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1. Handmade wooden checkers set presented to Director, ORT schools, DP camps
1988.72.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.72.1
Date:
creation: 1947
received: 1947
… 1932, he studied at the University of Berlin. In January 1933, Hitler came into power in Germany. Louis left Germany that March because of rising anti…
2. Model Stuka airplane made by liberated concentration camp inmate and given to US military aid worker
1988.112.61 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.112.61
Date:
received: 1945 April-1945 May
…'s Candidate School. Corporal Shurr was then sent to military government school to be trained to rebuild postwar Germany. First Lieutenant Shurr and the rest of…
3. Zebra push puppet made by a former Jewish Czech camp inmate
1989.303.20 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.20
Date:
creation: after 1945 May
… 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…
4. Armand Marseille doll with knit booties owned by a Polish Jewish girl and recovered postwar
Object | Accession Number: 1990.224.6 a-c
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1885-1930
received: after 1930-before 1939
recovered: after 1945 May
…, his wife Lola, and their children Alfred and Jerzy also lived in Krakow. Zofia’s father Isydor died circa 1938/39. On September 1, 1939, Germany…
5. Stuffed brown bear owned by a Polish Jewish girl and recovered postwar
1991.234.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.234.1
Date:
received: after 1930-before 1939
recovered: after 1945 May
…, his wife Lola, and their children Alfred and Jerzy also lived in Krakow. Zofia’s father Isydor died circa 1938/39. On September 1, 1939, Germany…
6. Large plastic doll named Marlene brought by a young Jewish girl to the Theresienstadt ghetto
1992.4.1 a-f front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.4.1 a-f
Date:
received: 1936
use: 1942-1945
manufacture: approximately 1935
…Inge Auerbacher was born on December 31, 1934, in Kippenheim, Germany, the only child of Berthold and Regina Lauchheimer Auerbacher, observant…
7. Doll's white cotton sleeveless slip given to a young girl by a friend in Theresienstadt ghetto
1992.4.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.4.2
Date:
creation: 1942-before 1944 September
received: 1944 September
…Inge Auerbacher was born on December 31, 1934, in Kippenheim, Germany, the only child of Berthold and Regina Lauchheimer Auerbacher, observant…
8. Doll's colorful crocheted tassel hat given to a young girl after her release from Theresienstadt
1992.4.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.4.3
Date:
received: after 1945 May
…Inge Auerbacher was born on December 31, 1934, in Kippenheim, Germany, the only child of Berthold and Regina Lauchheimer Auerbacher, observant…
9. Doll's offwhite hand knit wool sweater and pants with red flowers made by a young girl after her release from Theresienstadt
1992.4.1 a-f front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.4.4 a-b
Date:
creation: approximately 1945 May
…Inge Auerbacher was born on December 31, 1934, in Kippenheim, Germany, the only child of Berthold and Regina Lauchheimer Auerbacher, observant…
10. Yarn doll, bag, and scrap of money found in a liberated camp by US soldier
1992.122.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.122.1 a-c
Date:
found: after 1945 April 11-before 1945 August
… Army on April 22, 1942. He was assigned to 701st Company D and deployed to Europe in 1944. In April 1945, his unit was in Germany. Harold and his unit…
11. Small white tinted all bisque doll brought by a German Jewish girl to Theresienstadt
1996.76.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.76.1
Date:
received: approximately 1935-1945
…Jutta Ina Grybski was born on November 30, 1935, in Berlin, Germany, to a Catholic father and Jewish mother, Hans and Kaethe Schrimmer Grybski. Hans…
12. Small handsewn stuffed brown and yellow dog brought by a German Jewish girl to Theresienstadt
1996.76.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.76.2
Date:
received: approximately 1935-1943
…Jutta Ina Grybski was born on November 30, 1935, in Berlin, Germany, to a Catholic father and Jewish mother, Hans and Kaethe Schrimmer Grybski. Hans…
13. Handmade, moveable, wooden chicken toy purchased for a German Jewish girl after her liberation from Theresienstadt
1996.76.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.76.3
Date:
received: after 1945 May 09-before 1945 June
…Jutta Ina Grybski was born on November 30, 1935, in Berlin, Germany, to a Catholic father and Jewish mother, Hans and Kaethe Schrimmer Grybski. Hans…
14. Teddy bear carried by a young boy on the Kindertransport
2000.326.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.326.1 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1939
… sent him away to boarding school in Frankfurt, Germany, to escape the vicious anti-semitism in his hometown, Tann. During the Kristallnacht pogrom of…
15. Teddy bear used in an SS Lebensborn home
2001.204.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2001.204.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940
…Lebensborn e.V. (Germany)…
16. Plastic doll named Zsuzsi carried by a young Hungarian Jewish girl on the Kasztner train
2003.198.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.9
Date:
received: 1942 December
use: 1942-1946
… fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany, with antisemitic laws modeled on the Nuremberg Laws. From 1939, Jewish men were forced into the Hungarian labor…
17. Toy Nazi SA figurine in a brown uniform with swastika armband acquired by a US family in Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2006.265.4
Date:
received: 1937-1938
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the "Anschluss." Helen kept a detailed diary describing what she saw as Austria was absorbed into Nazi…
18. Toy Nazi SS figurine in a black uniform with swastika armband acquired by a US family in Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2006.265.5
Date:
received: 1937-1938
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the "Anschluss." Helen kept a detailed diary describing what she saw as Austria was absorbed into Nazi…
19. Toy Nazi Wehrmacht figurine in a green uniform with a rifle acquired by a US family in Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2006.265.6
Date:
received: 1937-1938
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the "Anschluss." Helen kept a detailed diary describing what she saw as Austria was absorbed into Nazi…
20. Toy Nazi Wehrmacht figurine in a green uniform crouching with a rifle acquired by a US family in Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2006.265.7
Date:
received: 1937-1938
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the "Anschluss." Helen kept a detailed diary describing what she saw as Austria was absorbed into Nazi…
21. Toy Nazi figurine in a gold shirt with a swastika armband acquired by a US family in prewar Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2006.265.8
Date:
received: 1937-1938
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the "Anschluss." Helen kept a detailed diary describing what she saw as Austria was absorbed into Nazi…
22. Toy figurine of Hitler in a brown belted uniform acquired by a US family in prewar Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2006.265.9
Date:
received: 1937-1938
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the "Anschluss." Helen kept a detailed diary describing what she saw as Austria was absorbed into Nazi…
23. Toy figurine of a man in traditional Austrian dress acquired by a US family in prewar Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2006.265.10
Date:
received: 1937-1938
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the "Anschluss." Helen kept a detailed diary describing what she saw as Austria was absorbed into Nazi…
24. Toy figurine of a woman in traditional Austrian dress acquired by a US family in prewar Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2006.265.11
Date:
received: 1937-1938
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the "Anschluss." Helen kept a detailed diary describing what she saw as Austria was absorbed into Nazi…
25. Radio-Sende-Spiel, a Nazi propaganda board game with game pieces and rule sheet
Object | Accession Number: 2006.475.3 a-h
Date:
manufacture: 1942
…Germany…
26. Blonde haired, male, felt doll carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.13
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…Ina Felczer (b.1929) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Hannah (Hana, née Kempinski, 1894-?) and Victor Awigdor (1892 -?) Felczer. Hannah was born in…
27. Plastic doll with handmade clothes received by girl in DP camp
2007.520.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.520.2
Date:
received: approximately 1947
… after Nazi Germany invaded the country. In June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union. The Germans occupied the town on June 28 and during the summer…
28. Radio-Sende-Spiel [Radio transmission game], a Nazi propaganda board game
Object | Accession Number: 2008.356.1
Date:
manufacture: 1942
…Germany…
29. Shanghai Millionaire board game made by 2 German Jewish refugee children
Object | Accession Number: 2009.106.1
Date:
creation: 1946
…Manfred Lobel (Löbl) was born on April 2, 1936, in Berlin, Germany, to Gustav and Dora Horowitz Lobel, both originally from Romania. He had an older…
30. Doll in blue dress, blonde wig and necklace carried by Jewish Austrian refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2010.194.1 a-c
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…
31. Wehrmacht Siege Game box, board, instructions, dice, and 29 tokens
Belagerungs-Spiel board game
Object | Accession Number: 2013.72.1 a-ai
Date:
publication/distribution: 1941
…Nuremberg (Germany)…
32. Two decks of skat cards used by a concentration camp inmate saved by Schindler's list
2013.379.10 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.379.10 a - bl
Date:
use: 1944 October-1945 May
…Henry Dressler (born Heniz, 1919-2005) was born on October 22, 1919, in Dresden, Germany, to Joachim (1888-1971) and Martha Miriam (1896-1956) and…
33. Bear, a stuffed koala bear, with modern covering, carried by a German Jewish girl on a Kindertransport
2013.476.8 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.476.8 a-b
Date:
use: 1939 August
…Gisela Amalie Marx was born on April 24, 1925, in Dulken, Germany, the nly daighter of a Jewish couple, Leopold and Erna Lifges Marx. Her father…
34. Denk fix! [Think Quick] game turntable spinner, cards, and box brought with a young German Jewish refugee
2013.495.2 a top
Object | Accession Number: 2013.495.2 a-ba
Date:
emigration: 1938 July
…Anneliese Centawer was born on January 10, 1930, to James and Recha Huetzler (Hützler) Centawer in Nuremberg, Germany. Her mother Recha was born on…
35. Klick-Klack handheld pinball game with box brought with a young German Jewish refugee
2013.495.3 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.495.3 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938 July
…Anneliese Centawer was born on January 10, 1930, to James and Recha Huetzler (Hützler) Centawer in Nuremberg, Germany. Her mother Recha was born on…
36. Twelve numbered tiles and box for a game brought with a young German Jewish refugee
2013.495.4 m top
Object | Accession Number: 2013.495.4 a-n
Date:
emigration: 1938 July
…Anneliese Centawer was born on January 10, 1930, to James and Recha Huetzler (Hützler) Centawer in Nuremberg, Germany. Her mother Recha was born on…
37. Handmade traffic board game and instructions brought with a young German Jewish refugee
2013.495.5 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.495.5 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1938 July
…Anneliese Centawer was born on January 10, 1930, to James and Recha Huetzler (Hützler) Centawer in Nuremberg, Germany. Her mother Recha was born on…
38. Two decks of Patience cards with 3 boxes brought with a young German Jewish refugee
2013.495.6 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.495.6 a-dg
Date:
emigration: 1938 July
…Anneliese Centawer was born on January 10, 1930, to James and Recha Huetzler (Hützler) Centawer in Nuremberg, Germany. Her mother Recha was born on…
39. Marchen Quartett deck of fairy tale cards with box brought with a German Jewish refugee
2013.495.7 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.495.7 a-aq
Date:
emigration: 1938 July
…Anneliese Centawer was born on January 10, 1930, to James and Recha Huetzler (Hützler) Centawer in Nuremberg, Germany. Her mother Recha was born on…
40. Boxed Tisch-Tennis set with net, paddles, and 6 balls brought with a young German Jewish refugee
2013.495.8 a-l front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.495.8 a-l
Date:
emigration: 1938 July
…Anneliese Centawer was born on January 10, 1930, to James and Recha Huetzler (Hützler) Centawer in Nuremberg, Germany. Her mother Recha was born on…
41. Deutsches Land boxed card deck carried by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.3 a-ax
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1935
…Ellen Ruth Thea Fass was born on October 6, 1928, in Berlin, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Georg Karl and Nanette Simon Fass. Ellen Ruth had a brother…
42. Plastic doll with a burgundy dress brought with a young Austrian Jewish refugee
2016.112.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.10
Date:
emigration: 1940 November 23
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the Anschluss. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Jews…
43. Wooden marionette dressed as a Jewish banker
2016.184.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.1
Date:
creation: approximately 1850
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Germany…
44. Schwarzer Peter playing card deck with German social roles
2016.184.132 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.132 a-w
Date:
creation: approximately 1890-1900
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Reutlingen (Germany)…
45. Hand crafted wooden pull toy of a Jewish man praying
2016.184.566 c 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.566 a-c
Date:
creation: approximately 1800
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Germany?…
46. Wooden toy bus owned by a Czechoslovakian Jewish girl
2016.220.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.220.2 a-b
Date:
received: after 1933-before 1938 September 11
… them Czechoslovakian citizens. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany. The growth of the Nazi party in Germany allowed the…
47. Baby doll owned by a Jewish Yugoslavian girl in hiding
2019.20.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2019.20.1
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1908-before 1945
… forces and was partitioned between Germany, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria, with Skopje falling under Bulgarian control. Bulgarian authorities passed many…
48. Doll made by Displaced Persons in Schleswig-Holstein
Object | Accession Number: 2022.47.1
Date:
creation: approximately 1945-1949
…Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)…
49. Doll made by Displaced Persons in Schleswig-Holstein
Object | Accession Number: 2022.47.2
Date:
creation: approximately 1945-1949
…Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)…
50. Doll made by Displaced Persons in Schleswig-Holstein
Object | Accession Number: 2022.47.3
Date:
creation: approximately 1945-1949
…Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)…