personal effects

But what really struck a collective chord were the images of abandoned shoes, backpacks, T-shirts, jeans and other personal effects.

It said the documents, which arrived in Argentina on board the Nan-a-Maru steamship from Tokyo in June 1941, had been declared as "personal effects" by the German embassy in Buenos Aires at the time.

She knew she would eventually resume teaching, but everything inside her classroom — personal effects, teaching tools and supplies — was gone.

After Schleifer’s work phone was wiped remotely and his computer locked him out, fellow prosecutors helped him box up family photos and personal effects before he left.

Toscano believes the authorities must now go through all the personal effects piece by piece and make them available to the families for closer inspection.