Mount Scopus Lodge Malden, Massachusetts collection, 1930-1940, 1942

Mount Scopus Lodge in Malden, Massachusetts was a Masonic Lodge established in 1930 by Bertram E. Green and George Kramer. Named for the mountain from which Roman legions and crusaders conducted their assaults on Jerusalem, the Lodge had a strong following in the first ten years of their existence. This collection contains by-laws, concert programs, and a booklet with a historical sketch.

Mediaş Jewish Community Photograph Collection 1900-1930s bulk: undated

The collection contains more than 60 black and white photographs from the first decades of the 20th century found in the synagogue of Mediaş (Mediasch, Medgyes), Romania. The photographs were found in the process of an on-going clean-up and restoration project and for the most part are unidentified. The photographs are of community members and their relatives and friends; they consist of group family portraits, individual portraits, babies, and children. Some of the photographs originate from Mediaş and other nearby Transylvanian towns, while others were printed by foreign printing shops and were presumably sent to relatives living in Mediaş.

Ruth Loewenstein Collection 1942

Order of confiscation of all property (photocopy ) for Ruth Loewenstein , issued on Aug. 21, 1942, when she was deported from Sammellager Killesberg in Stuttgart, Germany.

Ashe-Eschwege collection 1941-1942

Letters and postcards from Theresienstadt and Cholm

Julius Briske Family Collection 1879-1985

Typescript about Julius and Paula (née Hirsch) Briske and their three children, Hans, Elisabeth, and Julius. Also included are Judge Briske’s letters of appointment.

Brno: Transport to Terezin (Theresienstadt)

People in winter clothing, in a barren room lit by a bare bulb. Inscription in Czech: transport to the primary school.