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1. Lola and Walter Kaufman papers
Document | Accession Number: 2002.54.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1925-1978
… nursery school. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and on September 17, the Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland, including Czortkow. Lola and…
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 …. They lived in a Jewish area of the city. They kept kosher and spoke Yiddish and Polish. Lola attended a nursery school. On September 1, 1939, Germany…
2. Hans Robert Levy papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.162
Date:
inclusive: circa 1927-1948
…Hans Robert Levy was born on February 2, 1927 to Salomon (Sally) Levy and Helene Levy (nee Weinberg) in Gladbeck, Germany where his parents owned a…
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 …; location: Gladbeck, Germany; in German 2 Declaration; handwritten in black ink; statement attesting that Salomon Levy and Helene Levy grant permission to…
3. Sender and Helen Spielman papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.316.2
Date:
inclusive: 1922-1986
… optician and founded the International Optical Syndicate. Sender married Helen Hudes (1905-1979) in Germany and had four children: Bernard (Bernhard, b. 1932…
4. Silver clothes brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.3
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
…Frieda Lewin Fromm was born on December 4, 1882, in Ortelsburg, Germany (Szczytno, Poland). She married her sister Henriette's husband, Meyer Fromm…
5. Silver hair brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.4
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
…Frieda Lewin Fromm was born on December 4, 1882, in Ortelsburg, Germany (Szczytno, Poland). She married her sister Henriette's husband, Meyer Fromm…
6. Rolf and Hannah Wartenberg papers
Document | Accession Number: 1991.221.12
Date:
inclusive: 1930-2004
…Rolf Wartenberg (1912-1996) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1912 to Ernst (1878-1934) and Hedy (née Zender, 1884-1975) Wartenberg and had a brother…
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 …: Julie Schweitzer, September 2015; Revised by Morgan Voth, January 2024 Biographical note Rolf Wartenberg (1912-1996) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1912…
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 …, September 2015; Revised by Morgan Voth, January 2024 Biographical note Rolf Wartenberg (1912-1996) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1912 to Ernst (1878-1934…
7. American Friends Service Committee Refugee Assistance Case Files
Document | Accession Number: 2002.296
Date:
inclusive: 1933-1963
bulk: 1938-1958
… 1920s the AFSC sought to relieve suffering by operating child feeding programs across Europe, most notably in Germany. Quaker International centers, run…
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 … by operating child feeding programs across Europe, most notably in Germany. Quaker International centers, run jointly by American and British Friends…
8. Jack Zimmermann papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.22
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1951
… Zimmermann, and Cesia Zimmermann at the displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany and of the Zimmermann family after they immigrated to the United…
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 …: “World ORT Union/Germany” around outside, “c/o/UNRRA/U.S. Zone HQ/District/Office/Landsberg/(Lech)” on inside; dated May 25, 1946; Landsberg, Germany; in…
9. Heinz Praeger papers
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0187.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1918-2018
bulk: 1939-1947
…Karl Heinz Praeger (1911-1997) was born on July 7, 1911 in Berlin, Germany to Siegfried (1880-1943) and Rosa Praeger (1877-1939). He had an older…
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 … Abstract: The Heinz Praeger papers include biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting Heinz Praeger, his prewar life in Germany…
10. Korant and Schwalbe families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.367.1
Date:
inclusive: 1888-2019
bulk: 1888-1988
…Herbert Schwalbe (1899-1963) was born in 1899 in Germany. At age 17, he volunteered and served in the German military in WWI and earned the Cross of…
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 …, March 2024 Biographical note Herbert Schwalbe (1899-1963) was born in 1899 in Germany. At age 17, he volunteered and served in the German military in WWI…
11. Adler and Gumpert family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2015.202.2
Date:
inclusive: 1933-1966
…Robert Leopold Adler (19 May 1895 - 3 November 1952) was born in Heilbronn, Germany, the son of Johanna Adler. As an adult, he was trained in and…
12. Margot Lichtenstein collection
Document | Accession Number: 2015.192.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-2005
bulk: 1936-1947
…Margot Schoenherz Lichtenstein was born on June 17, 1908 to Wilhelm and Rosalie Schoenherz in Berlin, Germany. When she was thirteen, Rosalie died…
13. Klaus Zwilsky papers
Document | Accession Number: 2010.200.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1946
…Klaus Werner Max Zwilsky (1932- ) was born in Berlin, Germany on August 16, 1932. He is the only son of Ruth Herzberg Zwilsky and Ehrich Erich…
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 … during World War I. 2. Photograph of Ehrich Zwilsky, Berlin, Germany, circa 1933. 3. Photograph of Samuel Zwilsky’s fabric store in Landsberg, East Prussia…
14. Unser Kind
Document | Accession Number: 2010.200.3
Date:
inclusive: 1932-1946
…Klaus Werner Max Zwilsky (1932- ) was born in Berlin, Germany on August 16, 1932. He is the only son of Ruth Herzberg Zwilsky and Ehrich Erich…
15. Morris and Lucy Breitbart papers
1996.A.0391.2 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0391.2
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1966
bulk: 1945-1949
Special Collection:
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…, when they went to Germany and ultimately escaped from the Russian sector of Germany to the American zone of Berlin. Lucy and her family settled in Berlin…
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 … Poland, Morris went to Germany with the hope of immigrating to the United States. By 1948, he had finished dental school in Munich and opened an office…
16. Peter Feigl papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.59
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1994
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…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 …, Ernst, 1888‐1942. Feigl, Agnes, 1904‐1942. American Friends Service Committee. Drancy (Concentration camp) Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Berlin. Jews, German…
17. 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…
18. Gans family papers
2012.478.3 Book Enclosure 5 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2012.478.3
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2004
bulk: 1938-1950
Special Collection:
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…Manfred Gans was born on April 27, 1922, in Borken, Germany, to Moritz and Else Fraenkel Gans. His family had been in Borken for over 300 years…
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 … family of Moritz and Else Gans, originally of Borken, Germany, who were living in Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Prior to the war, Moritz and Else emigrated…
19. Rosenberg and Mosler families papers
2017.327.1 BookEnclosure Folder 1 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2017.327.1
Date:
inclusive: 1888-1987
bulk: 1915-1956
Special Collection:
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…Hermann Rosenberg (1887-1957) was born in Kleve, Germany on 7 March 1887 to Michaelis and Lenore (née Salomon) Rosenberg. He had three brothers, Karl…
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 … (bulk 1915-1956) Accession number: 2017.327.1 Creator: Rosenberg (Family : Hamburg, Germany) Mosler (Family : Berlin, Germany) Extent: 5.59 linear feet (9…
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20. Susan Warsinger papers
1995.A.0470.2 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 43
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0470.2
Date:
inclusive: 1934-1949
Special Collection:
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…Susi (Susan) Hilsenrath was born on May 27, 1929, in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, to Israel (August 24, 1902- March 1984) and Hanna (Annie) Drimmer…
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 …’s Holocaust experiences as a Jewish child from Bad Kreuznach, Germany who took refuge in France from 1939 until she immigrated to the United States in 1941…