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1. Shaving brush used by a German Jewish refugee in hiding
1990.307.7_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 a
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Antisemitism--Germany.…
2. Razor used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.7_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 b
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Antisemitism--Germany.…
3. Large black plastic comb used by a Polish Jewish girl living with an assumed identity
2010.465.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.465.4
Date:
use: 1941 December-1948 September
…. She often heard antisemitic comments in the camp, denouncing Jews as dirty and evil. In April 1946, Henia showed her a newsletter describing a recent…
4. Straight razor with an offwhite plastic handle used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.5 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.5
Date:
use: 1928-1980
… released and returned to Łódź. Antisemitism was prevalent and Simon felt it put his family at risk. He paid an underground Zionist group to help the family…
5. Brown plastic eyeglasses worn by a Jewish resident of the Lvov ghetto
2009.204.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.204.7
Date:
use: 1941-1949
… antisemitic Poles. Eight year old Ilona was enrolled in school and it was learned that the little girl who was always bent over a book or a piece of paper did…
6. Omega wristwatch worn by a Hungarian Jewish man on the Kasztner train
2003.198.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.7
Date:
received: approximately 1940-1941
use: approximately 1940-approximately 1965
… with Nazi Germany, with antisemitic racial laws modeled on the Nuremberg Laws. From 1939, Jewish men were forced into the Hungarian labor service, which…
7. Black Bakelite circular eyeglasses worn by a Hungarian Jewish man on the Kasztner train
2003.198.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.8
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1946
… with Nazi Germany, with antisemitic racial laws modeled on the Nuremberg Laws. From 1939, Jewish men were forced into the Hungarian labor service, which…
8. Silver clothes brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.3
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
… moved to Berlin. Hitler came to power in January 1933 and antisemitism became official policy in Germany. Frieda and Meyer decided to join their daughters…
9. Silver hair brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.4
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
… moved to Berlin. Hitler came to power in January 1933 and antisemitism became official policy in Germany. Frieda and Meyer decided to join their daughters…