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Young Boy Inspects Bird Nest on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: Young boy inspecting a robin's nest on the engine of a Farmall H tractor. Original caption reads: "Spring-time on the farm. Even though his father uses thi...
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Group of Jewish Children

Date: 03 04 1933
Description: Large group of Jewish children sitting on stage at the Workmen's Circle Labor Lyceum, 41 N. Mills Street, in the Greenbush neighborhood. One child sitting ...
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Beautiful Storefront

Date: 1930
Description: Miller's Women's apparel shop located on East Main Street on the Capitol Square. The building in which it was located was constructed by Marcus Kohner, one...
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Edward and Manny Chulew

Date: 1958
Description: Edward and Manny Chulew at the Chulew Furniture store.
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Children Perform Hanukkah Program

Date: 1954
Description: Hanukkah program at the synagogue. Edward, son of Holocaust Survivor Eva Lauffer Deutschkron, is standing in back row, third from right.
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Parents on S.S. Jerusalem

Date: 1953
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (right), Max Hafner (left), and Martha Hafner (center) on S.S. Jerusalem en route to the United States.
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Louis Koplin and Friends Working for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Date: 1946
Description: Louis Koplin (far left, in front of truck) and friends. All the men are wearing uniforms of workers for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; M...
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Schlomo Kopolowitz in front of Koplin Residence

Date: 10 1966
Description: Louis Koplin's uncle, Schlomo Kopolowitz, standing in front of the Koplin residence (occupied as a government building since the end of World War II); Sval...
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Polish Refugees on Train

Date: 1946
Description: Train full of Polish refugees. Photograph taken by Louis Koplin during the time he worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; near the Ge...
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Fred Platner at the Wausau Steel Corporation

Date: 10 22 1980
Description: Holocaust survivor Fred Platner at his place of business, the Wausau Steel Corporation.
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Children in Cart at Farenwald Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel's son, Ksiel (top row, left), and friends; Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany.
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Refugees Demonstrate for Israeli Statehood

Date: 1947
Description: Refugees demonstrate for Israeli statehood at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the H...
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Passport Photograph of Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (#2)

Date: 1933
Description: Passport photograph of Holocaust survivor, Susanne Hafner Goldfarb. (#2)
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Self-Portrait of Walter Peltz with Group of Holocaust Survivors

Date: 1946
Description: A self-portrait by Walter Wolf Peltz (foreground) at a party with a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors who called themselves "The Club"; Germany.
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Magda Herzberger Running in Marathon

Date: 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger running on a sidewalk in a Dubuque marathon.
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Magda Herzberger with Plaque

Date: 11 06 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger stands in front of a map of the United States holding a wooden plaque carved with a Star of David and the inscription, "In Gratitude to Ma...
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Beth Israel Center Cornerstone Laying

Date: 10 30 1949
Description: As the cornerstone of Beth Israel Center was lowered into place, representatives of the oldest Madison Jewish congregation participated in the ceremony. Th...
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Soviet Jews with Banner

Date: 1970
Description: Several Jews march with a banner that reads "Let My People Go".
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Beth Israel Center Sisterhood

Date: 05 20 1952
Description: Mrs. Morris Richman, new president of the Beth Israel Center Sisterhood, receiving the gavel from the retiring president, Mrs. Harry Sweet. Also shown are ...
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Street Car in Krakow

Date: 1940
Description: A street car in Krakow photographed by American journalist Alvin Steinkopf while on a tour of German-occupied Poland. He labeled it in his scrapbook."Jews ...

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