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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. Yellow and brown plastic hair clip owned by a young girl in German occupied Budapest
2008.337.4 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.337.4 a-b
Date:
received: 1944
use: 1940-1944
…Jewish families--Hungary--Budapest.…
4. 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.…
5. 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…
6. 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…
7. 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…
8. Wrist watch with a brown band and engraved initials saved from Vilna ghetto
2005.198.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.198.2
Date:
use: 1941 September-1943 September
… devastated the Jewish community. Most were merchants since they were barred from many other professions. Her father’s business began to fail and other family…
9. 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…