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101. Karliner family papers
1999.3.32 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 1999.3.32
Date:
inclusive: circa 1909-1951
…The Karliner family papers consist of wartime correspondence and photographs taken of the Karliner family in Germany before World War II, aboard the…
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 … Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The Karliner family papers consist of wartime correspondence and photographs taken of the…
102. Kelhoffer and Pomeranz families papers
2004.706.9 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2004.706.9
Date:
inclusive: 1916-1960
bulk: 1940-1950
Special Collection:
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… families in Borysław, Poland during the Holocaust. The collection contains identification cards, correspondence, pre and post-war photographs of both…
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 …, Poland during the Holocaust. The collection contains identification cards, correspondence, pre and post‐war photographs of both families, and a series of…
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103. Kessler family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2017.586.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1869-2015
bulk: 1914-1998
…, there are 10 handwritten recipe books in German. Photographs consist of prints and albums primarily depicting the pre-war lives of the Kessler, Neuhut…
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 …, there are 10 handwritten recipe books in German. Photographs consist of prints and albums primarily depicting the pre-war lives of the Kessler, Neuhut…
104. Kleinfeld family papers
2018.640.1 Box 2 Folder 15 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2018.640.1
Date:
inclusive: 1908-1963
… States; correspondence; and pre-war family photographs. Biographical material includes clippings from Cuban newspapers, identification papers, report…
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 … the process of receiving visas to immigrate to the United States; correspondence; and pre-war family photographs. Languages: Polish, German, English…
105. Konkowski and Blinbaum families papers
2012.473.1 Oversize Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2012.473.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1960
… corners. The Germans kept the Selecta workshop active in case its metal working capabilities were needed for the war effort, but they never discovered the…
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 …, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The Konkowski and Blinbaum families papers consist of photographs, resistance materials, and Selecta business records…
106. Leon and Rebeka Ilutovich collection
Document | Accession Number: 2000.22.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1911-1983
bulk: 1930-1948
… the Executive Committee of Polish War Refugees in Shanghai. From 1945 to 1946, he worked as the Secretary of the World Jewish Congress in China. He…
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 … records, identification records, newspapers, printed notices, ephemera, photographs, and photograph albums. The collection also includes photographs of the…
107. Lessing family papers
2017.642.16 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 2017.642.16
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-2017
… Lessing family. The books cover pre-war family history, their Holocaust experiences, and their post-war lives through 2015. Photographs consists of pre-war…
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 … post-war lives through 2015. Photographs consists of pre-war images of Ed with his Jewish scout group and wartime images of him with the Dutch Resistance…
108. Lester M. Libo collection
Document | Accession Number: 2019.494.1
Date:
inclusive: 1910-1946
bulk: 1945-1946
… war, he was transferred to Regensburg to serve with the Detachment E-204, Public Safety Special Branch in their denazification efforts. His unit…
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 …, including The Finishing Touch: A Historical Novel, based on his denazification work after the war. Scope and content of collection Documents, photographs, and…
109. Levy family papers
2015.415.1 Box 3 Folder 1 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2015.415.1
Date:
inclusive: 1887-1981
bulk: 1924-1969
… Joséphine (née Schmitt) Levy. He had one sister, Julie. Alfred was a veteran of World War I, and studied law afterwards. Meta Mayer Levy (born Meta Eve Mayer…
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 …, as well as Luxembourg. Also included are photographs depicting Alfred Levy as a soldier in World War I and a Supreme Court justice in Saarlouis and…
110. Levy-Saltiel family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2003.144.1
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1998
…, Dora married Salomon Saltiel, a childhood friend who had been a prisoner of war during World War II. The couple emigrated to the United States in 1955.…
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 … in Bulgaria and returned to him by his cousin after the war. Photo 2 Solomon Saltiel at approx. age of 8 years. https://collections.ushmm.org Contact…
111. Lindenbaum and Landau families collection
2006.226.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2006.226.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1945
… survive the Holocaust. After the war, they raised their niece, Kystyna Linden, as their daughter. Son: Leon Lutek Lindenbaum (Leon, 1910-1943) married…
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 … photographs of the Lindenbaum and Landau families, circa 1900s-1945. The family photographs were taken in Łódź, Poland; Warsaw, Poland; the Warsaw ghetto; and…
112. Lob family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2021.168.1
Date:
inclusive: 1905-2015
bulk: 1939-1954
… a small amount of wartime documents and correspondence, post-war Holocaust tracing documents, copies of ITS records, and copies of photographs…
113. 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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… Buchenwald and Lorenz. Photographs include originals and copies of Buchenwald during and after the war. Correspondence includes letters, announcements…
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 … Buchenwald and Lorenz. Photographs include originals and copies of Buchenwald during and after the war. Languages: English, German Administrative Information…
114. Maerker and Behr families papers
2017.404.1 Box 1 Folder 13 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 2017.404.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1873-1983
… in World War I, correspondence, photographs, writings, and born-digital material. The collection also documents the pre-war and wartime experiences of…
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 …, photographs, writings, and born-digital material. The collection also documents the pre-war and wartime experiences of the Behr family, primarily of Mainz…
115. Maier and Gruber families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2004.709.1
Date:
inclusive: 1875-1962
bulk: 1934-1947
… submitted 24 affidavits of support for relatives, and 15 family members reached the US. The others perished. After the war ended in May 1945, they learned…
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 … consist of documents, photographs, passports, clippings, and identification cards relating to the Gruber and Maier families, their experiences in Austria…
116. Majerowicz family papers
1995.A.0151 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0151
Date:
inclusive: 1911-1991
… arrested and placed on a train to a concentration camp, but was able to jump from the train and escape. He spent the rest of the war in hiding. Due to her…
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 …. Other items include affidavits and photographs. Languages: English, German, Dutch. Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for…
117. Malah (Malach) family photographs
Document | Accession Number: 2008.25
Date:
inclusive: 1910-1950
…Consists of 35 pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the families of Zigmund (Zishe) Malah (Malach) and Maria (Manya) Adlerfliegel Malah…
118. Mandel family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.581.12
Date:
inclusive: 1910-2001
undated: 
… Jews with false documentation papers. He continued working with underground systems until the end of the war and remained in Budapest until its…
119. Mandil family photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2002.158.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-circa 1975
bulk: circa 1920-1948
…Mandil Family photograph collection consists of pre-war and post-war photographs of the Mandil family, Konfino family, and the Ben-Yosif family all…
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 … Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: Mandil Family photograph collection consists of pre-war and post-war photographs…
120. Manfred Haber family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.392.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1963
bulk: 1938-1946
… deported from Mechelen to Auschwitz on 15 August 1942 where she perished. After the war, Manfred earned a degree in electrical engineering. He married Joy…
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 …. After the war, Manfred earned a degree in electrical engineering. He married Joy Perlow and they had two sons: Robert and Theodore. Scope and content of…
121. Margaret Anne Goldsmith Hanaw collection
1995.A.0106 Box 4 Folder 11 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0106 | RG Number: RG-10.237
Date:
inclusive: 1874-1986
bulk: 1937-1954
… camp but was eventually released. The family survived the war and on June 28, 1946, Lawrence Goldsmith signed an affidavit of support for the family…
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 … Jewish Relief Committee, 1917-1922. The collection include family photographs as well as genealogy and research materials related to Jewish history in…
122. Martha and Waitstill Sharp collection
Document | Accession Number: 2010.180 | RG Number: RG-67.017
Date:
inclusive: 1905-2005
bulk: 
Special Collection:
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…Reports, publications, interviews, obituaries, and photographs pertaining to the careers of Martha and Waitstill Sharp. Documents record the Sharps…
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 … wartime photographs taken in Europe. The last section of this binder contains post-war (contemporary) photographs from Camp de Gurs (Gurs concentration camp…
123. Max and Mathilde Maier family papers
1998.A.0065 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0056
Date:
inclusive: 1866-1998
…, photographs, printed materials, and writings documenting Max Maier’s World War I military service and the couple’s education, marriage, and emigration to…
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 … measure 1.5 linear feet, date from 1866‐1998, and include biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and writings documenting…
124. Max and Rose Feld papers
2005.602.1 Oversize 1 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2005.602.1
Date:
inclusive: 1905-1989
bulk: 1905-1957
…. Also included are photographs of the Feld family, as well as Max and Rose’s parents prior to the war, and of Esther as a child. The Max and Rose Feld…
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 … applications, affidavits, and other items. Also included are photographs of the Feld family, as well as Max and Rose’s parents prior to the war, and of Esther as…
125. Mendel Grossman photograph collection
2005.214.2 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 57
Document | Accession Number: 2005.214.2
Date:
inclusive: 1919-circa 1970
… his brother Jakub died of appendicitis before the war. Prior to the war, Mendel was a prolific artist and photographer. In 1939, Mendel and his family…
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 … in Łódz,́ Poland prior to and during the war. The prewar photographs document the Grossman family, including Mendel’s sister Rozka, and his parents…
126. Merei family papers
2015.571.1 Box 1 Folder 17 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2015.571.1
Date:
inclusive: 1890-1991
…The collection primarily documents the wartime and post-war experiences of Ernö and Ernestine (née Munk) Merei and their son John of Budapest…
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 … documents the wartime and post‐war experiences of Ernö and Ernestine (née Munk) Merei and their son John of Budapest, Hungary as they fled the country after…
127. Miscellaneous records relating to Ethno-National Questions-Section on the Jewish People of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Document | Accession Number: 2011.100 | RG Number: RG-88.001M
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1945
…Photographs.…
128. Morgenstern and Merkur families papers
2017.101.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 39
Document | Accession Number: 2017.101.1
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1995
bulk: 1913-1949
Special Collection:
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…, including a photograph of Regina, Bernhard, and Helli Morgenstern reunited in Vienna after the war. The Merkur family materials include a book and loose sheet…
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 … Mendel Morgenstern to her in London; and her diary from 1945. Also included are photographs of the Morgenstern family, including a photograph of Regina…
129. Morgenthau family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2015.255.1
Date:
inclusive: 1860-2005
bulk: 1930-1950
… Cleveland, Ohio. The United States declared war on Germany and Japan in December 1941. Morgenthau joined the United States Army. In 1943, he graduated from…
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 … correspondence, documents, photographs, and research notes related to the Morgenthau family. The collection includes material related to the Ottoman Empire and…
130. Nachlass Anne-Marie Im Hof-Piguet (1916-2010)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.47.1 | RG Number: RG-58.038
Date:
inclusive: 1916-2007
Alternate Title:
Anne-Marie Im Hof-Piguet papers
…, photographs, audiovisual documentation from everyday life at the Château de La Hille, correspondence at the time of the Second World War, correspondence in…
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 …21.06.2016 Seite 2 Der Bestand war grösstenteils von Anne-Marie Im Hof-Piguet vorgeordnet. Diese Ordnung wurde möglichst beibehalten und wenn vorhanden mit den von…
131. Nachlass Avner W. Less papers
Document | Accession Number: 2011.214 | RG Number: RG-58.010
Date:
inclusive: 1902-2007
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Contains correspondence, memos, diaries, newspaper clippings, lectures, articles, photographs, transcripts of the Israeli Police, case studies…
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 …; 1960/61 als Polizeihauptmann in Jerusalem Leiter des Verhörs von Adolf Eichmann. Nach dem Prozess war Less ein vielbefragter Zeitzeuge und…
132. Nachlass Dr. iur. Benjamin Sagalowitz (1901-1970)
Document | Accession Number: 2011.216 | RG Number: RG-58.012
Date:
inclusive: 1917-1999
Alternate Title:
Benjamin Sagalowitz papers
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…This collection relates to Benjamin Sagalowitz’s activities as a journalist and includes records on several trials relevant to World War II and the…
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 …, bei welcher Benjamin Sagalowitz behilflich war 31 Goldmann, Nahum [Nachum], Genf (Kopien) 1964 - 1966 32 Goldschmidt, Hermann Levin, Zürich 1958 - 1959…
133. Nachlass Dr. iur. Georg Guggenheim (1897-1987)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.43.1 | RG Number: RG-58.034
Date:
inclusive: 1872-2005
Alternate Title:
Georg Guggenheim papers
… and articles 1942-1975, and documentation on his activities, 1915-1978. Also contains photographs, portraits, landscape and architectural drawings.…
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 … Schweizerischen Israelitischen Gemeindebundes, SIG, 1904-1914) und Leonide Guggenheim-Nordmann; sein jüngerer Bruder war Staatsrechtsprofessor Prof. Dr. Paul…
134. Nachlass Dr. iur. Rolf Henne (1901-1966)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.93.1 | RG Number: RG-58.047
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1966
Alternate Title:
Rolf Henne papers
…]. In 1944, he became the director of the press service Zeitungslupe in Zurich. He took no further role in politics after the war; instead, he headed up…
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 …, gestorben war 329 Flugblätter Nationale Front: Antisemitismus 1934 - 1937 Enthält u. a. - Aufrufe, nicht in jüdischen Warenhäusern einzukaufen - "Der…
135. Nachlass Dr. iur. Veit Wyler (1908-2002)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.87.1 | RG Number: RG-58.041
Date:
inclusive: 1850-2002
Alternate Title:
Veit Wyler papers
… delegate. The collection consists of photographs, certificates from schools, doctoral studies, military service records, records of his early activities as a…
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 … aus einem von Eva Walter-Geissler für Veit Wyler erstellten Album. Walter-Geissler war mit dem Schweizer Spanienkämpfer Armin Walter verheiratet und…
136. Nachlass Elisabeth Eidenbenz (1913-2011)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.91.1 | RG Number: RG-58.045
Date:
inclusive: 1910-1982
Alternate Title:
Elisabeth Eidenbenz papers
… decided to join the Asociación de Ayuda a los Niños en Guerra ("Association to Aid Children in War"). After the fall of the Spanish Republic many…
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 … spanische Königin Sofia, Madrid, 14.2.2006 2006 16 Stück Innen-, Aussen- und Porträtaufnahmen der Verleihung Hinweis: - Elisabeth Eidenbenz war an der…
137. Nachlass Elsa Lüthi-Ruth
Document | Accession Number: 2012.285 | RG Number: RG-58.025
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1969
Alternate Title:
Personal papers of Elsa Lüthi-Ruth
…Elsa Lüthi-Ruth (1909-2005), was a nurse for the Swiss Red Cross and in various internment camps in France during World War II. After the outbreak…
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 …-1934 Ausbildung zur Krankenschwester in Luzern, Zürich und Bern. Danach reiste sie 1934 in die USA. 1935-1937 war Elsa Ruth im Ospedale Internationale in…
138. Nachlass Erich A. Hausmann
Document | Accession Number: 2012.286 | RG Number: RG-58.026
Date:
inclusive: 1915-2000
Alternate Title:
Personal papers of Erich A. Hausmann
… documentation on helping Jewish refugee children and youth during and after the war. Erich A. Hausmann worked with many organizations as the Schweizer Hilfswerk…
139. Nachlass Jean Nordmann (1908-1986)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.97.1 | RG Number: RG-58.039
Date:
inclusive: 1914-2001
Alternate Title:
Jean Nordmann papers
… trained in Germany, England and France. During the Second World War, he worked with his wife to help Jewish refugees. He was elected to the Jewish Central…
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 … war Präsident der Jüdischen Gemeinde Fribourg. Ab 1980 war er Mitglied des Centralcomités des SIG; 1984 Vizepräsident, ab 1993 Präsident des…
140. Nachlass Konsul Carl Lutz (1895-1975)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.95.1 | RG Number: RG-58.049
Date:
inclusive: 1906-1988
Alternate Title:
Carl Lutz papers
… Austrian border. After the war Lutz received a letter of reprimand from authorities in Switzerland for overstepping his authority in helping the Jews of…
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 … Rettungsaktionen beteiligt gewesen war. Dokumente zu Lutz aus ungarischen Archiven, die für das AfZ durch Prof. Dr. László Karsai zusammengetragen wurden, der…
141. Nachlass Kurt Bigler (ehem. Kurt Bergheimer) (1925-2007)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.45.1 | RG Number: RG-58.036
Date:
inclusive: 1910-2011
Alternate Title:
Kurt Bigler papers
…, and unpublished manuscripts, a collection of color photographs (albums and loose photos) with detailed handwritten description.…
142. Nachlass Luise Wetter (1917-1991)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.89.1 | RG Number: RG-58.043
Date:
inclusive: 1917-1991
Alternate Title:
Luise Wetter papers
…Luise Wetter (1917-1991) was a teacher and aid worker in Switzerland for refugee children during and after the war..…
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 … Emili (geb. Keller); Geschwister Margrit und Martin (welcher ebenfalls in der Kinderhilfe tätig war); Gymnasium in Winterthur; 1939 Lehrer-Diplom…
143. Nachlass Otto H. und Régine Heim (1896-1978/1907-2004)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.44.1 | RG Number: RG-58.035
Date:
inclusive: 1906-2004
Alternate Title:
Otto and Régine Heim papers
… his father, also was active on the board of the association of the Swiss textile wholesale trade. During the Second World War, Otto Heinrich Heim was…
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 … / Klassifikation Die Dossierbildung erfolgte grösstenteils in Anlehnung an die bestehende Vorordnung. Die Korrespondenz war verstreut überliefert und wurde in…
144. Nachlass Pfarrer Paul Vogt (1900-1984)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.86.1 | RG Number: RG-58.040
Date:
inclusive: 1882-2000
Alternate Title:
Pastor Paul Vogt papers
… Swiss Ecclesiastical Auxiliary Committee for Evangelical Refugees. After the war, Vogt fought for an understanding between Christians and Jews. He was the…
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 … Flüchtlinge eingerichtet worden war; Initiant der 1945 gegründeten Arbeitsgemeinschaft von Christen und Juden; Mitglied der Gesellschaft Schweiz-Israel…
145. Nachlass Ruth von Wild (1912-1983)
Document | Accession Number: 2017.90.1 | RG Number: RG-58.044
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1982
Alternate Title:
Ruth von Wild papers
… Swiss School in Barcelona. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War the school was closed and Wild went to England to earn an English diploma. In Aug…
146. Nathan and Edith Litvin papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.493.1
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1999
bulk: 1945-1946
…. Includes pre-war and post-war photographs of the Festinger family, documents related to Edith's immediate post-war life, and correspondence, documents and…
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 …, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbook pages documenting the experiences of Nathan Litvin and Edith Festinger Litvin. Includes pre‐war and post‐war…
147. Nelly Rossmann family papers
2005.546.1 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2005.546.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-1990
bulk: 1932-1947
Special Collection:
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…) Schwabacher; family photographs; a post-war photograph album of family life in England; and her son Michael Rossmann’s German passport from 1935. The collection…
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 … from 1916-1917; notebooks of hers and her brother Wilhelm (Willy) Schwabacher; family photographs; a post-war photograph album of family life in England…
148. Neuhauser and Groeger families papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.184.1
Date:
1910-1962
… ancestry, photographs and a booklet entitled "Eere Begraafplaats" commemorating the lives of members of the Dutch resistance who died in the Holocaust. The…
149. Norman Salsitz papers
2003.425.1 Book Enclosure 1 Image 63
Document | Accession Number: 2003.425.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1889-2000
… Belzec. The collection also includes photographs of educational, religious, and social groups before the war; compulsory prewar labor brigades (“szarwark…
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 … World War II in and around Kolbuszowa, Poland, and including the Kolbuszowa and Rzeszów ghettos. Most of the photographs date from the 1930s and 1940s and…
150. Ofner family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.371.1
Date:
inclusive: 1885-2000
…Peter Ofner was born in 1923 in Berlin, Germany, to Curt (Kurt) and Betzi (nee Leon) Ofner. Curt was a veteran of the German Army in World War and…