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1. Engraved wooden box presented to a Lieutenant General of the SS by his troops
2005.525.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.525.2
Date:
found: after 1945 May-1946
commemoration: 1944 August-1945 February
… was corrupt and became a self-employed businessman. During these years, he became friends with Kurt Daluege, commander of the SS (Schutzstaffel…
2. Darning needle and case used in the Warsaw ghetto
2008.228.10 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.10 a- b
Date:
use: 1940-1947
… to New York on the transport ship, SS Marine Perch, in 1947, and settled in New York City. Felicia died in the Queens borough of New York City in 1983…
3. Bela Gondos family papers
1989.202. 3 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1989.202.3
Date:
inclusive: 1921-1995
… Rezso Kasztner to get the German SS to allow a train of Jews to leave the country in exchange for money. Bela and his family reported to assembly camp in…
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 … Chase, Maryland, between 1989 and 1995 on topics including the Holocaust and Jewish communities in Hungary, the Kasztner train, and Jewish passivity…
4. Maerker and Behr families papers
2017.404.1 Box 1 Folder 13 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 2017.404.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1873-1983
…, the family sailed out of Hamburg on the SS President Roosevelt to the United States. They settled in Philadelphia, PA. Gerhard was drafted in 1943 and…
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 … Germany. Scope and content of collection The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Willy and Else (née Behr) Maerker, originally of Bernburg…
5. Watercolor and ink drawing
2013.460.84_front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.460.84
Date:
creation: 1948 July
…Watercolor and black ink drawing depicting four figures on the deck of the the SS. Washington. It is one of several pieces depicting the S.S…
6. Shadur family papers
1997.A.0316.1 Box 4 Folder 2 Image 62
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0316.1
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1997
…, they sailed on the SS Exeter on February 21, 1941. The Shadur family settled near Michel’s sister Gitta near St. Paul, MN, and Michel changed his name…
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 … the SS Exeter on February 21, 1941. The Shadur family settled near Michel’s sister Gitta near St. Paul, MN, and Michel changed his name to Michael…
7. Silver rickshaw and driver figurine owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
2017.513.7 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2017.513.7
Date:
manufacture: 1870-1948
acquired: 1941 November-1948 December 31
… Vilna ghetto in 1942 or 1943. Eli’s parents likely died in Siberia. On January 1, 1949, Sara, her family, and her uncle Samuel boarded the S.S. General M…
8. Hand tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
1995.60.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.60.3
Date:
use: before 1939-1980
…, Benjamin and Feigele boarded the SS Marine Perch in Bremerhaven, arriving in New York on May 23. They settled in New York. Israel, Rivka, and Genia emigrated…
9. Head tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
1995.60.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.60.2
Date:
use: before 1939-1980
…, Benjamin and Feigele boarded the SS Marine Perch in Bremerhaven, arriving in New York on May 23. They settled in New York. Israel, Rivka, and Genia emigrated…
10. Brown tefillin pouch used by a Polish Jewish man in the Warsaw ghetto and in hiding
1995.60.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.60.1
Date:
use: before 1939-1980
…, Benjamin and Feigele boarded the SS Marine Perch in Bremerhaven, arriving in New York on May 23. They settled in New York. Israel, Rivka, and Genia emigrated…
11. Blue and white Zionist flag with a Star of David from the ship Exodus 1947
2016.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.1.1
Date:
acquired: 1947 July 18
use: 1947 July 18
… clandestine effort to smuggle Holocaust survivors from Europe to Palestine and to support the fight for an independent Palestine. Mike worked as a carpenter on…
12. Red and yellow floral handkerchief carried by a young Hungarian Jewish girl on the Kasztner train
2003.198.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.10
Date:
received: approximately 1942
use: approximately 1942-1946
… of the Hungarian Zionist Association in Budapest to get the German SS to allow a train of Jews to leave the country in exchange for money. Judit and…
13. Knud Dyby papers
1989.297.341 Box 2 Folder 31 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1989.297.341
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1992
… antisemitism and Holocaust denial. Photocopied records documenting the German occupation of Denmark include correspondence, warnings, and regulations from the…
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 … Archives, Washington, DC Acquisition information: Knud Dyby donated the Knud Dyby papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 and 1992…
14. Eugen and Helene Cohn papers
1998.A.0040.2 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 12
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0040.2
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1971
… there via Portugal aboard the SS Nyassa in early 1942. Gunter's future sister-in-law, Ruth Froehlich Guttmann, and her husband Salus were also aboard the…
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 … Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The Eugen and Helene Cohn papers include correspondence…
15. Mania and Martin Novak papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.269.1
Date:
inclusive: 1946-1984
… married in 1946 and immigrated to the United States the same year aboard the SS Marine Perch. They settled in New York.…
16. Mandil family photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2002.158.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-circa 1975
bulk: circa 1920-1948
… Jews from the Italian controlled prison; photographs of a group of Yugoslavian Jews and a Jewish wedding aboard the SS Kefalos, 1948; and images of Gavra…
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 … Jewish wedding aboard the SS Kefalos, 1948; and images of Gavra Mandil as an Israeli citizen and in the Israel Defence Force. Languages: Hebrew, Italian…
17. Eugene Miller collection
1997.A.0240 Oversize Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0240
Date:
inclusive: circa 1941-approximately 1997
…; investigations into the identity and fate of Josef Mengele; Heinrich Himmler; Martin Borman; and SS personnel and organization. Most of these records are…
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 … materials. The collection also includes original photographs of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Poland who studied medicine and science in Germany after the…
18. Joseph W. Eaton papers
2009.401.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2009.401.1
Date:
inclusive: 1932-2011
1932-2011
… perished in the Holocaust. They divorced after their children left and fled separately to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Flora was a health aide for elderly people…
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 … the Museum. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum also holds an oral history interview with Joseph W. Eaton conducted by Judith Cohen and…
19. 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
… mechanic with his own business. The couple had three children. William and Helen were dedicated to Holocaust education and shared their personal experiences…
20. Pencil drawing of a ship hoist and the harbor by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps
2012.471.108 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.471.108
Date:
creation: 1946 October 31
Artwork Title:
In the Harbor at Naples, October 31, 1946
…Pencil drawing of a ship hoist and the harbor by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps…