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1. Case and paper insert owned by a former German Jewish forced laborer
2017.661.3 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.661.3 a-b
Date:
received: after 1945
…Julius Löwenstein (later Loewenstein, 1913-1995) was born in Ortenberg, Germany, to Siegmund (1876-1942) and Sophie (1885-1942) Zimmermann Löwenstein…
2. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.5
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
3. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.3
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
4. Brown enamel mug used by a Polish Jewish concentration camp prisoner
1996.5.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.1
Date:
issue: after 1943 January-before 1945 February
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
5. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Hungarian Jewish prisoner
2011.449.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.449.1
Date:
issue: 1944 June 24-1945 April 11
… independent state with an authoritarian government that collaborated closely with Germany. In August 1940, Axis powers Germany and Italy had arbitrated a…
6. Numbered prisoner patch worn by a female Hungarian Jewish slave laborer
2017.645.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.645.2
Date:
use: 1944 September 19-1945 April 25
issue: 1944 September 19
… Czechoslovakia, and became a part of Hungary in approximately 1938. During the 1930s, Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, and in 1938, Hungary’s fascist regime…
7. Shapell family photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2022.138.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1940-2013
bulk: circa 1940-circa 1947
…, Germany, displaced persons camp, circa 1946. The photographs of Oświęcim include depictions of buildings, Jewish men forcibly having their beards and…
8. Circular metal pin owned by a female Hungarian Jewish slave laborer
2017.645.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.645.4
Date:
acquired: 1944 August 02-1945 March
… Czechoslovakia, and became a part of Hungary in approximately 1938. During the 1930s, Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, and in 1938, Hungary’s fascist regime…
9. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.2
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
10. Yellow, rectangular patch on cloth backing worn by a German Jewish woman in a concentration camp
2016.496.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.496.2
Date:
use: 1944 December 10-1945 May 08
…Irene Frank (nee Silberstein, b. 1927) was born in Berlin, Germany to Dr. Friedrich (Fritz) Silberstein (1890-1944) and Lotte Frank Silberstein (1903…
11. Concentration camp uniform coat worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.4
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
12. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.4
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
… September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The country was quickly occupied, and Herman was among the large portion of Polish soldiers captured as prisoners of…
13. Ring with a red heart and inmate numbers made from a spoon in a concentration camp
2006.467.1, ring with heart made from spoon, Solomon Goldstein Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2006.467.1
Date:
received: after 1943 October-before 1945 January
creation: after 1943 October-before 1945 January
…, had active Jewish organizations, including a Zionist group. On September 1, 1939, western Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and a few weeks later…
14. Brown leather belt worn by a Dutch Jewish political prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau
2017.608.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.608.3
Date:
use: approximately 1941 October-approximately 1945 May 08
… France declared war on Germany. The Netherlands planned to stay neutral in this war, as they had done in World War I. Adolf Hitler, Germany’s chancellor…
15. Westerbork transit camp voucher, 10 cent note, acquired by a former inmate
2018.229.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.229.4
Date:
issue: 1944 February 15-1945 April 12
acquired: 1944 February 15-1944 September 04
…Helmut Rosendahl (1917-2007) was born to Max (1872-1950) and Emma (born Henrietta Kussel, 1873-1917) Rosendahl in Odenkirchen, Germany, where Max…
16. Inscribed wooden spoon and patch saved by a former Jewish Latvian slave labor camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.3 a-b
Date:
received: 1965
commemoration: 1945 January 23-1965 January 23
… in the area. In 1940, the Soviet Army invaded and occupied Lithuania and the persecution of Jews became widespread. In June-July 1941, Germany invaded…
17. Curtain that was used as a towel found by a Polish Jewish forced laborer
Object | Accession Number: 2018.208.1
Date:
found: 1944 August-1945 April
Title:
Dash family collection
… that Germany had invaded Poland. One week later, the German army occupied Łódź and immediately instigated violence and anti-Semitic policies. Jews were…
18. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
2014.557.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.5
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
… September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The country was quickly occupied, and Herman was among the large portion of Polish soldiers captured as prisoners of…
19. Brown leather satchel used by a Polish Jewish prisoner
2016.151.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.151.2
Date:
use: after 1941 December-1949 September
… Yiddish and Hebrew. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and on September 4, the German army entered Będzin. The soldiers burned the Great…
20. Decorative leather charm owned by a female Hungarian Jewish slave laborer
2017.645.3 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2017.645.3
Date:
creation: 1944 June 13-1944 July
use: 1944 June 13-1945 April 25
… Czechoslovakia, and became a part of Hungary in approximately 1938. During the 1930s, Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, and in 1938, Hungary’s fascist regime…
21. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.3
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
… September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The country was quickly occupied, and Herman was among the large portion of Polish soldiers captured as prisoners of…
22. Max Poznanski collection
1995.A.0874 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0874
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1979
… a displaced persons camp in Amberg, Germany, where he was treated in a sanatorium for tuberculosis from September 1945 until June 1946. He remained…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
 … Soviet‐operated hospital in Theresienstadt following liberation, he moved to a displaced persons camp in Amberg, Germany, where he was treated in a…
23. Prisoner identification tag with attached charms issued to Bronia Eiger-Sitner
1989.173.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.173.1 a-b
Date:
Issued: after 1944 November 23-before 1945 March
… camp in Germany. This group of women was taken to Lippstadt, and assigned to work as forced laborers in a munitions factory. Each woman was assigned a…
24. Westerbork transit camp voucher, 25 cent note, acquired by a former inmate
2018.229.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.229.5
Date:
issue: 1944 February 15-1945 April 12
acquired: 1944 February 15-1944 September 04
…Helmut Rosendahl (1917-2007) was born to Max (1872-1950) and Emma (born Henrietta Kussel, 1873-1917) Rosendahl in Odenkirchen, Germany, where Max…
25. Hygiene Institute der Waffen SS-Polizei, Auschwitz
Document | Accession Number: 2005.31 | RG Number: RG-15.108M
Date:
inclusive: 1943-1945
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
 … acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Custodial History Existence and Location of…