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1. Black leather wallet used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.9
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
… their family. A double wall was built in the stable, so when danger was imminent, the refugees were hoisted into the rafters and lowered down between the…
2. Handkerchief
Object | Accession Number: 1991.226.18
Date:
1943
… underground instead. The Janssens took the Heppners and Graumanns in as part of their family. A double wall in the stable, so when danger was imminent, the…
3. Brown leather coin purse with gold monogram used by Simon Jeruchim
2001.328.2 open
Object | Accession Number: 2001.328.2
Date:
use: approximately 1944
… orphanage in Cailly-sur-Eure. The children lived in several orphanages; in each, Simon decorated the walls with Hebrew songs and murals. Simon learned about…
4. Black leather mid-calf boots worn by a female Jewish concentration camp prisoner
2002.366.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.366.1 a-b
Date:
use: 1944 December-1945
acquired: 1944 December-1945 January
… 19, a wall was constructed around the ghetto and Jews were prohibited from leaving. Food was scarce, so Alice and her sisters would remove their Star…
5. Pair of white lace gloves crocheted by a Dutch Jewish woman while living in hiding
2010.488.4_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.488.4 a-b
Date:
creation: 1942 October-1945 April 18
… place behind the upstairs bedroom wall for Michel and Saartje. On December 16, Saartje’s birthday, Paul arranged for Anita to visit her parents. They had…
6. White drawstring hand coverings worn by a Jewish infant living in hiding
2011.424.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.424.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1942 November-1944 September
… doorbell, but to escape over the backyard wall. But this time when the bell rang, Gertrude answered and 2 German officers rushed in. They stopped Wolf in the…
7. White plush hand coverings worn by a Jewish infant while living in hiding
2011.424.3_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.424.3 a-b
Date:
use: 1942 November-1944 September
… doorbell, but to escape over the backyard wall. But this time when the bell rang, Gertrude answered and 2 German officers rushed in. They stopped Wolf in the…
8. Pair of white infant socks used postwar by a former hidden child
2011.424.7_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.424.7 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1955
… doorbell, but to escape over the backyard wall. But this time when the bell rang, Gertrude answered and 2 German officers rushed in. They stopped Wolf in the…
9. Brown leather and cork men’s dress shoes crafted in Sedan Kaserne Ulm DP camp by a Jewish Polish soldier
2012.432.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.432.1 a-b
Date:
creation: after 1946 July-before 1949 June
… the garment industry and Lydia as a seamstress. On May 8, 1956, Noel and Lydia became naturalized American citizens. Albert worked on Wall Street and…
10. Black beret owned postwar by Natan Caron who was interned in multiple concentration camps
Object | Accession Number: 2012.441.3
Date:
received: after 1945 April
… the underground movement in 1940. He painted anti-German slogans on walls and put clandestine English newspapers in mailboxes at night. In spring 1942…
11. Brown plastic wallet with a memorial emblem owned by Natan Caron
Object | Accession Number: 2012.441.5
Date:
received: approximately 1950
… the underground movement in 1940. He painted anti-German slogans on walls and put clandestine English newspapers in mailboxes at night. In spring 1942…