Numismatics
The collection is made up of a variety of separate donations to the Cape Town Holocaust Centre. It contains different examples of currency in Germany following the First World War.…
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Mesman Collection
The collection consists of five different ration cards issued to the Mesman family of the Netherlands during the Second World War. It also contains the Dutch identity document of Helena…
Starkenburg Collection
The collection contains material from their parents, Janke and Teunis Starkenburg, whose brave actions in sheltering the Franken family during the war led to their posthumous recognition as Righteous Amongst…
Dachau Memorial Album
This photo album serves to memorialize the experience of the victims and survivors of the Dachau concentration camp, which was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in 1933…
Africana Library
The library houses about 14000 books, 640 manuscripts and 12000 photographs. Included in the collection are early printed editions of African indigenous languages (San, Tswana, Zulu, Xhosa), early books related…
Historical Papers Research Archive
Historical Papers is one of the largest and most comprehensive independent archives in Southern Africa. We house over 3300 collections of historical, political and cultural importance, encompass the mid 17th…
Photographs
The collection consists of photographs
Agriculture
The collection consists of photographs, documents, account books, correspondence, diaries, books etc.
Biographical
The collection consists of ad hoc biographical information in various formats, such as certificates, books, envelopes, tax forms, photographs, death certificates, etc
Anglo Boer War 1899 – 1902
The collection consists of diaries, book extracts, correspondence, scrapbooks, maps, military passes, notes, photographs, etc