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1. Silver hair brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.4
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
…Frieda Lewin Fromm was born on December 4, 1882, in Ortelsburg, Germany (Szczytno, Poland). She married her sister Henriette's husband, Meyer Fromm…
2. Silver clothes brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.3
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
…Frieda Lewin Fromm was born on December 4, 1882, in Ortelsburg, Germany (Szczytno, Poland). She married her sister Henriette's husband, Meyer Fromm…
3. Shaving brush received in a concentration camp
2005.256.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.256.1
Date:
received: 1944
… taken west into Germany on a series of trains and death marches that included brief stays at the Oranienburg and Flossenbürg concentration camps, and then…
4. Moustache brush owned by a German Jewish refugee
1990.307.6 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.6
Date:
use: approximately 1907-approximately 1917
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
5. Pocket watch with chain traded for food by a concentration camp inmate and recovered postwar
2006.450.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 2006.450.1
Date:
use: 1942-1945
… Germany. Ana left Dora with her only surviving sister, Mele, and traveled for ten days through bombed roads and rail lines to see him. They did not…
6. Commemorative ashtray used during the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg
2004.705.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.705.4
Date:
commemoration: 1945
…Nuremberg (Germany)…
7. Felmore Art Deco cigarette case owned by German Jewish emigre and US soldier
2003.149.85 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.85
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1930
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
8. Engraved cigarette case given to a German Jewish emigre
2003.149.86 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.86
Date:
received: 1936
manufacture: 1931 May-1932 April
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
9. Novoris leather wrist watch worn by German Jewish emigre and US soldier
2003.149.65 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.65
Date:
received: after 1920-before 1939
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
10. Replacement watch crystal in packaging owned by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.89_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.89 a-b
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1942
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
11. US Army pouch for a shoe shine kit issued to Milton Emont
2018.565.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.565.2
Date:
use: 1943 March 05-1946 April 16
… both France and Germany. In 1945, he was able to complete eight weeks of graduate coursework in French and French literature at the Sorbonne and…
12. Silver pea whistle taken from an SS officer by a US soldier
2000.598.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.598.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945 May
… spring 1945, Hy’s unit advanced eastward across Germany. During the advance, Hy and eight other soldiers were riding in a truck pulling the unit’s 105 mm…
13. Zeiss Z body binoculars found in a concentration camp by US military aid worker
1988.112.62 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.112.62
Date:
found: 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…
14. Piston head ashtray made for concentration camp commander found by US military aid worker
1988.112.59 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.112.59
Date:
found: 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…
15. Handmade metal comb used by a concentration camp inmate saved by getting on Schindler's list
2013.379.8 right side
Object | Accession Number: 2013.379.8
Date:
creation: 1944 October-1945
…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…
16. Pocket mirror used by a concentration camp inmate saved by getting on Schindler's list
2013.379.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.379.9
Date:
use: 1944 October-1945
…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…
17. Pince-nez with black cord given to a Jewish American soldier by survivors of the Łódź ghetto
2007.475.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.475.5
Date:
received: 1945
… Regiment on Governor’s Island, New York. A few months later he was shipped to Germany as a sergeant in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. He…
18. Coat hanger made by a Jewish company
1990.41.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.11
…The collection consists of artifacts and posters related to the history of Jewish culture in Germany and artifacts and antisemitic propaganda posters…
19. Engraved lighter from a displaced persons camp
2005.417.2 open
Object | Accession Number: 2005.417.2
Date:
creation: 1948
… against Germany. He made it as far as Romania but was arrested. The police beat him, trying to get him to confess that he was a saboteur. He was jailed for…
20. Reusable embossed cigarette lighter used by German Jewish German US soldier
2003.149.69 open
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.69
Date:
received: approximately 1926-before 1946
manufacture: after 1926-before 1946
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
21. Cigarette lighter with Polish coins given to Director, ORT schools, DP camps
1988.72.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.72.5
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…
22. Comb made from airplane parts by a Polish Jewish female slave laborer
1990.220.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.220.1
Date:
creation: 1944 November
… system where he traded his merchandise for food. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the Jewish section of Pabianice, where Yona's family lived…
23. 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
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
24. Woman's engraved gold wrist watch given to one inmate by another in Auschwitz
2009.119.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.119.2
Date:
received: approximately 1945 January
… sent to Germany. Esther was in Auschwitz until January 1945, immediately prior to the liberation of the camp by the Russian Army. The camp was evacuated…
25. Stainless steel wrist watch owned by German Jewish emigre and US soldier
2003.149.66 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.66
Date:
received: after 1920-before 1939
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
26. Art Deco silver pocket watch owned by German Jewish US emigre and soldier
2003.149.61 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.61
Date:
received: after 1920-before 1939
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
27. H. Moser & Cie silver pocket watch with chain owned by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.60_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.60
Date:
received: after 1920-before 1939
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
28. Japanese propaganda matchbox cover with a bayonet with a Japanese flag dominating the world acquired by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.21
Date:
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
publication/distribution: approximately 1942
…Ralf Heinz Harpuder was born on April 12, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans (Hern) and Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Hans was born on November 26, 1901, in…
29. Metal ski foot attachment brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.39 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.39
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…
30. Ski pole basket with narrowleather straps brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.37 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.37
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…
31. 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…
32. Straight razor in a black plastic cover brought to Shanghai by an Austrian Jewish refugee
2010.240.5 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.5
Date:
emigration: 1938 November
use: 1938-1949
… filled. A year later, he emigrated to the United States and on January 25, he married Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Gerda was born in Berlin, Germany, and fled to…
33. Efka Pyramiden cigarette papers in a colorful packet with camels and pyramids made in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2004.705.6
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1940
…Efka Pyramiden cigarette papers in a colorful packet with camels and pyramids made in Nazi Germany…
34. Efka Pyramiden cigarette papers in a green packaging sleeve made in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2004.705.5
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1940
…Efka Pyramiden cigarette papers in a green packaging sleeve made in Nazi Germany…
35. Hohner Imperial IIA accordion and case carried by Hilde Anker on a Kindertransport
2003.352.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.352.1 a-b
Date:
use: after 1938-approximately 1997
manufacture: 1938-1939
emigration: 1939 June
…Hilde Lotte Anker was born on May 29, 1926, in Berlin, Germany, to Georg Jakob Willie Anker and Gertrud Gottschalk Anker. She had two older sisters…
36. Three hangers for a wardrobe trunk used by German Jewish refugees on the MS St. Louis
1998.65.1_i front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.65.1 g-i
Date:
use: 1939 May-1940 April
…Egon Josef Salmon was born on June 4, 1924, in Rheydt, Germany, to Paul and Erna Weinberg Salmon. Egon had a sister, Edith, born on August 24, 1933…
37. Violin bow used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.12
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
38. Violin bow used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.11
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
39. Violin case used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.10 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.10
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
40. Violin used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.9
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
41. Violin used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.8
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
…Rita Reinhardt was born into a Sinti family on March 3, 1943, in Wurzburg, Germany. She had a twin sister, Rolanda. Their father, Gabriel, was born…
42. Swiss watch taken from the body of an SS guard by a concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2013.465.1
Date:
found: before 1945 May
… Eibeshitz, moved in with them. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Warsaw was bombed and they had no water, heat, or food. For weeks, they ate only…
43. Set of four manicure tools in a red case brought by a German Jewish girl on a Kindertransport
2013.476.5 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.476.5 a-e
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…
44. Wristwatch with red band and a red pouch taken by a German Jewish girl on a Kindertransport
2013.476.7 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.476.7 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…
45. Silver plated ashtray with an engraving of Skansen Kronan acquired by a former concentration camp inmate
2013.496.2 top
Object | Accession Number: 2013.496.2
Date:
received: 1945 December-1946 October
…, Germany invaded and annexed the Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, including Brno. In 1939, Sali’s father Herman’s business was confiscated. On…
46. 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…
47. Wrist watch kept by a Hungarian Jewish concentration camp inmate
2004.593.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.593.2
Date:
received: approximately 1943 October
… Fiszer, observant Jews who owned a leather store. Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, and the family fled by train to Kielce, but returned by horse…
48. Pair of Amstutz spring ski bindings with cloth straps brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.43_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.43 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…
49. Pea whistle brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.42 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.42
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…
50. Small black field glasses and fitted leather case saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2013.430.11 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1940 August
…Jella Furth was born on January 25, 1879, in Eppingen, Germany, to Max and Elise Furth. She was the youngest of seven children, five girls and two…