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The collection consists of three photograph albums documenting the Breisacher family of Breisach am Rhein, Germany. The photographs depict the family's pre-war lives in Breisach am Rhein and their wartime and post-war lives in the United States after emigration from Germany in 1938. Wartime photographs include depictions of Walter Breisacher with the United States Army.

Josef Rosenberg (1903-1972) was born 8 June 1903 in Tuszyn, Poland to Hinda (née Lasker) and Eliezer Lipman Rosenberg. His paternal grandfather was Rabbi Hacohen Rosenberg of Strykow, Poland. Josef had three brothers, Ichiel, Srulek (d. 1978), and Shmuel; and four sisters, Mania, Chana, Chava, and Sima. His brother Ichiel and his sister Mania both passed away before the war. Josef was a businessman ...

The Oscar Koppel papers contain a variety of documents pertaining to Oscar’s professional life and assets in Germany. Material documenting Oscar’s career as a lawyer range from his diploma from Heidelberg University to correspondence regarding his disbarment, to testimonies applauding his representation of labor unions. Also comprised in his collection are documents pertaining to the family’s property ...

Agfa logo. EXT ES of Manhattan, panning right. Camera appears to be on a boat, possibly an ocean liner. EXT shot of the ship’s smokestacks, followed by a downward panning shot of an open hatch on the ship. EXT shot of the ship’s sun deck, followed by another EXT right panning shot of the city. The boat is docked on the west side of Manhattan (the Palisades and the Hudson can clearly be seen), as the ...

Hélène Goldflus was born Hélène Cantkier, on 10 September 1931, the daughter of Natan and Therese, or Taube (née Klejtman), in Paris. Her parents, although originally from different towns in Poland, met in Warsaw and were married there in 1930. For their honeymoon, they travelled to Paris, where a cousin of Natan's lived, and decided to remain there. Hélène had three brothers, Maurice (born 1935), ...

Hans Adolf Bujakowski (later Henry Adolph Boyer, 1897-1964) was born on 13 June 1897 in Wrocław, Poland to Julius and Julie Bujakowski (1859-1942, née Kraemer, born in Hohenlohehütte). He had three brothers: Walter, Fritz (1901-1943), and Kurt (1902-1942). Hans studied medicine at the Universities of Jena and Berlin, and worked as a doctor in Berlin. He and his brothers all served in World War I, and ...

Herman S. Osnos was born in September 1900 in New York City to Jewish Russian immigrants, Samuel and Bella Osnos. Herman grew up on his family’s farm in Middlesex, New Jersey before eventually making his way to Detroit, Michigan where he worked for the department store, Sam’s Cut Rate. Between the years of 1930 and 1950, Herman held many positions within the company, ranging from secretary, to manager, ...

De plaquette bij Molukse graven in Appingedam (gemeente Eemsdelta) is opgericht ter nagedachtenis aan het lot van de vroegere Molukse soldaten en van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (KNIL) en hun partners die in 1950 in allerijl de Molukken moesten verlaten en op deze begraafplaats begraven liggen. Na de Japanse overheersing in Nederlands-Indië tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, wilde Nederland ...

De plaquette bij Molukse graven in Appingedam (gemeente Eemsdelta) is opgericht ter nagedachtenis aan het lot van de vroegere Molukse soldaten en van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (KNIL) en hun partners die in 1950 in allerijl de Molukken moesten verlaten en op deze begraafplaats begraven liggen. Na de Japanse overheersing in Nederlands-Indië tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, wilde Nederland ...

The Margaret Anne Goldsmith Hanaw collection contains correspondence between Lawrence B. Goldsmith Sr., various members of the Schiffman and Marx families living in Germany, and United States government officials. The correspondence relates to the families’ requests for assistance in immigrating to the United States from Nazi Germany in the form of signed affidavits of support and financial assistance. ...

The Czerner, Fröhlich, and Porges families papers contain correspondence, identification documents, immigration documents, school certificates, photographs, and a photograph album relating to the Czerner, Fröhlich, and Porges families living in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) before and during World War II and the Holocaust. The correspondence centers on the emigration of Max and Irma Czerner ...