Albert Einstein during naturalization oath ceremony for United States citizenship; Trenton, New Jersey Portraits Groups

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Herman Sommerfeld with unidentifed men and women on board a ship from Tallin to Helsinki (and on to the United States) Portraits Groups

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Unidentified men and women on the deck of the SS Roland; (Bremerhaven to the United States?) Ships

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Photo collage of Steven Lowell, his parents Fritz Loewenthal and Alice (Lizzie) nee Weissberger, in Amsterdam and on the ship that brought them to the United States.

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hallstatt catholic church, transportation cars buick Cities, Towns, and Villages

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Professor Della Giovanna with unidentified group outside of the entrance to Madonna Del Cufo Church; Rome Portraits Groups

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Albert Einstein walking with Chaim Weizmann on deck of the S.S. Rotterdam en route to the United States Portraits Groups; Men

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The great errand 1939-1955

The novel was written in 2001. Description of post-war Germany from the viewpoint of a German, Fritz Meyer, who was a member of a local Nazi Youth organization in Sonneborn. He fought as a soldier and fell into the hands of the English in Northern France. He was taken to Canada as a prisoner of war. He escaped the camp and found refuge at a German family. Description of erotic encounters. Reflection on Nazi ideology. At the request of the family he returns to Germany for something subscribed as "the great errand", taking up the identity of a former American G.I. Desolation of post-war Germany. Confrontation with British emigre soldiers. Identifying with the anger of his German countrymen. Reflection on the Bible and the denial of the Jewish roots of Christianity. Creating an underground network of conspiracy with former Nazi leaders and high members of the Catholic church in order to continue the ideals of National Socialism. Donations from secret supporters abroad. Connections with the political leaders in the newly established German Republic. Revisionist history.

Ernest W. Michel Papers, 1698, 1938-1996 (bulk 1946-1987)

This collection contains the papers of Ernest W. Michel, Holocaust Survivor Journalist and public speaker,including clippings of newspaper articles written by and about Michel, correspondence between Michel and many important Jewish and political figures and autograph files, which Michel collected. Many of these files concern Michel’s Holocaust experiences, speaking engagements, the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, and Michel’s work with the United Jewish Appeal.

"... I want an Ocean between us!" : Letters from Samuel Kahn, devoted father of one of the thousand children brought from Germany to the United States in 1934.

The manuscript contains letters written by Samuel Kahn to his daughter in the USA between 1934 and 1937.

A People Re-United with its Land Coin

Obverse: 50 Lirot silver coin. Reverse: Stylized tree, its lower branches creating letters. Inscription in the crown of tree.

A People Re-united with its Land Coin

Obverse: 50 Lirot silver coin. Reverse: Stylized tree, its lower branches creating letters, inscription in the crown of tree.

20th Anniversary of the United Nations Decisions to Establish the State of Israel Commemorative Medal

Obverse: Portraits of A.H. Silver and Harry S. Truman. Reverse: Statue of Liberty to the right, emblem of the United Nations, menorah.

Board of Delegates of American Israelites records 1859-1881, 1887, 1932

Contains printed copies of the 1860 constitution and by-laws, copies of proceedings and annual reports, 1859-1877, of the Board of Delegates; report on Jews in Roumania, an 1874 annual report of the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society, manuscript minute books and minutes of meetings, 1859-1876, resolutions, executive, financial, ritual slaughtering and other special committee reports, newspaper clippings and correspondence with synagogues and organizations in the U.S. who constitute the membership of the Board of Delegates, with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations with whom they later merged, the Union's Board of Delegates of Civil and Religious Rights, and with individuals and organizations in foreign countries including the Alliance Israelite Universelle, the Anglo-Jewish Association, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Committee for the Roumanian Jews (Berlin), the Koenigsberg Committee, and the London Roumanian Committee.

Oversized Materials, Box 1 1873, 1876, 1880

Oversized materials is the digitized contents of one box (OS1) that consists of correspondence and an address from Box 2, Folders 12, 13 and 17.