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1. Stars and stripes dress worn by a German Jewish woman for a DP camp theatrical performance
2018.70.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.70.2
Date:
creation: after 1945 May-before 1946 May
…Margret (Miriam) Hantman (née Simon) (b. 1926) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Willy Simon (1896-1944) and Ella Anita Stahl Simon (1901-1944). She…
2. Concentration camp uniform likely acquired postwar by Natan Caron
2012.441.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.441.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: after 1945 April-before 2012
… Yiddish. Natan attended private school and was a good student. He did not experience anti-Semitism. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded Belgium. The Chorowicz…
3. Uniform pants worn by Inez Port
Object | Accession Number: 2023.131.2
Date:
use: circa 1945-1946
…Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.…
4. Floral print skirt worn by a Polish Jewish girl living with an assumed identity
Object | Accession Number: 2010.465.3
Date:
use: 1941 December-1948 September
…, Malnow was occupied by the Soviet Union. In June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Soon after, four Ukrainian youths broke into the house and beat…
5. Man's long-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
2005.369.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.369.2
Date:
manufacture: 1945-1949
… put it out of business. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Moniek fled east, but encountered German troops near the Vistula River and returned to Dabrowa…
6. Dark blue dress with black stripes worn by a young Jewish refugee during her voyage to the US
2010.194.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.194.4
Date:
emigration: 1946 July
received: 1945 June-1946 June
… family moved there. In May, Holland was occupied by Germany and restrictions on the Jewish population were instituted. They had to wear Star of David…
7. Uniform jacket worn by Inez Port
Object | Accession Number: 2023.131.1
Date:
use: circa 1945-1946
…Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.…
8. Green striped wool knit cardigan made from a US Army blanket by a Jewish refugee in a DP camp
2007.511.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.511.2
Date:
use: 1945-1949
…Olga Waldman was born in Breslau, Germany, (Wroclaw, Poland) on March 7, 1904, to Anna and Meier. She married Pinio Wisniarski and they had one son…
9. White drawstring blouse with cufflinks worn by a Polish Jewish girl with an assumed identity
Object | Accession Number: 2010.465.2 a-c
Date:
use: 1941 December-1948 September
…, Malnow was occupied by the Soviet Union. In June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Soon after, four Ukrainian youths broke into the house and beat…
10. Peach chemise with floral embroidery saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.4
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…
11. US Army regulation uniform shirt worn by a Signal Corps photographer for the war crimes trials
Object | Accession Number: 2013.458.1
Date:
use: approximately 1945 September-1949
… London for just over a year before being dispatched in 1944 to Wiesbaden, Germany. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered. In August 1945, the United…
12. First lieutenant dress jacket, medals and shirt worn by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.3 b front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.3 a-b
Date:
use: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
13. U.S. Army regulation uniform shirt worn by a Signal Corps photographer for the war crimes trials
Object | Accession Number: 2013.458.2
Date:
use: approximately 1945 September-1949
… London for just over a year before being dispatched in 1944 to Wiesbaden, Germany. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered. In August 1945, the United…
14. Peach floral printed chemise saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.6
Date:
received: approximately 1935-1940
use: 1935-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…
15. Man's short-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
2005.369.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.369.3
Date:
manufacture: 1945-1949
… put it out of business. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Moniek fled east, but encountered German troops near the Vistula River and returned to Dabrowa…
16. U.S. Army regulation uniform shirt worn by a Signal Corps photographer for the war crimes trials
Object | Accession Number: 2013.458.3
Date:
use: approximately 1945 September-1949
… London for just over a year before being dispatched in 1944 to Wiesbaden, Germany. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered. In August 1945, the United…
17. Peach chemise with black and white floral appliques saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.5
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…
18. Short sleeved smock with tassels and floral embroidery worn by a Polish Jewish girl living with an assumed identity
Object | Accession Number: 2010.465.1
Date:
use: 1941 December-1948 September
…, Malnow was occupied by the Soviet Union. In June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Soon after, four Ukrainian youths broke into the house and beat…
19. Striped wool jacket used in the Warsaw ghetto
2008.228.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.2
Date:
use: 1940-1947
…, born in 1924, and Danuta, born in 1929. Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 and, by November 1940, the family was confined to the ghetto. Nineteen…