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Joe Engel papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-011
Abstract
Photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Joe Engel, a Polish Jew imprisoned at Auschwitz from 1942 until 1945. Photographs depict Engel and other family members in pre-war Poland, as well as in Zeilsheim, a post-war German displaced persons camp. Other photographs show Engel and family members in Charleston, South Carolina, and Natanya, Israel.
Dates:
1938-2006
Found in:
Special Collections
Helen Stern Lipton papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-012
Abstract
Letters, postcards, and other materials relating to Helen Stern Lipton, a Jewish woman who left Poland in 1915. Correspondence in Yiddish (with English translations) from Lipton's family members in Poland focuses on efforts to help them escape to America before and during World War II. Includes a set of tefillin with a cloth bag for storage.
Dates:
1932-2008
Found in:
Special Collections