Advertisement for Cooperative American Remittances to Europe, Inc. (CARE), introducing a new "blanket package" to send to people in need in Europe. The package contains two blankets, instructions for making clothes, and…

Full page advertisement created by the Committee for a Jewish Army of Stateless and Palestinian Jews in the New York Times. This advertisement was part of a larger campaign to create an independent Jewish army to fight…

Federico (Fritz) and Annemarie Schnell write to their friend Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) with updates on their lives and their son. Fritz mentions that the typewriter he is using to write this letter was a Christmas…

Federico (Fritz) Schnell writes to his friend Max Bredig (1902-1977) with updates on his life and the possibility of living in Australia or California. Schnell includes a photograph of his wife Annemarie and Erwin their…

Page from the New York Times featuring an article titled Cholera Said to Be Killing Many In French Concentration Camps; Refugee Here on Portuguese Liner Nyassa Says Men Have No Shovels to Bury Dead -- Vessel Arrives…

Front page of Aufbau, a periodical which began publication in 1934 as a newsletter for the German-Jewish Club of New York. Initially, the newspaper contained mostly news about club activities, articles about Jewish…

Letter to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) from Alfred Schnell (1900-1944). Three photographs were sent along with the letter. The first is a black and white photograph of Albert's wife, Eva Schnell (1913-1944) grinding…

A World War II-era folding puzzle, issued by the British Information Services, titled Find the Fifth Pig. The sheet is printed with four pig images. When the sheet is folded per the printed instructions, the resulting…

Letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977) from Alfred Schnell (1900-1944). Includes two black and white photographs, and handwritten note to Bredig from Albert's wife, Eva Schnell (1913-1944).

Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) Selective Service registration certificate.

Color photograph showing the grave of Rosa née Fraenkel (1877-1933). Though little is known about Bredig as an individual, in 1901 she was married to physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and had two children, Max…

Black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977) seated at a desk in an office at the University of Michigan. Max emigrated from Germany to the United States with the assistance of Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to…

A black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977) in a wooded area, leaning on his motorcycle with a sidecar. Max sold his motorcycle after he immigrated to the United States in 1937.

Seated black and white portrait of Frau Ernestine Bredig (1847-1930). Little is known about Bredig as an individual, except that she was the mother of physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944).

A color photograph depicting six people in front of Lake St. Wolfgang in St. Gilgen, Austria. A group of five stands in front of a sign advertising "wasserskischule / elektroboote 2 stufig" or "water ski school /…

Black and white photograph of husband and wife Georg (1868-1944) and Rosa (1877-1933) Bredig. The couple sits on a rock formation. Behind them, there is a large body of water and a distant peninsula.

Photograph of Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) standing against an outdoor wall with her son Max Bredig (1902-1977).

Small black and white photos showing graves, memorials, and barracks at Gurs concentration camp.

Photograph of the Bredig family standing in the mountains. Pictured from left to right are: Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), Marianne Homburger née Bredig (1903-1986), Lydia Bredig née Levy, and Max Bredig (1902-1977). The…

A sepia-toned seated carte de visite portrait of Rosa Bredig née Fraenkel (1877-1933). Though little is known about Bredig as an individual, in 1901 she was married to physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and had…

An album belonging to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977), the majority of which contains photographs of Max with his friends participating in leisure activities such as hiking and boating.

Max and his sister, Marianne…

Two professional portraits of Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977).

Undated Bredig family photograph. From left to right, back row, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), a relative identified as Frau Dombrowsky, and Rosa Bredig (1877-1933). Front row, Max Albert (1902-1977) and Marianne Bredig…

A carte de visite of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) as a young child in what is today Głogów, Poland. From 1871 to 1919 the city was part of Germany.

Young Bredig is posed standing among ornate furniture with a tyrolean hat…

An album belonging to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977), the majority of which contains photographs of Max with his family and friends participating in leisure activities such as hiking and boating. Notably, there is a…