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1. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service medal awarded to a German Jewish soldier
2004.388.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.388.2
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… Czechoslovakia on October 15, 1942 and killed on February 22, 1944. Pauline was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland in 1943 during the Fabrik-Aktion…
2. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
2004.388.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.388.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… Czechoslovakia on October 15, 1942 and killed on February 22, 1944. Pauline was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland in 1943 during the Fabrik-Aktion…
3. French Croix de Guerre with bronze palm awarded to a German Jewish resistance fighter
2011.160.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.160.3
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
issue: 1960 May
… Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. On August 7, 1944, Henri was arrested for acts of resistance and imprisoned at Montluc Prison, which was under the…
4. French Médaille de la Résistance with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish resistance fighter
2011.160.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.160.4
Date:
commemoration: 1940 June 18-1945
issue: 1960 May
… Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. On August 7, 1944, Henri was arrested for acts of resistance and imprisoned at Montluc Prison, which was under the…
5. French Médaille Militaire with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish resistance fighter
2011.160.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.160.2
Date:
issue: 1960 May
commemoration: approximately 1942-1944 August 18
… Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. On August 7, 1944, Henri was arrested for acts of resistance and imprisoned at Montluc Prison, which was under the…
6. US Army American Campaign Medal and ribbon bar with presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.2 a-c
Date:
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
… Department of Justice. He searched for surviving relatives, but found only one cousin, Herta Fuchs, who survived Auschwitz death camp. After the war, Tom…
7. US Army Victory Medal, two ribbon bars and presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.3a back, World War II Victory Medal, Tom T. Kovary
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.3 a-d
Date:
issue: 1945 July 06-1946 December 31
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
… Department of Justice. He searched for surviving relatives, but found only one cousin, Herta Fuchs, who survived Auschwitz death camp. After the war, Tom…
8. World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant’s medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1948
issue: after 1914 August 05
… sent to Irene was dated just 11 days before his death. On May 16, 1944, Jenny Pelz, Kurt’s ex-mother-in-law, had been deported to Auschwitz killing…
9. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service buttonhole ribbon bar awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.4
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… sent to Irene was dated just 11 days before his death. On May 16, 1944, Jenny Pelz, Kurt’s ex-mother-in-law, had been deported to Auschwitz killing…
10. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 combatant veteran service medal awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… sent to Irene was dated just 11 days before his death. On May 16, 1944, Jenny Pelz, Kurt’s ex-mother-in-law, had been deported to Auschwitz killing…
11. Auxiliary Territorial Service cap badge worn by an Austrian Jewish woman in the British Auxiliary
2009.294.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.294.5
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… to the Łódź ghetto, then to Auschwitz death camp where she was murdered. On December 30, 1963, the Austrian government issued Lilly a check for $348…
12. World War I Honor & Iron Crosses buttonhole ribbon bar with Combatant’s swords awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.1
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: after 1934 July 13-1944
… sent to Irene was dated just 11 days before his death. On May 16, 1944, Jenny Pelz, Kurt’s ex-mother-in-law, had been deported to Auschwitz killing…
13. War Medal 1939-1945 and ribbon awarded to an Austrian Jewish woman, British Auxiliary Territorial Division
2009.294.2_a back
Object | Accession Number: 2009.294.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
… to the Łódź ghetto, then to Auschwitz death camp where she was murdered. On December 30, 1963, the Austrian government issued Lilly a check for $348…
14. 1939-1945 Star Medal and ribbon awarded to an Austrian Jewish woman for service in the British Auxiliary Territorial Division
2009.294.4_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.294.4 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
… to the Łódź ghetto, then to Auschwitz death camp where she was murdered. On December 30, 1963, the Austrian government issued Lilly a check for $348…
15. Africa Star Medal and ribbon awarded to an Austrian Jewish woman for service in the British Auxiliary Territorial Division
2009.294.3_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.294.3 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1943
… to the Łódź ghetto, then to Auschwitz death camp where she was murdered. On December 30, 1963, the Austrian government issued Lilly a check for $348…
16. Pametni Medaile Ceskoslovenska Armada V Zahranici (Czechoslovak Army Abroad) awarded to a Czech Jewish soldier
2007.228.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.228.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 October
… his family had not returned after the war and that after a year in Theresienstadt they had been sent to Auschwitz where they perished. In 1946, he was…
17. Belgian Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940-1945, ribbon and box awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.13 a-d
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
… Sonja and her husband were killed in Auschwitz. His wife Ita’s parents were hidden by an employee, Jeanne de Bruyn, and her family. During the war…
18. Set of two cuff links worn by a medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps
2008.208.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.208.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1942-1945
… Auschwitz in November 1944. Madzia’s siblings, Brandla, Mosze, and Szmulek, also perished. Her sister, Helena, survived the war in the Soviet Union. Anna…
19. Medal of Remembrance of the War 1940- 1945, ribbon, and box awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.10 a-d
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
… Sonja and her husband were killed in Auschwitz. His wife Ita’s parents were hidden by an employee, Jeanne de Bruyn, and her family. During the war…
20. Polish Organization for the Struggle for Independence medal, ribbon and box awarded to a Jewish member of the Belgian resistance
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.11 a-d
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
… Sonja and her husband were killed in Auschwitz. His wife Ita’s parents were hidden by an employee, Jeanne de Bruyn, and her family. During the war…