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81. Cantor's cap
1990.41.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.1
…Germany…
82. Brodie pattern MK II green steel helmet worn by a Belgian officer
2012.229.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.229.1
Date:
use: 1945
…, Nazi Germany invaded Belgium. The Franks tried to flee to England through Normandy, but were turned back by the Germans. It is unclear whether Marcel was…
83. Pair of black cotton socks with a black name tag brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.20_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.20 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
84. Cream colored handkerchief used in the Warsaw ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.4
Date:
use: 1943-1947
…, born in 1924, and Danuta, born in 1929. Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 and, by November 1940, the family was confined to the ghetto. Nineteen…
85. Brown leather belt worn by a Dutch Jewish political prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau
2017.608.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.608.3
Date:
use: approximately 1941 October-approximately 1945 May 08
… France declared war on Germany. The Netherlands planned to stay neutral in this war, as they had done in World War I. Adolf Hitler, Germany’s chancellor…
86. Beaded hat with a floral pattern brought by a Jewish German refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2012.151.2
Date:
received: before 1938
…Thea Löwenstein was born December 19, 1912 in Düsseldorf, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Emil and Erna Flechtheim Löwenstein. She had an older sister…
87. White handkerchief with a stitched border carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.9
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…
88. Burlap purse with yarn flowers and monogram carried by a 10 year old Jewish Austrian refugee
2010.194.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.194.2
Date:
received: 1945 June-1946 June
emigration: 1946 July
… 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…
89. Waffen SS green fez given to a US officer by his soldiers after the liberation of Dachau concentration camp
1991.196.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.196.1
Date:
received: 1945 May
…Dachau (Germany)…
90. Scarf worn by a German Jewish displaced person
Object | Accession Number: 1999.100.2
…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…
91. White handkerchief with a fan design carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.11
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…
92. Black canvas shoes given to a US soldier by a recently liberated inmate
2004.30.1_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.30.1 a-b
Date:
received: 1945 May 01
… Division, Company B. His unit arrived at the Dachau concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, on April 28, 1945. The camp was liberated on April 29, 1945. The…
93. Leather wallet with 6 pockets used by a German Jewish refugee to hold wartime documents
2004.577.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.577.2
Date:
received: approximately 1938
…Erna Landau was born on January 8, 1915, in Rhede Germany, to Jewish parents, Arthur and Bertha Stern Landau. Bertha was born in 1887. Arthur…
94. Laced leather billfold with a painted harbor owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.2
Date:
received: after 1938-before 1947 December
…Peter Max Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920, the only child of Carl Nathan and Elsa Alexander Victor. Carl was born in Gusten on…
95. Running shoes worn by a German Jewish runner in pre-Olympic training
1998.121.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.121.2 a-b
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…
96. Embroidered apron made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.6
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…
97. Houndstooth check cloth ankle boots worn by a young Jewish girl who escaped Germany on the Kindertransport
Object | Accession Number: 2012.451.1 a-b
Date:
received: 1939
recovered: 1964
…Houndstooth check cloth ankle boots worn by a young Jewish girl who escaped Germany on the Kindertransport…
98. Child's white rabbit fur hand muff received in a displaced persons camp
2009.372.4, Child's, white, rabbit fur hand muff, Robinson Family Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2009.372.4
Date:
received: 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…
99. Brown leather right hand glove brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.30 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.30
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
100. Handkerchief embroidered with American flags given to an internee at a displaced persons camp by a US soldier
1992.169.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.12
Date:
use: 1946
… after Germany launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union. The Jewish residents were harassed and humiliated by the soldiers. Moshe, who was a member…