Miriam Davenport Ebel papers consist of corresponde...

  8. German naval history book with stereoscopic prints collection

    The collection consists of a book, stereoscopic viewing glasses, and stereoscopic prints relating to the history of the German Navy.

  9. Andre Saupe collection

    The Andre Saupe collection comprise the Margaretha Rosenfeld papers as well as a Volksempfaenger DKE 38 radio, two books, a newspaper, and two lists of publications.

  10. Edward Smolarz collection

    The collection consists of a handmade belt and a tefillin set and pouch relating to the experiences of Idek (later Edward) Smolarz during the Holocaust in Auschwitz I concentration camp and after the Holocaust in Wels, Austria.

  14. Henry and Rose Brewster collection

    The collection consists of one Buchenwald concentration camp coupon and one Łódź ghetto scrip.

  15. Clara Kramer collection

    The collection consist of one piece of Łódź ghetto scrip, a wartime diary, an autograph book, biographical materials, and photographs relating to the experiences of Clara Kramer during the Holocaust while in hiding, as well as pre-Holocaust friendships and postwar nursing training and work in displaced persons camps.

  17. Michal Klepfisz collection

    The collection consists of a Polish Virtuti Militari medal with its presentation box and envelope, and correspondence relating to the experiences of Michal Klepfisz in Warsaw, Poland, during World War II.

  19. Charlene Schiff collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Charlene Schiff. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.