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61. Green striped wool knit cardigan made from a US Army blanket by a Jewish refugee in a DP camp
2007.511.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.511.2
Date:
use: 1945-1949
…Olga Waldman was born in Breslau, Germany, (Wroclaw, Poland) on March 7, 1904, to Anna and Meier. She married Pinio Wisniarski and they had one son…
62. Hand sewn green skirt and matching jacket saved from Berlin and worn by a Kindertransport refugee
2003.432.2_front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.432.2 a-b
Date:
creation: 1937
…Anna Zajac (later Leist) was born on January 28, 1925, in Mannheim, Germany, to Dora Swierkowska and Wolf Zajac. Dora was born on May 24, 1899, and…
63. Hand sewn navy blue skirt with a pleated front made by a German Jewish woman
2002.223.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.223.1
Date:
creation: 1936-1937
…Gertrud Koh was born on June 3, 1901, in Gratz, Germany (Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland), to Alex and Dorothea Koh. She had two brothers and a sister…
64. Hitler Youth jacket with insignia and armband found by a US soldier
2013.512.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.512.2
Date:
found: 1945
… Soviets in late April 1945. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7. Myers returned to New York. He also served in the Army during the Korean War…
65. Infant’s open back blouse with blue monogram made in DP camp
2010.337.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.337.2
Date:
creation: 1946 August
…Vladimir Brandwajn was born on August 14, 1946, in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in Germany, to Rachmiel and Luba Goldziuk Brandwajn. Rachmiel…
66. Infant’s open back white blouse with a light blue monogram made in DP camp
2010.337.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.337.3
Date:
creation: 1946 August
…Vladimir Brandwajn was born on August 14, 1946, in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in Germany, to Rachmiel and Luba Goldziuk Brandwajn. Rachmiel…
67. Long sleeved black dress saved by a neighbor and recovered postwar
2008.227.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.227.4
Date:
use: 1941-1943
found: 1945
… repaired and sold machinery which he imported from Germany. Henryka and Wilhelm had three children. Their eldest daughter, Maryla, was born in Vienna in 1914…
68. Long sleeved Henley undershirt brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.13
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
69. Long sleeved Henley undershirt with a name tag brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.14
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
70. Long underwear worn by a Jewish Polish partisan in the Soviet Army
2003.193.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.193.4
Date:
use: approximately 1944
…, Edith, married, moved away, and gave birth to a child. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Rubin was drafted to serve in the Polish Army, but…
71. Luftwaffe Waffenrock dress uniform jacket acquired by US soldier
1985.1.18 front
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.18
Date:
manufacture: 1939
found: approximately 1945
…Germany. Luftwaffe…
72. Man's long-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
2005.369.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.369.2
Date:
manufacture: 1945-1949
… put it out of business. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Moniek fled east, but encountered German troops near the Vistula River and returned to Dabrowa…
73. Man's long-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
2005.369.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.369.1
Date:
manufacture: 1945
… put it out of business. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Moniek fled east, but encountered German troops near the Vistula River and returned to Dabrowa…
74. Man's short-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
2005.369.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.369.3
Date:
manufacture: 1945-1949
… put it out of business. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Moniek fled east, but encountered German troops near the Vistula River and returned to Dabrowa…
75. Navy blue pinstriped jacket and pants worn by the groom at his wedding to another survivor in a DP camp
2004.682.1_b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.680.1 a-b
Date:
use: 1947 March 02
… by classmates, and taunted with antisemitic slurs, such as "Christ killer." Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Welek watched German soldiers…
76. Navy openwork jacket with belt made by a German Jewish woman
2002.474.2 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.2 a-b
Date:
creation: 1936-1937
…Gertrud Koh was born on June 3, 1901, in Gratz, Germany (Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland), to Alex and Dorothea Koh. She had two brothers and a sister…
77. Nightgown with floral embroidery made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before emigration
2016.112.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.3
Date:
emigration: 1940 November 23
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the Anschluss. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Jews…
78. Peach chemise with black and white floral appliques saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.5
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…
79. Peach chemise with floral embroidery saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.4
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…
80. Peach floral printed chemise saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.6
Date:
received: approximately 1935-1940
use: 1935-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…