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1. Sports medal awarded to a young female Polish Jewish athlete during the 1935 Maccabi Games
2008.327.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.327.2
Date:
commemoration: 1935
emigration: 1938
…, were imprisoned in a ghetto and then deported in 1943 to Auschwitz concentration camp where they perished. In 1947, Leah immigrated to the United States…
2. Ribbon
2016.565.42 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2016.565.42
… deported to Theresienstadt and then Auschwitz. Margarit and Karl-Heinz did not survive. Siegfried and Marion survived and immigrated to the United States…
3. Iron Cross medal
2016.565.40 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.565.40
… deported to Theresienstadt and then Auschwitz. Margarit and Karl-Heinz did not survive. Siegfried and Marion survived and immigrated to the United States…
4. Ribbon
2016.565.41 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2016.565.41
… deported to Theresienstadt and then Auschwitz. Margarit and Karl-Heinz did not survive. Siegfried and Marion survived and immigrated to the United States…
5. 40th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany bronze medal acquired by a Polish Jewish concentration camp survivor
2012.313.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.313.2
Date:
commemoration: 1945 May 07
… labor camp. In January 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland and marked with prisoner number 105483. In mid-January…
6. From Holocaust to Rebirth commemorative bronze medal acquired by a Polish Jewish survivor of several concentration camps
2012.313.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.313.3
Date:
commemoration: 1981 June 14-1981 June 18
received: 1981 June
… labor camp. In January 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland and marked with prisoner number 105483. In mid-January…
7. Deaf-mute sports team medal awarded to a German Jewish athlete
2005.602.5.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.602.5.3
Date:
commemoration: 1938
… they learned that at age twenty-seven, he had been killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau in September 1942. In 1947, the Venezuelan government announced that they…
8. French Deaf-Mute National Cup basketball medal awarded to a German Jewish athlete
2005.602.5.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.602.5.2
Date:
commemoration: 1938
… they learned that at age twenty-seven, he had been killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau in September 1942. In 1947, the Venezuelan government announced that they…
9. French Deaf-Mute National Cup soccer medal awarded to a German Jewish athlete
2005.602.5.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.602.5.1
Date:
commemoration: 1937-1938
… they learned that at age twenty-seven, he had been killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau in September 1942. In 1947, the Venezuelan government announced that they…
10. Engraved medallion presented to Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, head of the Jewish Council, by bakers in the Łódź ghetto
2010.74.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.74.1
Date:
issue: 1943
… repair damage caused by air raids. Two deportations to Chelmno followed. On August 4, 1944, the remaining inhabitants were sent to Auschwitz death camp…
11. Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands 1898-1948 miniature medal owned by a former hidden child
2003.419.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.419.2
Date:
received: 1898-1948
… to Richmond, Canada in 1989. She remained in contact with the Beelen family throughout her life. Walter, age 39, died of pneumonia in Auschwitz on…
12. Pewter medal with a red cross and caduceus, certificate and box awarded to a Polish midwife for postwar service
2005.260.2_a-b closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.260.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1965 July 22
… Auschwitz death camp. Salomea’s mother decided that the family must hide and avoid the deportations. Roza's brother, Mel, had been assigned to the group of…
13. Gold Krzyz Zaslugi [Cross of Merit] with ribbon, certificate, and box awarded to a Polish midwife for postwar service
2005.260.5_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.260.5 a-d
Date:
issue: 1964 July 22
… Auschwitz death camp. Salomea’s mother decided that the family must hide and avoid the deportations. Roza's brother, Mel, had been assigned to the group of…
14. Bronze Krzyz Zaslugi [Cross of Merit] awarded to a Polish midwife for postwar service
2005.260.4_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.260.4 a-e
Date:
issue: 1956 July 22
… Auschwitz death camp. Salomea’s mother decided that the family must hide and avoid the deportations. Roza's brother, Mel, had been assigned to the group of…
15. Medal and a ribbon bar pin awarded to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.71_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.71 a-b
Date:
received: 1941-1945
… 1944, she was deported on transport Et to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German-occupied Poland, where she was killed. Heinz and his wife settled…
16. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.4
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May
…. Flora learned that many of her relatives perished in the Holocaust. Flora’s mother Alijda was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp or Sobibor…
17. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.6
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May
…. Flora learned that many of her relatives perished in the Holocaust. Flora’s mother Alijda was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp or Sobibor…
18. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.5
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May
received: 1978
…. Flora learned that many of her relatives perished in the Holocaust. Flora’s mother Alijda was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp or Sobibor…
19. Medal honoring soldiers killed during the invasion issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.3
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May
commemoration: 1940-1945
…. Flora learned that many of her relatives perished in the Holocaust. Flora’s mother Alijda was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp or Sobibor…
20. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.7
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May
…. Flora learned that many of her relatives perished in the Holocaust. Flora’s mother Alijda was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp or Sobibor…