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Pesl Pola Melamed Dichter was born in December 1923 in Rozyszcze, Poland (now Roz︠h︡yshche, Ukraine). The Melamed family was forced into a ghetto in late 1941, together with about 4,000 other Jews. They suffered terrible hunger and slave labor. Pesl’s father, Motl Melamed, was murdered by the Germans in the spring of 1942. The ghetto was liquidated in August 1942, and most of the residents were shot ...

Fred (Fritz) Cohen (1914-1981) was born on October 12, 1914 in Eschwege, Germany to David and Martha Cohen. David was born on October 15, 1988 near Leer, Germany to Benjamin and Eva Cohen, and Martha was born in 1888 in Eschwege, Germany to Michael and Fanny Katzenstein. In 1938, Fred married Ruth Cohen (née Loewenstein). Ruth was born on December 27, 1912 in Netra, Germany to Sigfried (d. 1917?) and ...

Contains two photos from the Eschwege displaced persons camp.

Contains a Hebrew School report card issued to Etta Teich while a student in the Eschwege displaced persons camp.

Contains twelve black and white photographs depicting Arnold Kerr's post-Holocaust experiences in Eschwege and Berlin, Germany.

The collection consists of a briefcase, Luftwaffe helmet, medal, and diary relating to the experiences of Nechama Szuster (Nina Schuster) after the Holocaust in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Germany, and following her emigration to the United States.

Documents issued to Motek Weglinski (Murray Weglinski) who, after his liberation from numerous concentration and slave labor camps, lived and worked in the displaced persons' camp Eschwege in Germany. The documents include an identification card issued to Motek Weglinski by the "Office aiding all..religious persecuted..", statement that he was liberated in concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in Germa ...

22 TIFF scans of photos borrowed from her personal album, showing Eschwege DP camp. Glasterhausen orphanage. Hamburg and scenes after immigrating to Montreal. Some are portraits of the donor and some include husband Leon and friends, aunt.

The New Year card bears an oval shaped portrait of Murray Weglinski on the right. The text reads: "L'shana Tovah Tikatevu" (New Years Greetings), printed in Hebrew letters in the ceter. There is also a Star of David with an image of the sun and palm trees on the left. The card was created while Murray Weglinski was in Eschwege, Germany.