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1. Shapell family photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2022.138.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1940-2013
bulk: circa 1940-circa 1947
…, Germany, displaced persons camp, circa 1946. The photographs of Oświęcim include depictions of buildings, Jewish men forcibly having their beards and…
2. Miodownik family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2022.24.1
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1947
undated: 
…Refugee camps--Germany--Zeilsheim (Frankfurt am Main)--1940-1950.…
3. Ernest Steen papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.300.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-1967
bulk: 1930-1948
…Ernest Steen (1911-1987) was born Ernst Levistein on 15 July 1911 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to Henrietta (1881-1942, née Langenbach) and Adolf…
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 …, Germany, including his employment in Frankfurt, immigration to the United States in 1940, and service during World War II in the United States Army…
4. Sobibor perpetrator collection
Document | Accession Number: 2020.8.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1870-1970
…Johann Niemann (1913-1943) was born August 4, 1913 in Völlen, Germany to farmer and milkman Klaas Johann Niemann (b. 1882) and farmer and housewife…
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 … Völlen, Germany to farmer and milkman Klaas Johann Niemann (b. 1882) and farmer and housewife Bilda Johanna Niemann (b. 1879). He was the middle of nine…
5. Judith Cromwell papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.616.1
Date:
inclusive: 1875-1990
bulk: 1914-1950
…Judith Cromwell was born Judith Hanna Lissauer on 13 November 1935 in Berlin, Germany to John and Charlotte Lissauer. Her father, John Lissauer (1890…
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 …), including John and Charlotte’s medical careers in Berlin, Germany, John’s World War I military service, their immigration to England in 1939, and Judith and…
6. Mayer and Sonia Pasternack papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.606.2
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1955
undated: 
… (later Moshe Gutman), Ruben Pasternak, and 4 others whose names are currently unknown. After the September 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany and the…
7. Monique Joseph papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.595.1
Date:
inclusive: 1820-2007
bulk: 1920-1951
undated: 
…Monique Joseph was born Helga Irene Kaufmann on 3 April 1924 in Cologne, Germany to Sally and Caroline Kaufmann. Her father, Sally Kaufmann (1898…
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 … Monique Joseph (born Helga Kaufmann), originally of Cologne, Germany, her parents Caroline and Sallly Kaufmann, as well as her Husband Theophile Joseph and…
8. Henry Rosenthal collection
Document | Accession Number: 2019.556.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1997
undated: 
…Henry Rosenthal (born Heinz) was born on October 5, 1926 in Erkenschwick, Germany to Georg Rosenthal (b. 1894) and Hedwig Rosenthal (Hete?, née…
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 … (born Heinz) was born on October 5, 1926 in Erkenschwick, Germany to Georg Rosenthal (b. 1894) and Hedwig Rosenthal (Hete?, née Auerbach, b. 1891 to Simon…
9. Ruth Gellis photographs
Document | Accession Number: 2019.531.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1935-1945
…Ruth Gellis (née Wuhl) was born on October 31, 1925 in Essen, Germany to Joel Wuhl (b. 1889 in Hungary) and Clara Wuhl (born Anna Zeichner in 1891…
10. Ralph Steinhart papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.519.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1935-1950
…Ralph Steinhart was born Rolf Steinhart on 5 September 1928 in Bochum, Germany to Fritz and Käthe Steinhart. His father Fritz (later Fred Steinhart…
11. Blogier, Wekselman, and Wides families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.514.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-1969
bulk: 1945-1969
… were reunited with Abraham and Benjamin in southern Germany in summer 1945. They lived as displaced persons in Mindelheim and areas near the Munich area…
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 … family, originally of Ukmerge, Lithuania. The collection primarily documents the Blogier and Wekselman families’ time as displaced persons in Germany after…
12. Nass family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.464.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2018
bulk: 1931-1944
…Max Nass (1905-1977) was born on 16 February 1905 in Straubing, Germany to Abraham and Rosa Nass. His father, Abraham (also known as Adolf, 1870-1943…
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 … number: 2019.464.2 Creator: Nass (Family : Regensburg, Germany) Additional creator: Goldmeier (Family : Lichtenfels, Germany) Extent: 9 folders Repository…
13. Hauer and Honig families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.439.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1976
bulk: 1930-1947
…Gunter Hauer was born on 7 May 1919 in Berlin, Germany to Dagobert and Gertrud Hauer. Dagobert (b. 1873) was born in Vandsburg, Germany (Więcbork…
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 … (bulk 1930-1947) Accession number: 2019.439.1 Creator: Hauer (Family : Berlin, Germany) Additional creator: Honig (Family : Berlin, Germany) Extent: .5…
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14. Fred and Ruth Cohen papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.398.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1992
bulk: 1920-1942
…Fred (Fritz) Cohen (1914-1981) was born on October 12, 1914 in Eschwege, Germany to David and Martha Cohen. David was born on October 15, 1988 near…
15. Meyerstein and Echt families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.393.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-2015
bulk: 1930-1983
…Werner Meyerstein (1919-2001) was born on 24 July 1919 in Bremke, Germany to Hermann and Selma (née Wolff) Meyerstein. He had one sister, Gerda…
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 … 1930-1983) Accession number: 2019.393.1 Creator: Meyerstein (Family : Bremke, Germany) Additional creator: Echt (Family : Primorye, Kaliningrad Oblast…
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16. Rothschild family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.365.1
Date:
inclusive: 1908-1968
…). Salli owned a bakery in Bremen, Germany and had three children: Ilse, Rolf, and Adolf. Ilse married Arno Schwersenz (later Sherran) and they had a son…
17. Kim family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.360.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-1983
bulk: 1929-1941
… United States. Jacob, aware of rising Antisemitism in Germany, was concerned about the family’s safety and was insistent that the Kims, particularly Betty…
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 ….360.1 Creator: Kim (Family : Berlin, Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box, 2 oversize folders) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100…
18. Holub, Glaser, and Ornstein families papers
2019.320.1 Box 5 Folder 5 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2019.320.1
Date:
inclusive: 1917-2006
… Generali and paperwork with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, Inc. Series 2. Immigration papers include paperwork related to Arno…
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 … regarding Josef’s life insurance with Assicurazioni Generali and paperwork with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, Inc. Series 2…
19. Markheim, Feldman, Orzech, and Silberspitz families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.319.1
Date:
inclusive: 1928-2000
…Regensburg (Germany : Refugee camp)…
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 …-1945)--Reparations. Geography: Kraków (Poland) Bochnia (Poland) Regensburg (Germany : Refugee camp) Tel Aviv (Israel) https://collections…
20. Aaron Finger papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.317.3
Date:
inclusive: circa 1911-1991
bulk: 1943-1947
… went overseas in post-war in fall 1945, and spent time in Germany, including the Flossenbürg concentration camp and Hof, where he worked with his Russian…
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 … experiences of Aaron Finger, originally of Toronto, Canada, who trained at Camp Ritchie and was in Germany from 1945-1946. Included is an identification card…
21. Antoni Stefan Koper and Sophie Koper papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.268.6
Date:
inclusive: 1943-1999
… with the Polish Army after Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. After Warsaw was occupied he joined the Polish Resistance where he helped publish…
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 … fought with the Polish Army after Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. After Warsaw was occupied he joined the Polish Resistance where he helped…
22. Sonja Speyer Echt papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.260.1
Date:
inclusive: 1927-2014
…Sonja Speyer Echt (born Sofie Speyer or Speier, 1926-) was born on 20 August 1926 in Guxhagen, Germany to Emanuel and Betty Speyer. Emanuel (1884…
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 …, originally of Guxhagen, Germany, including her childhood in Guxhagen, immigration to the United States in February 1938 on a Kindertransport, and her efforts…
23. Cohn, Heinemann, and Rhée families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.210.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-2016
…Else Henriette Rhée (née Heinemann, 1887-1978) was born on 25 October 1887 in Lüneburg, Germany to Robert Simon (1856-1920) and Selma (née Sternau, d…
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 …: circa 1890-2016 Accession number: 2019.210.2 Creator: Cohn (Family : Berlin, Germany) Additional creator: Heinemann (Family : Lüneburg, Germany…
24. Paul Mayer papers
2019.208.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2019.208.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1982
bulk: 1938-1954
…Paul Gustav Wilhelm Mayer (1923-1983) was born on 3 November 1923 in Fechenheim, a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany to Friedrich Mayer (Fritz…
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 … Biographical note Paul Gustav Wilhelm Mayer (1923-1983) was born on 3 November 1923 in Fechenheim, a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany to Friedrich Mayer…
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25. Max and Lotte Wertheim papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.185.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-2002
bulk: 1929-1944
…Max Wertheim (b. 1891) was born on 2 June 1891 in the village of Helmarshausen, Germany to Joseph and Johanne (née Hecht) Wertheim. He had three…
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 … documents the prewar and wartime lives of Max and Lotte Wertheim and their son Stanley Wertheim, originally of Warburg, Germany, including their immigration…
26. Lotte Seligmann family papers
2019.129.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2019.129.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1916-1995
bulk: 1924-1944
…Lotte Seligmann (1912-1994) was born on 1 January 1912 in Marsberg, Germany to Adolf (b. 1878) and Emma (née Weitzenkorn, b. 1883). She had one…
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 … material and photographs primarily documenting the pre-war life of Lotte Seligmann of Marsberg, Germany, including her studies and career as a nurse in…
27. Waldmann family papers
2019.17.2 Box 1 Folder 15 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 2019.17.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-2021
bulk: 1930-1941
…Joseph Waldmann (1829-1913) was born in Kaubenheim, Germany. He was married to Sophie Bergtheimer (née Sternschein, 1812-1860). They had no children…
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 … number: 2019.17.2 Creator: Waldmann (Family : Bad Windsheim, Germany) Extent: 2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (.83 linear ft.) Repository: United States…
28. Walter Rudy Horenstein papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.664.1
Date:
inclusive: 1939-2002
undated: 
… provided by his father. He learned in June 1941 that the war between Germany and the Soviet Union had started. As a Soviet citizen, he was ordered to report…
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 … father. He learned in June 1941 that the war between Germany and the Soviet Union had started. As a Soviet citizen, he was ordered to report for internment…
29. Ostwald family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2018.663.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1850-2011
bulk: circa 1890-1959
… (June 6, 1884-September 7, 1943) married Hedwig Strauss (November 27, 1889-October 1944) on December 19, 1920 in Dortmund, Germany. They had two children…
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 …: 1890s-1950s Accession number: 2018.663.1 Creator: Ostwald (Family: Dortmund, Germany) Additional creator: Strauss family Additional creator: Tendlau…
30. Shames family collection
2018.649.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2018.649.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-circa 1948
… had two children: Henchke and Avraham. Chana was living in Warsaw when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. She and her best friend Dina decided…
31. Max Webb photograph collection
2018.638.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 2018.638.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1942-1946
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
32. Hans Fischböck papers
2018.636.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.636.1
Date:
inclusive: 1876-1992
bulk: 1938-1967
… said that she was one of the last people to have spoken to him. Around 1960, Hans Fischböck and his wife returned to Germany where Fischböck worked as…
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 … and work in Latin America; and his eventual return to Germany and Austria. Languages: German, Spanish Administrative Information Access: Collection is…
33. Weil and Wolf families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.628.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1914-1997
bulk: 1916-1945
…Eric Weil (Erich, 1913-2001) was born in Mannheim, Germany to Max Weil and Jenny Weil (née Meyer) and had a sister Hannah. Max owned a liquor…
34. Anne Ranasinghe papers
2018.627.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2018.627.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-2017
bulk: 1936-2017
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…Anne Ranasinghe (1925-2016) was born Anneliese Henriette Katz on 2 October 1925 in Essen, Germany to Jewish parents Emil and Anna Katz. Emil Katz…
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 …, writings, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Anne Ranasinghe (born Anneliese Katz), originally of Essen, Germany, including her…
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35. J. Herbert Nagler papers
2018.614.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.614.1
Date:
inclusive: 1931-1960
bulk: 1931-1935
… Nagler Richter Patterson. In October 1931, he sailed to Germany to study medicine. He returned to America in December 1935. He married Elaine Nagler, and…
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 … parents in Philadelphia while he was studying medicine in Berlin, Germany and in Basel and Fribourg, Switzerland. His letters include his impressions of the…
36. Lore and Simon Rosen family papers
2018.575.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.575.1
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1959
bulk: 1939-1959
…Lore Baron (later Rosen) was the daughter of Paula Wollrauch (May 10, 1893-1965, b. Mannheim, Germany) and Bernard Baron. She was born Hannalore on…
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 … photographs of Lore and her mother Paula in Mannheim, Germany, wartime depictions of Lore in her military uniform, and post-war depictions of Lore and Simon in…
37. Colman and Jean Steuer papers
2018.571.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 17
Document | Accession Number: 2018.571.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1970
bulk: 1946-1954
…Jean Steuer (born Genia Eckstein, 1923-2018) was born on 23 February 1923 in Gleiwitz, Germany to Yitzchak and Szprinca (née Cukier) Eckstein. She…
38. Bronisław Zbigniew Bulkowski papers
2018.555.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2018.555.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1929-2005
… forced laborer to the German National Railway Authorities (Deutsche Reichsbahn) in Altena, Germany between 1942 and 1945. After the war, he worked as a…
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 …, when the same bread in the stores would go for 0.60 rm. 30. 7 Sept. First time in Germany, a “vehicle” comes at 9.30 in the evening. 31. 10 Sept. We…
39. Gary Heymann photograph collection
2018.544.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.544.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1979
bulk: 1936-1938
…Gary Heymann (born Gerhard Heymann, 1923-2016) was born in Germany to Hartwig (1896-1993, son of Solms and Adele Heymann) and Helene (née Rosner…
40. Schloss family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.503.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1937-1948
…Max Schloss (1907-1988) was born January 1, 1907 in Hofheim in Unterfranken, Germany. His wife, Johanna Schloss (née Sterzelbach, 1916-2003), was…
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 ….503.1 Creator: Schloss (Family : Bavaria, Germany) Extent: 0.1 linear foot (4 folders) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul…
41. Eva and Otto Pfister papers
2018.448.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2018.448.1
Date:
inclusive: 1925-1950
…, where she became fluent in French. She returned to Germany where she became a student of the Gottingen philosopher Leonard Nelson and the educator Minna…
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 …. She returned to Germany where she became a student of the Gottingen philosopher Leonard Nelson and the educator Minna Specht. Along with her oldest…
42. Schatz and Bonder families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.429.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1991
bulk: 1940-1957
… January 1938 Jacob relocated from Berlin to Genoa with his sons Harry and Henry as a consequence of the rising antisemitism in Germany. In Genoa the family…
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 …-1957] Accession number: 2018.429.1 Creator: Schatz (Family : Berlin, Germany) Additional creator: Bonder (Family : Warsaw, Poland) Extent: .5 linear feet…
43. Hauptmann family papers
2018.428.2 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 27
Document | Accession Number: 2018.428.2
Date:
inclusive: 1932-1994
bulk: 1946-1967
…). In 1946, the family fled west through Czechoslovakia. From there they made their way to Germany and eventually arrived at the Ulm displaced persons…
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 … made their way to Germany and eventually arrived at the Ulm displaced persons camp. There Ignaz studied bookkeeping in an ORT school (Organization for…
44. Hans Benjamin Marx papers
2018.427.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 18
Document | Accession Number: 2018.427.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1927-1946
…Hans Benjamin Marx (b. 1927) was born in Mannheim, Germany, to Elise (née Rihm, 1898-1976) and Ernest Marx (1895-1965). Ernest was born in Mannheim…
45. Blake and Anna Schiff papers
2018.407.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2018.407.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-1999
…Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Germany--History--20th century.…
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 … family. Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Germany--History--20th century. Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland. Geography: Warsaw (Poland) Hrodna…
46. Adler and Cohn families papers
2018.393.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 77
Document | Accession Number: 2018.393.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-2018
…Ernst Cohn (later Ernest Cornell, 1907-1986) was born on 24 December 1907 in Münster, Germany to Carl (d. 1959) and Johanna Cohn. He had several…
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 … Accession number: 2018.393.1 Creator: Adler (Family: Bad Mergentheim, Germany) Additional creator: Cohn (Family: Münster, Germany) Extent: 3.93 linear feet…
47. Fuld family papers
2018.353.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 13
Document | Accession Number: 2018.353.1
Date:
inclusive: 1881-1985
…Artur Jakob Fuld (later Arthur Fuld, 1912-2002) was born on November 27th, 1912 in Gießen, Germany, to Siegmund Fuld and Emma Sulzbacher Fuld…
48. Anton Kozlowski photograph collection
2018.344.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 51
Document | Accession Number: 2018.344.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1939-1945
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Ohrdruf.…
49. Koplowitz and Shlafer families papers
2018.326.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.326.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1921-1994
bulk: 1948-1949
… except Abraham Joel. All of Dina's sibling perished during the Holocaust. After the war, Michael and Dina went to Germany where they lived in the Hessisch…
50. Breisacher family photographs
2018.275.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 28
Document | Accession Number: 2018.275.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1969
… a veteran of World War I and married Hedwig Bildstein in Breisach am Rhein, Germany shortly after the end of the war. Hedwig was the daughter of Emy…