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  1. Kusserow family collection

    The collection consists of two purple triangle badges that were used to identify Jehovah's Witness prisoners in Sachsenhausen and Ravensbruck concentration camps and photographs and documents related to the Kusserow family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  2. Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin collection

    The collection consists of two German radio receivers known as "Volksempfänger" (People's Set).

  3. Melanie Keck Spitta collection

    The collection consists of two skirts and a pair of shoes that were worn by a German Romani of the Sinti group before and during the Holocaust as well as 5 photographs depicting German Romanies.

  4. Ronald W. Schonfeld collection

    The collection consists of seven pieces of Theresienstadt scrip and a Star of David badge relating to the experiences of Rene W. Schonfeldt (later Ronald Schonfeld) during the Holocaust in German occupied Netherlands and as a prisoner in Westerbork internment camp and Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Photograph albums, loose photographs illustrating the experiences of the Schonfeld family in Germany and the Netherlands. Hans, Hanna, and Rene emigrated from Germany to the Netherlands before the war. The family was deported on September 6, 1944 to Theresiens...

  5. Genya Markon collection

    The collection consists of two books: a prayer book published by National Jewish Welfare Board for Jewish soldiers in the US Armed Forces, dated 1945, in English and Hebrew; and a book by Heinrich Heine entitled "Memoiren," dated 1884.

  6. Raymond S. Buch collection

    The collection consists of posters, documents, photographs, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings relating to the experiences of Raymond S. Buch in Europe during World War II.

  7. Maurice Chazot collection

    The collection consists of sabots and a wool sample relating to the experiences of Madame Maurice Chazot on France during World War II.

  8. Joseph Trost collection

    The collection consists of a Sonderkommando badge and a piece of scrip from Litzmannstadt (Łódź), Poland

  9. Herman Schwartz collection

    The collection consists of a Torah mantle and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman Schwartz while a soldier in the United States Army in France and Germany during World War II.

  10. Knud Dyby collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and documents relating to the experiences of Knud Dyby and his involvement with several Danish underground organizations during World War II.

  11. Otto Springer collection

    The collection consists of an armband and two food ration cards.

  12. Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology collection

    The collection consists of books and lantern slides that were used for eugenic studies at the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology in Berlin, Germany.

  13. Manfred Lovin collection

    Contains materials related to the life of Manfred Lovin, a German Jew, and his escape from Nazi Germany along with information concerning the Lovin family and their fates. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  14. Raye Farr collection

    The collection consists of copies of book titles that were burned by the Nazis.

  15. Joel Forman collection

    The collection consists of coins, currency, scrip, and stamps from various European countries, ghettos, concentration camps, prisoner of war (POW) camps, and displaced persons (DP) camps before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  16. Marcus Rosenzweig and Claire Ringelheim families collection

    The collection contains military medals and insignia, documents, photograph albums, and publications relating to the experiences of Marcus Rosenzweig and Claire Ringelheim families during the Holocaust.

  17. United States Department of Agriculture ARS Medical and Veterinary Entomology Research Lab collection

    The collection consists of two United States Army issued insecticide dusters of the type used in the concentration camps immediately following liberation during and after World War II.

  18. Bella and Henry Tovey collection

    The collection consists of one Łódź ghetto note, two West German banknotes, a Star of David badge, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Bella Jacbubowicz (alter Tovey) and her family and Henry Tovey in Łódź, Poland, and Germany during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Medical anatomy chart collection

    The collection consists of two medical anatomy skeleton charts, with one chart showing an anterior skeleton and the other showing a posterior skeleton.

  20. IBM-DEHOMAG tabulating machine collection

    The collection consists of a three part Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] tabulating system: a Dehomag D11 tabulating machine, sorter, and puncher, four punch card facsimiles, and three user manuals of the type used by the Nazi regime in Germany to tabulate census data.