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1. U.S. army issue khaki cap worn by the director of the Vaad Hatzala Emergency Committee in postwar Germany
2008.180.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.180.8 | RG Number: RG-19.072.03.03
Date:
use: 1946-1949
… officially changed their mission to include all Jews, regardless of religiosity or affiliation, and focused on those living in areas that had been occupied by…
2. Child’s hat purchased by Dr. Henry Kupfer for his daughter, Tamara Kupferblum
2018.498.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.498.2
Date:
acquired: 1939-1945
… teller because antisemitism barred most Jews from teaching. In 1936, Fela married her second cousin, Antek Abram Kupferblum (later Anthony Kuper, 1903-1987…
3. Leather coin purse with 3 pins, a Dutch coin, and a metal key carried by a young Jewish Austrian refugee to the US
2010.194.3_b front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.194.3 a-f
Date:
received: 1945 June-1946 June
emigration: 1946 July
… immigrated to Vienna when he was a child because Austria was much more tolerant toward Jews. He had three brothers, Benjamin, born on January 30, 1902, Karl…
4. 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
… Herman, born on April 27, 1933. In January 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor and began to put into practice the Nazi pledge to persecute Jews. The…
5. Yellow damask purse made by a liberated slave labor camp inmate, saved by another inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.2
Date:
creation: 1945 February
… in the area. In 1940, the Soviet Army invaded and occupied Lithuania and the persecution of Jews became widespread. In June-July 1941, Germany invaded…
6. Silver mesh coin purse used by a hidden child
2007.42.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.42.2
Date:
received: 1941
creation: approximately 1920
… ghetto. In June 1942, police rounding up Jews for deportation came to the apartment. Sophie told Elzbieta to hide under the bed, but Sophie was arrested…
7. Silver purse with an engraved butterfly and a chain strap used by a hidden child
2007.42.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.42.1
Date:
received: 1941
creation: approximately 1920
… ghetto. In June 1942, police rounding up Jews for deportation came to the apartment. Sophie told Elzbieta to hide under the bed, but Sophie was arrested…
8. Handkerchief bearing a two-headed eagle owned by the Altarac family who fled from German occupying forces
2002.438.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.3
Date:
acquired: 1943 October-1944 September
… Axis Alliance and Serbia, where Belgrade located, was under German military government. Anti-Jewish policies were immediately implemented. Jews had to…
9. Purse carried by Mimi Altarac who fled German-occupied Belgrade with her family
2002.438.9 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.9
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… Axis Alliance and Serbia, where Belgrade located, was under German military government. Anti-Jewish policies were immediately implemented. Jews had to…
10. Leather clutch purse owned by Runia Korman Maizels
2018.63.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2018.63.2
Date:
use: approximately 1950
…World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.…
11. Leather wallet used by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.3
Date:
emigration: 1940
… of Germany. Each Jew making the trip was issued 10 marks. Soviet officers stole their remaining money during the trip. After reaching Shanghai, they…
12. Leather passport holder with Weimar eagle used by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.2
Date:
emigration: 1940
… of Germany. Each Jew making the trip was issued 10 marks. Soviet officers stole their remaining money during the trip. After reaching Shanghai, they…
13. Wedding veil worn by a Jewish woman in prewar Budapest
Object | Accession Number: 2007.468.2
Date:
use: 1931 June 18
…, 1931. Their only child, Judit, was born on April 14, 1935. They were assimilated Jews and had a Christmas tree every year for their daughter. Lorand was…
14. Handkerchief
2015.311.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.311.2
… annexed Austria. Legislation was enacted to strip Jews of their rights. On November 9-10, 1938, the Kristallnacht pogrom destroyed most of the synagogues in…
15. Colorful chiffon handkerchief sent by Kindertransport refugee to her mother
Object | Accession Number: 2011.412.3
Date:
received: 1939 January-1939 September
… manuscripts for a future museum to the extinct Jews. The rest of the books were taken away as well. Ruth’s life changed quickly. The non-Jewish children…
16. Embossed brown leather bi-fold wallet used by a soldier in the Jewish Brigade, British Army
2007.492.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.492.2
Date:
use: 1944 September-1946 July
… Chancellor in 1933 led to increasingly severe restrictions on Jews. The government sanctioned anti-Jewish boycotts and enacted anti-Jewish legislation. In 1935…
17. Officer's garrison cap worn by a German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.4
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.4
Date:
use: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…, 19 year old Rudolf went to London, England, to study business. In 1936, Rudolf, unable to return to Germany because of the restrictions on Jews, left…
18. Officer's garrison cap worn by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.5
Date:
use: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…, 19 year old Rudolf went to London, England, to study business. In 1936, Rudolf, unable to return to Germany because of the restrictions on Jews, left…
19. Handkerchief embroidered with US and French flags acquired by German Jewish US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.79
Date:
received: after 1944 July-before 1946 June
…, 19 year old Rudolf went to London, England, to study business. In 1936, Rudolf, unable to return to Germany because of the restrictions on Jews, left…
20. Brown leather document wallet used by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.62 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.62
Date:
received: after 1920-before 1939
…, 19 year old Rudolf went to London, England, to study business. In 1936, Rudolf, unable to return to Germany because of the restrictions on Jews, left…