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1. Partial pocket watch casing recovered from Chelmno killing center
1989.308.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.308.9
Date:
recovered: 1986-1987
use: before 1942 September
… a rising exterior wall. The exterior outer surface has a small, circular hole in the top and a small metal button, possibly a winder, on the right…
2. Moustache brush owned by a German Jewish refugee
1990.307.6 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.6
Date:
use: approximately 1907-approximately 1917
… 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…
3. Shaving brush used by a German Jewish refugee in hiding
1990.307.7_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 a
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…
4. Razor used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.7_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 b
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…
5. Handbell
1991.226.105 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.226.105
Date:
1945 March 11
… could still attend school, a wall was built down the center of the building to separate the Jewish and non-Jewish children. Albert’s work permit was…
6. Golden-brown comb owned by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate
1997.31.2.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1997.31.2.1
Date:
use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April
… frequently risked being captured and killed by venturing outside the ghetto walls to barter for food and other items for her family. She was tall with blond…
7. Broken fine tooth comb owned by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate
1997.31.2.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1997.31.2.2
Date:
use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April
… frequently risked being captured and killed by venturing outside the ghetto walls to barter for food and other items for her family. She was tall with blond…
8. Lipstick tube used by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate
1997.31.2.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 1997.31.2.6
Date:
use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April
… frequently risked being captured and killed by venturing outside the ghetto walls to barter for food and other items for her family. She was tall with blond…
9. Bar of soap used by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate
1997.31.2.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 1997.31.2.7
Date:
use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April
… frequently risked being captured and killed by venturing outside the ghetto walls to barter for food and other items for her family. She was tall with blond…
10. Bar of soap stamped RIF issued to an inmate of Auschwitz-Birkenau
2007.469.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.469.2
Date:
issue: 1945 January-1945 April 23
…, Magda and her remaining family were forcibly relocated to the ghetto. The residents were made to erect a wall surrounding the ghetto which was sealed on…
11. Wooden comb and handmade paper case given to a prisoner by a friend in Kaiserwald concentration camp
2012.310.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.310.1 a-b
Date:
received: 1944 December 27
… in an abandoned building. Esther was so exhausted she collapsed and could only crawl. She and Raya found a hole in the wall and hid. They stayed behind…
12. Small black field glasses and fitted leather case saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2013.430.11 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1940 August
… Nazis came in with crowbars, smashed their furniture and dishes, and destroyed pictures on the wall. They did not harm the apartment building which was…
13. Mother of pearl opera glasses saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2013.430.13
Date:
emigration: 1939 July
… hours later, more Nazis came in with crowbars, smashed their furniture and dishes, and destroyed pictures on the wall. They did not harm the apartment…
14. Silver plated ashtray with an engraving of Skansen Kronan acquired by a former concentration camp inmate
2013.496.2 top
Object | Accession Number: 2013.496.2
Date:
received: 1945 December-1946 October
… tower. In front of the building is an arched stone entryway over a curved road between stone walls, with a hill on the left. There is engraved text and a…