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1. Rabbi Eli A. Bohnen photograph collection
2015.458.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 86
Document | Accession Number: 2015.458.1
Date:
inclusive: 1943-1948
… commendation medal. Rabbi Bohnen returned to the United States in 1946 and in 1948 resumed his pulpit. . Rabbi Bohnen was president of the Rabbinical Assembly…
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 …1 RABBI ELI A. BOHNEN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, 1943-1948 2015.458.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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2. Charlene Schiff papers
Document | Accession Number: 1987.A.0028.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-2004
bulk: 1945-1951
… poor children in the city. Charlene had one sister, Tchiya (b. 1925). Simcha’s mother and five sisters immigrated to the United States before World War…
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 …CHARLENE SCHIFF PAPERS, circa 1920-2004 1987.A.0028.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
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3. Robert Kaldeck papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.125.2
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1984
… allow the Austrians to go to Havana, Cuba. Robert remained in Cuba from 16 February 1939 until 12 September 1939 when he immigrated to the United States…
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 …ROBERT KALDECK PAPERS, 1929-1984 2018.125.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
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4. 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
Special Collection:
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… immigrated to the United States decades earlier, and had settled in the San Francisco Bay Area. Eventually, members from those families agreed to sponsor him…
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 … education and training as a typesetter and graphic designer during the 1930s, his immigration to the United States as a response to Nazi persecution in 1938…
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5. Weidhorn family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2022.29.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-2006
undated: 
bulk: 1932-1948
… Paris to be reunited with Aron. Aron planned to immigrate to the United States with the help of relatives in the U.S., and then bring his family over. In…
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 …WEIDHORN FAMILY PAPERS, circa 1920-2006 2022.29.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
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6. Larry Shalit (Schalyt-Tykotzki) family archive
2015.603. 1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2015.603.1
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1968
… rise of Nazism, the Shalits moved to Brussels, Belgium in 1933, and immigrated to the United States in 1934. They settled in Detroit, Michigan in 1935…
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 …1 LARRY SHALIT (SCHALYT- TYKOTZKI) FAMILY ARCHIVE, 1918-1968 2015.603.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place…
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7. Rabbi William Z. Dalin family papers
2005.108.2 Box 1 Folder 20 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2005.108.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1872-1968
bulk: 1938-1948
… studied at the Slobodka yeshiva where his father taught. He immigrated to the United States in 1926 to continue his studies and settled in New York. In…
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 …1 RABBI WILLIAM Z. DALIN FAMILY PAPERS, circa 1872-1968 2005.108.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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8. Abe Weiss papers
1996.A.0081 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0081 | RG Number: RG-10.173
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1996
… (Mordechai) Birnberg also moved to Leipzig, as did their sister Regina (Rivka). Abe Weiss immigrated to the United States in December 1938, and lived briefly…
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 …ABE WEISS PAPERS, approximately 1920-1996 1996.A.0081 RG-10.173 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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9. Greenfield family papers
1999.A.0029 Box 1 Folder 15 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0029 | RG Number: RG-19.059
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1949
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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 …1 GREENFIELD FAMILY PAPERS, 1945-1949 1999.A.0029; RG-19.059 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
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10. Ernest Braun papers
2017.649.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 57
Document | Accession Number: 2017.649.1
Date:
inclusive: 1929-circa 2005
bulk: 1940-circa 1954
… to the United States and lived at Fort Ontario, a refugee camp in Oswego, New York. He married Hertha Dershovitz in 1947 and they moved to Portland…
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 …1 ERNEST BRAUN PAPERS, 1929-circa 2005 2017.649.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
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11. Der Uḳrayner Id in Uḳrayne un Amerike.
Publication | Library Call Number: DS135.U4 U47 1944
Published:
[New York] : Aroysgegebn fun der Natsyonaler ḳonferents fun Uḳrayner Idishe organizatyes fun Idishn Ḳounsil far Rashien ṿar relif, 1944
[New York] : ארויסגעגעבן פון דער נאציאנאלער קאנפערענץ פון אוקראינער אידישע ארגאניזאציעס פון אידישן קאונסיל פאר ראשיען וואר רעליף, 1944
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…Ukrainian Jew in the Ukraine and the United States…
12. Falik family papers
2016.303.4 Box 4 Folder 1 Image 50
Document | Accession Number: 2016.303.4
Date:
inclusive: 1927-2000
bulk: 1930-1947
…. He immigrated to the United States in 1948, and settled in New York. He co-founded an organization in New York called Tribute to the Danes and Other…
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 …1 FALIK FAMILY PAPERS, 1927-2000 2016.303.4 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
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13. Joseph W. Eaton papers
2009.401.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2009.401.1
Date:
inclusive: 1932-2011
1932-2011
…, which helped 20,000 Jewish children go to the United States to finish their education. Josef lived in several foster homes in New York. He changed his…
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 …1 JOSEPH W. EATON PAPERS, 1932‐2011 2009.401.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
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14. "Memories of a Vanished World"
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0012 | RG Number: RG-02.072.01
Date:
1991
…. After the war he immigrated to the United States.…
15. Wolf Finkelman collection
Document | Accession Number: 2000.479.1
Date:
creation: 1945-1946
…, Finkelman and eighteen other orphans immigrated to the United States, landing in New York. Wolf settled in Houston, Texas, where the Jewish Family Services…
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 … WOLF FINKELMAN COLLECTION, 1945-1946 2000.479.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel…
16. Hugo Zulawski papers
2015.582. 1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2015.582.1
Date:
inclusive: 1910-1965
… 1939, Hugo sailed for the United States as part of a transport of "50 children" organized by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus. After spending the summer at the…
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 …1 HUGO ZULAWSKI PAPERS, 1910-1965 2015.582.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
17. Iteld family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.465.1
Date:
inclusive: 1904-circa 1942
…’s sister Libbie immigrated to the United States around 1901, and sponsored them to immigrate there as well. They left Brańsk in September, 1938, sailing to…
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 …ITELD FAMILY PAPERS, 1904-CIRCA 1942 2016.465.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
18. Eva and Sholem Iteld papers
Document | Accession Number: 2024.185.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1917-circa 1955
… after the war. They settled in Krakow. The couple later moved to Paris before immigrating to the United States aboard the SS. Sobieski in 1947. Eva and…
19. Benjamin B. Ferencz collection
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0037.21
Date:
inclusive: 1919-1994
…’s birth, and the Ferencz family immigrated to the United States at the end of 1920 and settled in New York City. Ferencz received a Bachelor of Science in…
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 ….A.0037.21 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 e-mail…
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20. Rabbi Louis and Margaret Isaac papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.309.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1948
bulk: 1938-1945
…, his brother Miksa immigrated to Palestine in 1933, and Ignac immigrated to the United States in 1935. Louis married Margit Kohn in 1926 and they had…
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 …RABBI LOUIS AND MARGARET ISAAC PAPERS, circa 1900-1948 2020.309.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
21. Fred Lifschutz papers
2015.541. 1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2015.541.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-1975
… 30, 1899 in Podhajce, Poland. He had four sisters and many of his immediate family, including his mother, Rebecca, immigrated to the United States in…
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 …FRED LIFSCHUTZ PAPERS, approximately 1910-1975 2015.541.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington…
22. Gunther and Harry Rice correspondence
Document | Accession Number: 2015.198.1
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1948
… cleaning dishes. In 1944, he began a new job with the railway. When the war ended, Rice moved to the United States. His sisters Cilli and Edith and brother…
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 …GUNTHER RICE AND HARRY RICE CORRESPONDENCE, 1913‐1948 IRN# 95231 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
23. George Barlaz papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.102.2
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1951
Special Collection:
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…), and Adela (1915-1942). George moved to Dubno, Poland (currently Dubno, Ukraine) in 1918 or 1919 and emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1923…
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 …1 GEORGE BARLAZ PAPERS, 1913-1951 2013.102.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
24. Berkowicz family papers
2006.513.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2006.513.1
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1948
… that Germany would invade Poland, obtained a merchant’s visa to the United States to attend the World Fair in New York. He was able to get tourist visas…
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 …1 BERKOWICZ FAMILY PAPERS, 1939-1948 2006.513.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
25. Mass family papers
2018.476.2 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 28
Document | Accession Number: 2018.476.2
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1960
… applied for visas to immigrate to the United States. Moses’s brother Hyman had previously immigrated to the US and sponsored Dina. The Mizrachi Organization…
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 …1 MASS FAMILY PAPERS, 1936-1960 2018.476.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
26. Greenbaum family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.624.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1949
… immigrated to the United States in June 1939, but Esther had to remain in Europe. He enlisted with the United States Army in 1941, and Esther joined him in the…
27. Rabbi David Bergstein collection
Document | Accession Number: 2012.411.1
Date:
inclusive: 1928-1947
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
28. Terri Lynch papers
Document | Accession Number: 2005.427.1
Date:
1938-1948
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
29. Frajda Tauba Birsztajn papers
2018.647.2 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 26
Document | Accession Number: 2018.647.2
Date:
inclusive: 1910-1960
… immigrated to the United State in 1930, but her mother and their extended families remained in Warsaw. She entered the country via Havana and they lived in…
30. Max Landwirth papers
Document | Accession Number: 2015.618.1
Date:
inclusive: 1900-1943
bulk: 1938-1939
… to immigrating to the United States. He initially settled in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he opened a clothing store. On 21 August 1898, he married…
31. Nina Merrick papers
1988.70.3 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 1988.70.3
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1949
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… years at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.…
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 …NINA MERRICK PAPERS, 1945‐1949 1988.70.3 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
32. Oral history interview with Eli Okon
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.760 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0760
Date:
interview: 1985 April 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive…
33. Oral testimony of Golda Finkler
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.266.1 | RG Number: RG-50.110.0001
Date:
Recorded: 1971-1991
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Restrictions on access. Recordings are not available on the internet. They are accessible onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and…
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 …1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Kaja Finkler collection RG-50.110.0001 The following are Dr. Kaja Finkler’s notes and summaries pertaining…
34. Oral history interview with Boris Bleyman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.174 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0174
Date:
interview: 1987 December 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive…
35. Abram Bork papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.540.1
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1947
undated: 
… was the daughter of Moshe and Chaya Bernstein, and was born in Szczebrzeszyn. Her parents immigrated to the United States before the war. Abram had at…
36. Hauptmann family papers
2018.428.2 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 27
Document | Accession Number: 2018.428.2
Date:
inclusive: 1932-1994
bulk: 1946-1967
…. Through the Red Cross, they found a nephew living in Washington DC and decided to immigrate to the United States. They left Germany out of Bremerhaven via…
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 …HAUPTMANN FAMILY PAPERS, 1932-1994 2018.428.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
37. American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors collection
Document | Accession Number: 1991.A.0089 | RG Number: RG-02.002
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1983
bulk: 1983
…United States Holocaust Memorial Council…
38. William Schulkin papers
1992.183.10 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1992.183.10
Date:
inclusive: circa 1908-1946
… the United States. However, William did not like living in America, and returned to Europe. Abraham’s business relocated soon after to Vilnius, to…
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 …WILLIAM SCHULKIN PAPERS, approximately 1908‐1946 1992.183.10 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
39. Ettelson family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.381.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1941
bulk: 1934-1941
… coming to the United States after the start of World War II. He continued to receive letters from family and friends until the German invasion of…
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 …1 ETTELSON FAMILY PAPERS, circa 1890s-1941 2016.381.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
40. Sidney Cooley collection
2011.447.11.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2011.447.11.1
Date:
inclusive: 1944-1953
… the United States around 1900. Sadie was born on July 1, 1885, in Russia, to Itzik and Ruth Bearg Brodnitzky (later Broad). She had three sisters and…
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 …1 SIDNEY COOLEY COLLECTION, 1944-1953 2011.447.11.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC…
41. Jack Zimmermann papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.22
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1951
…, traveled via Prague, Czechoslovakia and Munich to the Landsberg DP camp. They stayed there until February 1949 when they immigrated to the United States…
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 …JACK ZIMMERMANN PAPERS, 1935-1951 1999.22 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126…
42. Alexander Shatton collection
Document | Accession Number: 2011.197.1
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1946
… left Warsaw in 1939 to immigrate to the United States via Vilna the Soviet Union, and Japan. They arrived in Hawaii and settled in New York City in 1940…
43. Oral history interview with Abram Shnaper
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.523 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0523
Date:
interview: 1981 August 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive…
44. Norbert Wollheim papers
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0031
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1998
… Harlan. Towards the end of 1950, Norbert and his family moved to the United States. They were twice arrested by the immigration authorities, detained on…
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 …NORBERT WOLLHEIM PAPERS 1999.A.0031, RG-80.000 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
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45. Rubin and Huntly families papers
2018.327.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 67
Document | Accession Number: 2018.327.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1928-2015
… United States Army on 5 May 1945. Tibor and Emery returned to Pásztó where they were reunited with their sister Irene. The siblings decided that they…
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 …1 RUBIN AND HUNTLY FAMILIES PAPERS, circa 1928-2015 2018.327.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW…
46. Distenfeld family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2022.160.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1957
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
47. Elaine Zaks papers
Document | Accession Number: 2005.38.1
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1948
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
48. Ludwig Hiss collection
2017.124.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2017.124.1
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1961
bulk: 1945-1947
… before the camp was liberated. After liberation, Ludwig lived in a displaced persons camp in Linz and got a job working for the United States Army. After…
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 …1 LUDWIG HISS COLLECTION, 1935-1961 2017.124.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024…
49. Aaron Tunick papers
2017.537.2 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 84
Document | Accession Number: 2017.537.2
Date:
inclusive: 1923-1946
… in Santiago, Chile. By 1935 he immigrated to the United States and settled in New York. He married Goldie Nitzberg (1902-1983) in 1937, whom he…
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 … PAPERS, 1923-1946 2017.537.2 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 e…
50. Swiss Federal Archives records
Document | Accession Number: 2002.38 | RG Number: RG-58.003M
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1950
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive…