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Rudolf Herz papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-050
Abstract
The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, interviews on videocassette and DVD, photographs, and other papers of Rudolf "Rudy" Herz, a native of Stommeln, Germany, who survived incarceration in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and other concentration camps during World War II. After immigrating to the United States in 1946, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
Dates:
1944-2011
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