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  1. Rose and Oscar Bender collection

    Correspondence between Rose (Magilnitsky) Bender and her husband Oscar Bender with relatives in France, Lithuania, and in Russia, 1938-1945. Also includes a family photo (with text on verso) and correspondence with other organizations who are assisting the Benders so that they can help their relatives in Europe.

  2. Spice container

    Spice container which belonged to the Altman family in Germany. It was given to Theodore Levite, whose mother was Marie Altman Levite and later to the donor who was a relative by marriage.

  3. Henry Cohn postcards

    Five postcards (containing the contents of three letters), sent by Henry Cohn, of Paris, from September - November 1944, to his uncle, Albert Cohn (the donor’s grandfather), in London. In the postcards, Henry Cohn describes some of his experiences during the German occupation of France, as well as what happened to his mother, Meta Johanna Cohn (1896-1942) who was deported to Auschwitz in July 1942. The contents of the first letter, dated 23 September 1944, are written on three separate postcards that were mailed in succession, and numbered accordingly.

  4. 50 kronen Theresienstadt scrip

    50 Kronen piece of ghetto scrip

  5. Rabbi Solomon Usher papers

    Consists of postcards received by Rabbi Salomon Usher Schwartzman while living as a refugee in Kobe, Japan. The postcards were authored by Rabbi Schwartzman’s siblings, Laja Kac and Chaim Schwarzman, of Siedlce, Poland, and date to the year 1941. Another postcard is attributed to a friend, Jochiel Bauman. The collection also includes three photographs depicting Rabbi Schwartzman and others in Japan.

  6. Esther Fastowski diary

    Diary written by Esther Fastowski née Binder [donor's mother-in-law], written for her daughter in Yiddish recounting her wartime experiences in Poland starting in 1941. Notebook with metal spiral binder, 17cm x 22 cm, written in ballpoint pen.

  7. Robert Weinel photograph

    Photographic print: black and white image of sign reading, “This Area is being retained as a shrine to the 238,000 individuals who were cremated here / Please don’t destroy.” With urns and cross hanging on the wall behind it; inscription on verso: “Dachau / April 1946.” Brought home from WWII by Cpl Robert Weinel (donor’s father) who was stationed with the US Army in Germany during this time.

  8. Marian and Moscuna families papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Marian family of Cîmpulung and Suceava, Romania and the Moscuna family of Bucharest, Romania. Included is wartime family correspondence, immigration documents, and a document regarding stolen family valuables after they were deported from Cîmpulung to Transnistiria in 1941. There is also a donor-provided family history, and documents of Octav Moscuna regarding his forced-labor in Bucharest.

  9. Bernard S. Barr photographs

    The Bernard S. Barr photographs include two photographs of Barr during World War II; photographic negatives of the liberation of Dachau, including images of Barr at the camp, along with corresponding prints; and stereoscopic photographs from the 1937 “Reichsparteitag der Arbeit” Nazi propaganda series. The propaganda photographs are numbered 38, 55- 56, 58-61, 64-72, 74, 77, 96, 98-100. They were part of a compilation issued by Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schönstein with photographs by Heinrich Hoffmann and text by Pitter Gern.

  10. US Certificate of Citizenship holder

    Holder for Hans Rosenbaum's Certificate of Naturalization, dated May 18, 1944.

  11. Selected Documents from the Monastery of the of Notre-Dame de Sion, Paris (Archives of the Fathers and Brothers)

    This collection is from the archives of the men’s’ religious order of Notre-Dame de Sion (NDS) in Paris and documents the monastery’s efforts in saving European Jews, especially children, during the rise of Nazism and the period of the German Occupation during World War II. It consists of printed publications by the order in French, handwritten ledgers keeping track of children entrusted to NDS during World War II and who sometimes remained with Catholic families after the war, diaries of the priests and brothers, and a history of the congregation composed by one of its members, Father Cols...

  12. Margolius family papers

    Collection of documents, correspondence and photographs surrounding the experiences of the Margolius family during the Holocaust.

  13. Goldfeld and Rauchbach families papers

    Letters, documents, and photos related to Beate Rocker (nee Goldfeld), her parents Israel & Dora Goldfeld (nee Heitner) and her brother, Albert Goldfield (originally Goldfeld). Also includes a book of congratulatory telegrams for the marriage of Marie Brandstetter and Hermann Rauchbach as well as photos and a document related to their son Otto Rauchbach (later Rocker). Also includes Kurth Rauchbach (later Rocker)'s 1945 account of his wartime experience.

  14. Jerome Balmuth collection

    Collection of Jerome Balmuth related to his military service including: US Army documents, two "Letters on Record," and photographs. Also included are photographs of Jerome Balmuth as a child with his parents, his graduation photo from Amherst and a program from his graduation, and a photograph of Prof. Balmuth teaching at Colgate in 1975.

  15. Mishloach Manot… 5701

    "Mishloach Manot… 5701" (Hebrew), a handwritten booklet made for the festival of Purim and presented to the head of the Lodz Ghetto Judenrat, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski. [Lodz], 1941. The booklet, presumably made by a resident of the Lodz Ghetto, contains several word plays in the spirit of Purim: the author's name (Ya'akov Brickman) encoded within a verse written on the title page; seven blessings arranged in the form of a star of David; an acrostic poem with the first letters of the lines spelling the Hebrew name "Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski". An inscription on the title page reads "From the...

  16. Press Archive DAIA (Delegacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas)

    Articles, clippings, correspondence and statistics of the Press Archive DAIA (Delegacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas) related to antisemitism in Argentina and around the world.

  17. Oral history interview with Zofia Flajszman

  18. Oral history interview with Maria Laurino

  19. Schiffer children in Budapest

    Snowy, Schiffer family walks toward the camera, including János and Éva (ages 5 and 2 in 1935), and their grandmother. (01:19) Different season, shots of children outdoors on a grassy knoll, some people laying on the ground and others walking. (02:30) Group gathered around a table outside, including grandmother, Bözske, Gyuri, and others. János shows off his sunglasses, others pose for the camera. Leisure time in the wooded area, the children poke at their mother Bözske resting on blanket. (05:06) Dark shots of a car (could be the family car, an Opel purchased around 1937). (05:31) At Szech...

  20. Prewar Jewish family life in Budapest

    Boy and girl (the Szondi children?) play in a park, with a child’s harness and toys, probably in October 1933 [Dr. Szondi was a famous psychiatrist and friend of Ernö Schiffer’s]. (02:34) Toddlers (János and friend from Mohacs, Zsuzsi Sarvari) play in City Park (Városliget) and pose with their moms for the camera. Boy digs in the dirt. The toddlers run in the grass. János embraces and kisses Zsuzsi; they continue to play in park, dog. (06:26) Marcsa Schiffer (visiting from NY) and other women walking along a path in the park in August 1933 in Janoshegy. Brief view of Gyuri Pinter, the photo...