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1. 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…
2. Stars and stripes dress worn by a German Jewish woman for a DP camp theatrical performance
2018.70.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.70.2
Date:
creation: after 1945 May-before 1946 May
…Margret (Miriam) Hantman (née Simon) (b. 1926) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Willy Simon (1896-1944) and Ella Anita Stahl Simon (1901-1944). She…
3. Wedding dress shipped to the United States by a German Jewish woman murdered at Riga
2018.58.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.58.2
Date:
use: after 1930-before 1941
…Alice Lubranitzky (later Plocki, 1914-1941) was born to Benno (1880-1942?) and Gertrude (nee Posner, 1885-1942?) Lubranitzsky in Sebnitz, Germany…
4. 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…
5. Embroidered dress made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.9
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…
6. Embroidered blouse made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.5
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…
7. Embroidered nightgown made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.4
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…
8. 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…
9. Checkered dress with heart patches made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.2 back
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.2
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…
10. Vest worn by a female German Jewish member of the Red Orchestra resistance group
2015.298.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.298.3
… Egler. She was raised in Berlin, Germany. Inn 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. In her late teens, Lisa enrolled in the Museum School of…
11. Coat worn by a female German Jewish member of the Red Orchestra resistance group
2015.298.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.298.2
… Egler. She was raised in Berlin, Germany. Inn 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. In her late teens, Lisa enrolled in the Museum School of…
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. 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…
14. 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…
15. 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…
16. 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…
17. 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…
18. 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…
19. 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…
20. Blue striped pajama pants worn during hospital stays by soldiers serving in the German military
2009.396.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.396.2
Date:
use: approximately 1940
…Soldiers--Germany.…