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1. Child’s coat purchased by Dr. Henry Kupfer for his daughter, Tamara Kupferblum
2018.498.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.498.1
Date:
acquired: 1939-1945
… in September, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. As agreed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, the two nations divided Poland…
2. Wedding dress shipped to the United States by a German Jewish woman murdered at Riga
2018.58.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.58.2
Date:
use: after 1930-before 1941
…Alice Lubranitzky (later Plocki, 1914-1941) was born to Benno (1880-1942?) and Gertrude (nee Posner, 1885-1942?) Lubranitzsky in Sebnitz, Germany…
3. Blue striped pajama top with a Reichsadler stamp worn during hospital stays by soldiers in the German military
2009.396.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.396.1
Date:
use: approximately 1940
…Soldiers--Germany.…
4. SA-Wehrmannschaft combat uniform trousers
2004.686.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.686.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940
…Germany…
5. Skirt made by a German Jewish woman to demonstrate her sewing capabilities
Object | Accession Number: 2017.298.2
Date:
creation: after 1936-before 1941
…Elfriede Gerson (later Hillelsohn, 1917-2014) was born in Osnabrück, Germany to Emanuel (1881-1926) and Rosa (nee Schulenklopper, 1889-1971) Gerson…
6. Gray dress with prison number 1195 and id tag worn by a Jehovah's Witness inmate
1995.95.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.95.1 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1939-1945
…Amberg (Germany : Landkreis)…
7. Embroidered dress made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.9
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…
8. Concentration camp uniform jacket with purple triangle worn by Jehovah’s Witness
1989.271.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.271.1
Date:
use: 1938 September-1945 April
…Max Eugen Hollweg was born on December 7, 1910, in Remscheid, Germany, to Otto and Anna Biesel Hollweg, who were Jehovah’s Witnesses. Max was the…
9. Concentration camp uniform trousers worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
10. Peach chemise with black and white floral appliques saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.5
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…
11. Embroidered nightgown made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.4
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…
12. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.2
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…. Mieczyslaw’s oldest brother Jurek also married and had a daughter. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. German troops entered Warsaw on September 29…
13. Blue striped pajama pants worn during hospital stays by soldiers serving in the German military
2009.396.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.396.2
Date:
use: approximately 1940
…Soldiers--Germany.…
14. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…. Mieczyslaw’s oldest brother Jurek also married and had a daughter. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. German troops entered Warsaw on September 29…
15. Nightgown with floral embroidery made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before emigration
2016.112.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.3
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…
16. Concentration camp uniform coat with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
17. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1989.248.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.248.1
Date:
use: 1940 August 10-1945 May 06
… Stossier. On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. The Nazi regime actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse…
18. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.1
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
19. Peach chemise with floral embroidery saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.4
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…
20. Checkered dress with heart patches made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.2 back
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.2
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…