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1. World War I Honor & Iron Crosses buttonhole ribbon bar with Combatant’s swords awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.1
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: after 1934 July 13-1944
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
2. Aenni and Eric Kaufman papers
2013.124.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2013.124.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1972
bulk: 1945-1972
…Aenni Karoline Ehrlich (later Aenni Kaufman, 1894-1952) was born on 24 August 1894 in Berlin, Germany to Paula (née Kaufmann, 1868-1942) and Emanuel…
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 … lawsuits brought forth by Aenni and Eric Kaufman, originally of Berlin, Germany, to recover ownership of shares of I.G. Chemie (later known as Interhandel…
3. Trudy Katzer papers
2005.175.1 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 203
Document | Accession Number: 2005.175.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1976
Special Collection:
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… (Grete) Katz. Walther was born on December 12, 1906, in Kesselbach, Germany, where his parents, Simon and Malchen Katzenstein Schoenfeld, had a farm. He…
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 … Margareta were living in Germany, but deciding that it would be too dangerous to remain, they moved to Amsterdam in 1936. In 1939, Trudy was born. After the…
4. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service buttonhole ribbon bar awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.4
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
5. Strauss family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.565.1
Date:
inclusive: 1792-2003
bulk: 1844-1966
…Siegfried Strauss (later Fred Strauss, 1898-1956) was born in Marburg, Germany to Hermann (1856-1934) and Johanna (née Wertheim, 1859-1942) Strauss…
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 …: 2016.565.1 Creator: Strauss family (Marburg :Germany) Extent: 1.33 linear feet (2 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 2 book enclosures, 2 oversize folders…
6. Blik family papers
2000.131 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2000.131
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1966
… Tröbitz, Germany on April 23, 1945. Marie and her children moved to England after the war. She married Abraham Boutelje in 1947, and immigrated with her…
7. World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant’s medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1948
issue: after 1914 August 05
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
8. Adler and Cohn families papers
2018.393.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 77
Document | Accession Number: 2018.393.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-2018
…Ernst Cohn (later Ernest Cornell, 1907-1986) was born on 24 December 1907 in Münster, Germany to Carl (d. 1959) and Johanna Cohn. He had several…
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 … Accession number: 2018.393.1 Creator: Adler (Family: Bad Mergentheim, Germany) Additional creator: Cohn (Family: Münster, Germany) Extent: 3.93 linear feet…
9. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 combatant veteran service medal awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
10. Mechanical pencil used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.8
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
11. Wissbrun family papers
2017.624.1_BookEnclosure Box 1 0053
Document | Accession Number: 2017.624.1
Date:
inclusive: 1886-1985
bulk: 1940-1985
…, Germany to Hugo (b. 1875 in Munich, Germany) and Melanie (née Meyer, 1884-1943, born in Cologne) Wissbrun. His father was a businessman and married Melanie…
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 … to Fritz’s education in Germany and the United States. Languages: German, Dutch, English Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use…
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12. Albersheim family papers
2007.18.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2007.18.1
Date:
inclusive: 1933-2003
…Walter Werner Albershiem (1912-1988) was born in Billerbeck, Germany to Josef and Selma Albershiem. Walter had two siblings: Herbert (b. 1908) and…
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 ….18.1 Creator: Albersheim (Family : Billerbeck, Germany) Extent: 0.6 linear foot (3 boxes, 2 book enclosures, 1 oversize folder) Repository: United States…
13. Riesenfeld family papers
2017.389.1 Box 1 Folder 29 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 2017.389.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-2001
bulk: 1938-1949
…Bruno Kurt Riesenfeld (1899-1974) was born on 27 October 1899 in Würzburg, Germany to Alfred (1866-1936) and Jenny (née Brauer, 1866-1938) Riesenfeld…
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 … number: 2017.389.1 Creator: Riesenfeld (Family : Würzburg, Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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14. Felix Lilienthal family papers
2017.524.1 Box 3 Folder 8 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2017.524.1
Date:
inclusive: 1871-1960
bulk: 1871-1941
…) was born on 26 May 1880 in Stadtlengsfeld, Germany to Sandel (1848-1906) and Jeanette (née Goldschmit, 1847-1901) Fuchs. She had one sister, Therese…
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 … between members of the Lilienthal family of Wiesbaden, Germany. Pre-war correspondence includes letters sent to Saul Lilienthal, a cantor and teacher, from…
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15. Shaving brush used by a German Jewish refugee in hiding
1990.307.7_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 a
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
16. Razor used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.7_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 b
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
17. Ursula Klau papers
2006.410.2 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 26
Document | Accession Number: 2006.410.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1867-2006
…Ursula Klau (1932-2007) was born in Frankfurt, Germany to lawyer Dr. Oscar (Oskar) Klau (1889-1944) and Therese (Resa) Klau-Altheimer (1896-1945…
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 … Klau’s family; their experiences in Nazi Germany, Nazi-occupied Netherlands, the Westerbork transit camp, the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and the…
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18. Quartz whetstone used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.7_c front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 c
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
19. Storage trunk owned by a German Jewish family in hiding
1990.307.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.2
Date:
use: approximately 1933-approximately 1946
… year, Albert and Irene fled from their native Berlin, Germany, to Amsterdam after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor. In Berlin, Albert was an art…
20. Spreekmeester family papers
2004.75 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 2004.75
Date:
inclusive: 1942-1944
… Offenburg, Germany. They remained there until they were liberated by the French army. After liberation, the family spent six months in a refugee camp in…