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  1. Gluck family collection

    Documents, datebooks, correspondence, V-mails, photograph albums, loose photos, maps, scrip, souvenir materials (including a "Heidelberg" letter opener), notebooks, reparations and restitution papers related to Irving Gluck and his family; also includes a wooden box made by a German POW who he was guarding; Irving Gluck's embroidered tefillin pouch and pair of tefillin, a scroll of Esther, dog tags, two mezuzot, a US Army jacket, an army mess cup (with personal inscriptions), an army duffel bag, medals and insignias, and pieces of Irving's broken eyeglasses from the Battle of Anzio; Irving'...

  2. William F. Hayden collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of William F. Hayden as an American student studying in Germany in the 1930s, as well as materials concerning Hayden's family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  3. Alfred and Emma Heumann Pisko family collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Alfred Rudolph Pisko and his wife, Emma Heumann Pisko, and their families in Austria and Germany before the Holocaust, and the United Kingdom and the United States during and after the Holocaust.

  4. Julius Sussman collection

    Collection of documents and photographs related to Julius Sussman who was born in Eiself, Germany on September 20, 1910. The family resided in Frankfurt am Main. In 1933 Julius immigrated to Palestine; he was able to bring his parents to Palestine in 1936. On July 8, 1940, Julius enlisted in the British Army, Royal Military Pioneer Corps, 605th Palestinian regiment, Pvt #11621. He fought in the African campaign from November 1940 - March 1941. From March 1941, a small British force helped the Greek Army to defend it from the German invasion on April 6th. On April 29th, Julius became POW #66...

  5. Maria Sporrer collection

    Contains materials donated by Maria Sporrer. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  6. Kurt F. Marcus collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Kurt F. Marcus during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  7. Albert and Angela Feldstein collection

    The collection conisists of World War II era buttons: "Halt Hitler" and "Jewish War Veterans of the U.S. Wings for Victory"

  8. Susie and Margarete Wiesner collection

    The collection consists of a suitcase, cigarette case with pin, doll, cloth pouch and coins and currency used, carried by Susie Marie Wiesner Metzger and her mother Margarete Wiesner who survived the Holocaust; 3 videocassette tapes.

  9. Hans Marcuse collection

    The collection consists of etters, documents, a Hagadah, physics kit, tefillin, tzitzit (tallit katan), and bag documenting the experiences of Hans Marcuse and his family.

  10. Sietsema and Zomer families collection

    The collection documents the wartime experiences of the Sietsema and Zomer families, originally from the Netherlands. Documents consist of two letters regarding the imprisonment of Pieterdina Sietsema and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta, all three American citizens, in Liebenau internment camp from 1942-1944. Objects consist of patriotic ribbon worn by Hilda Zomer after the Netherlands was liberated, and ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat, and 1 cluster of flowers.

  11. Symche Lazar collection

    Contains photographs, documents, and publications related to the Holocaust experiences of Symche Lazar. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  12. Hedwig Kudesch and Robert Briscoe collection

    The collection consists of two gold King Christian X commemorative pins produced in Denmark and worn as symbols of patriotism during the occupation by Nazi Germany from 1940-1945.

  13. Aaron Elster collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Aaron Elster and his family during and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  14. Lustig and Levy family collection

    The Lustig and Levy family collection includes: multiple photo albums and photo scrapbook, loose photographs, portfolio of studio photographs, framed photos, documents about the family including educational, financial, emigration/immigation records, naturalization papers, etc.; documents about the Rivoli hat company; ledger books; correspondence including letters, postcards and feldposts; restitution paperwork; newspaper clippings; calling cards; blank stationary; drivers license from the United Kingdom; handwritten pamphlet titled "Mutti"; drawing of the Cologne Cathedral; children's artwo...

  15. Hendla Dzialoczynska (Anna Green) collection

    Postwar photographs of Hendla Dzialoczynska (later Anna Green) [donor's mother; Ruchla Dzialoczynska (nee Dztajnberg) [donor's grandmother], and Chaya Dzialoczynska Kretchmer (later Helen Herman) [donor's aunt], all of whom survived the Łódź Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen. Also includes Hendla's needles wrapped in fabric and wince and placed in a small glass vial from Bergen Belsen (either concentration camp or displaced persons camp) as well as a photographic Jewish New Years card for the year 5740 (1949) from the Bergen Belsen DP camp.

  16. Franz and Lili Reisz family collection

    Contains materials documenting the Holocaust experiences of Franz and Lili Reisz. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  17. Rella Adler collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Rella Adler before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  18. Schlesinger family papers

    Consists of correspondence addressed to Gustav Schlesinger of Brooklyn, NY, from friends or family in Brezno, Slovakia, dated 1933-1939.

  20. Freudenthal family papers

    Collection includes writings by Rabbi Joseph Freudenthal of Worms, Germany, and documents relating to the Freudenthal family and their relatives during the Holocaust in Bergen Belsen, Theresienstadt, Izbica, and Amsterdam.