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1. Cantor's cap
1990.41.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.41.1
…Jews--Germany--History--20th century.…
2. Folding Fan owned by a Japanese aid coordinator for Jewish refugees in Shanghai
2003.464.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.464.2
Date:
creation: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
… the “Jewish problem” in depth. The Protocols falsely stated that Jews had access to a vast international power network and both men believed the claims…
3. Black leather mid-calf boots worn by a female Jewish concentration camp prisoner
2002.366.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.366.1 a-b
Date:
use: 1944 December-1945
acquired: 1944 December-1945 January
…, 1939. Tarnów was occupied a week later by German forces which prompted many Jews to flee east, including the Fass’ neighbor. Samuel was supposed to go…
4. Small wallet handmade from red paper from the German occupation
1992.169.16 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.16
Date:
recovered: approximately 1945
… Germans announced that Jews had permission to hold High Holiday services. Moshe was suspicious and wanted the family to flee, but his mother-in-law, Alte…
5. Beaded hat with a floral pattern brought by a Jewish German refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2012.151.2
Date:
received: before 1938
… Hitler, authorities quickly began suppressing the rights and personal freedoms of Jews, and boycotting their businesses. Thea married Frederick (Fred) L…
6. White apron used prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
1992.169.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.15
Date:
received: approximately 1945
… Germans announced that Jews had permission to hold High Holiday services. Moshe was suspicious and wanted the family to flee, but his mother-in-law, Alte…
7. Small straw purse made in Gurs internment camp for a German Jewish prisoner
2004.233.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.233.2
Date:
received: 1940 October-1941 September
… Karlsruhe were covered with signs telling people not to use Jewish stores. Hanne was taunted by classmates for being a Jew and, once, became so angry she…
8. Straw purse with crocheted trim acquired in Gurs internment camp by a German Jewish prisoner
1990.57.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.57.1
Date:
received: 1941 January-1941 September
… Karlsruhe were covered with signs telling people not to use Jewish stores. Hanne was taunted by classmates for being a Jew and, once, became so angry she…
9. Blue crocheted change purse made in Gurs internment camp for a German Jewish prisoner
1990.57.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.57.2
Date:
received: 1941 January-1941 September
… Karlsruhe were covered with signs telling people not to use Jewish stores. Hanne was taunted by classmates for being a Jew and, once, became so angry she…
10. Embossed brown leather bi-fold wallet used by a soldier in the Jewish Brigade, British Army
2007.492.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.492.2
Date:
use: 1944 September-1946 July
… Chancellor in 1933 led to increasingly severe restrictions on Jews. The government sanctioned anti-Jewish boycotts and enacted anti-Jewish legislation. In 1935…
11. Handkerchief embroidered with American flags given to an internee at a displaced persons camp by a US soldier
1992.169.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.12
Date:
use: 1946
… Germans announced that Jews had permission to hold High Holiday services. Moshe was suspicious and wanted the family to flee, but his mother-in-law, Alte…
12. Brown leather work boots worn by a Hungarian Jewish man for forced labor and in hiding
2003.442.3 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.442.3 a-b
Date:
received: approximately 1943 March
use: 1943 March-1956
emigration: 1956 December
… 1941. Modeled after Germany’s Nuremberg Laws they defined Jews in racial terms, excluded Jews from various professions, and severely restricted their…
13. Pair of wool mid-calf socks worn by a Yugoslavian man
2017.609.9 a top
Object | Accession Number: 2017.609.9 a-b
Date:
creation: before 1941 April 06
… Sephardic Jews, descendants of Jews who were forced out of Spain or Portugal during the Spanish Inquisition. They regularly attended the Sephardic synagogue…
14. Leather billfold used by a German Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany to Canada
2007.196.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.196.3
Date:
emigration: 1939 May 31
…. The Zwienickis lived in a predominantly non-Jewish neighborhood, and the children attended public schools. Jacob was the only Jew in a school of over…
15. Black leather riding boots owned by a German Jewish businessman in Shanghai
2006.19.56_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.19.56 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1940
… was a German Jew living abroad. Fritz had lived in Shanghai for quite a few years before the refugees started arriving from Europe. Thus he was in a…
16. Patchwork leather wallet brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee
2013.117.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.117.4
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…
17. White bow tie with textured diamond pattern owned by a German Jewish businessman in Shanghai
Object | Accession Number: 2006.19.47
Date:
use: approximately 1940
… was a German Jew living abroad. Fritz had lived in Shanghai for quite a few years before the refugees started arriving from Europe. Thus he was in a…
18. White polo helmet owned by a German Jewish businessman in Shanghai
2006.19.29 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 2006.19.29
Date:
use: approximately 1935
… was a German Jew living abroad. Fritz had lived in Shanghai for quite a few years before the refugees started arriving from Europe. Thus he was in a…
19. Wooden boot tree in 4 sections owned by a German Jewish businessman in Shanghai
2006.19.59.2_a-d front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.19.59.2 a-d
Date:
use: approximately 1940
… was a German Jew living abroad. Fritz had lived in Shanghai for quite a few years before the refugees started arriving from Europe. Thus he was in a…
20. Wooden boot tree in 4 sections owned by a German Jewish businessman in Shanghai
2006.19.59.1_a-d front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.19.59.1 a-d
Date:
use: approximately 1940
… was a German Jew living abroad. Fritz had lived in Shanghai for quite a few years before the refugees started arriving from Europe. Thus he was in a…