Stenography handbook

Pastilles au Menthol-Cocaine-Borax box

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Empty cardboard box that originally contained Menthol-Cocaine-Borax pastilles intended for medicinal use. The box was distribued by the Apotheke S. Geiger, Horlauben, Davos-Platz.

Mezuzah pendant with attached string

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Mezuzah pendant

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Match brand razor blade

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Token depicting the bathhouse in a prison camp

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Token depicting the bathhouse in Bad Munder am Deister, Germany.

Metal token depicting the Bad Rehburg Kurplatz

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Metal and enamel Star of David

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Brass nameplate for J. Feldman

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Brass tag with name Feldman

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Candle

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Metal implement

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Metal implement

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Metal implement

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Fountain pen nib

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Pencil

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Souvenir book of postcards of Marienheim Sanatorium

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Bound series of black and white postcards depicting the interior and exterior of Marienheim, a sanatorium in Bad Rehburg.

Drawstring pouch embroidered with the Red Cross symbol

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Pencil and ink drawing of geometric shapes

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Pencil and ink drawing done on the opposite side of a piece of lined notepaper.

Wood triangle

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Wood triangle used by Szyja Feldman for machine drawing.

Wood triangle

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Wood triangle used by Szyja Feldman for machine drawing.

Szyja (Joshua) Feldman collection

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This collection consists of photographs, papers, and artifacts primarily relating to the post-war experiences of Szyja (Joshua) and his wife Fela Winter Feldman. Szyja (also known as Salek) Feldman’s papers include his letters to family in the United States, official papers regarding restitution and emigration applications, photograph albums depicting Szyja and Fela Feldman, documentation of Szyja’s experience at the Davos-Platz hospital in Switzerland, his postwar life with Fela Feldman in Sweden, and study notebooks in which he practiced German stenography, French, Hebrew, English, and engineering . The collection also includes a copy of "Letters to Salek," a biography of Mr. Feldman written by a writer hired by Mr. Feldman’s niece, Reneé Roll (the donor). The collection also includes Roll’s research notes that contributed to the biography.

Pencil drawing

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Pencil drawing by Szja Feldman.

Set of cardboard templates

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English shorthand manual

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Shorthand manual that belonged to the Judischen Gemeinschaft in Davos, Switzerland.

Machine drawing manual

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Machine drawing handbook (a) with handmade cardboard measuring implement (b) and machine drawing (c) tucked inside. The manual was published by the Ort Union (Organization, Reconstruction, Travail), in Geneva. ORT is a Jewish trade organization that promoted the education and training of Jewish vocational and agricultural students and workers.

Handbook of regulations for sewer operation

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Handbook on mechanical engineering

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Handbook published by the Verein Schweizerischer Maschinenindustrieller (VSM), AKA the Standards Bureau of the Swiss Association of Machinery Manufacturers.

Hebrew-Yiddish dictionary

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Published in 1945 in Tel-Aviv, Palestine. According to the donor this dictionary was given to her uncle, Szyja Feldman, when he arrived at Davos.

Mahzor book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

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Yizkor book for the Jewish community of Czestochowa

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Yiddish language Yizkor (memorial) book about the Jews of Częstochowa, Poland. This book was published in 1947 by the United Czenstochover Relief Committee and Ladies Auxiliary.