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1. Pete Emminger collection

1998.A.0062 Box 1 Folder 1 Item 5

Date:: inclusive: 1940-1946
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2. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier

1985.1.12 front

Date:: found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945

3. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier

Date:: found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945

4. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier

1985.1.11 front

Date:: found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945

5. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier

1985.1.13 front

Date:: found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945

6. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier

1985.1.10 front

Date:: found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945

7. Ribbon bar award for construction of the German West Wall acquired by German Jewish US soldier

2003.149.76 front

Date:: commemoration: after 1937-before 1940 May
received: after 1944 July-before 1946 June

8. SA brown uniform shirt with Rottenfuhrer insignia acquired by a US soldier

1988.99.5 front

Date:: found: approximately 1945-before 1945 November
manufacture: after 1934-before 1945

9. Reusable embossed cigarette lighter used by German Jewish German US soldier

2003.149.69 open

Date:: received: approximately 1926-before 1946
manufacture: after 1926-before 1946

10. Nazi Germany, 5 mark note from the album of a Waffen-SS officer acquired by an American soldier

2013.455.3 front

Date:: issue: after 1939 June 15-before 1941 November

11. Nazi Germany, 5 reichspfennig coin found in a liberated camp by an American soldier

1992.122.5 front

Date:: issue: 1940
found: after 1945 April 11-before 1945 August

12. Ribbon bar with 3 campaign ribbons issued to a Jewish German US soldier

2003.149.9 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939-1945

13. Honorable Service lapel button, US Military, that belonged to a US soldier

2005.416.7 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939 September 08-1946 December 31

14. Honorable Service lapel button, US Military, that belonged to a US soldier

2005.416.6 front

Date:: commemoration: 1939 September 08-1946 December 31

15. Zeiss Ikon camera filter, case, and box used by German Jewish US soldier

2003.149.39_d front

Date:: manufacture: approximately 1926-approximately 1945

16. Abraham Duke papers

1995.A.0141 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1

Date:: inclusive: circa 1930-circa 1970

17. J. George Mitnick papers

2005.120.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 7

Date:: inclusive: circa 1940-2005

18. Barling’s briar wood straight billiard pipe used by Captain Ralph M. Kopansky

2012.427.3 front

Date:: manufacture: 1930-1945
use: approximately 1945

19. Hilbert Margol papers

Date:: inclusive: 1933-1945

20. Bar Kochba Jewish Sports Club metal plaque with a Star of David owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.6, metal plaque with Star of David, Tom T. Kovary Collection

Date:: commemoration: 1938 January 09
emigration: 1940 February

21. Brown leather wallet with laced edges used by a Czech Jewish refugee during his service in the US Army

2009.364.13 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 February
use: 1943-1946

22. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

2004.660.5 back

Date:: publication/distribution: 1940 May 15
received: 1945 April

23. World Congress of Esperanto medallion with an image of woman and a view of Budapest owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.12, medal from an Esperanto conference, with a woman and a view of Budapest, Tom T. Kovary Collection

Date:: commemoration: 1929
emigration: 1940 February

24. Hakoah Sports Club stickpin with a Star of David owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.8, stickpin with Star of David on top, Tom T. Kovary Collection

Date:: received: approximately 1935
emigration: 1940 February

25. US Army Honorable Service lapel button awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

Date:: issue: 1946-1946
emigration: 1940 February

26. Three hangers for a wardrobe trunk used by German Jewish refugees on the MS St. Louis

1998.65.1_i front

Date:: use: 1939 May-1940 April

27. Bar Kochba Jewish Sports Club stickpin (BKB) with blue enamel decoration owned by a Czech Jewish refugee to the US

2009.364.11, stickpin with blue enamel decoration and initials BKB, Tom T. Kovary Collection

Date:: received: approximately 1935
emigration: 1940 February

28. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

2004.660.1 back

Date:: issue: 1940 May 15
received: 1945 April

29. German marching compass in a case taken from an SS officer by a US soldier

2000.598.2 closed

Date:: found: approximately 1945 May
manufacture: after 1930-before 1945

30. US Army American Campaign Medal and ribbon bar with presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.2_a front

Date:: commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February

31. John Honig family papers

2018.490.6 Book Enclosure1 Image 47

Date:: inclusive: circa 1890-2014
bulk: 1938-1949
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32. US Army Good Conduct lapel button awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.9 front

Date:: issue: 1943-1946
emigration: 1940 February

33. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

2004.660.2 back

Date:: publication/distribution: 1940 May 15
received: 1945 April

34. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 [zehn] mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

2004.660.3 back

Date:: publication/distribution: 1940 May 15
received: 1945 April

35. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 20 mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

2004.660.4 back

Date:: publication/distribution: 1940 May 15
received: 1945 April

36. US Army Good Conduct Medal, 3 ribbon bars, and 3 ribbons awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.4a back, US Army Good Conduct Medal, Tom T. Kovary

Date:: commemoration: 1943-1946
emigration: 1940 February

37. World Congress of Esperanto stickpin with an image of soldier upon a green star owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.5, Stickpin from Esperanto conference, with soldier and green star, Tom T. Kovary Collection

Date:: commemoration: 1924
emigration: 1940 February

38. US Army Victory Medal, two ribbon bars and presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.3a back, World War II Victory Medal, Tom T. Kovary

Date:: issue: 1945 July 06-1946 December 31
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February

39. Bar Kochba Jewish Sports Club (BKB) stickpin with blue enamel decoration owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.7, stickpin with blue enamel decoration and the initials BKB, Tom T. Kovary Collection

Date:: emigration: 1940 February
received: approximately 1935

40. Weil and Wolf families papers

Date:: inclusive: circa 1914-1997
bulk: 1916-1945

41. Albert C. Kornblum papers

1992.203 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 3

Date:: inclusive: 1936-1945

42. Red leather portfolio used by a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.14 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 February

43. Imperial Japan, 10 yen note, acquired by a US soldier

2013.442.38 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1930-1943

44. Richard Schifter family papers

2016.502.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 17

Date:: inclusive: 1909-1994
bulk: 1939-1948

45. Otto and Susanne Perl papers

1997.A.0030 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 43

Date:: inclusive: circa 1889-2000

46. British India, one rupee note, inscribed and acquired by a US soldier

2013.442.13 front

Date:: issue: 1940 July 24
issue: 1940

47. Electric retinoscope used by a Jewish German US Army medic

2003.451.3 front

Date:: manufacture: 1893-1945
acquired: after 1932

48. Pelvic calipers used by a Jewish German US Army medic

2003.451.4 front

Date:: acquired: 1932-1945

49. Stripounsky family papers

2016.322.18 Box 2 Folder 2 Image 15

Date:: inclusive: 1912-2014
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50. Electrotherapy machine used by a Jewish German US Army medic

Date:: acquired: 1932-1945

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