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  1. Abraham Zemach collection

    Contains materials relating to the experiences of Abraham Zemach as a Jewish chaplain with the American armed forces in Europe during and after World War II. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  2. Abraham Zuckerman papers

    The papers consist of four sheets of paper bearing Austrian postage stamps along with postmarks commemorating the first anniversary of the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp (May 5, 1946).

  3. Abraham-Avrum Sperber papers

    The papers consist of a manuscript and photographs relating to the experiences of Abraham-Avrum Sperber and his family before, during, and after World War II. The hand-written manuscript was purportedly transcribed after World War II in a composition notebook from original notes kept by Abraham-Avrum Sperber while living under Nazi-occupation in Kolomyi︠a︡, Poland (now Ukraine). He describes events that occured between March 3, 1941, and July 7, 1942. The photographs depict the pre- and post-World War II life of Sperber and his family in Ukraine, Romania, and Israel.

  4. Abram and Rywka Lasocki documents

    Contains a Polish passport issued to Abram and Rywka Lasowski in 1935, with stamps showing their immigration to Palestine via Lisbon and Greece; and a document in Hebrew and some English, issued by the Jewish Agency for Palestine office in Lisbon, 1935, for the Lasockis. Also includes seven photographs.

  5. Abram Bork collection

    The collection consists of letters, documents, passport, identification card, photographs, translations, document holder documenting the immigration of Abram Bork to the United States from Lublin, Poland. Abram immigrated to his maternal grandparents in New York.

  6. Abram C. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Abram C., who was born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland in 1922, the oldest of four children. He recounts moving to Będzin when he was eleven; his father's privileges and high status due to heroic service in the Polish military; attending Jewish and public schools; antisemitic harassment; participation in Betar; German invasion; anti-Jewish restrictions; slave labor assignments; deportation to Klein Mangersdorf in fall 1940; slave labor building roads; transfer nine months later to Gross Sarne; privileged work in the kitchen; transfer to Blechhammer; privileged work ...

  7. Abram Hofnung. Collection

    This collection consists of five postcards sent by Abram Hofnung while detained at the Dossin barracks in August 1942 to his wife Bajla Taszman in Brussels.

  8. Abram Kapica collection

    Testimony, 8 pages, photocopy of typescript titled "Young Boy Speaks with Death: The Story of Abraham Kapitza…" Describes German invasion of his unnamed hometown in Poland.

  9. Abram Kashtan collection

    The Abram Kashtan collection contains various documents relating to Abram Kashtan, a Holocaust survivor who hid in a barn for a year before joining with anti-Nazi partisans. Included in the collection are his diary filled with partisan and camp songs, health documents such as an immunization record and health certificate, and identification documents such as identification cards and a certificate of service. Also included is a newspaper copy of an article detailing the story of Cezary Chorążyczewski, who was awarded Yad Vashem’s Righteous Among the Nations for his family’s role in saving Ab...

  10. Abram Katmanowies letter to Trygve Lie

    The mass-produced form letter is addressed to "Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations" from Abram Katmanowies, a displaced person in Wasseralfingen, Germany. The letter asks the Secretary General to present before the meeting of the United Nations that said inmate is living "among my enemies - the murderers of my family" 21 months after liberation and to grant him permission to leave the United States occupation zone in Germany for Palestine.

  11. Abram Lenkowski papers

    The papers consist of correspondence, documents, and newspaper clippings relating to Abram Lenkowski and Maria Lenkowski. The documents concern claims for reparations from Germany made by the Lenkowskis who survived the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Their families died in the ghetto or were murdered in Auschwitz in August 1944.

  12. Abram M. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Abram M., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1923. He recalls living in a non-Jewish neighborhood; antisemitic harassment; German invasion; ghettoization; forced labor; starvation; organizing an orchestra and performances; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944; separation from all but his father; their transfer three days later to Kaufering and Landsberg; bringing his father extra food when possible; useless slave labor; his father's death; transfer to Dachau; liberation by United States troops; reunion with three surviving brothers; living in Feldafing, then Munich; learni...

  13. Abram Pinczowski papers

    Consists of four post-war identity cards and one photograph, all for Abram Pinczowski (or Pinczewski).

  14. Abram Pukacz papers

    The Abram Pukacz papers consist of correspondence and photographs documenting Abram and his family from Łask, Poland. The letters were written by Abram to his cousin in Tel Aviv shortly after World War II, and describe the loss of his family in the Holocaust, his loneliness, and his impatience to immigrate to Palestine. Photographs depict Pukacz family members and family home in Łask before the Holocaust, Abram and other young people in the Bergen Belsen displaced persons camp, and the Ayanot agricultural school in Israel. Ayanot photographs include a picture of David Ben-Gurion and other o...

  15. Abram Wolraich collection

    The collection consists of 5 pdfs containing 251 pages of documents and correspondence with and on Abram Wolraich regarding his care after arriving in Britain, as well as a presentation for schools on Abram’s life.

  16. Abram Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Abram Z., who was born in Vilna, Poland in 1924. He recalls the flourishing Jewish culture; his father's Bund activities; the outbreak of war in 1939; his parents sending him to Pinsk; meeting Bund leaders including Victor Erlich; returning to Vilna; Soviet occupation; his father's arrest (he never saw him again); a pogrom when Lithuania became independent; German invasion in June 1941; hiding when Lithuanians began killing Jews; going to a forced labor camp outside of Vilna to avoid mass killings; bringing his mother there; returning to the Vilna ghetto; organization...

  17. Abram Zelig papers

    Collection consists of three photographs of Abram Zelig's family before World War II in Łódź, circa 1937; 14 photographs of Jewish youth in the Łódź ghetto, circa 1940-1943; eight photographs of Jewish youth in the "Kibbutz" in Łódź, circa 1946; and one identification card issued to Abram Zelig in 1946.

  18. Abramo Segre letter

    Contains a photocopy of a newspaper clipping, from an unidentified Italian newspaper, with English translation. The article reprints the text of a letter from a man (Abramo Segre) who wrote to his fiancee during his deportation journey, and threw the letter out of the train, where it was eventually delivered to his fiancee. Segre was ultimately killed at Auschwitz.

  19. Abramow-Menakier family. Collection

    This collection contains: wedding photos of Joseph Abramow and Dunia Menakier; photos of the Abramow-Menakier family on holiday at the beach and in a rural setting; photos of relatives including Jesel alias Lena Menakier and her daughters Adolphine alias Tania and Jenny Sapiro as well as the Creizberg-Menaker (Menakier) family; a photo album of an unidentified family, possibly the rescuers of Maurice Abramow; a 1942 New Year’s letter from Adolphine (Tania) Sapiro to her aunt Massa Sapiro and uncle Boris Grinberg; two notebooks of Maurice Abramow used at school while in hiding as Maurice All...

  20. Abrasza Feldman collection

    The collection related to the life of Abrasza Feldman during the time of the Holocaust and includes certificates, letters, photographs, and medical reports.