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21. Leather wallet used by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.3
Date:
emigration: 1940
… of Germany. Each Jew making the trip was issued 10 marks. Soviet officers stole their remaining money during the trip. After reaching Shanghai, they…
22. Boy Scout red leather woggle worn by a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
Object | Accession Number: 2007.205.14
Date:
use: 1940-1945
emigration: 1939 February
… street repair work. As the living conditions for Jews became increasingly dangerous, Ludwig’s parents unsuccessfully sought visas to leave Austria. Since…
23. Leather bi-fold wallet with two photographs glued inside owned by a German Jewish refugee
2018.340.2 closed side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.340.2
Date:
depiction: 1940
… that restricted every aspect of Jewish life. Heinrich was no longer allowed to go to class because Jews had been barred from attending public school, and…
24. Green canvas belt for a Boy Scout uniform used by a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
2007.205.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.205.15
Date:
use: 1940-1945
emigration: 1939 February
… street repair work. As the living conditions for Jews became increasingly dangerous, Ludwig’s parents unsuccessfully sought visas to leave Austria. Since…
25. Cantor’s black tufted hat worn by a Hungarian rabbi
1990.245.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.7
Date:
use: after 1922-before 1952
… later, the occupation authorities decreed that all Jews six years and older were required to wear a yellow Star of David. Eva could no longer attend…
26. Brown alligator wallet carried by a Hungarian Jewish youth while a forced laborer and concentration camp inmate
2012.409.4 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2012.409.4
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1944
…, and Klari, born in 1929. Around 1930, they moved from their small village where they were the only Jews, to Mukacevo (now Mukacheve, Ukraine), partly…
27. Monogrammed black and tan laced leather wallet used by a German Jewish refugee
2007.101.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.101.7
Date:
received: 1940
emigration: 1941 February
… for a while. They went to Kobe, but were told by JEWCOM, the Jewish Community Council, that refugee aid in that city was only for Polish Jews; German…
28. Embroidered apron made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.6
Date:
emigration: 1940 November 23
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the Anschluss. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Jews…
29. Blue and green plaid belt for a school uniform worn by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.5
Date:
use: approximately 1939 July-1946 May
… as an execution site for Jews. Ellen’s maternal grandparents Eduard and Dorothea were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in Czechoslovakia on…
30. Black textured leather trifold wallet used by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate
2012.409.3 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2012.409.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1944
…, and Klari, born in 1929. Around 1930, they moved from their small village where they were the only Jews, to Mukacevo (now Mukacheve, Ukraine), partly…
31. Laced leather billfold with a painted harbor owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.2
Date:
received: after 1938-before 1947 December
… Germany on May 15, 1939, and arrived in Shanghai on June 14. Carl sold the family’s furniture and his factory. Jews could take almost no money out of…
32. Passport holder, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish woman
2019.18.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2019.18.2
Date:
use: 1939 January 02-before 1942 June 13
… of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were passed that restricted every aspect of Jewish life. Almost immediately, the 117 Jews in Rastenburg were barred…
33. Faux alligator photo wallet used by a young German Jewish refugee
2013.486.18 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.486.18
Date:
use: approximately 1939-approximately 1946
… were taken and replaced with a passport marked J for Jew. Charlotte tried to get the family to France, as she had promised Ernst. They reached La Panne…
34. Black leather photo wallet used by a young German Jewish refugee
2013.486.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.486.17
Date:
use: approximately 1939-approximately 1946
… were taken and replaced with a passport marked J for Jew. Charlotte tried to get the family to France, as she had promised Ernst. They reached La Panne…
35. Brown leather wallet with laced edges used by a Czech Jewish refugee during his service in the US Army
2009.364.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.13
Date:
emigration: 1940 February
use: 1943-1946
…Jews--Persecutions--Czechoslovakia.…