The Chedwa Seliger-Kaufman photograph collection consists of photographs of Chedwa Seliger-Kaufman, family and friends, taken in Kolomyia, Poland (now Kolomyya, Ukraine), 1942-1952. The photographs include a photograph of Chedwa Seliger-Kaufman taken a day after she left the Majdanek concentration camp, August 1, 1942. A photograph of the daughter of Dr. Rousch, a family friend, Poland, October 22, ...

Consists of 20 formal portraits photographs of the Kulka family of Kolomyja, Poland (now Kolomyi︠a︡, Ukraine). The photographs were taken between 1916-1932 and were exchanged as a remembrance among family members.

The papers consist of a manuscript and photographs relating to the experiences of Abraham-Avrum Sperber and his family before, during, and after World War II. The hand-written manuscript was purportedly transcribed after World War II in a composition notebook from original notes kept by Abraham-Avrum Sperber while living under Nazi-occupation in Kolomyi︠a︡, Poland (now Ukraine). He describes events ...

Clara and Azriel (Yacob) Wiznitzer of Kołomyja, Poland (now Kolomyia, Ukraine) had five children: Rose (Ruzhia), Frieda (Frima/Vishka), Julia (Yula, 1922‐2012), Rachel (Ginia), and Abraham (Bumek, 1933‐ ). Following the German occupation, Clara and Azriel were arrested, Rose and her husband were killed by Ukrainian nationalists in January 1942, and Frieda, Julia, Rachel, and Abraham were forced into ...

Contains letters from Kolomyia, Vienna, and elsewhere, primarily dated 1938, including several addressed to Moritz Fahnin Brooklyn, NY.

David “Danek” Gertner was born in 1919 into an affluent and well-educated family. His parents, Eliezer and Zelda Gertner, were known throughout the town of Żabie, Poland (now Verkhovyna, Ukraine) as the proprietor of a hotel and several pastures which were rented out to neighbors. Danek was the second of four brothers, named Arie, Mirek, and Schimon, and he attended school at the Institute of Technology ...

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Military ceremony for the SS Galizien in Kolymyia (Kołomyja). Men stand on a wooden platform in a field, surrounded by a crowd. They carry flags and military standards, including what may be a variation on the Lviv coat of arms (or perhaps on the West Ukrainian People's Republic's coat of arms, which itself is likely a variation on the Lviv one), several swastika flags, at least two SS standards, and ...

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Gussie Mager was born Henia Gittel Axelrod (1904-1981) was born on October 22, 1904 in Kolomea (Kolomyia, Ukraine) to Pepi Axelrod (alternately spelled Axelrad or Akselrad) and Aaron Gross. She had two sisters, Frieda Ester Gross (alternately spelled Freda Esther, later Frieda Helf, 1903-1958) and Zosia (b. 1911), and three brothers, Elkuna Gross (1908-1975), Ancel (1912-1913), and another whose name ...

Joseph Birnberg (born Josef Birnberg, 1920-1997) was born on 20 November 1920 in Kołomyja, Poland (Kolomyi︠a︡, Ukraine) to Nachman Kerner Birnberg (b. 1880) and Ernestyna Esther Tropp Birnberg (b. 1886). Nachman owned a weaving factory where he made patterns for rugs and textiles. Joseph had three brothers, David Salomon (b. 1904), Baruch (Bubbie, B. 1924), and Moses (Emil, b. 1930). Joseph graduated ...

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Abraham (Abram) Winiger (1905-1993) was born December 21, 1905 in Nadwórna, Poland (now Nadvirna, Ukraine) to Israel and Sarah Winiger. Mina Winiger (1913-1979) was born May 5, 1913 in Majdan Górny, Poland to Markus and Sobel Händel and moved to Nadwórna. The couple were married in 1938, and their son Jakob (Jankl) was born March 1, 1941. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a ghetto ...

The Abe Weiss papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and restitution papers documenting Abe Weiss from Kołomyja, his relocation to Leipzig, and his immigration to the United States as well as his family members who remained in Kołomyja, Leipzig, Zbąszyń, Kolno, and Białystok and perished in the Holocaust. A photo album includes photographs from his visit to the Berlin ...

The Erwin Schattner family papers contain documents and correspondence related to the career of Dr. Erwin Schattner, a Polish-born physician in Vienna, his wife Ernestine, and their two daughters, Ruth and Hannah. Includes birth, education, residency, citizenship, academic, legal, and professional documents related to Erwin Schattner’s education and career in Austria, his emigration with his wife and ...