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1. 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…
2. 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…
3. Drevich family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2004.341
Date:
1942-1998
… photographs were taken in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany between 1946 and 1948.…
4. 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…
5. 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…
6. Gans family papers
2012.478.3 Book Enclosure 5 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2012.478.3
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2004
bulk: 1938-1950
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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…
7. 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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8. Anthony Acevedo papers
2010.440.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2010.440.1
Date:
inclusive: 1935-2012
Special Collection:
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…, Stalag IX-B, in Bad Orb, Germany. Tony was prisoner number 27016. He was interrogated for several hours by a German officer in English and Spanish, and…
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 …, and was ordered to surrender. They were taken to Stalag IX‐B in Bad Orb, Germany, where conditions were terrible. He was selected as part of a group…
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  • Series 1: Anthony Acevedo papers Circa 1935-Circa 2012
    • File 1: Diary 1945
9. Eva Ostwalt papers
2008.86.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2008.86.1
Date:
inclusive: 1862-2007
bulk: 1905-2007
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…Eva Ostwalt (1902-2010) was born in Cologne, Germany to Emil Lippmann and Else Ballin Lippmann. Eva had two younger sisters, Kate and Trude…
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 … father Emil and her ex-husband Karl, and some newspapers. Languages: English, Germany Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use, but is…
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10. David Siegel papers
2003.92 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 92
Document | Accession Number: 2003.92
Date:
inclusive: 1931-1983
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… immigration of Jewish displaced persons to Canada. David served in Europe in 1948 and 1949, visiting various displaced persons camps in Germany, Austria, and…
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 … facilitate immigration of Jewish displaced persons to Canada. David served in Europe in 1948 and 1949, visiting various displaced persons camps in Germany…
11. Henry (Heinz) Wachs family papers
2016.443.1 Box 3 Folder 27 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2016.443.1
Date:
inclusive: 1850-2015
bulk: 1920-1950
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… children. In the mid-1930s, Henry’s older brother, Alfred, left Germany with the hopes of training at a Zionist-sponsored camp in Yugoslavia, in order to…
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 … currency from Poland and Germany from the 1910s and 1920s; and luggage tags and labels used when Henry Wachs immigrated to the United States in 1938…
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12. Philip D. Vock papers
1997.11.13 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 1997.11.13
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1975
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… overseas in Germany and France.…
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 … forcibly drafted into the French Air Force. He immigrated to the United States in 1951 and became a citizen after serving in the US army overseas in Germany…
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  • Series 1: Philip D. Vock papers 1941-1975, Undated
    • File 4: Journal 1945
13. Jacob and Rita Litman papers, including Samuel Golfard diary
2008.269.2 Box 1 Folder 19 Image 75
Document | Accession Number: 2008.269.2
Date:
inclusive: 1927-1984
undated: 
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… also helped Litman escape from the forced labor camp and go into hiding. After the war, Litman found his way to Germany, where he worked in a displaced…
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 …, restitution files, and photographs primarily documenting Jacob and Rita Litman’s experiences at the displaced persons camp at Bayerisch Gmain, Germany, from…
14. James Georg Lau papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.290.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1922-2013
bulk: 1939-1953
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… from 1941-1944 while James was in Germany. When Lau continued his diary in 1944, he describes the end of the war, when he and his father went to Germany…
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 … school because he was half-Jewish, and his mother being forced into the ghetto. There is a gap in the diaries from 1941-1944 while James was in Germany…
15. Louis Oppenheimer papers
1992.49.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 13
Document | Accession Number: 1992.49.2
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1994
Special Collection:
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…Louis Oppenheimer (?-1967) owned a clothing business and lived in Frankfurt, Germany with his wife (?-1967) and two children, Alfred (c. 1915-1991…
16. 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
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…Nelly (Cornelia) Bertha Schwabacher was born on February 14, 1899, in Frankfurt, Germany to Anna Cahn and Heinrich Schwabacher. Her father, a…
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 … artist in Frankfurt, Germany. Included are clippings of her artwork that appeared in the Frankfurter Zeitung until she was fired in 1935 for being Jewish…
17. Rabbi Judah Nadich papers
1994.A.0250. 3 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0250.3
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1997
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…’Elysee night club. In Paris, and later in Germany, Nadich provided help to the Bricha organization in its efforts to assist Jewish refugees to emigrate, often…
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 … Jewish displaced persons in postwar Germany and Austria; and information regarding Rabbi Nadich’s post-war work regarding World War II and Holocaust…
18. 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
Special Collection:
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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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19. Ilona Kellner papers
2017.645.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2017.645.1
Date:
inclusive: 1929-2002
Special Collection:
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… Czechoslovakia, and became a part of Hungary in approximately 1938. During the 1930s, Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, and in 1938, Hungary’s fascist regime…
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 …, Pelsöc had become part of Czechoslovakia, and became a part of Hungary in approximately 1938. During the 1930s, Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, and in…
20. Ruth Mueller papers
2017.651.1 BookEnclosure 1 Image 38
Document | Accession Number: 2017.651.1
Date:
inclusive: 1899-1986
undated: 
Special Collection:
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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…