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101. Pair of tan and white wool knit knee high socks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.22_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.22 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
… of directors to suggest selling the business outright or somehow aryanizing it by hiring non-Jews to act as the public face of the firm. To Fritz and…
102. Colorful plaid handkerchief found by a German Jewish teenage inmate at Birkenau
1988.99.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.99.3
Date:
use: 1943 April-1945 May
… January 1933, Hitler came to power and, by summer, Germany was ruled by a Nazi dictatorship that actively persecuted Jews. Ruth’s maternal grandmother Gitel…
103. 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…
104. Pair of brown and white wool knit kneesocks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.24_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.24 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
… of directors to suggest selling the business outright or somehow aryanizing it by hiring non-Jews to act as the public face of the firm. To Fritz and…
105. Plastic identification badge holder used by a Hungarian Jewish emigre
2010.81.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.11
Date:
emigration: 1939 February 03
… Jew. On August 24, Kati left for London; George arrived in October. After the child, Peter, was born, he was baptized as an Anglican and the family…
106. Pair of gray wool knit knee high ribbed socks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.27_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.27 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
… of directors to suggest selling the business outright or somehow aryanizing it by hiring non-Jews to act as the public face of the firm. To Fritz and…
107. Freemason white knit cotton gloves presented to a Hungarian Jewish emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.6 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1949 March 29
received: 1950-1951
… George decided that the baby would be born in England so he would have a British passport and not be identified as a Hungarian Jew. Kati was invited to…
108. Geometric patterned leather wallet made by a Dutch Jewish couple in hiding
1990.23.203 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.203
Date:
creation: 1942 June-1945 May
… Jews living on the coast, including Rotterdam, had to move inland. In the fall, they had to turn over radios, jewelry, gold, and other valuables. On…
109. Dark red leather wallet used by a Polish Army officer to hold military ID
2004.40.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.40.2
Date:
use: before 1943 September 04
…, Germany invaded Russian territory and occupied Vilna on June 24. The family watched from their garden as Vilna was bombed. The next day, Jews were required…
110. Pair of men's white leather driving gloves carried by a Jewish refugee during his escape from Vienna
2004.628.3_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.628.3 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1939
… on his remaining assets that was required of all Jews leaving Austria; he received a permit to leave the country the next day. They left for Italy and…
111. 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…
112. Pair of men's black leather lace-up ankle boots owned by a Jewish refugee during his escape from Vienna
2004.628.5_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.628.5 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1939
received: 1938
… on his remaining assets that was required of all Jews leaving Austria; he received a permit to leave the country the next day. They left for Italy and…
113. Red leather purse with decorative lacing carried by a Jewish refugee during her escape from Vienna
2004.628.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.628.8
Date:
emigration: 1939 January 20-1939 December 18
received: 1938
… on his remaining assets that was required of all Jews leaving Austria. He received a permit for the family to leave the country the next day. They left…
114. Leather document holder with CIC credentials used by a Jewish American soldier
2011.395.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.395.4
Date:
received: 1944 October
use: 1944 October-1945 May
… was the foundation for the legal persecution of Jews in Germany. It excluded them from citizenship and identified Jews based on racial, not religious…
115. 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…
116. Brown leather wallet with inlaid floral decorations handcrafted and used in the Łódź Ghetto
2004.630.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.630.5
Date:
use: approximately 1943
… occupied Łódź. They renamed it Litzmannstadt and in February 1940 relocated all the Jews, roughly 100,000 people, into a sealed ghetto. Prewar Łódź was a…
117. Orange and blue apron made for a hidden Dutch Jewish child
2002.139.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.139.2
Date:
creation: 1945 May
…. 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…
118. Leather belt taken from an SS storeroom at a concentration camp and worn by a Hungarian Jewish inmate after liberation
2002.175.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.175.2
Date:
use: 1945 May 05-1945 May 07
… began passing anti-Jewish laws modeled after Germany’s Nuremberg laws from 1935, which defined Jews in racial terms; excluded them from various…
119. 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…
120. Child’s striped knit wool cap with a tassel made for a hidden Dutch Jewish child
2002.140.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.4
Date:
creation: 1945 May
…. 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…