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1. Stein marching compass in a hinged case acquired by a British officer

2003.465.7 open

Date:: received: after 1947 March-1948
manufacture: approximately 1939

2. Motorboat used to take Jewish people in Denmark to safety in Sweden

Danish Rescue Boat Collection Image, 1989.222.1

Date:: manufacture: approximately 1930
use: 1943 October-1944 May

3. Caliper used by a prisoner in a forced labor camp

2005.135.3 front

Date:: use: 1944 September-1945 February

4. Metric wooden ruler owned by a young Austrian Jewish refugee girl

2017.517.2 front

Date:: use: approximately 1938

5. Card with 46 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.8 a front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

6. Medical field sterilizer kit used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker

2005.579.21_a closed

Date:: use: 1938-1949
emigration: 1949 August 26

7. Handmade metal knife used by a concentration camp inmate saved by getting on Schindler's list

2013.379.7 right side

Date:: creation: 1944 October-1945

8. Partial card with 16 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.7 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

9. Glass thermometer with cardboard case taken with Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1938 December
manufacture: 1935

10. Card with 24 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.6 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

11. Monaural stethoscope used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

2005.579.20 front

Date:: use: 1943-1949 August
emigration: 1949 August 26

12. Spool of black thread used by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate

1997.31.2.5 front

Date:: use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April

13. Wooden drafting triangle used by a Czech Jewish camp inmate

1989.303.16 front

Date:: use: 1941 December-1945 May

14. Folding knife made from a screwdriver in a concentration camp by an inmate

2005.135.2 closed

Date:: creation: approximately 1945 January

15. Partial gold dental bridge with crown owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1939 February

16. Tan spool and black loose thread used by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate

1997.31.2.4 front

Date:: use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April

17. Card with 48 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.4 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

18. Wound ball of thread used by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate

1997.31.2.3 front

Date:: use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April

19. Card with 48 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.5 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

20. Workbook of clothing patterns drawn by a Jewish refugee for an ORT class

2003.174.7 front

Date:: use: 1946-1947

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