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1201. 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…
1202. Set of US Army issue dog tags and a key on a chain belonging to a German Jewish refugee and soldier
2018.204.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.204.2
Date:
use: 1943 April 06-1946 March 17
…Berthold Meier (1911-1999) was born in Littfeld, Germany, to Toni (neé Heumann, 1880-?) and Seligmann Meier (1878-1920). Seligmann was born in…
1203. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp Kaffeehaus [Coffee house] coupon issued to an Austrian Jewish prisoner
Object | Accession Number: 2005.517.48
Date:
use: 1945 May 02
… was sent to Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany, where Adolph served on the Jewish Committee and as a director of the ORT (Organization for…
1204. UNRRA red cloth patch with acronym worn by a refugee aid worker
2005.379.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.3
Date:
use: 1945-1947
emigration: 1941 February 21
…Joseph Schadur was born on April 23, 1928, in Riga, Latvia, to Manja (Masha) Hasenson and Michel Schadur. His parents moved to Berlin, Germany, in…
1205. Painting with blind incising used in a displaced persons camp by the Ehrlich vel Sluszny family
2008.228.25 back
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.25
Date:
received: 1945
Artwork Title:
View of the Austrian Alps
…, Danuta, born in 1929. Irena attended the Perla Lbinska Gimnazjum. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Irena and her family were confined to the…
1206. Flower patterned crocheted doily made by a Dutch Jewish woman after the war
2008.220.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.220.4
Date:
creation: approximately 1945
… Grunbaum, who was born November 20, 1903, in Frankfurt, Germany. Her paren married in 1936. Her mother was trained as a social worker and the couple operated…
1207. Second Lieutenant's insignia pin worn by a Jewish German US soldier
2003.149.16 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.16
Date:
use: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
1208. Pair of leather slippers received from Oskar Schindler by a Jewish Polish worker
2004.702.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.702.2 a-b
Date:
received: 1945 May
… drafted into the Polish Army. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland which soon surrendered to the Germans. Sam was sent to a prisoner of war…
1209. Metal bathroom pass issued to a Jewish Czech slave laborer
1989.303.56 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.56
Date:
use: approximately 1944 October-1945 May
… regime came to power in Germany, Prague saw a large influx of Jews fleeing persecution. In September 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland border region…
1210. Armband stamped Jewish Police Schwandorf acquired by a US soldier
2009.401.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.401.3
Date:
received: 1945 May-1945 September
…Josef Wechsler was born on September 28, 1919, in Nuremberg, Germany, to an Orthodox Jewish couple, Jacob and Flora Goldschmidt Wechsler. Josef had…
1211. Etching by Walter Spitzer of 7 naked skeletal concentration camp inmates and 2 guards
Object | Accession Number: 1991.138.5
Date:
creation: 1955
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
Artwork Title:
Aspect de Tous Les Jours
Alternate Title:
Ever Day Scene
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
1212. Engraved gold wedding ring acquired by an inmate while in Kaufering concentration camp
2006.444.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.444.2
Date:
received: before 1945 April
… owning businesses, Jeno and Elva signed over their property to a tenant, in exchange for promissory notes. In March 1944, Germany seized control of Hungary…
1213. Pair of US Army 70th Infantry shoulder sleeve patches with a white axe head worn by a soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2012.302.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1943-1945
… France as part of the Seventh Army, 6th Army Group. In January and February, the Division advanced across France and into southwestern Germany. On March 20…
1214. Sewing needle case used for lipstick in the Warsaw ghetto
2008.228.15 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.15
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1947
…, Danuta, born in 1929. Irena attended the Perla Lbinska Gimnazjum. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Irena and her family were confined to the…
1215. 4711 glass perfume bottle carried by a Jewish refugee searching for her family
2008.228.21 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.21
Date:
use: 1943-1947
…, Danuta, born in 1929. Irena attended the Perla Lbinska Gimnazjum. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Irena and her family were confined to the…
1216. Etching by Walter Spitzer of 2 guards with 3 unclothed female concentration camp inmates
Object | Accession Number: 2008.340.3
Date:
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
creation: 1955
Artwork Title:
SELECTION
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
1217. Patch with the Bohemian lion made by a Jewish Czech concentration camp inmate
1989.303.26 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.26
Date:
creation: approximately 1945 February-1945 March
… transportation expert, whom he thought of as an uncle. Karel was a draftsman at a design company. On September 29, 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland border…
1218. 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…
1219. Cover for a set of etchings by Walter Spitzer inscribed by the artist
Object | Accession Number: 1991.138.10
Date:
creation: 1955
depiction: 1943 June-1945 April
…, Germany invaded Poland. In 1940, his brother was taken away by German soldiers. Shortly after, his father died from complications after surgery. Soon after…
1220. Set of US Army 405th Infantry Regiment lapel pins acquired by a US soldier
2011.75.14_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.75.14 a-c
Date:
received: 1945-1946
…, he enlisted in the US Army and was assigned to the 102nd Combat Infantry Division, nicknamed the Ozarks Division. He was deployed to Germany in…