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1. Hand-carved wooden chain carried to Australia by a Jewish refugee
2016.183.1 side A
Object | Accession Number: 2016.183.1
Date:
creation: before 1924
… Charles Factor, 1897-1991). He was born to Yitzhak Leib and Yitta Faktor, and his family ran a textile factory in Poland. Heinrich immigrated to Germany…
2. Vulcanized fiber suitcase owned by a member of the Frank family
2018.613.7 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.7
Date:
manufacture: after 1871
use: after 1931
… in Newport, Arkansas, the daughter of a German businessman who had immigrated to the United States in 1879. She traveled with her father to Europe…
3. 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
… to immigrate to Japanese-controlled Shanghai, China. At the end of April, Alfred and Bernd, boarded the MS Victoria, in Genoa, Italy, and set sail for…
4. Pair of tefillin and bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain
2018.297.3 e 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2018.297.3 a-e
Date:
received: after 1946 May-before 1947 December
… . Samuel immigrated to England in August 1945. In May 1946, Bernat and Herman immigrated to the American zone in Germany, settling in Pocking displaced…
5. Tallis with bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain
2018.297.4 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.297.4 a-b
Date:
received: after 1946 May-before 1947 December
… . Samuel immigrated to England in August 1945. In May 1946, Bernat and Herman immigrated to the American zone in Germany, settling in Pocking displaced…
6. Prayer book and paper insert acquired by a Czechoslovakian Jewish man
Object | Accession Number: 2018.297.2 a-b
Date:
publication: 1948 January 13
acquired: after 1949 January 01-before 1950 July 24
Title:
[in Hebrew characters] Siddur Shalem
… . Samuel immigrated to England in August 1945. In May 1946, Bernat and Herman immigrated to the American zone in Germany, settling in Pocking displaced…
7. Ring hidden by a Polish Jewish girl while in a concentration camp
2015.465.1 top
Object | Accession Number: 2015.465.1
Date:
received: before 1942 September
… a son. In June 1946, Hadassa immigrated to the United States with her new husband. Since she was under 18, Sala was able to move that September to…
8. Leather belt taken from an SS storeroom at a concentration camp and worn by a Hungarian Jewish inmate after liberation
2002.175.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.175.2
Date:
use: 1945 May 05-1945 May 07
… labor camps, though most news was hidden from them in Hungary. While still in law school, Steven received a permit and visa to immigrate to the United…
9. Pin commemorating a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor’s receipt of the Congressional Medal of Honor
2018.327.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.327.2
Date:
commemoration: 2005 September 23
… on a list for the Landshut camp for unaccompanied minors to increase his chances for immigration to the US. Tibor immigrated in May 1948, aboard the SS…
10. 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
…, 1947, when he boarded the Marine Marlin and immigrated to the United States. He arrived in New York on March 3. On October 25, 1947, Herman married…
11. Metal identification pendant belonging to a Czech Jewish ghetto-labor camp inmate
2018.228.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.228.1
Date:
acquired: before 1944 September 28
… against Jews from German Jews who were seeking asylum. Frank’s sister decided to immigrate to England, and in 1939, the German army occupied Ostrava and…
12. Cloth square cut from a blue and gray striped concentration camp inmate uniform
1988.82.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.82.4
Date:
1943
… May 1945. She joined her sisters Emmy Pomper and Sabina Heliczer in the United States in 1946. Her mother survived Theresienstadt and immigrated to the…
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
…, Leib immigrated to Palestine (now Israel), and in October 1948 he entered military service. In December 1951, Leib married Maria Lesser (1935-1955), with…
14. Shirt taken from an SS storeroom at a concentration camp by a Hungarian Jewish inmate and worn after liberation
2002.175.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.175.1
Date:
use: 1945 May 05-1945 May 07
… labor camps, though most news was hidden from them in Hungary. While still in law school, Steven received a permit and visa to immigrate to the United…
15. Pewter mustard pot owned by Otto Frank
2018.613.4 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.4
Date:
manufacture: after 1800-before 1900
… husband Erich Elias, established a branch of the pectin manufacturer Opekta-Werke (a subsidiary of Pomosin). In 1932, Otto’s brother, Herbert, immigrated to…
16. First edition of Anne Frank’s Het Achterhuis given to a Dutch couple
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.2 a-b
Date:
publication: 1947
Title:
Het Achterhuis
Subtitle:
dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944
diary letters from 12 June 1942 - 1 August 1944
Alternate Title:
The Secret Annex
…, while Otto’s mother and siblings immigrated to Switzerland, France, and England. After arriving in Amsterdam, Otto’s brother-in-law, Erich, helped him…
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
… daughter in 1947. Afterward, the family moved to Israel for a year, then returned to Germany. In 1949, her brother Henry immigrated to the United States and…
18. 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
…, 1947, when he boarded the Marine Marlin and immigrated to the United States. He arrived in New York on March 3. On October 25, 1947, Herman married…
19. Hanukkah menorah with rearing lions used by a Polish German survivor
2014.557.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.2
Date:
manufacture: 1900-1933
…, 1947, when he boarded the Marine Marlin and immigrated to the United States. He arrived in New York on March 3. On October 25, 1947, Herman married…
20. 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
…, 1947, when he boarded the Marine Marlin and immigrated to the United States. He arrived in New York on March 3. On October 25, 1947, Herman married…