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1. German marching compass in a case taken from an SS officer by a US soldier
2000.598.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2000.598.2
Date:
found: approximately 1945 May
manufacture: after 1930-before 1945
… spring 1945, Hy’s unit advanced eastward across Germany. During the advance, Hy and eight other soldiers were riding in a truck pulling the unit’s 105 mm…
2. Charred electrical insulator from Auschwitz found by a Sinti inmate
1987.75.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.75.1
Date:
use: approximately 1940 June-approximately 1945 January
… loaf for every night he helped collect the dead from the hospital barrack, load them into a truck, and take them to the crematorium. Hans got more extra…
3. Quartz whetstone used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.7_c front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 c
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
… connected to a group who promised to smuggle their families in the back of an empty gasoline truck to unoccupied southern France. On August 9, Albert, Irene…
4. 5/6 double edge iron shoemaking tool used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.3
Date:
use: approximately 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
5. Stitching awl with a 1 inch curved needle used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.9
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
6. Steel pliers used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.17
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
7. Dark red shoe wax used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.24
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
8. Leather creaser used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.8
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
9. 7/8 double edge iron shoemaking tool used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.16 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.16
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
10. Wooden awl haft with chuck and ferrule used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.7
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
11. Brown shoe wax used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.25 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.25
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
12. Embossing tool with 3 wheel attachments used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.18_a-d front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.18 a-d
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
13. Dark brown whetstone used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.6
Date:
use: 1928-1980
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
14. Leather creaser with an grooved head engraved 6 used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.12
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
15. Leather creaser with a curved needle point head used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.11
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
16. 12/14 double edge iron shoemaking tool used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.13
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
17. Straight half inch stitching awl used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.10
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
18. Wooden awl haft with chuck used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.15
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
19. Dark gray edge iron shoemaking tool used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.14
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…
20. Edge iron shoemaking tool used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.2
Date:
use: approximately 1925-1951
… leave Poland for Germany. They were transported to Berlin by a Russian truck and driver. At the border of Russian occupied Berlin, the driver told the…