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1. FFI Free French pin engraved 193476 awarded to a Jewish resistance member
2004.248.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.248.3
Date:
received: approximately 1945
… Barbara. She had adapted her diary of her experiences into a memoir, and it was published in 2010 as Survivre: Souvenir d’une réscapée d’Auschwitz.…
2. Blue, white and red bar ribbon that belonged to a Jewish German WWI veteran and concentration camp inmate
2005.492.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.492.4
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
… parents had been deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. Though their fate was not known, Margot felt sure that they had been killed. After the war ended…
3. World War I Iron Cross medal that belonged to a Jewish veteran and concentration camp inmate
2005.492.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.492.2
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
… parents had been deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. Though their fate was not known, Margot felt sure that they had been killed. After the war ended…
4. WWI German military black and white striped ribbon that belonged to a Jewish veteran and concentration camp inmate
2005.492.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.492.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
… parents had been deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. Though their fate was not known, Margot felt sure that they had been killed. After the war ended…
5. Kriegserinnerungsmedaille [War Commemorative Medal], 1914-1918 awarded to a Jewish soldier
2005.517.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.517.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
… Rosenthal, was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, avoiding Auschwitz possibly because of his veteran's status. The family was…
6. Military ID tag issued to identify a Jewish volunteer in the British Army
2004.616.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.616.3
Date:
issue: approximately 1939
… clothes. Her Aunt Janka came out of hiding and another aunt and her two daughters returned from Auschwitz. Eva returned to Mindszent. She did not find any…
7. 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…
8. 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…
9. Prisoner ID tag issued to a Hungarian Jewish POW in Stalag XVIII A
2004.616.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.616.2
Date:
issue: approximately 1941
… clothes. Her Aunt Janka came out of hiding and another aunt and her two daughters returned from Auschwitz. Eva returned to Mindszent. She did not find any…
10. 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…
11. US Army Honorable Service lapel button awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.10
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.10
Date:
issue: 1946-1946
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…
12. 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…
13. 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…
14. US Army Good Conduct lapel button awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.9
Date:
issue: 1943-1946
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…
15. 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…
16. 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…
17. US Army Good Conduct Medal, 3 ribbon bars, and 3 ribbons awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.4a back, US Army Good Conduct Medal, Tom T. Kovary
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.4 a-g
Date:
commemoration: 1943-1946
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…
18. 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…
19. 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…
20. 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…