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Learning About the Holocaust Through Artefacts and Photography. Explore the gallery and hear experts discuss the collection.
ListenResistance and Survival
Archival photograph taken by a Soviet photojournalist. It depicts Jewish Lithuanian partisan Sara Ginaite. Courtesy USHMM.
ListenThe Diary of Molly Applebaum
Pages from the diary of Molly Applebaum (then Melania Weissenberg), written in Polish, from 1942–1945. Courtesy the Azrieli Foundation.
ListenLetter with Bread Charms
Marketa Brady created small tokens of love for her children while imprisoned in the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp. Courtesy of the Brady Family Archives.
ListenSpoon with Hebrew Inscription
Spoon with Hebrew inscription from Hartheim T4-Euthanasia killing centre. Courtesy of Dokumentationsstelle Hartheim des OÖLA.
ListenWedding Ketubah
Vera Schiff's ketubah written in Theresienstadt by Rabbi Max Friediger, 1945. Courtesy Vera Schiff.
ListenGad Beck’s Memory Book
Excerpt from Gad Beck's Memory Book - Do you remember when? Courtesy of the USHMM.
ListenThe Sachsenhausen Letter
Letters written in Sachsenhausen by Polish political prisoner Franek Jaźwiecki to his family. From the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre collection.
ListenMetal Bracelet and Framed Miniature Portrait
Metal identification bracelet of Magda Delman (née Grunfeld), 1944; and portrait of Magda Delman, 1943. Courtesy of Audrey Diamant.
ListenRavensbrück Recipe Book.
Recipe book made in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, 1945. Courtesy of Sydney Jewish Museum.
ListenFragment of a Torah Scroll
Fragment of a torah scroll stolen during the Holocaust. Courtesy of Jüdisches Museum Hohenems.
ListenThe Dworkin Photograph -Parcels for Poland
Dorothy Dworkin and Shirley Zamsky with parcels to Poland, c. 1939-45. Courtesy of Ontario Jewish Archives.
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