Unidentified man, Elizabeth Krakauer nee Gottschalk and Hans Krakauer on board the ship Koenigstein traveling from Antwerp to New York City on their emigration voyage from Germany.

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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 man, Elizabeth Krakauer nee Gottschalk and Hans Krakauer on board the ship Koenigstein traveling from Antwerp to New York City on their emigration voyage from Germany.

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Students on excursion from Lausanne to Wallis, St. Maurice, Sion and Brug, Switzerland.

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Mathias family preparing to board the ship "Deutschland" to emigrate from Germany to New York Portraits; Family

On January 6, 1938 our family left Nazi Germany and boarded a ship "Deutschland" for New York. This ended our family's life in Germany forever. Rudolph ES Mathias.

The letters 1938-1945. The Grunwald's journey from oppression to freedom.

The bulk of the correspondence is between Susanne Sommer's parents, Max and Marga Grunwald, and their sponsors in the United States, Paul and Jean Lewinson. Also included are letters from Susanne Sommer's maternal grandparents prior to their deportation from Berlin in 1942 and from her paternal grandfather prior to and after his deportation from Stettin to a ghetto in Poland. A number of letters by Hugo Grunwald, Susanne Sommer's uncle, joined the British army after his immigration to England, are included as well.

"... 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.

"From Ghetto to Ghetto" : [1900-1933].

Childhood and education in Grodno and Lemberg; poor family background; active as soccer player; acting school of Max Reinhardt in Berlin; engagements in Munich, Zurich and Frankfurt; visit to Poland and short engagement with Yiddish theater troupe; description of theater in Weimar Germany; activities in "Juedischer Kulturbund" after 1933; main role in Kulturbund performance of "Nathan the Wise".

"From Victory to Victory" Commemorative Medal

Obverse: In the left part, three rifles with three flags (Israel, French, British), olive branch, inscription. Reverse: General Moshe Dayan, gate of the Jerusalem Old City in the background.

From Holocaust to Rebirth Commemorative Medal

Obverse: A fading Star of David imprisoned behind bars, above the bars clear Star of David. Reverse: The emblem of the State of Israel, inscription.

Permit to K. K. S. I. from city to move remains from Oliver Street to 21st Street

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Letter from Newport to K. K. S. I. regarding Abraham and Mathias Cohen, two poor men

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Certificate of kosher beef sent from Newport to Surinam

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Letters from Curacao to K. K. S. I.

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From Leffingwell to Spoede : Highlights in the history of Temple Israel.

Brochure, describing the history of the Jewish community in St. Louis, founded mostly by immigrants from Germany.