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1. Zeiss Z body binoculars found in a concentration camp by US military aid worker
1988.112.62 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.112.62
Date:
found: 1945 April-1945 May
… territory and were often bombed. Around January 1945, Milton fell ill with hepatitis and was sent to England to recover. He returned to his unit in Germany…
2. WWI Hungarian War Supporter copper watch fob acquired by a Jewish army veteran
2010.81.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.7
Date:
commemoration: 1915-1916
emigration: 1949 September 21
received: approximately 1944 May
…. Kati was pregnant at the time. George decided the baby would be born in England so he would have a British passport and not be identified as a Hungarian…
3. Wristwatch with red band and a red pouch taken by a German Jewish girl on a Kindertransport
2013.476.7 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.476.7 a-b
Date:
use: 1939 August
… diplomat. Still, they decided to send Gisela to England on a Kindertransport as the persecution worsened. Leopold sent money to a friend in England, who…
4. 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
…. He agreed to lie about 22 year old Esther’s age and he sent her to England as a 16 year old in 1946. She lived with a Jewish family in London. She met…
5. US Army pouch for a shoe shine kit issued to Milton Emont
2018.565.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.565.2
Date:
use: 1943 March 05-1946 April 16
… Milton Emont in Czechoslovakia, England, the United States, and France before, during, and after the Holocaust.…
6. Two round glass lenses, two green plastic legs and; green plastic pieces of frame from the Theresienstadt ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2002.436.27 a-d
… Margosches and Reik families in Czechoslovakia, France, England, the United States, and Brazil before, during, and after the Holocaust.…
7. Tobacco pipe with a bowl carved into the shape of Hitler’s head
2017.541.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.541.7
Date:
acquired: 1950-1953
… early 1939, Berthold was selected by the Central British Fund for German Jewry (CBF now World Jewish Relief) for transport out of Austria to England. In…
8. Tobacco pipe with a bowl carved into the shape of Churchill’s head
2017.541.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.541.8
Date:
acquired: 1950-1953
… early 1939, Berthold was selected by the Central British Fund for German Jewry (CBF now World Jewish Relief) for transport out of Austria to England. In…
9. Terry's Hedgehog pipe reamer used by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps
2012.471.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.471.5
Date:
received: approximately 1945
…Redditch (England)…
10. Stainless steel wrist watch owned by German Jewish emigre and US soldier
2003.149.66 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.66
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…
11. Soap bar acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee working for the WJC
2004.709.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.709.2
Date:
found: after 1945 May-1946
… in Rostoki, Romania, on December 20, 1875. They were on the Romanian quota for the US, which was very small. Ella arranged exit visas to England, which…
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
… was not given food for many days. In June 1939, Friedrich went to England. Irene went to Berlin to get their son Hans from the school for the deaf he…
13. Silver hair brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.4
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
… 1943. Ruth’s other sisters had fled with their families to the United States and England. Walter’s father, Julius, had been deported from Gurs to Drancy…
14. Silver clothes brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.3
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
… 1943. Ruth’s other sisters had fled with their families to the United States and England. Walter’s father, Julius, had been deported from Gurs to Drancy…
15. 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
…, and their families immigrated to England. Albert and Irene were not religious, but ensured that Max learned Hebrew. Albert insisted on assimilating as…
16. Set of four manicure tools in a red case brought by a German Jewish girl on a Kindertransport
2013.476.5 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.476.5 a-e
Date:
use: 1939 August
… diplomat. Still, they decided to send Gisela to England on a Kindertransport as the persecution worsened. Leopold sent money to a friend in England, who…
17. 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
…, 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. Replacement watch crystal in packaging owned by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.89_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.89 a-b
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1942
…, 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. Red and black plastic cigarette holder used by a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.147.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.5
Date:
emigration: 1939 October
… letters in return. In September 1944, Frank went to England and was told that if he wanted refuge and a Czech passport, he had to volunteer for the Czech…
20. 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
…, and their families immigrated to England. Albert and Irene were not religious, but ensured that Max learned Hebrew. Albert insisted on assimilating as…