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1. Lichtenberg and Stein families papers
2014.408.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 2014.408.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1901-2001
undated: 
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…Irmgard Stein (Irma, later Lichtenberg, b. 1920) was born to Max (1871-1944, born in Arolsen, Germany) and Hedwig (Johanna, née Benjamin, 1883-1944…
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 … and undated Accession number: 2014.408.1 Creator: Lichtenberg (Family: Hannover, Germany) Additional creator: Stein (Family: Frankfurt, Germany) Extent…
2. Rachel and Harvey Goldfarb collection
2000.421.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2000.421.2
Date:
inclusive: 1918-2005
… inhabitants were Jewish. Beryl Mutterperl (d. 1937) was a businessman who bought cattle and farm products for export to Germany or for the nearby Polish border…
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 … for export to Germany or for the nearby Polish border garrison. Dina owned a thriving fabric store. The Mutterperls lived in the center of town. Their…
3. Mosheim and Marx families papers
1999.A.0233 Box 2 Folder 13 Image 48
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0233
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1999
… City. Karl Marx had died of natural causes in 1938 in Munich, and her mother remained in Germany to care for his ailing mother, Pauline Mayer Marx…
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 … United States, the unsuccessful immigration efforts of the families they left behind in Munich and Vlotho, Germany, and efforts to find out what happened…
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4. Oertelt and Fromm families papers
2016.412.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2016.412.1
Date:
inclusive: 1924-2008
…Henry Oertelt (born Arthur Karl Heinz Oertelt, 1921-2011) was born on 13 January 1921 in Berlin, Germany to Arthur and Else Oertelt. He had one…
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 … Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Henry Oertelt of Berlin, Germany…
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5. Lorenz Schmuhl papers
1995.A.1119 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1119 | RG Number: RG-10.137
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1985
bulk: 1939-1945
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… establish a hospital and bring aid to the area. On April 24, 1945 he was assigned to a DP camp in Wiesbaden, Germany where he continued his efforts. Lorenz…
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 … the first American commander of the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation and his work at a DP camp in Wiesbaden, Germany. The collection also…
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  • Series 2: Buchenwald 1945-1978, Undated
    • File 5: Reports 1945
  • Series 4: Photographs Approximate 1937-Approximate 1962
    • File 1: Buchenwald (5 folders) (Pressed flowers and negatives stored separately) Approximate 1937-Approximate 1945
6. Trudy Katzer papers
2005.175.1 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 203
Document | Accession Number: 2005.175.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1976
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… (Grete) Katz. Walther was born on December 12, 1906, in Kesselbach, Germany, where his parents, Simon and Malchen Katzenstein Schoenfeld, had a farm. He…
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 … Margareta were living in Germany, but deciding that it would be too dangerous to remain, they moved to Amsterdam in 1936. In 1939, Trudy was born. After the…
7. Ellen Kaufmann Boucher papers
2018.38.2 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2018.38.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2014
…Ellen Kaufmann Boucher (1920-2014) was born to Hermann (1882-1942) and Ella (née Barth, 1890-1920) Kaufmann in Mainz, Germany. Hermann Kaufmann, a…
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 …, prewar and wartime photographs of her family in Mainz, Germany, and a transcript of an interview she gave in 1995. Languages: English, German…
8. Abendstern, Fleischmann, and Meyerhoff families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.494.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-2016
…Peter Aldin was born Peter Sigo Abendstern on 29 October 1932 in Schwerin, Germany to Otto and Elly Abendstern. His father Otto Abendstern (1904-1942…
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 …, Germany to Otto and Elly Abendstern. His father Otto Abendstern (1904-1942) was born on 5 November 1904 in Stuttgart, Germany to Samuel (d. 1923) and Regina…
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9. Leonard Lauder collection
Document | Accession Number: 2001.146
Date:
1890-1994
…The Leonard Lauder collection consists of materials documenting anti‐Semitism in Germany in the first half of the 20th century, particularly during…
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 … materials documenting anti‐Semitism in Germany in the first half of the 20th century, particularly during the Nazi era, that Lauder acquired from private…
10. Ruth Mueller papers
2017.651.1 BookEnclosure 1 Image 38
Document | Accession Number: 2017.651.1
Date:
inclusive: 1899-1986
undated: 
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…Ruth Mueller (1917-2015) was born in Mannheim, Germany to a non-Jewish father, Paul Mueller (1890-1937) and a Jewish mother, Marie Mueller (1895-1975…
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 … Frankfurt, Germany. Biographical material includes a birth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, and driver’s license for Paul, Ruth’s father…
11. 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…
12. Eva Baumohl papers
2007.190.1 Box 1 Folder 22 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2007.190.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1912-2007
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 …) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Neustadt‐Glewe (Concentration camp) Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Berlin. Jewish refugees‐‐Israel‐‐Tel Aviv. Jewish refugees‐‐Belgium…
13. Arzt family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.510.1
Date:
inclusive: 1850-1989
undated: 
… leave Germany. Hans, Lotte, and their daughters left for the Dominican Republic in October 1938. They immigrated to the United States in 1947. In 1933…
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 …: 2006.510.1 Creator: Arzt (Family : Berlin, Germany) Extent: 3.5 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders, and 1 book enclosure…
14. Ruth Rappaport papers
2012.431.1 Box 3 Folder 8 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2012.431.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1929-1969
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…Ruth Rappaport (1923-2010) was born in Leipzig, Germany to Chaja Helene Rubenstein (1885-1943) and Mendel Rappaport (1877-1944). Helene was born in…
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 …, correspondence, diaries, and photographs relating to Ruth Rappaport’s pre-war and wartime experiences fleeing Germany and immigrating to the United States. The…
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15. Goldstein and Thebner families papers
2002.245.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2002.245.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1917-1958
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… their attempts to emigrate from Germany as well as pre-war family photographs. The collection also includes a diary written by Ilse Szinberger, Arthur…
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 …: approximately 1917-1958 Accession number: 2002.245.1 Creator: Goldstein (Family: Berlin, Germany) Additional creator: Thebner (Family: Vienna, Austria) Extent: .4…
16. Monique Joseph papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.595.1
Date:
inclusive: 1820-2007
bulk: 1920-1951
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…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…
17. Sam Kornhauser papers
2005.538.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2005.538.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1998
… Kornhauser’s chance encounter with Pope John Paul II in the 1930s. Ursula and Berek Goldkorn materials include identification papers from Poland, Germany…
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 … encounter with Pope John Paul II in the 1930s. Ursula and Berek Goldkorn materials include identification papers from Poland, Germany, Belgium, and http…
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18. Fred Vendig papers
1999.A.0089.1 Box 2 Folder 24 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0089.1
Date:
inclusive: 1859-2002
…Fritz Dieter Vendig (Fred, 1932-2001) was born in Kaiserslautern, Germany, to Charlotte (née Berstein, 1907-1988) and Ernst Vendig (1899-1956). Ernst…
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 … status through Germany, Belgium, France, and Switzerland, their release from Rivesaltes, and their immigration to the United States. The collection further…
19. Jäckel and Wetterhahn family papers
2017.297.1 Book Enclosure 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2017.297.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-2002
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…Julius Wetterhahn (1901-1991) was born in Hersfeld, Germany to Max (1870-1942) and Matilda (née Neuhof, 1876-1943) Wetterhahn. Julius went to the…
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 … Accession number: 2017.297.1 Creator: Jäckel (Family : Herzfeld, Germany) Additional creator: Wetterhahn (Family : Kassel, Germany) Extent: 1.5 linear feet (1…
20. Lilli Wolff papers
1999.A.0041 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0041
Date:
inclusive: 1870-1983
… certificate, application for Austrian citizenship, letters of recommendation, and a travel pass document Lilli Wolff’s life in Germany and Austria and her…
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 … Germany and Austria and her immigration to the United States. Three narratives by Lilli Wolff describe her experiences in Nazi Germany and Austria: two…