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  1. Maier Firnbacher family collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Maier Firnbacher, his wife, Ida, their son, Manfred, and other family members in Straubing, Germany, before and during the Holocaust and following the family's emigration to the United States in 1939.

  9. Don Stanton collection

    The collection consists of artifacts relating to the experiences of Don Stanton as a soldier in the United States Army serving in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

  14. Benesch and Herman families collection

    The collection consists of documents, scrip, and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Franz Herman in Theresienstadt concentration camp in the former Czechoslovakia. Included is a postwar letter from Quito, Ecuador, four sets of Theresienstadt scrip (incomplete), certificates, and receipt issued by the Aeltestenrat der Juden [Jewish Council] in Prague, and a letter from 1943 with multiple authors. Booklet containing copies of Benesch family tree (donor's mother)

  15. Second Generation of Long Island oral history collection

    Interviews conducted by the Second Generation of Long Island as part of a project to document the testimonies of Holocaust survivors on Long Island, New York City, and Israel from 1982-1989

  17. Oral History interviews of the Ukraine Documentation Project

    Oral history interviews of the Ukraine Documentation Project conducted in partnership with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with the assistance of Beit Lohamei Haghetaot in Israel. The 43 interviews with Ukrainian Jewish Holocaust survivors were conducted between August 1-15, 1994, resulting in about 60 taped hours, covering a geographical span of about 3500 kilometers. The journey consisted of two main parts - to the east of Kiev, and to the west and south of Kiev. Taping was conducted in Kharkov, Cherk...