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1. G. Boulitte brand manual aneroid sphygmomanometer and case
1990.80.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 1990.80.2 a-d
Date:
use: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
…Germany.…
2. Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail
1990.183.64 Box 2 Folder 4 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1990.183.64
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1985
… paternal grandmother, Hedwig Kahn (1862-1943), remained in Germany and perished at Theresienstadt.…
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 … paternal grandmother, Hedwig Kahn (1862-1943), remained in Germany and perished at Theresienstadt. Scope and content of collection The Henry F. Kahn…
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  • Series 1: Concentration camp mail Approximate 1934-Approximate 1985, 1934-1945 Bulk
    • File 3: Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen Approximate 1938-Approximate 1985
      • Pages: 2
3. Koplowitz and Shlafer families papers
2018.326.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.326.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1921-1994
bulk: 1948-1949
… except Abraham Joel. All of Dina's sibling perished during the Holocaust. After the war, Michael and Dina went to Germany where they lived in the Hessisch…
4. David Eilenberg papers
1999.36 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1999.36
Date:
inclusive: 1928-1949
bulk: 1945-1946
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … – Germany – Landsberg am Lech. Weddings – Refugees – Germany – Landsberg am Lech. Jews – Refugees – Political activity – Germany – Landsberg am Lech…
5. Norbert Landecker family papers
1997.123 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 38
Document | Accession Number: 1997.123
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1992
… Landeckers’ medical training and practices, finances related to their emigration from Germany, the transportation of their property to the United States, and…
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 …, the Landeckers’ medical training and practices, finances related to their emigration from Germany, the transportation of their property to the United…
6. Violin, bows, case and accessories recovered from Łódź ghetto and played in DP camps by a Polish Jewish musician
2010.472.1_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.472.1 a-t
Date:
use: before 1944 August-after 1945 May
recovered: after 1945 February
… playing both the violin and the saxophone professionally. Szyman died in 1939, before the war started. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. When…
7. John and Barbara Helman papers
2006.165.2 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2006.165.2
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1951
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … (Concentration camp) Görlitz (Concentration camp) Jews--Poland--Łódź. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź. Holocaust survivors--Germany--Hannover. Łódź (Poland) Hannover…
8. Rosenberg family papers
1998.A.0281 Box 1 Folder 4 Folder 11
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0281 | RG Number: RG-19.053
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1949
bulk: 1945-1949
… returned to Łódź, but after finding their apartment occupied, they decided to leave Poland. The family soon left for Germany and ended up at the Feldafing…
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 … leave Poland. The family soon left for Germany and ended up at the Feldafing displaced persons camp, where they remained from 1945‐1949. They immigrated…
9. Kim family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.360.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-1983
bulk: 1929-1941
… United States. Jacob, aware of rising Antisemitism in Germany, was concerned about the family’s safety and was insistent that the Kims, particularly Betty…
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 ….360.1 Creator: Kim (Family : Berlin, Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box, 2 oversize folders) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100…
10. Concentration camp jacket with a prisoner ID patch worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1990.113.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.113.1
Date:
use: 1944 August-1945 May
…, Germany invaded Poland. Łódź was occupied one week later. In early February 1940, a ghetto was established. In about April, Benjamin and his family were…
11. Litke family papers
2015.547.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2015.547.1
Date:
inclusive: 1922-1981
bulk: 1945-1981
… he was there he had eight teeth forcibly extracted. He was later sent to Flossenbürg concentration camp, Flossenbürg, Germany. From there, he was sent…
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 …, and their post‐war lives in the Eggenfelden displaced persons camp, Eggenfelden, Germany from 1945‐1949. The collection includes papers from…
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12. Alexander and Aviva Bartal papers
2007.148.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 2007.148.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1977
… family and friends before the Holocaust in Poland and after liberation in Germany, Italy, and Israel. The papers also include photocopies of 1970…
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 … in Poland and after liberation in Germany, Italy, and Israel. The papers also include photocopies of 1970s correspondence about Folke Bernadotte, Count…
13. Republic of Czechoslovakia currency, 1 korunu note, acquired by a Jewish Polish survivor
1988.68.1.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.68.1.6
Date:
issue: 1944
… a Polish forced labor group that was later drafted into the Soviet Army. The war ended in early May 1945 when Germany surrendered. All of Beno…
14. Frederick Weinstein papers
2008.321.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2008.321.1
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1999
bulk: 1944-1947
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… family lived in Łódź and all three children attended Jewish schools. After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the Winnykamien family fled Łódź for Warsaw…
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 … three children attended Jewish schools. After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the Winnykamien family fled Łódź for Warsaw, with the intention of escaping…
15. Violin, bows, case and accessories recovered from Łódź ghetto and played in DP camps by a Polish Jewish musician
2010.472.2_g front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.472.2 a-u
Date:
use: before 1944 August-after 1945 May
recovered: after 1945 February
… playing both the violin and the saxophone professionally. Szyman died in 1939, before the war started. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. When…
16. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of two Jewish couples and their children huddled on a Ghetto street
1993.165.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.165.2
Date:
creation: 1963
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Hunger im Łódźer Ghetto 1941 - 1945
Alternate Title:
Hunger in Łódź Ghetto
… artist, creating sketches on the frontlines. Following his return to Berlin, Friedmann exhibited at numerous galleries throughout Germany and…
17. Tefillin and green velvet pouch used by a Polish Jewish survivor
2006.285.4_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.285.4 a-c
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… in Germany where they would have food. Most of the parents did not want to give their children away, so the Germans started to take the children away…
18. White patch with prisoner number 82609 worn by German Jewish inmate
1995.A.0274.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0274.2
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1945 May
…Hermann David Naidorf was born in Gelsenkirchen (Horst-Emscher) in Westphalia, Germany, on June 3, 1925, the only child of Simon Arie and Frieda…
19. Łódź ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian resident
1989.62.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.62.1
Date:
issue: 1940 May 15
found: approximately 1944 July
… soldiers. David relocated to Hannover, Germany on December. 11, 1945. While there, he met his future wife Estelle. She had been deported from Łódź and…