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1. Leather creaser with a pointed triangular head used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.19 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.19
Date:
use: 1925-1951
2. Sliding calipers from a carrying case containing anthropometry instruments used in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.272.1.2
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: after 1897-1945
3. Bosch engine component placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.15
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
manufacture: after 1900-before 1943
4. Straight needle awl with an .875 inch needle used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.21 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.21
Date:
use: 1925-1951
5. Curved needle stitching awl used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.4
Date:
use: 1923-1951
6. Combination fur scraper and stretching block brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee
2006.511.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.511.2
Date:
use: approximately 1924-1996
7. Bag and supplies used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.28 a-f
Date:
use: 1938-1949
emigration: 1949 August 26
8. Railroad switch stand with a signal lantern from Sobibor railroad station
Object | Accession Number: 1990.291.3 a-d
Date:
use: after 1900-before 1946
9. Chain stitch sewing machine of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
1990.78.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.78.5 a-b
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1900-approximately 1939
use: approximately 1900-1945
10. Embossing tool with 3 wheel attachments used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.18_a-d front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.18 a-d
Date:
use: 1925-1951
11. Statue Brand wood and metal hand crank wringer for clothing
Object | Accession Number: 1990.84.1
Date:
use: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
12. Radio battery eliminator placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.16
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
manufacture: 1928-before 1943
13. Metal balance scale with two measuring trays used in a store
Object | Accession Number: 1990.81.1
Date:
use: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
14. Asynchronous motor placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.10
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
manufacture: 1889-1942
15. Stitching awl with a 1.25 inch needle used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.20 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.20
Date:
use: 1925-1951
16. Anthropometer used to measure length of body parts in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.255.1
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: approximately 1920-1945
17. Treadle sewing machine with painted star of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
1990.78.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.78.4
Date:
use: approximately 1930-approximately 1945
use: 
18. Siemens-Schuckert generator placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.20
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
manufacture: after 1902-before 1943
19. Safety pin from a Nazi badge
1996.75.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.75.7
Date:
approximately 1933-1945
20. Wooden awl haft with chuck used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.15
Date:
use: 1925-1951