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1. Small hooked rug used in the wagon of a Sinti family
2005.453.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.7
Date:
use: 1945-1950
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
2. Lantern and candle used by a Sinti family
2005.453.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1945-1955
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
3. Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.5
Date:
creation: approximately 1933
use: 1939 June-1947
…Bertl (Bertha) Rosenfeld (Rosenfelt) was born on October 28, 1925, in Korb, Germany, the eldest child of Adolf and Katherine (Katty) Lemburger…
4. Wool blanket with a black, red, and cream plaid pattern acquired by a Polish Jewish woman after her escape during a forced march from Ravensbrück
Object | Accession Number: 1993.27.33
Date:
use: 1945 April
found: 1945 April-1946
… daughter next went to live with the Sojka's, an uncle's family in Zawiercie. When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the Sojka's fled east to Russian…
5. Beige and orange embroidered linen napkin used in the Warsaw ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.3
Date:
creation: 1937
use: 1937-1947
…, Danuta, born in 1929. Irena attended the Perla Lbinska Gimnazjum. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Irena and her family were confined to the…
6. 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
… family. Efraim was in Warsaw with his mother and brother, following his father’s death, when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Germany began…
7. Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.4
Date:
creation: approximately 1933
use: 1939 June-1947
…Bertl (Bertha) Rosenfeld (Rosenfelt) was born on October 28, 1925, in Korb, Germany, the eldest child of Adolf and Katherine (Katty) Lemburger…
8. Orange tablecloth with green flowers used in the Warsaw ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.7
Date:
use: approximately 1930-1947
…, Danuta, born in 1929. Irena attended the Perla Lbinska Gimnazjum. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Irena and her family were confined to the…
9. Bath towel acquired by Polish Jewish woman after her escape during a forced march from Ravensbrück
Object | Accession Number: 1993.27.32
Date:
found: 1945 April
use: 1945 May-1946
… daughter next went to live with the Sojka's, an uncle's family in Zawiercie. When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the Sojka's fled east to Russian…
10. Drawn threadwork pillowcase with the embroidered initials KR used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.2
Date:
use: approximately 1939 March-1947 November
…Bertl (Bertha) Rosenfeld (Rosenfelt) was born on October 28, 1925, in Korb, Germany, the eldest child of Adolf and Katherine (Katty) Lemburger…
11. 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
… 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…