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  1. Oral history interview with Ruth Rontal

  2. Bernard Berthold Bock collection

    The collection consists of a typewriter in case held by belt, Stammbuch, siddur, price list for Bernard Berthold Bock's (donor's grandfather) tool factory, catalogs for factory items all having belonged to Bernard Berthold Bock.

  3. Sally Wasserman collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust-era experiences of Sally Wasserman. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  4. Stolbach family collection

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

  5. Dirge -- Lionel Semiatin

    Dirge from sonata for violin and piano Passacaglia from string quartet #2

  6. Sklar family collection

    Video testimony concerning the wartime experiences of Jean Sklar (Szklarz); Sklar family photographs; and a copy of the personal diary "Livre Tallis" written by Jean Sklar and colleagues at the Moulin in Moissac, France towards the end of the war and in its aftermath

  7. Henryk Zvi and Jutta Bergman collection

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

  8. József Katona collection

    Papers relating to Rabbi József Katona, the chief rabbi of Dohány, Hungary. Inlcudes correspondence, typescript text of sermons, documents, newspapers, and further information about Rabbi Dr. Katona and his family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  9. Susan Darvas collection

    The collection consists of prewar documents, a medallion and a silver make up case which belonged to Mano Herskovits.

  10. Jecheskiel and Gertrude Rottholz Steinfink collection

    Photograph of Klara Steinfink (donor's paternal grandmother); photograph of Klara Steinfink's tombstone in Vienna, Austria; photograph of clothing store that belonged to donor's paternal grandfather. They are pictured in front of the store with their sons Owen (donor's father) and Alan; a prayer book from November 13, 1920 from a Bar Mitzvah that was saved by Owen.

  11. Oral history interviews of The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College collection

    Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors who settled in the New York City area, produced by The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York.

  12. Music study collection

    Various audio cassettes, CDs, and LPs containing original sound recordings, published materials, interviews, or music obtained by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's curator of music.

  13. Ina and Maurice Teich collection

    Collection documenting the experiences of Ina Szuldiner and her husband Maurice Teich, who met in Warsaw, Poland, married, and eventually fled to Cuba and ultimately the United States.

  14. Gretchen Passig Rasmus collection

    The collection consists of five handmade dolls, including three female dolls and two male dolls, made by Displaced Persons staying at the home of the donor’s maternal grandmother, Gretchen Passig Rasmus (1874-1964), at Landweg 85, Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

  15. Lodz ghetto metalwork collection

    The collection consists of a bracelet and a worked metal piece created in the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust.

  16. Nazi party figurines collection

    The collection consists of four figurines of both Goering and Hitler that were created by O. & M. Hausser.

  17. Mrs. Cyrus J. Janover collection

    The collection consists of seven Der Stürmer newpapers.

  18. Jo Ann Glickman collection

    Contains materials donated by Jo Ann Glickman documenting her family's experiences during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  19. Isle of Man collection

    Illustration of one of the detention camps in Douglas., Isle of Man. Stenciled leaf, hand colored. dated in print "Douglas, 1940" at the bottom of the leaf is a handwritten dedication by two brothers whose surname is Gartner - former detainees at the Central Camp in Douglas; in English; dated 1940 Postcard, printed and hand colored for Chanukah, printed at the Mooragh detention camp, Ramsey, Isle of Man, 1940. On recto is an illustration of an eight branched menorah (not a hanukkiah) surrounded with rays of light, in a light blue frame with Stars of David on the corners and the caption "Lig...

  20. Teodor Gruca collection

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