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1. Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail
1990.183.64 Box 2 Folder 4 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1990.183.64
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1985
… paternal grandmother, Hedwig Kahn (1862-1943), remained in Germany and perished at Theresienstadt.…
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 … paternal grandmother, Hedwig Kahn (1862-1943), remained in Germany and perished at Theresienstadt. Scope and content of collection The Henry F. Kahn…
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  • Series 1: Concentration camp mail Approximate 1934-Approximate 1985, 1934-1945 Bulk
    • File 3: Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen Approximate 1938-Approximate 1985
      • Pages: 2
2. Dingfelder and Wolff families papers
1998.69 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 1998.69
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1946
…Rudi Dingfelder (later Robert Felder, 1924-1986) was born on April 21, 1924 in Uehlfeld, Germany to Leopold Dingfelder (1886-1943) and Johanna…
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 … family before World War II in Plauen, Germany, the family aboard the MS St. Louis, a photograph of Rudi Dingfelder after liberation in 1945, a studio…
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  • Series 1: Photographs Approximate 1920-Approximate 1945
    • File 1: Dingfelder and Wolff families Approximate 1920-Approximate 1945
      • Pages: 5, 7
3. World War I Honor & Iron Crosses buttonhole ribbon bar with Combatant’s swords awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.1
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: after 1934 July 13-1944
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
4. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 combatant veteran service medal awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
5. Drawing of a yellow field done in hiding by a Dutch Jewish man
Kitty Piller de Wolff Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2012.113.1
Date:
creation: 1944 January 10
… Soviet forces approached the camp in mid-January 1945, it was evacuated and prisoners were deported to other camps in Germany. By February 10, Abraham was…
6. Strauss family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.565.1
Date:
inclusive: 1792-2003
bulk: 1844-1966
…Siegfried Strauss (later Fred Strauss, 1898-1956) was born in Marburg, Germany to Hermann (1856-1934) and Johanna (née Wertheim, 1859-1942) Strauss…
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 …: 2016.565.1 Creator: Strauss family (Marburg :Germany) Extent: 1.33 linear feet (2 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 2 book enclosures, 2 oversize folders…
7. Drawing of farmhouse and trees done in hiding by a Dutch Jewish man
Kitty Piller de Wolff Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2012.113.4
Date:
creation: 1944 January 06
… Soviet forces approached the camp in mid-January 1945, it was evacuated and prisoners were deported to other camps in Germany. By February 10, Abraham was…
8. Albersheim family papers
2007.18.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2007.18.1
Date:
inclusive: 1933-2003
…Walter Werner Albershiem (1912-1988) was born in Billerbeck, Germany to Josef and Selma Albershiem. Walter had two siblings: Herbert (b. 1908) and…
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 ….18.1 Creator: Albersheim (Family : Billerbeck, Germany) Extent: 0.6 linear foot (3 boxes, 2 book enclosures, 1 oversize folder) Repository: United States…
9. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service buttonhole ribbon bar awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.4
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
10. Blik family papers
2000.131 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2000.131
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1966
… Tröbitz, Germany on April 23, 1945. Marie and her children moved to England after the war. She married Abraham Boutelje in 1947, and immigrated with her…
11. Drawing of a man at a spinning wheel done in hiding by a Dutch Jewish man
Kitty Piller de Wolff Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2012.113.2
Date:
creation: 1944 January 10
… Soviet forces approached the camp in mid-January 1945, it was evacuated and prisoners were deported to other camps in Germany. By February 10, Abraham was…
12. Westerbork transit camp voucher, 10 cent note, acquired by a former inmate
2018.229.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.229.4
Date:
issue: 1944 February 15-1945 April 12
acquired: 1944 February 15-1944 September 04
…Helmut Rosendahl (1917-2007) was born to Max (1872-1950) and Emma (born Henrietta Kussel, 1873-1917) Rosendahl in Odenkirchen, Germany, where Max…
13. Wissbrun family papers
2017.624.1_BookEnclosure Box 1 0053
Document | Accession Number: 2017.624.1
Date:
inclusive: 1886-1985
bulk: 1940-1985
…, Germany to Hugo (b. 1875 in Munich, Germany) and Melanie (née Meyer, 1884-1943, born in Cologne) Wissbrun. His father was a businessman and married Melanie…
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 … to Fritz’s education in Germany and the United States. Languages: German, Dutch, English Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use…
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14. World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant’s medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1948
issue: after 1914 August 05
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
15. Martha Bernstein collection
1994.A.0114 Box 1 Folder 2 Item 7
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0114
Date:
inclusive: circa 1940-1944
Special Collection:
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…Martha (Heumann) Bernstein was born in 1902 in Benrath, Germany to a Jewish family. Martha's family and the family of her youngest sister, Helene…
16. Majerowicz family papers
1995.A.0151 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0151
Date:
inclusive: 1911-1991
…Arthur and Marie Majerowicz lived in Berlin, Germany and had three children: Kurt, Irma, and Ruth. Arthur worked as a draftsman by trade, but as…
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 …. Processing history: Michael Folkerts, July 2015 Biographical note Arthur and Marie Majerowicz lived in Berlin, Germany and had three children: Kurt, Irma…
17. Felix Lilienthal family papers
2017.524.1 Box 3 Folder 8 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2017.524.1
Date:
inclusive: 1871-1960
bulk: 1871-1941
…) was born on 26 May 1880 in Stadtlengsfeld, Germany to Sandel (1848-1906) and Jeanette (née Goldschmit, 1847-1901) Fuchs. She had one sister, Therese…
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 … between members of the Lilienthal family of Wiesbaden, Germany. Pre-war correspondence includes letters sent to Saul Lilienthal, a cantor and teacher, from…
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18. David Weyl diaries
2017.523.1 BookEnclosure Folder 1 Image 45
Document | Accession Number: 2017.523.1
Date:
inclusive: 1942-1945
Special Collection:
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…David Weyl (1873-1948) was born on 11 October 1873 in Erkelenz, Germany to Anselm (1831-1897) and Flora (née Leffmann, 1844-1919) Weyl. He had 15…
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 … Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The collection consists of three diaries kept by David Weyl, originally of Erkelenz, Germany…
19. Susie Greenbaum Schwarz papers
1990.30.10 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 1990.30.10
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1946
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…Susie Schwarz was born Suse Grünbaum in 1931 in Schlüchtern, Germany to Max Grünbaum and Kate Kahn. Her family moved to the Netherlands in 1933 to…
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 … Suse Grünbaum in 1931 in Schlüchtern, Germany to Max Grünbaum and Kate Kahn. Her family moved to the Netherlands in 1933 to escape Nazi oppression and…
20. Drawing of a large white rabbit done by a Dutch Jewish man in hiding
Kitty Piller de Wolff Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2012.113.5
Date:
creation: 1944 January 12
… Soviet forces approached the camp in mid-January 1945, it was evacuated and prisoners were deported to other camps in Germany. By February 10, Abraham was…