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  1. Carola Michael collection

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

  2. Home movie of prewar Denmark

    Several people riding on bicycles in a city, streetcars in BG, probably in Copenhagen. Sign on the building in th BG, it appears to say “Spirella Veterport” Horse-drawn carriages and a large majestic white building. Sculpture of a man playing a violin. (00:33) Film damaged. (00:46) Crowd walking outside, a social gathering. (2:37) Urban scene of people riding bicycles, streets, trolley car and boats in the water. A man is getting his shoes shined, people talking and laughing. People walk in and out of a building. Taking pictures. Two men walk on the street. Fountain and a large table set fe...

  3. Varda Cohen collection

    These collections contain materials related to the Kleinhandler family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Max and Lotte Wertheim collection

    The collection documents the prewar and wartime lives of Max and Lotte Wertheim and their son Stanley Wertheim, originally of Warburg, Germany, including their immigration to the United States in 1937. Documents consist of identification and family papers including birth and marriage certificates, German passports, a family book (Stammbuch), Lotte’s autograph book, and immigration papers. Photographs include depictions of prewar family life, portraits, vacations, and Stanley’s childhood. The collection also includes a silver cup.

  5. Lidsky family collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Lidsky family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  6. Magazines

    THe collection consists of copies of "Life" magazine, dated between 1937-1941, and issues of the Pathfinder newsletter, dated 1941.

  7. Henny Brener collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Henny Brener's family before, during, and after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  9. Robert Levitt collection

    The collection consists of seven prints of Arthur Syzk paintings that relate to his experiences in Poland and the United States before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  10. Ninetta Feldman Sound Collection

    Contains liturgical recitations from the repertoire of the Romaniote Jewish community of Ioannina, Greece, as well as Ms. Feldman's translations of texts to "Greek-Jewish Musical Traditions."

  11. Sara Lamhaut Boucart collection

    The collection consists of a handmade vest and correspondence relating to the experiences of Sara Lamhaut, Chana Goldwasser Lamhaut, and Riiha Goldwasser in Łódź, Poland, and Brussels, Belgium, during the Holocaust.

  12. Charles Leigh collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Charles Leigh as a child on the Kindertransports in England. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  13. Hyman Kirsh collection

    The Hyman Kirsh papers includes photographs of the Kirszenewajg family taken in Poland prior to World War II, and a fragment of an engagement announcement for Golda Kirszenewajg and Chaim Berenzweig, circa 1912-1914. The collection also includes a prayerbook found in a Jewish home after liberation.

  14. Abe Morgenstern collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Abe Morgenstern after the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. Suzanne Herskovic Ponder poster collection

    The collection consists of nine British and American World War II posters.

  16. Berthold Meier collection

    The collection consists of a key attached to dog tags, a prayer book, certificates, documents, Deutsches Reich Reisepass, German Kennkarte, and US Army papers relating to the experiences of Berthold Meier in Germany before World War II and in the United States Army during and after the war. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  17. Krieser family collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Krieser family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  18. Sydney Schwimmer collection

    Contains material documenting the Holocaust experiences of Sydney Schwimmer. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Oral history interviews of the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education collection

    Oral history interviews of the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education collection.

  20. Goering testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 47) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 13, 1946. Defendants, defense counselors, and Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson listening to Goering testifying. Goering testifies that he supervised all concentration camps until 1934. Pan from Goering talking to defendants listening intently. LS, interpreters' box with several people speaking into microphones as Goering testifies. Goering talks about very harsh policing measures taken at the time, especially charges that prisoners were beaten and mistreated. The case of Ernst Thaelmann comes up, who complained to Goering personally...