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1. Blanket issued to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.271
Date:
received: 1945 August
… 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. Blanket from Foehrenwald displaced persons camp
Object | Accession Number: 1992.167.1
Date:
found: 1945
… poor children in the city. Charlene had one sister, Tchiya (b. 1925). Simcha’s mother and five sisters immigrated to the United States before World War…
3. Duvet cover made from a US Army parachute by a Jewish family in a displaced persons camp
2009.372.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.372.2
Date:
manufacture: 1944 October
creation: 1945-1948
emigration: 1948 October 21
… their escape. That October, the Rubinzon family was sent to Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany with the assistance of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid…
4. Striped bath towel embroidered with the inmate’s prisoner number and used in Buchenwald concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.133.3
Date:
use: 1944 August 16-1945 April 11
…. Grunia’s great uncle, Harry Marcus, agreed to sponsor the couple, and in February 1949, they immigrated to the United States aboard the SS Marine Jumper…
5. Embroidered yellow tablecloth with a floral design owned by a Romanian Jewish woman
2014.490.9 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.490.9
Date:
creation: 1938-1948
…. The couple both worked as engineers in Bucharest, and had one daughter, Claudia. In 1968, the family applied at the Romanian authority to immigrate to…
6. Embroidered tablecloth with a floral design owned by a Romanian Jewish woman
2014.490.12 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.490.12
Date:
creation: 1938-1948
…. The couple both worked as engineers in Bucharest, and had one daughter, Claudia. In 1968, the family applied at the Romanian authority to immigrate to…
7. Dish towel with red radish applique brought to the US by a young Austrian Jewish refugee
2010.194.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.194.5
Date:
emigration: 1946 July
received: 1945 June-1946 June
… immigrated to Vienna when he was a child because Austria was much more tolerant toward Jews. He had three brothers, Benjamin, born on January 30, 1902, Karl…
8. 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…
9. Wool blanket found by a Jewish Latvian concentration camp prisoner after escaping a death march
2003.174.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.174.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945
… Freimann in September 1946, and made plans to immigrate to Palestine. When their first son, Joszua, was born in 1947, they decided to immigrate to North…
10. Orange tablecloth with green flowers used in the Warsaw ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.7
Date:
use: approximately 1930-1947
… displaced persons camp in Linz, Austria. They immigrated to the United States on the SS Marine Perch in 1947.…
11. Embroidered pink tablecloth with a floral design owned by a Romanian Jewish woman
2014.490.10 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.490.10
Date:
creation: 1938-1948
…. The couple both worked as engineers in Bucharest, and had one daughter, Claudia. In 1968, the family applied at the Romanian authority to immigrate to…
12. Monogrammed bath towel used in the Krakow ghetto
2008.227.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.227.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… died when she was a young girl. She had a brother, Alexander (?- 1952), who moved to Vienna, Austria, as a young man. In 1938, he immigrated to the…
13. Embroidered pink tablecloth with a nautical design owned by a Romanian Jewish woman
2014.490.11 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.490.11
Date:
creation: 1938-1948
…. The couple both worked as engineers in Bucharest, and had one daughter, Claudia. In 1968, the family applied at the Romanian authority to immigrate to…
14. Large embroidered white pillowcase with scalloped edges recovered by Kato Ritter from her neighbors
2010.442.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.442.8
Date:
recovered: 1945 July
… went to Feldafing displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany. With assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, they emigrated to the United States…
15. Large embroidered white pillowcase with scalloped edges recovered by Kato Ritter from her neighbors
2010.442.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.442.9
Date:
recovered: 1945 July
… went to Feldafing displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany. With assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, they emigrated to the United States…
16. Large white pillowcase embroidered with a floral design recovered by Kato Ritter from her neighbors
2010.442.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.442.11
Date:
recovered: 1945 July
… went to Feldafing displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany. With assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, they emigrated to the United States…
17. Table covering with elaborate whitework embroidery and a crocheted border recovered by Kato Ritter from her neighbors
2010.442.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.442.6
Date:
recovered: 1945 July
creation: 1910
… went to Feldafing displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany. With assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, they emigrated to the United States…
18. Tablecloth embroidered with a blue bird and flower design recovered by Kato Ritter from her neighbors
2010.442.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.442.15
Date:
creation: approximately 1930
recovered: 1945 July
… went to Feldafing displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany. With assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, they emigrated to the United States…
19. Large white pillowcase embroidered with a floral design recovered by Kato Ritter from her neighbors
2010.442.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.442.13
Date:
recovered: 1945 July
… went to Feldafing displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany. With assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, they emigrated to the United States…
20. Tablecloth embroidered with a multicolored floral design recovered by Kato Ritter from her neighbors
2010.442.18 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.442.18
Date:
recovered: 1945 July
… went to Feldafing displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany. With assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, they emigrated to the United States…