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1. Luftwaffe Waffenrock dress uniform jacket acquired by US soldier
1985.1.18 front
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.18
Date:
manufacture: 1939
found: approximately 1945
…Germany. Luftwaffe…
2. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1988.132.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.132.1
Date:
use: 1944 May 03-1945 May
… by classmates, and taunted with antisemitic slurs, such as "Christ killer." Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Welek watched German soldiers…
3. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish woman in multiple concentration camps
1989.162.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.162.1
Date:
use: approximately 1943 September-1945 April
… live with her parents. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Mania and Szlama returned to Sosnowiec and moved in with her family. The Germans…
4. Concentration camp uniform coat worn by an Austrian Catholic inmate
1989.235.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.235.1
Date:
use: 1944 March 25-1945 April 29
… dictatorship. Italy signed a treaty of friendship with Nazi Germany in 1936 and others pacts in the coming years. On June 23, 1939, the Italian and German…
5. Striped concentration camp jacket worn by a young Polish Jewish inmate
1989.242.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.242.1
Date:
use: 1944 November-1945 April
… Eibeshitz, moved in with them. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Warsaw was bombed and they had no water, heat, or food. For weeks, they ate only…
6. Skirt worn by a Sinti Romani woman
1989.246.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.246.1
Date:
use: 1920-1929
…Romanies--Germany.…
7. Skirt worn by a Sinti Romani woman
1989.246.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.246.2
Date:
use: 1920-1929
…Romanies--Germany.…
8. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1989.248.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.248.1
Date:
use: 1940 August 10-1945 May 06
… Stossier. On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. The Nazi regime actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse…
9. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1989.248.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.248.2
Date:
use: 1940 August 10-1945 May 06
… Stossier. On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. The Nazi regime actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse…
10. Concentration camp uniform dress worn by a Jewish Czech inmate
1989.263.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.263.1
Date:
use: 1944 August-1945 April
… mechanical engineer. On March 15, 1939, Germany annexed the western provinces of Czechoslovakia, Bohemia and Moravia, where Orlau was located. On April 2…
11. Concentration camp uniform jacket with purple triangle worn by Jehovah’s Witness
1989.271.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.271.1
Date:
use: 1938 September-1945 April
…Max Eugen Hollweg was born on December 7, 1910, in Remscheid, Germany, to Otto and Anna Biesel Hollweg, who were Jehovah’s Witnesses. Max was the…
12. Concentration camp uniform skirt worn by a Czech Jewish inmate
1989.303.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.24
Date:
use: 1944 October-1945 May
… regime came to power in Germany, Prague saw a large influx of Jews fleeing persecution. In September 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland border region…
13. Concentration camp uniform cap with number 107310 issued to a Jewish Czech inmate
1989.303.25_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.25 a
Date:
use: after 1942 November-1945 April 15
… transportation expert, whom he thought of as an uncle. Karel was a draftsman at a design company. On September 29, 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland border…
14. Sturmabteiling [Stormtrooper] brown shirt
1990.41.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.9
…The collection consists of artifacts and posters related to the history of Jewish culture in Germany and artifacts and antisemitic propaganda posters…
15. Concentration camp jacket with a prisoner ID patch worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1990.113.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.113.1
Date:
use: 1944 August-1945 May
…, Germany invaded Poland. Łódź was occupied one week later. In early February 1940, a ghetto was established. In about April, Benjamin and his family were…
16. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.1
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
17. Concentration camp uniform trousers worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
18. Concentration camp uniform coat with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
19. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1991.112.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.112.1
Date:
issue: 1942 December 17
use: 1942 December 17-1945 May 06
… May 21, 1938. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Four days later, the German Army entered Plonsk. Beginning on November 23, all Jews were…
20. Concentration camp uniform jacket issued to a Polish Christian inmate
1991.160.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.160.3
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 April
… apprentice baker. By 1939, all of Julian’s brothers had returned to the US. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Tarnow was occupied a week…
21. Striped concentration camp uniform trousers worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1992.36.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.36.1
Date:
use: 1945 February-1945 April
… the store. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. A week later, a group of German soldiers broke into the Silberberg's store and robbed it. On…
22. Dark blue concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1992.36.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.36.2
Date:
issue: approximately 1945 February
… the store. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. A week later, a group of German soldiers broke into the Silberberg's store and robbed it. On…
23. Striped concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1993.34.1
Date:
use: 1944 December 24-1945 April 11
… 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. They occupied Czestochowa on September 3. Symcho and his family were forcibly moved into the ghetto after it was…
24. Concentration camp uniform jacket with 55857 patch worn by a Jewish doctor
1993.153.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.153.1
Date:
use: 1944 May-1945 May
… 1938, with the First Vienna Award, Nazi Germany forced the return of southern Slovakia, including Irsava, to Hungary. The Hungarian government had anti…
25. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.1
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…. Mieczyslaw’s oldest brother Jurek also married and had a daughter. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. German troops entered Warsaw on September 29…
26. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.2
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…. Mieczyslaw’s oldest brother Jurek also married and had a daughter. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. German troops entered Warsaw on September 29…
27. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…. Mieczyslaw’s oldest brother Jurek also married and had a daughter. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. German troops entered Warsaw on September 29…
28. Concentration camp uniform dress with number 94593 worn by a German Jewish inmate
1994.24.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.24.1
Date:
use: 1943 April-1945 January
…Hanna (Hannah) Henrietta Lenschitzki was born on November 6, 1922, in Halberstadt, Germany, to an Orthodox Jewish couple, Paul and Rosa Beermann…
29. Concentration camp uniform jacket with red triangle worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1994.55.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.2
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… worked as an electrician. In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany occupied regions west of the Bug River, the Soviet Union…
30. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1994.55.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.3
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… worked as an electrician. In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany occupied regions west of the Bug River, the Soviet Union…
31. Striped uniform shirt worn by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
1994.55.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.4
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… worked as an electrician. In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany occupied regions west of the Bug River, the Soviet Union…
32. Striped sweater vest worn by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
1994.55.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.5
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… worked as an electrician. In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany occupied regions west of the Bug River, the Soviet Union…
33. Child's beige summer suit worn by Joseph Oppenheimer
1994.105.1_b-d front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.105.1 a-d
Date:
use: approximately 1935
…Josef Ludwig Oppenheimer (later Joseph, 1927-2020) was born in Würburg, Germany, to Ludwig Emanuel (1892-1972) and Maria Schwarzenberger (later Mary…
34. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Jewish German man
1994.115.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.115.1
Date:
use: 1945 January-1945 March
…Werner Michaelis Sauer was born on November 2, 1918, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Leopold and Auguste Rothschild Sauer. Werner had…
35. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.1
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
… Yiddish and Hebrew. After finishing school, Jakob became a tailor like his father. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and the army entered…
36. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.2
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
… Yiddish and Hebrew. After finishing school, Jakob became a tailor like his father. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and the army entered…
37. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.3
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
… Yiddish and Hebrew. After finishing school, Jakob became a tailor like his father. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and the army entered…
38. Gray dress with prison number 1195 and id tag worn by a Jehovah's Witness inmate
1995.95.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.95.1 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1939-1945
…Amberg (Germany : Landkreis)…
39. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.2
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
40. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.3
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
41. Concentration camp uniform coat worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.4
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
42. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.5
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
43. Running jersey worn by a German Jewish runner in pre-Olympic training
1998.121.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.121.1
Date:
use: 1935
…Gerhard Neubeck was born on February 28, 1918, in Dortmund Germany to Jewish parents, Siegried and Emmy Neubeck. His father, born in 1888, was a…
44. Concentration camp uniform jacket with badge worn by a Lithuanian Jewish inmate
1998.130.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.130.3
Date:
issue: 1944 November-1944 December
use: approximately 1944 October-1945 May
…, Lithuania, during the period from June 1940-May 1941 when Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union. When Germany declared war on the USSR and invaded…
45. Wedding gown made from a white rayon parachute worn by multiple Jewish brides in a DP camp
1999.7.12_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.7.12 a
Date:
creation: approximately 1946 January
use: 1946 January 27-before 1948 February
…, they no longer received mail and lost contact with Celia. In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. The same month, Lili got a letter from Yitzhak to…
46. Wool sweater vest worn by a German Jewish displaced person
1990.100.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.100.1
…Norbert Wollheim was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1913 to Jewish parents. His father was a veteran of World War I, 1914-1918. Norbert was…
47. Concentration camp inmate uniform cap worn by a German Jewish inmate
1999.100.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.100.4
…Norbert Wollheim was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1913 to Jewish parents. His father was a veteran of World War I, 1914-1918. Norbert was…
48. Blue shirt with white stripes worn by a German Jewish displaced person and camp survivor
Object | Accession Number: 1999.100.6
…Norbert Wollheim was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1913 to Jewish parents. His father was a veteran of World War I, 1914-1918. Norbert was…
49. Sport shirt worn by a German Jewish displaced person and camp survivor
1999.100.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.100.7
…Norbert Wollheim was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1913 to Jewish parents. His father was a veteran of World War I, 1914-1918. Norbert was…
50. White shirt made from a rayon parachute for a Czech Jewish man for his wedding in a DP camp
1999.126.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.126.1
Date:
use: 1946 January 27
creation: 1946 January
…, they no longer received mail and lost contact with Celia. In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. The same month, Lili got a letter from Yitzhak to…