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1. Razor used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.7_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 b
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
… to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they took Irene instead. Max was taken in by non-Jewish family friends for a few days, until he could…
2. Shaving brush used by a German Jewish refugee in hiding
1990.307.7_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 a
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
… to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they took Irene instead. Max was taken in by non-Jewish family friends for a few days, until he could…
3. Moustache brush owned by a German Jewish refugee
1990.307.6 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.6
Date:
use: approximately 1907-approximately 1917
… to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they took Irene instead. Max was taken in by non-Jewish family friends for a few days, until he could…
4. Wooden hanger from prewar Vienna
2013.463.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.463.2
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1933
… Frieda Jankner, who had emigrated to the United States in 1913, visited the family in Vienna. Germany annexed Austria on March 13, 1938. Anti-Jewish…
5. Black ribbon watch fob from prewar Netherlands
2008.354.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.354.5
Date:
creation: 1893
emigration: 1938 December
…Eliazer (Elie) Davids was born on March 27, 1904, in Amsterdam, Netherlands to an observant Jewish family, which had lived in Amsterdam for over…
6. Yellow and brown plastic hair clip previously owned by Roszi Landesmann
2008.337.4 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.337.4 a-b
Date:
received: 1944
use: 1940-1944
…Jewish families--Hungary--Budapest.…
7. Stamped black plastic dust comb owned by a German Jewish refugee
2007.101.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.101.11
Date:
emigration: 1941 February
1941 February
…, 1926. They were an observant Jewish family. Moritz owned a leather goods store. After Hitler came to power in 1933, the Nazi government sanctioned anti…
8. Violin, bows, case and accessories recovered from Łódź ghetto and played in DP camps by a Polish Jewish musician
2010.472.1_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.472.1 a-t
Date:
use: before 1944 August-after 1945 May
recovered: after 1945 February
… March 1887, two other brothers, a sister Rose, and three other sisters. A Polish-Jewish family, they attended synagogue, observed major holidays, and…
9. Circular silver 12 tone pocket watch style pitch pipe and case used by a cantor
1992.8.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.2 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1910-1938
emigration: 1938-1938
… [scribe], and cantor. The family attended the Alte Schul synagogue where Sol sang in the choir. He attended the Jewish Community School for Boys until he…
10. Gold engraved pocket watch owned by a German Jewish refugee
2005.546.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.2
Date:
recovered: 
received: approximately 1895
…Heinrich Schwabacher was born in Frankfurt, Germany, to a prominent, wealthy Jewish family that had lived in Frankfurt for many generations. Heinrich…
11. Black plastic dust comb owned by a German Jewish refugee
2007.101.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.101.12
Date:
emigration: 1941 February
…, 1926. They were an observant Jewish family. Moritz owned a leather goods store. After Hitler came to power in 1933, the Nazi government sanctioned anti…
12. Childsize violin and case of a young Jewish Lithuanian boy killed in the Ponary massacre
2006.88.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.88.2 a-b
Date:
received: 1936-1943
use: before 1943 September
… mother told her to ”go back, and stay alive…” The rest of the family was deported to the Jewish ghetto in Vilna. Niusia, at first, stayed with a Polish…
13. Soap bar acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee working for the WJC
2004.709.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.709.2
Date:
found: after 1945 May-1946
… 25, 1931. Erich and Ella were a well-to-do Jewish family. Nazi Germany merged Austria into the German Reich in March 1938. They enacted anti-Jewish…
14. Omega wristwatch worn by a Hungarian Jewish man on the Kasztner train
2003.198.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.7
Date:
received: approximately 1940-1941
use: approximately 1940-approximately 1965
…, who was born on June 22, 1910, in Gurahont, Romania, to an assimilated Jewish family. She was an artist and interior designer. The couple had a daughter…
15. Black Bakelite circular eyeglasses worn by a Hungarian Jewish man on the Kasztner train
2003.198.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.8
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1946
…, who was born on June 22, 1910, in Gurahont, Romania, to an assimilated Jewish family. She was an artist and interior designer. The couple had a daughter…
16. Engraved silver cigarette case used by a Polish Jewish refugee in Russia
2009.352.2 open
Object | Accession Number: 2009.352.2
Date:
use: 1942-1944
…Jewish families--Poland--Biography.…
17. Woman's gold wrist watch kept with a Jewish concentration camp inmate
2009.360.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.360.1
Date:
use: 1943-1944
…Jewish families--Germany--Berlin--Biography.…
18. Brown plastic eyeglasses worn by a Jewish resident of the Lvov ghetto
2009.204.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.204.7
Date:
use: 1941-1949
… against Salomon’s life because he was Jewish. The family decided to leave Poland and sailed for Israel in December 1949, arriving on January 1, 1950…
19. WWI Hungarian War Supporter copper watch fob acquired by a Jewish army veteran
2010.81.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.7
Date:
commemoration: 1915-1916
emigration: 1949 September 21
received: approximately 1944 May
…Jewish families--Hungary--Budapest.…
20. Clear and white plastic eyeglasses worn by a Jewish emigrant
2009.204.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.204.6
Date:
use: after 1949
… against Salomon’s life because he was Jewish. The family decided to leave Poland and sailed for Israel in December 1949, arriving on January 1, 1950…