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1. Shanghai Volunteer Corps nightstick issued to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.274 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.274
Date:
issue: 1940-1941
… a few weeks later. The family began looking at emigration options. Else planned to immigrate to South America with her fiancée. Hilda’s niece, who…
2. Knife taken from a German soldier and acquired by a German Jewish family in hiding
1990.307.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.10
Date:
received: approximately 1944
… immigrated, her father, Jakob Kramer (1868-1943), joined them in Amsterdam and took a central role in raising Max. Max accompanied his grandfather to social…
3. Antiaircraft shell fragments found after an air raid on Bordeaux by a young Jewish refugee
2005.379.10_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.10 a-b
Date:
found: 1940 November 23
emigration: 1941 February 21
… emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1939, they received immigration and transit visas. The family left for the Spanish border on December 14, 1940…
4. WWI anti-aircraft gun fuse fragment owned by a Jewish German soldier
2011.259.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.259.2
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1916
… Army, during the First World War. He was awarded several medals for his combat service. Carl’s fiancé, Hildegarde Hilb (Hilde, b. 1912 in Ulm) immigrated…
5. Rubber truncheon used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag
2004.525.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.525.3
Date:
use: approximately 1941 February-1945
…. She was promptly engaged by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. A son was born on October 19, 1958. In 1971, the Strauss-Marko family immigrated to…
6. Brass knuckles used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag
2004.525.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.525.5
Date:
use: 1941-1945
…. She was promptly engaged by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. A son was born on October 19, 1958. In 1971, the Strauss-Marko family immigrated to…