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21. Mauser P38 pistol found buried in the Kampinos Forest near Warsaw
1992.134.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.134.4
Date:
manufacture: after 1941-before 1944
found: after 1960-before 1965
…Jews--Poland--Warsaw.…
22. Knife bayonet owned by a Danish resistance member
1989.297.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.297.1 a-b
Date:
1944-1945
…World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Denmark--Personal narratives.…
23. Knife taken from a German soldier and acquired by a German Jewish family in hiding
1990.307.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.10
Date:
received: approximately 1944
… rescinded in 1940, but he continued his work illegally with the help of non-Jewish friends. In early 1941, all Jews were required to register themselves with…
24. Pistol holster used by a Yugoslavian partisan
1993.167.2 b front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.167.2 b
Date:
acquired: 1945
…, descendants of Jews who had lived in Germany and France who were forced to migrate due to religious persecution. Lavoslav was named after his deceased…
25. Trench knife owned by Alex Sabbadini
Object | Accession Number: 2022.252.2
… very few Italian-born Jews to fight with the Allies initially in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.…
26. Truncheon obtained by Alex Sabbadini
Object | Accession Number: 2022.252.5
Date:
found: circa 1945
… the eve of WWII only to join the fight with the U.S. 5th Army. Alex was one of the first “Ritchie Boys” and was one of a very few Italian-born Jews to…
27. Shanghai Volunteer Corps nightstick issued to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.274 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.274
Date:
issue: 1940-1941
… separation of Jews and non-Jews. Ernst was expelled from school, and his parents were forced to sell their hotel to non-Jews. Ernst began attending trade…
28. Luger P08 pistol, holster, and magazine captured by a Yugoslavian partisan
Object | Accession Number: 2018.665.1 a-c
Date:
manufacture: 1920-1922
acquired: 1944
… sisters. As a young man, Shmuel was active with the communist party and Hashomer Hatzair, a Zionist youth movement that taught Jews skills such as farming…
29. Handgun holster used by a Yugoslavian partisan
1993.167.1 b front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.167.1 b
Date:
use: 1943-1945
… administered by the Germans. The regime enacted anti-Jewish laws, confiscated property and money, forced males to work hard labor and then began deporting Jews…
30. 6.35mm Mauser 1934 pocket pistol acquired by a Yugoslavian partisan
Object | Accession Number: 1993.167.2 a
Date:
acquired: 1945
…, descendants of Jews who had lived in Germany and France who were forced to migrate due to religious persecution. Lavoslav was named after his deceased…
31. Fabrique Nationale Browning Model 1922 used by a Yugoslavian partisan
Object | Accession Number: 1993.167.1 a
Date:
use: 1943-1945
… administered by the Germans. The regime enacted anti-Jewish laws, confiscated property and money, forced males to work hard labor and then began deporting Jews…
32. WWI anti-aircraft gun fuse fragment owned by a Jewish German soldier
2011.259.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.259.2
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1916
…Jews--Persecution--Germany.…
33. Handgun magazine used by a Yugoslavian partisan
1993.167.1_c front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.167.1 c
Date:
use: 1943-1945
… administered by the Germans. The regime enacted anti-Jewish laws, confiscated property and money, forced males to work hard labor and then began deporting Jews…
34. Mauser HSc pistol, magazine, firing pin, and mainspring used by a Yugoslavian partisan
1992.230.1_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.230.1 a-d
Date:
manufacture: 1940 December-1945 May
acquired: 1941 April 06-1945 May
… administered by the Germans. The regime enacted anti-Jewish laws, confiscated property and money, forced males to work hard labor and then began deporting Jews…
35. Semi-automatic Walther PPK pistol, holster, and magazines found at a concentration camp by Lt. Milton Shurr
1988.112.65_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.112.65 a-d
Date:
found: 1945 April-1945 May
manufacture: 1943
… City. That year, motivated by news about the persecution of Jews in Europe, including news from correspondents about the camps, Milton joined the field…