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  1. Jelena Polak Babic collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, correspondence, and photographs relating to Dr. Jelena Polak Babic and the Polak family during the Holocaust in Croatia.

  2. Bertie Levkowitz collection

    Collection consisting of a note written by donor's mother and a "Star of David" badge printed with "Jood" and worn by donor's parents during the Holocaust

  3. Sonja DuBois collection

    Collection of objects and photographs relating to Sonja DuBois' experiences as a hidden child in the Netherlands. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Marguerite Lederman Mishkin collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, and objects relating to Marguerite and Annette Lederman [donor and her sister] and their experiences as hidden children in Belgium during the Holocaust.

  5. Salomon and Dora Levy Saltiel collection

    The collection consists of a dress, documents, identification cards, newspaper clippings, a CD of two diaries, family photographs, and a family tree related to the experiences of Dora Levy and her family in Thessaloniki (Salonika), Greece, during the German occupation during which they lived in the ghetto, performed forced labor, then went into hiding; it also consists of documents relating to the experiences of Salomon Saltiel who was a member of the Greek military and spent the war in Italian and German POW camps.

  6. Lana Barnett collection

    The collection consists of two coins issued during the Third Reich in Germany.

  7. Ernest G. Heppner collection

    The collection consists of scrip, badges, a blanket, a nightstick, documents, correspondence, publications, and other printed material relating to the experiences of the families of Ernest Heppner and Kurt Redlich in Europe and Shanghai, China, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  8. Jerzy and Zofia Flajszman collection

    The collection consists of photographs, identification cards, a coupon, a wedding invitation, and a coin relating to the Flajszman and Kolczycki families in Łódź, Poland, before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  9. John Fink collection

    The collection consists of a needlepoint wall hanging and a photographic postcard relating to the experiences of John Fink after the Holocaust when he was an AJDC aid worker in the Blankensee Children's Home and the Warburg Institute in Hamburg, Germany.

  10. Regina Wolbrom collection

    Collection of 5 documents, 67 photographs, 2 Poesie books, 1 siddurim, and 1 atlas relating to the Rotenberg and Wolbrom families and their experiences during the time period of the Holocaust

  11. Ephraim M. Robinson family collection

    The collection consists of a wardrobe trunk and photographs relating to the experiences of Ephraim M. Robinson and his family in Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II.

  12. Susan Hilsenrath Warsinger collection

    The collection consists of a HIAS identification tag and seven photographs relating to the experiences of Susi Hilsenrath and her family in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, before the Holocaust and to Susi Hilsenrath's emigration from France to the United States in 1941.

  13. Izy Freudenreich collection

    The collection consists of a cigarette holder and a necklace with a commemorative pendant and mezuzah relating to the experiences of Izy Freudenreich after his release from Kaufering VII slave labor camp in Landsberg, Germany, when he lived in Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany.

  14. Reichman and Weiss families collection

    Collection of documents, photographs and a religious medal relating to the Reichman and Weiss families experiences during the Holocaust. The silver religious medal shows Our Lady of Czestochowa and was worn by Sophie Richman (now Sophie Orfanos) [donor] while in hiding

  15. Armin Loeb collection

    Collection of books, notebooks, trading cards, documents and talit katan used by or issued to Armin Loeb prior to his journey on board the MS St. Louis and immediately following the voyage after his arrival in Belgium

  16. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    The collection consists of over eighty artifacts, including cameras and accessories, military clothing and insignia, correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Rudolph Daniel Sichel in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, London, England, and New York, New York, before the Holocaust, in the United States Army in Europe during the war, including the liberation of Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp, and in New York City after World War II.

  17. Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman collection

    The collection consists of two Star of David badges and photographs relating to the experience of Teodora (Dorica) Basch (later Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman) and the Apler, Basch, Deutsch, and Vrančić families in Yugoslavia before and during the Holocaust during which Theodora lived in hiding in Ludbreg in the fascist ruled Independent State of Croatia.

  18. Charles Rudulph collection

    The collection consists of sixteen SS patches, two crematorium tags, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Lt. Charles Rudulph, United States Army, in Germany after World War II.

  19. Aranka Morvay Tajtacak family collection

    The collection consists of nine flower making tools, documents, a pattern book, and photographs relating to the experiences of Aranka Morvay Veljkovic (later Tajtacak), her son Boàz Givòn, and members of their extended family in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust.

  20. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

    The collection consists of objects, letters, documents, and publications relating to the experiences of Laura and Selma (Zofia) Schwarzwald in Lvov and other areas of Poland where they lived in hiding under assumed indentites as Catholics during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.