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1. Blue two-piece dress with multicolored hearts
2008.226.4_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.226.4 a-b
Date:
use: 1942-1945
…Concentration camp inmates--Germany.…
2. Child’s coat purchased by Dr. Henry Kupfer for his daughter, Tamara Kupferblum
2018.498.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.498.1
Date:
acquired: 1939-1945
… in September, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. As agreed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, the two nations divided Poland…
3. Concentration camp inmate uniform jacket and pants
2005.130.1_b front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.130.1 a-b
Date:
use: 1942-1945
…Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)…
4. Concentration camp jacket with a prisoner ID patch worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1990.113.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.113.1
Date:
use: 1944 August-1945 May
…, Germany invaded Poland. Łódź was occupied one week later. In early February 1940, a ghetto was established. In about April, Benjamin and his family were…
5. Concentration camp striped uniform jacket and pants worn by Romanian Jewish female inmate
2010.471.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.471.1 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1944 May-1945 April
… death camp in Germany, where Leib and Gitza were killed. In August, Malka was transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On April 15, 1945, the camp…
6. Concentration camp uniform cap with number 107310 issued to a Jewish Czech inmate
1989.303.25_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.25 a
Date:
use: after 1942 November-1945 April 15
… transportation expert, whom he thought of as an uncle. Karel was a draftsman at a design company. On September 29, 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland border…
7. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Jewish German man
1994.115.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.115.1
Date:
use: 1945 January-1945 March
…Werner Michaelis Sauer was born on November 2, 1918, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Leopold and Auguste Rothschild Sauer. Werner had…
8. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Jewish Latvian prisoner
2003.174.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.174.2
Date:
use: approximately 1944 October-1945 February
…. Around this time, the Soviets transported Ber’s family to Riga. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and entered Riga on July 1. In August, the…
9. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…. Mieczyslaw’s oldest brother Jurek also married and had a daughter. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. German troops entered Warsaw on September 29…
10. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.2
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
11. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.3
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
… Yiddish and Hebrew. After finishing school, Jakob became a tailor like his father. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and the army entered…
12. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
2014.557.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.5
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
… September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The country was quickly occupied, and Herman was among the large portion of Polish soldiers captured as prisoners of…
13. Concentration camp uniform coat recovered from a concentration camp by an American administrator
2017.544.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.544.1
Date:
acquired: after 1945 May
… in both the Mediterranean and European theaters, and participated in campaigns through France and Germany. On April 29, 1945, the 42nd Infantry…
14. Concentration camp uniform coat with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
15. Concentration camp uniform coat worn by an Austrian Catholic inmate
1989.235.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.235.1
Date:
use: 1944 March 25-1945 April 29
… dictatorship. Italy signed a treaty of friendship with Nazi Germany in 1936 and others pacts in the coming years. On June 23, 1939, the Italian and German…
16. Concentration camp uniform coat worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.4
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
17. Concentration camp uniform dress with number 94593 worn by a German Jewish inmate
1994.24.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.24.1
Date:
use: 1943 April-1945 January
…Hanna (Hannah) Henrietta Lenschitzki was born on November 6, 1922, in Halberstadt, Germany, to an Orthodox Jewish couple, Paul and Rosa Beermann…
18. Concentration camp uniform dress worn by a Jewish Czech inmate
1989.263.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.263.1
Date:
use: 1944 August-1945 April
… mechanical engineer. On March 15, 1939, Germany annexed the western provinces of Czechoslovakia, Bohemia and Moravia, where Orlau was located. On April 2…
19. Concentration camp uniform jacket and pants worn by a Catholic Polish prisoner in several camps
2006.404.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.404.1 a-f
Date:
use: 1942 September-1945 April
…). Mitchell worked for his father at the factory. Poland was occupied by Germany in September 1939. The Lewicki’s employed Jews at the factory, and they were…
20. Concentration camp uniform jacket issued to a Polish Christian inmate
1991.160.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.160.3
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 April
… apprentice baker. By 1939, all of Julian’s brothers had returned to the US. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Tarnow was occupied a week…
21. Concentration camp uniform jacket with 55857 patch worn by a Jewish doctor
1993.153.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.153.1
Date:
use: 1944 May-1945 May
… 1938, with the First Vienna Award, Nazi Germany forced the return of southern Slovakia, including Irsava, to Hungary. The Hungarian government had anti…
22. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1989.248.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.248.1
Date:
use: 1940 August 10-1945 May 06
… Stossier. On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. The Nazi regime actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse…
23. Concentration camp uniform jacket with badge worn by a Lithuanian Jewish inmate
1998.130.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.130.3
Date:
issue: 1944 November-1944 December
use: approximately 1944 October-1945 May
…, Lithuania, during the period from June 1940-May 1941 when Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union. When Germany declared war on the USSR and invaded…
24. Concentration camp uniform jacket with purple triangle worn by Jehovah’s Witness
1989.271.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.271.1
Date:
use: 1938 September-1945 April
…Max Eugen Hollweg was born on December 7, 1910, in Remscheid, Germany, to Otto and Anna Biesel Hollweg, who were Jehovah’s Witnesses. Max was the…
25. Concentration camp uniform jacket with red triangle worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1994.55.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.2
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… worked as an electrician. In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany occupied regions west of the Bug River, the Soviet Union…
26. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a non-Jewish doctor/resistance member
2004.554.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.554.1
Date:
received: 1944 September-1945 April
… his wife, daughters Julda and Pom and oldest son "Co." The Netherlands was occupied by Germany in May 1940. Dr. Zubli was recognized by the Red Cross…
27. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1988.132.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.132.1
Date:
use: 1944 May 03-1945 May
… by classmates, and taunted with antisemitic slurs, such as "Christ killer." Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Welek watched German soldiers…
28. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.2
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…. Mieczyslaw’s oldest brother Jurek also married and had a daughter. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. German troops entered Warsaw on September 29…
29. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1991.112.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.112.1
Date:
issue: 1942 December 17
use: 1942 December 17-1945 May 06
… May 21, 1938. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Four days later, the German Army entered Plonsk. Beginning on November 23, all Jews were…
30. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.5
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
31. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.2
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
… Yiddish and Hebrew. After finishing school, Jakob became a tailor like his father. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and the army entered…
32. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish woman in multiple concentration camps
1989.162.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.162.1
Date:
use: approximately 1943 September-1945 April
… live with her parents. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Mania and Szlama returned to Sosnowiec and moved in with her family. The Germans…
33. Concentration camp uniform likely acquired postwar by Natan Caron
2012.441.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.441.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: after 1945 April-before 2012
… Yiddish. Natan attended private school and was a good student. He did not experience anti-Semitism. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded Belgium. The Chorowicz…
34. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1994.55.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.3
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… worked as an electrician. In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany occupied regions west of the Bug River, the Soviet Union…
35. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.1
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…. Mieczyslaw’s oldest brother Jurek also married and had a daughter. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. German troops entered Warsaw on September 29…
36. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Hungarian Jewish prisoner
2011.449.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.449.1
Date:
issue: 1944 June 24-1945 April 11
… independent state with an authoritarian government that collaborated closely with Germany. In August 1940, Axis powers Germany and Italy had arbitrated a…
37. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1989.248.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.248.2
Date:
use: 1940 August 10-1945 May 06
… Stossier. On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. The Nazi regime actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse…
38. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.3
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… September 1, 1939, Germany invaded western Poland, and in mid-September, the Soviet Union occupied eastern Poland in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
39. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1995.57.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.57.1
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
use: approximately 1944-1945 April 22
… Yiddish and Hebrew. After finishing school, Jakob became a tailor like his father. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and the army entered…
40. Concentration camp uniform skirt worn by a Czech Jewish inmate
1989.303.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.24
Date:
use: 1944 October-1945 May
… regime came to power in Germany, Prague saw a large influx of Jews fleeing persecution. In September 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland border region…
41. Concentration camp uniform trousers worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
42. Dark blue concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1992.36.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.36.2
Date:
issue: approximately 1945 February
… the store. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. A week later, a group of German soldiers broke into the Silberberg's store and robbed it. On…
43. Dark blue dress with black stripes worn by a young Jewish refugee during her voyage to the US
2010.194.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.194.4
Date:
emigration: 1946 July
received: 1945 June-1946 June
… family moved there. In May, Holland was occupied by Germany and restrictions on the Jewish population were instituted. They had to wear Star of David…
44. First lieutenant dress jacket, medals and shirt worn by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.3 b front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.3 a-b
Date:
use: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
45. Gray dress with prison number 1195 and id tag worn by a Jehovah's Witness inmate
1995.95.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.95.1 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1939-1945
…Amberg (Germany : Landkreis)…
46. 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…
47. 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…
48. 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…
49. 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…
50. 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…