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1. Coat design, Basel, created by a German Jewish man and saved by his wife in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.16
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Title:
Basel
…Julius Isaacsohn was born on November 19, 1891, in Berlin, Germany, to Herrman Benjamin and Ernestine Kaiser Isaacsohn. He had several brothers…
2. German Gesteckpfeife style tobacco pipe and porcelain bowl with an antisemitic image
2016.184.115a front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.115 a-b
Date:
manufacture: 1850-1940
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Germany…
3. German Rentenbank, 2 Rentenmark note
2003.413.97 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.413.97
Date:
issue: 1937 January 30
publication/distribution: 1937 January 30-1945
…Germany.…
4. Simon Slivka photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2000.596.1
Date:
creation: circa 1920-1946
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … stay in the Bergen Belsen DP camp, Germany, April 29, 1946. Inscribed in Polish: “To my dear friend I give my photograph, Erna Izak.” 6. Photograph of an…
5. George Schwab photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2005.94.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1948
… his mother in Berlin in May 1946 and left Germany for New York on the American troop carrier “Marine Perch” in February 1947. A resident of New York…
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 …, Germany, fall 1945. 2. Photograph of a Chris Lerman standing outside, two soldiers and a man walking behind her, a car is seen parked on the street, a…
6. Coat design, Jaffa/ Ilse, created by a German Jewish man and saved by his wife in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.12
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Title:
Jaffa /Ilse
…Julius Isaacsohn was born on November 19, 1891, in Berlin, Germany, to Herrman Benjamin and Ernestine Kaiser Isaacsohn. He had several brothers…
7. Asynchronous motor placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.10
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
manufacture: 1889-1942
…Allgemeine Elektricita?ts-Gesellschaft (Germany)…
8. SSB blue enamelled badge with a snowflake acquired by a US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.35
Date:
found: 1945
creation: 1907-1945
… following day the United States declared war on Japan, and on December 11, Germany declared war on the United States. On October 31, 1942 Harold was drafted…
9. Coat design, Mia, created by a German Jewish man and saved by his wife in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.17
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Title:
Mia
…Julius Isaacsohn was born on November 19, 1891, in Berlin, Germany, to Herrman Benjamin and Ernestine Kaiser Isaacsohn. He had several brothers…
10. Paper merchandise bag from a clothing store run by Austrian Jewish women
2017.480.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.480.5
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1920-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February
… of complications in the 1930s. After Hilda’s birth, Arthur worked briefly in Germany, while Pauline worked from home, sewing for a girdle factory…
11. Josef Baur papers
2017.675.1 Box 3 Folder 23 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2017.675.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1930-1954
… September 27, 1938. The family lived in Nuremberg, Germany. During the war, Josef Baur worked as a member of the Police Battalion 131 and the 14th SS Police…
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 … married Agnes Baur who was born on December 27, 1910. Their son, Josef Baur, was born on September 27, 1938. The family lived in Nuremberg, Germany. During…
12. Kraicer family photographs
Document | Accession Number: 2000.291.1
Date:
creation: 1917-1950
… Zychlin to apprentice as a barber. He participated in Poaley Zion, a Zionist youth organization. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded and occupied Poland…
13. Myron and Dottie Miller collection
2013.39.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2013.39.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1936-1948
… Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Palestine, and Switzerland.…
14. Porcelain tobacco bowl with an image of three Jewish hareskin dealers painted on the front
2016.184.114 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.114
Date:
creation: 1829-1940
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
15. Paper merchandise bag from a clothing store run by Austrian Jewish women
2017.480.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.480.6
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1920-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February
… of complications in the 1930s. After Hilda’s birth, Arthur worked briefly in Germany, while Pauline worked from home, sewing for a girdle factory…
16. Political cartoon depicting Joseph Goebbels created by an American journalist
2018.298.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.5
Date:
creation: 1936-1943
Artwork Title:
Paul Joseph Goebbels
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
17. Erika Behr and Rudolf Faller collection
Document | Accession Number: 2019.66.1
Date:
inclusive: 1874-1965
bulk: 1874-1942
…. Bernhard Behr died on March 8, 1933. Fanny and Erika Behr immigrated to the United States from Germany on October 12, 1939. Erika Behr married Rudolf Faller…
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 … Germany and their immigration to the United States. Languages: German, English Administrative information Access: Collection is open for use. Reproduction…
18. Mändle family papers
1994.58 BookEnclosure 1 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 1994.58
Date:
creation: 1918-1945
… Kliensteinacht, Germany. Reida had three siblings, Flora Schwab-Wallach (1895-1979), Solomon Lichenstetter (1896-1974), and Selma Lichtenstetter (Thelma, 1898-1987…
19. Political cartoon depicting Éamon de Valera holding the Éire Constitution created by an American journalist
2018.298.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.8
Date:
creation: after 1937 July 01-1943
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
20. Radio battery eliminator placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.16
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
manufacture: 1928-before 1943
…. Stefan was Greek Catholic and his wife was Roman Catholic. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and much of the country was under aerial…