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Renata Somers collection of Holocaust photographs
The collection consists of copy negatives, contact sheets, and digital images of the destruction of the synagogue in Holešov, Czechoslovakia, in 1941, by the Nazis. Also included are images of photographs, postcards, and letters relating to Renata Somers's grandfather, Jakub Michalowski, cantor of the Holešov Jewish community, who was killed at Auschwitz in 1944.
Ethel Jorgensen Stafford papers
The collection consists of images, postcards, clippings, and photocopies of Ethel Jorgensen Stafford, a U.S. Army nurse who was stationed in Germany in 1945. Included are atrocity photographs of concentration camp victims and photographs of war damage to German cities where Jorgensen was based, including Aachen, Viersen, Gardelegen, and Berlin.
"Tanz der Teufel" (Dance of the Devil) print set, illustrated explanation, and other materials
Signed set of 12 prints by German artist Peter-Michael Glöckner titled "Tanz der Teufel" (Dance of the Devil) depicting scenes from the Third Reich and the Holocaust. Also included is a framed, illustrated explanation of the print set and other assorted materials relating to Glöckner.
Siegmund Wolfsohn papers
Photographs, citizenship papers, immigration and school records, and other papers of Siegmund Wolfsohn, an Austrian Holocaust survivor who escaped Austria as part of the Kindertransport in 1939 and eventually settled in the United States.