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1. Mug used by a young Jewish man in the Riga ghetto and in hiding
1990.230.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.230.1
Date:
use: 1941-1945
… had been annexed by the Soviets in 1940. A vicious pogrom was unleashed upon the Jews of Riga by German killing squads joined by roving gangs of Latvian…
2. Stainless steel toothbrush rinse cup given to a Holocaust survivor in Sweden
2016.325.1 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2016.325.2
Date:
received: 1945-1946
…. In 1936, 3,978 Jews lived in Pestszenterzséb. The suburb had a Jewish school and most of the Jewish residents worked as laborers. In November of 1940…
3. Frosted drinking glass with a painted image of Fagin
2016.184.76 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.76
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1900-approximately 1980
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to…
4. Royal Doulton Dickens Ware bowl decorated with an image of Fagin
2016.184.70 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.70
Date:
creation: 1908-approximately 1975
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to…
5. Royal Doulton Dickens Ware dinner plate decorated with an image of Fagin
2016.184.69 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.69
Date:
creation: 1908-approximately 1975
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to…
6. Cast iron dutch oven pot from cafe used as rendezvous point by French resistance
2005.174.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.174.5
Date:
use: approximately 1945
…, also served as a resource center and temporary refuge for Jews and others who opposed the German occupation and the pro-German Vichy government. In this…
7. Royal Doulton Dickens Ware pitcher decorated with an image of Fagin
2016.184.71 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.71
Date:
creation: 1908-approximately 1975
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to…
8. Toby Jug of Shylock holding his contract
2016.184.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.17
Date:
creation: 1930-1982
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to…
9. Clay water pitcher used by a Romanian family that sheltered their Jewish neighbors
Object | Accession Number: 2017.648.2
Date:
use: approximately 1939-approximately 1945
… recaptured Bessarabia. Romania had a long tradition of antisemitism, and the government sought to remove Jews from its provinces by “cleansing the terrain,” a…
10. Royal Doulton Dickens Ware teapot decorated with an image of Fagin
2016.184.83_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.83 a-b
Date:
creation: 1908-approximately 1975
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to…
11. Aluminum tripod sauce pot with lid from cafe used as rendezvous point by French resistance
2005.174.6 a-b closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.174.6 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1945
…, also served as a resource center and temporary refuge for Jews and others who opposed the German occupation and the pro-German Vichy government. In this…
12. Cast iron dutch oven pot and lid from cafe used as rendezvous point by French resistance
2005.174.3_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.174.3 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1945
… place, also served as a resource center and temporary refuge for Jews and others who opposed the German occupation and the pro-German Vichy government. In…
13. Cast iron dutch oven pot and lid from cafe used as rendezvous point by French resistance
2005.174.4 a-b closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.174.4 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1945
… place, also served as a resource center and temporary refuge for Jews and others who opposed the German occupation and the pro-German Vichy government. In…
14. Tablespoon with scratched initials used by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate
1994.75.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.75.1
Date:
use: after 1943 March-1945 April
… summer, increasingly anti-Semitic policies severely restricted the civil rights and actions of German Jews. Hans left the German public school and attended…
15. Salad plate with a floral design carried by Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.6
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, and authorities throughout the country quickly began suppressing the rights of Jews and boycotting their…
16. Metal soup canteen used by an inmate in a slave labor camp
2008.228.20 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.20
Date:
use: 1943-1947
… Jews in Warsaw and the annihilation of the ghetto. Her father, aged 39, was killed during the uprising. Her mother and 14 year old sister escaped and…
17. Dinner spoon used by an inmate in a slave labor camp
2008.228.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.17
Date:
use: 1943-1947
… all Jews in Warsaw and the annihilation of the ghetto. Her father, aged 39, was killed during the uprising. Her mother and 14 year old sister escaped…
18. Stainless steel fork with SS runes acquired by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate
1998.130.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.130.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945
… German invasion. Now they joined with the Germans Einsatzgruppen [mobile killing squads] in murdering thousands of Jews. In August 1941, George's family…
19. Luftwaffe teaspoon acquired by a Romanian Jewish woman at Salzwedel
2002.467.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.467.3
Date:
manufacture: 1937
acquired: approximately 1945 April
… northern Transylvania, which included Cluj, to Hungary. After the Hungarian annexation, Jews suffered economically and physically. In 1942, many men of…
20. Teacup and saucer with blue and pink flowers carried by Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.5_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.5 a-b
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, and authorities throughout the country quickly began suppressing the rights of Jews and boycotting their…