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61. Handkerchief
2015.311.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.311.2
… annexed Austria. Legislation was enacted to strip Jews of their rights. On November 9-10, 1938, the Kristallnacht pogrom destroyed most of the synagogues in…
62. Brown leather billfold brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
2008.204.3 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2008.204.3
Date:
emigration: 1939
received: approximately 1930
… that spring, anti-Jewish legislation was in effect. In 1935, as the Nuremberg race laws were passed and life for Jews in Germany became extremely…
63. Red and yellow floral handkerchief carried by a young Hungarian Jewish girl on the Kasztner train
2003.198.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.10
Date:
received: approximately 1942
use: approximately 1942-1946
… go of their help and experienced food shortages. There were constant air raids and Judit and Anna had to go to a Jews only, less secure bomb shelter in…
64. Red plaid handkerchief used in the Warsaw ghetto
2008.228.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.5
Date:
use: 1940-1947
…. April 1943 brought the Warsaw ghetto uprising and its violent suppression by the Germans, with mass deportations of all Jews in Warsaw and the…
65. Purse carried by Mimi Altarac who fled German-occupied Belgrade with her family
2002.438.9 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.9
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… Axis Alliance and Serbia, where Belgrade located, was under German military government. Anti-Jewish policies were immediately implemented. Jews had to…
66. White leather wrist length left hand Masonic glove with side vent owned by a Hungarian Jewish emigre
2010.81.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.5
Date:
received: approximately 1934
emigration: 1949 September 21
… Kosher house and observed the holidays. On March 19, 1944, German forces occupied Hungary and anti-Jewish decrees were put in place; Jews had to wear Star…
67. Belt for a kittel [ceremonial robe] saved by a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.147.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.6
Date:
emigration: 1939 October
… Jews, only as Austrian citizens. When the authorities were interested in them, it was only as alien refugees, not as Jews. In September 1939, Germany…
68. Embroidered white handkerchief with scalloped edge brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.8
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Jews--Poland--History--20th century.…
69. Embroidered white handkerchief with woven lines brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.10
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Jews--Poland--History--20th century.…
70. Leather passport holder with Weimar eagle used by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.2
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…
71. Embroidered white handkerchief with crochet border brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.7
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Jews--Poland--History--20th century.…
72. Embroidered white handkerchief with crocheted border brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.9
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Jews--Poland--History--20th century.…
73. Scarf worn by female prisoner in Stuthoff concentration camp
1992.150.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.150.1
Date:
received: 1945 May
… the town on the River San, but returned later to Oswiecim. His father's store was required to have a Jewish Star on the window and all Jews had a curfew…
74. Yellow damask purse made by a liberated slave labor camp inmate, saved by another inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.2
Date:
creation: 1945 February
… in the area. In 1940, the Soviet Army invaded and occupied Lithuania and the persecution of Jews became widespread. In June-July 1941, Germany invaded…
75. 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…
76. Embroidered white handkerchief with woven lines brought with a Polish Jewish emigre
2009.117.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.11
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Jews--Poland--History--20th century.…
77. Ivory colored leather purse saved with a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.16 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.16
Date:
use: 1942-1945
…. Sophie’s mother Keetje died on December 1, 1937. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands. In 1941, Jews were required to register with the…
78. U.S. army issue khaki cap worn by the director of the Vaad Hatzala Emergency Committee in postwar Germany
2008.180.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.180.8 | RG Number: RG-19.072.03.03
Date:
use: 1946-1949
… officially changed their mission to include all Jews, regardless of religiosity or affiliation, and focused on those living in areas that had been occupied by…
79. Brown leather wallet brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2013.117.3
Date:
emigration: 1939 May 17-1939 May 24
… effort and their cooperation in the deportation of all Hungarian Jews to concentration camps. On January 18, 1945, the Soviet Army liberated Budapest. The…
80. Brown leather wallet with a strap brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee
2013.117.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.117.5
Date:
emigration: 1939 May 17-1939 May 24
… effort and their cooperation in the deportation of all Hungarian Jews to concentration camps. On January 18, 1945, the Soviet Army liberated Budapest. The…