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1. Ernst Graf papers
Document | Accession Number: 2017.127.2
Date:
inclusive: 1933-2011
…Ernst Graf (1905-1966) was born in Berlin, Germany on November 12, 1905 to Joachim and Maria Graf. He married Dorothea Reichenthal (b. 1911) in 1933…
2. Heinz Dieter Menge papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.662.1
Date:
inclusive: 1922-2002
…Heinz Dieter Menge was born on September 13, 1919 in the Ilten district of Sehnde, Germany, near Hannover. During World War II he was a German…
3. Fluss and Lipow families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.598.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-2002
…Helga Fluss (later Helga Lipow, 1923-2004) was born on October 7, 1923 in Berlin, Germany to Max Fluss (1894-1961) and Lucia Fluss (née Berlowitz…
4. Esther Rosenfeld Starobin family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2021.194.1
Date:
approximately 1906-2005
…Esther Rosenfeld was born on April 3, 1937, in Adelsheim, Germany, the youngest child of Adolf and Katherine (Katty) Lemburger Rosenfeld. Adolf was…
5. Pirry Roth papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.602.1
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1995
… to do so. Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944. Dezso and his son were forced into the ghetto in nearby Ungvar, Hungary (Uzhhorod, Ukraine), but…
6. 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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7. Teardrop pendant with an engraved inscription
2015.563.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.563.2
Date:
inclusive: 1865-2001
bulk: 1901-1957
…Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany.…
8. Mandel family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.581.12
Date:
inclusive: 1910-2001
undated: 
…Judaism--Germany--Customs and practices--History--20th century.…
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 …)--Reparations. Jewish Children in the Holocaust--Hungary. Judaism--Germany--Customs and practices--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue…
9. Violin case used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.10 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.10
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
10. Violin bow used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.11
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
11. Violin used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.9
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
12. Violin bow used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.12
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
13. Violin used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.8
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
14. Leopold Guttman collection
Document | Accession Number: 2014.427.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-2014
…Wünsdorf (Germany)…
15. Peter Feigl papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.59
Date:
inclusive: circa 1899-2012
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…Peter Feigl was born Klaus Feigl on March 1, 1929 in Berlin, Germany to Ernst Feigl and Agnes Feigl (née Bornstein, 1904-1942). His father, Ernst…
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 …. Arrangement and description were updated and revised. August 2024. Biographical Note Peter Feigl was born Klaus Feigl on March 1, 1929 in Berlin, Germany to…
16. Manfred Lewinnek papers
Document | Accession Number: 2008.353.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-1983
bulk: 1938-1955
…Manfred Lewinnek (1913-1983) was born on October 11, 1913 in Berlin, Germany to Adolf and Lina Lewinnek. His father, Adolf Lewinnek (1873-1943?), was…
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 …, Germany in 1938, his United States Army service, and correspondence with his parents Adolf and Lina Lewinnek in Stuttgart from 1939-1941. Included is…
17. Eric Gutsmuth collection
Document | Accession Number: 2009.387
Date:
inclusive: 1930-2009
… family documents and testimonies to describe the experiences of the Gutsmuth family, originally of Giessen (Wiesek), Germany. Through these primary sources…
18. Edith Hahn-Beer papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0079.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1997
… 1939 Edith and her mother were forced to move into the Jewish ghetto in Vienna. In April 1941 she was sent to a farm in Osterburg, Germany where she was…
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 … Vienna, Austria, including forced-labor in Osterburg and Aschersleben, Germany, living in Munich and Brandenburg an der Havel under the false-identity of…
19. Edith Simon Babich papers
1994.A.0280 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0280.2
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1984
…Edith Simon Babich (1922-2005) was born Edith Simon on July 1, 1922 in Cloppenburg, Germany to Karl Simon (1884-1943) and Selma Simon (née Katz, 1894…
20. Hildegard Simon papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.601.1
Date:
inclusive: 1935-2013
…Hildegard Hanna “Hilde” Simon (later Hilde Gernsheimer, 1926-2019) was born on May 2, 1926 in Cloppenburg, Germany to Karl and Selma Simon. Karl…
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 …’s prewar and wartime life in Cloppenburg, Germany, Hilde’s Kindertransport, and postwar restitution claims. Languages: German, English Administrative…
21. 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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 … in Berlin, Germany in 1912 to Ernst (1878-1934) and Hedy (née Zender, 1884-1975) Wartenberg and had a brother, Henry (1908-1971). Rolf fled Germany for…
22. Kollander family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2012.415.1
Date:
inclusive: 1917-1971
…Consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the Kollander family, originally of Leipzig, Germany. The bulk of the collection is…
23. Ruth Danzig Rauch papers
2012.454.1 Box 1 Folder 12 Image 42
Document | Accession Number: 2012.454.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1993
bulk: 1938-1956
…Franziska (Ruth) Danzig was born on July 12, 1932, in Munich, Germany, the only child of Emanuel and Gerda Winter Danzig. Emanuel was born on July 29…
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 … 1938‐1956) Accession number: 2012.454.1 Creator: Rauch, Ruth Danzig (Munich :Germany) Extent: 12 folders Repository: United States…
24. Moses Adam papers
Document | Accession Number: 2012.445.1
Date:
inclusive: 1926-1988
…Restitution--Germany.…
25. Isidor Gross papers
2012.433.1 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 2012.433.1
Date:
inclusive: 1921-1997
bulk: 1936-1945
…Isidore (later Edward) Gross was born on October 31, 1921, in Aachen, Germany, to Markus and Ida Reiter Gross. Markus was born on July 27, 1895, in…
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 …, Germany for the United States and successfully rescued his mother and two younger siblings from a holding camp. Included in this collection are several…
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26. Lustig and Katz family collections
Document | Accession Number: 2012.400.1
Date:
inclusive: 1910-2006
…Consists of identity cards, documents, and correspondence related to Albert and Erna Lustig, originally of Mannheim, Germany. Includes paperwork…
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 … correspondence related to Albert and Erna Lustig, originally of Mannheim, Germany. Includes paperwork related to the Lustigs' emigration to the United States in…
27. Salm family papers
2012.360.1 Box 1 Folder 17 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 2012.360.1
Date:
inclusive: 1776-1985
bulk: 1898-1944
…David Salm (1878-1954) was a merchant and World War I veteran born in Schweich, Germany to Joseph and Gertrude Salm. His wife, Anna (Darnbacher) Salm…
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 …) Accession number: 2012.360.1 Creator: Salm (Family :Cologne, Germany) Extent: 0.5 linear feet (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial…
28. Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling collection
Document | Accession Number: 2012.85.1
Date:
inclusive: 1900-2011
…Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling (1902-1939) was born on February 12, 1902 near Leipzig, Germany to Karl Schilling (1874-1958) and Luise Schilling (née…
29. Theodore Levite papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.310.1
Date:
inclusive: 1927-1984
…Theodore (Ted) Levite (1907-2002) was born on October 7, 1907 in Germany to Sigmund (b. 1863) and Marie (b. 1870, née Altman) Levite and had two…
30. Hohner Imperial IIA accordion and case carried by Hilde Anker on a Kindertransport
2003.352.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.352.1 a-b
Date:
use: after 1938-approximately 1997
manufacture: 1938-1939
emigration: 1939 June
…Hilde Lotte Anker was born on May 29, 1926, in Berlin, Germany, to Georg Jakob Willie Anker and Gertrud Gottschalk Anker. She had two older sisters…
31. Chambré and Elsoffer families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2004.286.1
Date:
inclusive: 1890-1994
bulk: 1920-1950
…Ernest Chambre was born on November 4, 1909, in Belgium. In 1922, he celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Germany. In 1933, Ernest was a law student in…
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 … Elsoffer families in and around Giessen, Germany, including their lives prior to the rise of the Nazis, and their experiences of persecution by the Nazis…
32. Gutmann family papers
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1194.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1986
bulk: 1938-1965
…Herbert Gutmann (1899-1973) was born on March 23, 1899 in Autenhausen, Germany to Adolf and Clara Gutmann. He had one brother, John Gutmann (b. 1900…
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 … documents the prewar, wartime, and postwar history of the Gutmann family of Autenhausen and Coburg, Germany, and their relatives in the Friedmann, Klein, and…
33. Goldmann family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.639.32
Date:
inclusive: 1876-1974
…Kurt Goldmann (1921-2003) was born in Eschwege, Germany on September 8, 1921 to Paul (1883-1958) and Hedwig “Hede” (née Baum, 1892-1959) Goldmann…
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 ….org Descriptive summary Title: Goldmann family papers Dates: 1876-1974 Accession number: 2018.639.32 Creator: Goldmann (Family: Eschwege, Germany) Extent: 5…
34. Orban Wales Peters, Jr. papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.294.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1998
…th artillery; Eighty-Ninth Division album; photographs of his unit on march into Germany and at Camp Phillip Morris; Correspondence; miscellaneous Army passes…
35. Gerald Rosenstein family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.313.1
Date:
inclusive: 1845-2009
…Gerald Rosenstein (1927-2016) was born Gerhard Rosenstein on May 21, 1927 in Bensheim, Germany to Max Rosenstein (1893-1959) and Sophie Rosenstein…
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 …, originally of Bensheim, Germany, who was a survivor of Gleiwitz III subcamp of Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau). The collection also documents his parents Max…
36. Max Amichai Heppner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1990.307.13
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1989
… year, Albert and Irene fled from their native Berlin, Germany, to Amsterdam after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor. In Berlin, Albert was an art…
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 …. “Reconnections” includes a clipping about the death of the Graumann’s son, a photocopy of an advertisement about Germany’s capitulation in Holland, Albert Heppner…
37. Beatrice Muchman papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0269.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1999
…Beatrice (Trixie) Westheimer was born on June 5, 1933, in Berlin, Germany, the only child of Julius and Meta Boas Westheimer. Meta was born in 1904…
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 …, Hurwitz, Lewy, and Westheimer families at home in Germany and Belgium and on vacations before the war, Beatrix Westheimer and Henri Hurwitz in hiding in…
38. 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…
39. 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…
40. Heilborn and Fassberg family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.339.1
Date:
inclusive: 1840-2009
bulk: 1933-1946
…Theodor Heilborn (1883-1969) was born on September 8, 1883 in Berlin, Germany, to Siegfried (1843-1923) and Jenny Heilborn (née Cohn, 1853-1934…
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 … Berlin, Germany and Harold Fassberg, from Ohio. Administrative Information Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material. Reproduction…
41. Robert M.W. and Ruth Benedicta Kempner papers
Document | Accession Number: 2001.62.1 | RG Number: RG-71.001
Date:
1935-1993
…Robert Max Wasilii Kempner (1899-1993) was born in Freiburg, Germany, studied law and political science and other subjects at the universities of…
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 … (1899-1993) was born in Freiburg, Germany, studied law and political science and other subjects at the universities of Berlin, Breslau and Freiburg. He…
42. 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…
43. 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…
44. 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…
45. 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.…
46. Sydney Goodman papers
2011.148.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 19
Document | Accession Number: 2011.148.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1944-2005
bulk: 1944-1999
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… they had three daughters, Karen (b. 1941), Judith, and Barbara. In November 1943 Sydney enlisted into the U.S. Army and was deployed to Germany in August…
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 … Goldberg and they had three daughters, Karen (b. 1941), Judith, and Barbara. In November 1943 Sydney enlisted into the U.S. Army and was deployed to Germany…
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  • Series 1: Diary 1944-1945, Undated
    • File 1: Diary (2 folders) 1944-1945
47. 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…
48. 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…
49. 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
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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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50. 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