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1. Medical bag used by a Jewish Polish man while living in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2014.487.2
Date:
use: 1939-1946
…Jews--Persecution--Poland--Biography.…
2. Wooden bucket owned by a Romanian family that sheltered their Jewish neighbors
Object | Accession Number: 2017.648.1
Date:
use: approximately 1939-approximately 1945
… recaptured Bessarabia. Romania had a long tradition of antisemitism, and the government sought to remove Jews from its provinces by “cleansing the terrain,” a…
3. Brown alligator leather suitcase used by Austrian Jewish child on the Kindertransport
2007.517.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.517.1
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: 1938-1942
…. In March 1938, German troops annexed Austria. Anti-Jewish legislation was introduced and Jews found themselves excluded from many areas of daily life…
4. Monogrammed green knapsack used by an Austrian Jewish child on the Kindertransport
2007.517.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.517.2
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: 1938-1942
…. In March 1938, German troops annexed Austria. Anti-Jewish legislation was introduced and Jews found themselves excluded from many areas of daily life…
5. Green school box carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, and authorities throughout the country quickly began suppressing the rights of Jews and boycotting their…
6. Tortoiseshell pencil box and lid carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.3 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.3 a-b
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, and authorities throughout the country quickly began suppressing the rights of Jews and boycotting their…
7. White handkerchief pouch with gnomes carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.8
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, and authorities throughout the country quickly began suppressing the rights of Jews and boycotting their…
8. Aluminum food container lid used by a Hungarian Jewish family on the Kasztner train
2003.198.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.3
Date:
use: approximately 1937-1946
… immediately. On March 31, Star of David badges were required for Jews. Bela’s clinic was shut, Judit was no longer allowed to attend school, and they had to…
9. Glass and silver keepsake box used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker
2005.579.19_a-b closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.19 a-b
Date:
use: 1938-1949
emigration: 1949 August 26
…’s appointment as Chancellor on January 30, 1933, led to increasingly severe restrictions on Jews. The 1935 Nuremberg Laws defined Jews by race and mandated the…
10. Black suitcase with leather trim used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
2000.258.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.1
Date:
use: approximately 1939 March-1947 November
… appointed Chancellor and began to put into practice the Nazi pledge to persecute Jews. Soon Jews were barred from certain professions and people were…