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1. Bronze Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 3rd Class Order
Object | Accession Number: 2017.254.1
Date:
issue: 1939 May-1945 May
…Germany…
2. Case for hair color tool used in racial studies conducted in Nazi Germany
1990.300.1_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.300.1 b
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: 1928-1945
…Case for hair color tool used in racial studies conducted in Nazi Germany…
3. Political cartoon depicting world peace perched on a swastika created by an American journalist
2018.298.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.3
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Artwork Title:
On the Spot
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
4. Lobby card for the film “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” (1939)
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.1
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1939
… production of the film, but failed. Fearing possible retribution for their relatives in Germany or German-controlled areas, many actors turned down roles in…
5. Antisemitic poster featuring supposed warnings about Jews from Benjamin Franklin
1990.333.48 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.333.48
Date:
publication/distribution: 1939 February 09-1939 February 15
Title:
Vor 150 Jahren: “Ich warne Sie, meine Herren ...!” Hat der große Franklin Amerika vergeblich gewarnt?
Series Title:
Parole der Woche
Alternate Title:
150 years ago, I warn you gentlemen ... Has the great Franklin warned America in vain?
Word of the Week
…Munich (Germany)…
6. Porcelain tobacco bowl with an image of three Jewish hareskin dealers painted on the front
2016.184.114 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.114
Date:
creation: 1829-1940
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
7. Card with 48 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee
2018.258.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.258.5
Date:
creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February
… of complications in the 1930s. After Herta’s oldest sister, Hilda (1901-1942), was born, Arthur, worked briefly in Germany, while Pauline worked from…
8. Card with 46 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee
2018.258.8 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.258.8 a-e
Date:
creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February
… of complications in the 1930s. After Herta’s oldest sister, Hilda (1901-1942), was born, Arthur, worked briefly in Germany, while Pauline worked from…
9. Political cartoon depicting Éamon de Valera holding the Éire Constitution created by an American journalist
2018.298.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.8
Date:
creation: after 1937 July 01-1943
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
10. Initialed, cream-colored underskirt with a diamond pattern owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2018.258.10
Date:
creation: after 1890-before 1900
emigration: 1939 February
… of complications in the 1930s. After Herta’s oldest sister, Hilda (1901-1942), was born, Arthur, worked briefly in Germany, while Pauline worked from…
11. German Prisoner of War camp general issue currency, kriegsgefangenen lagergeld, 1 Reichsmark
2003.413.40 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.413.40
Date:
issue: 1939-1944
…Germany…
12. Political cartoon depicting terrorism in Europe created by an American journalist
2018.298.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.2
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Artwork Title:
At Large
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
13. Electric motor placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.8
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
manufacture: 1908-before 1943
…. Stefan was Greek Catholic and his wife was Roman Catholic. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and much of the country was under aerial…
14. Set of three lobby cards for the film “Espionage Agent" (1939)
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.6
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1939 September 23
… Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner to the Central Intelligence Agency). It was also the first to portray Germany as intent on destroying the…
15. Coat design, Ibsen, created by a German Jewish man and saved by his wife in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.11
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Title:
Ibsen
…Julius Isaacsohn was born on November 19, 1891, in Berlin, Germany, to Herrman Benjamin and Ernestine Kaiser Isaacsohn. He had several brothers…
16. Jacket design, Gussi, created by a German Jewish man and saved by his wife in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.14
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Title:
Gussi
…Julius Isaacsohn was born on November 19, 1891, in Berlin, Germany, to Herrman Benjamin and Ernestine Kaiser Isaacsohn. He had several brothers…
17. German poster accusing the United States of unfairly censuring figures critical of Jews
1990.333.49 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.333.49
Date:
publication/distribution: 1939 March 02-1939 March 08
Title:
Jawohl, in Roosevelt-Amerika herrscht Meinungsfreiheit..!
Series Title:
Parole der Woche
Alternate Title:
Yes, in Roosevelt-America there is freedom of expression ..!
Word of the Week
…Munich (Germany)…
18. Political cartoon depicting Jawaharlal Nehru created by an American journalist
2018.298.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.9
Date:
creation: 1936-1943
Artwork Title:
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
19. U.S. re-release advertisement for the film “Hitler, Beast of Berlin" (1939)
2018.590.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.9
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1939 October 29
… labor at the hands of Nazi guards. This was the first American film to depict a simulated concentration camp in Germany. The film also includes newsreel…
20. Coat design, Culm, created by a German Jewish man and saved by his wife in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.13
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Title:
Culm
…Julius Isaacsohn was born on November 19, 1891, in Berlin, Germany, to Herrman Benjamin and Ernestine Kaiser Isaacsohn. He had several brothers…