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  1. Eddie Mills Murphy collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, documents, original photographs, and photographic negatives relating to the experiences of Eddie Mills Murphy, during and after World War II, when he served as a soldier in the United States Army, 3264th Signal Photo Battalion, and was assigned as a photographer at the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg War Crimes trials from 1945-1946.

  2. Mathilde Schwarz Rosenblatt collection

    The collection consists of burnt page fragments from Hebrew books, a Pentatuch, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Mathilde Schwarz Rosenblatt before and during the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria.

  3. Imre Amos collection

    The collection consists of a set of prints of linocuts, Zsido Unnepek [Jewish Holidays] created by Imre Amos, a Hungarian Jewish artist, and published during the Holocaust during which he perished in Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany.

  4. Baer family collection

    The collection consists of two multi-volume sets of Jewish prayer books and a photograph relating to the experiences of Lore Baer, her parents Hellmuth and Hedwig, and her brother Max in Germany, France, Shanghai, Britain, and Australia before and during the Holocaust.

  5. US Anti-Nazi propaganda collection

    The collection consists of three postcards, two posters, a flier, and a pamphlet produced in America, protesting the Nazi regime in Germany.

  6. Leo Vogel collection

    The collection consists of a hand stamp, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Leo Vogel in prewar Karlsruhe, Germany, as well as postwar correspondence between the attorneys and Mr. Vogel's daughter, Marlies Levenger, concerning his restitution claim.

  7. Edward J. Diehm collection

    The collection consists of a German coin, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Edward J. Diehm while a sergeant in the United States Army during World War II.

  8. Oral history interviews of the Davide Ivaldi collection

    Oral history interviews with former residents of Sualki, Poland who endured WWII in Siberia and elsewhere.

  9. David and Lisa Eizenberg collection

    The collection consists of a coat, vest, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of David and Lisa Eizenberg before and after the war in Germany when David worked with the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS assisting displaced persons in Germany and Palestine.

  10. Morris Dembowitz collection

    The collection consists of a poster, documents, and photographic prints relating to the discovery of Gardelegen and Ohrdruf concentration camps in Germany and a letter attesting to the origin of the "Treblinka Song" record.

  11. Kaiser Wilhelm Institute lantern slide collection

    The collection of lantern slides and boxes is from the holdings of the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. This Institute for anthropology and genetics was one of many centers used for the study of eugenics during the Third Reich. Aside from ordering sterilization and other eugenic "procedures," medical experiments originating in euthenasia killing centers and concentration camps were also evaluated at the Institute. Such names as Von Verschuer, Fischer, and Mengele are associated with the Institute. The slides contained in the boxes were probably used for teaching purposes. The slid...

  12. Lester D. Edelstein collection

    Consists of an original photocopy of a letter writen by a soldier in the 11th Armored division regarding the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. The soldier, whose name is unknown, described what they witnessed when they entered the camp and what they learned from prisoners with whom they spoke. Also includes a speech, on audio CD, with Lester D. Edelstein, who was a captain in the 11th Armored Division (63rd Armored Infantry Battalion), in which he describes his memories of Mauthausen, including how the camp smelled and his impressions of how people managed to survive.

  13. Denker and Kleiner family collection

    The collection consists of a doctor's bag relating to the experiences of Josef Kleiner before and during the Holocaust in Poland which he, his wife Jocheved, and their son Adolf (later Al) survived by living in hiding and also photographs relating to the experiences of the Denker and Kleiner families in Budzanoff, Poland, before and after the war.

  14. Paul Beller family collection

    The collection consists of a handkerchief, documents, copy prints, and lesson books relating to the experiences of Leo and Mina Beller and their son Paul before and during World War II in Vienna, and their separate journeys to the United States during and after the war.

  15. Salomon and Berg families collection

    The collection consists of a chess set, a harmonica, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Alfred Berg in Austria and Marianne Salomon Berg in Germany before and during the Holocaust.

  16. Douglas Smith collection

    The collection consists of unrelated records containing correspondence, documents, photograph albums, and a copy of a book relating to the pre-war, wartime, and postwar Jewish life.

  17. Wanda Lomazow collection

    The collection consists of two pieces of Łódź ghetto scrip, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Wanda Lomazow during the Holocaust when she lived under a false identity and after the Holocaust when she worked for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in Wels and Badgstein displaced persons camps, married Jacob Lomazow, and emigrated to the United States.

  18. Albert and Olga Friedmann family collection

    Consists of documents related to the life of Albert Friedmann, his wife Olga, son Tibor, and stepdaughter, Eva (born Weiss). Albert and Olga married in 1946; both had lost their spouses in the Holocaust. The documents mainly concern the Friedmanns' lives in the Hallein displaced persons camp and Mr. Friedmann's position within the camp. Also includes immigration and naturalization correspondence and documents for Nisen Ganz, a survivor of Auschwitz, Melk, Ebensee, and Terezin, originally from Czechoslovakia. Olga Leitman (her maiden name). Also included are fourteen pillowcases and four sma...

  19. Haim family collection

    Consists of 8mm film, photographic negatives, a wedding certificate and documents related to forced labor. The collection concerns the prewar and wartime experiences of Max Licco Haim and family in Bulgaria.

  20. Julius Wald and Ernst Breuer families collection

    The collection consists of an identification tag, an autograph album, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Julius Wald and Ernest Breuer and their families, originally from Vienna, Austria, during the Holocaust when Julius was sent to Great Britain on a Kinderstransport and Ernst emigrated to the United States, and then later returned to Europe as a soldier with the the US Army.