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1. Two decks of skat cards used by a concentration camp inmate saved by Schindler's list
2013.379.10 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.379.10 a - bl
Date:
use: 1944 October-1945 May
…Henry Dressler (born Heniz, 1919-2005) was born on October 22, 1919, in Dresden, Germany, to Joachim (1888-1971) and Martha Miriam (1896-1956) and…
2. Tablecloth with a handpainted maple leaf design created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp
2012.443.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.443.5
Date:
creation: approximately 1948
… September 10, but on September 1, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. When the war began, the Polish government called for all able bodied men to report for…
3. Stuffed brown bear owned by a Polish Jewish girl and recovered postwar
1991.234.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.234.1
Date:
received: after 1930-before 1939
recovered: after 1945 May
…, his wife Lola, and their children Alfred and Jerzy also lived in Krakow. Zofia’s father Isydor died circa 1938/39. On September 1, 1939, Germany…
4. Striped concentration camp uniform trousers worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1992.36.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.36.1
Date:
use: 1945 February-1945 April
… 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…
5. Spielman family papers
2005.359.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2005.359.1
Date:
inclusive: 1897-circa 1949
bulk: 1940-1948
… six months before making their way to Germany. In Germany they stayed in the Gabersee DP camp for three years until they were able to immigrate to the U…
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 … Holocaust in Budapest, Bratislava, and the Gabersee displaced persons camp in Germany. Included are photographs from Budapest, Bratislava, Gabersee, and a…
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6. Silk scarf with a handpainted clown and an inscription created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp
2012.443.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.443.3
Date:
creation: 1946 November 14
… September 10, but on September 1, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. When the war began, the Polish government called for all able bodied men to report for…
7. Silk matzah holder with a handpainted fruit and floral design for Passover created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp
2012.443.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.443.2
Date:
creation: 1948
… September 10, but on September 1, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. When the war began, the Polish government called for all able bodied men to report for…
8. Sam Kornhauser papers
2005.538.1 Box 1 Folder 9 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2005.538.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1998
… Kornhauser’s chance encounter with Pope John Paul II in the 1930s. Ursula and Berek Goldkorn materials include identification papers from Poland, Germany…
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 … encounter with Pope John Paul II in the 1930s. Ursula and Berek Goldkorn materials include identification papers from Poland, Germany, Belgium, and http…
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9. Presentation by Sigmund Boraks and Martin Wasserman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.17.5 | RG Number: RG-50.689.0005
Date:
interview: 1999 April 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sigmund Boraks, born July 18, 1925 in Wielun, Poland, discusses his experience during Germany’s invasion of Poland; his relocation to the Cracow…
10. Pocket mirror used by a concentration camp inmate saved by getting on Schindler's list
2013.379.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.379.9
Date:
use: 1944 October-1945
…Henry Dressler (born Heniz, 1919-2005) was born on October 22, 1919, in Dresden, Germany, to Joachim (1888-1971) and Martha Miriam (1896-1956) and…
11. Oral history interview with Yaakov Wasserman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.166 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0166
Date:
interview: 1991 November 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
12. Oral history interview with Tushia Silbering
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1280.22 | RG Number: RG-50.225.0022
Date:
interview: 1995 May 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
13. Oral history interview with Tina Davies and David Davies
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0124.10 | RG Number: RG-50.028.0010
Date:
interview: 1991 May 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Germany; her beliefs that Christians were no good because the killing of the Jews; how she and her husband believed in God but were not religious; raising…
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 … book was written by a Jew and not allowed in Germany. She could see the Germans doing the same thing and this alerted her to be on guard. 16:45 People in…
14. Oral history interview with Stefan Zweig
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2004.73.34 | RG Number: RG-50.569.0034
Date:
interview: 1975 January 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)…
15. Oral history interview with Sigmund Turner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.495.27 | RG Number: RG-50.061.0027
Date:
interview: 1981 July 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Munich (Germany)…
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 …? My family consists of three older sisters, and I was the youngest, the only son. I'm born on October the 10th, 1918, in Kustrin, Germany. In 1924, we…
16. Oral history interview with Shmuel Tzuk
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.225 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0225
Date:
interview: 1995 October 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… and joining a group of Poles; life in Celle, Germany; traveling back to Poland; reuniting with his parents and sister; life in the displaced persons…
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 ….08 Describes his childhood, vacations, friends. Antisemitism of Polish children. His family did not believe the news coming from Germany, but he did. 1…
17. Oral history interview with Shlomo Shein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.139 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0139
Date:
interview: 1992 December 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … to Germany. Describes marching in freezing weather for several days, straglers were shot. 5.32 By train to Mauthausen, for one week, then to…
18. Oral history interview with Ruth Rontal
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.47 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0047
Date:
interview: 1994 July 31
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Antisemitism in education--Germany.…
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 …/1920 Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, two sisters, parents from Austrian Empire, owned chain of stores; discussion on Esslingen’s Jewish life, included…
19. Oral history interview with Ruth Cohen
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.216 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0216
Date:
interview: 1995 August 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 ….16 Kristallnacht and beginning awareness of what was happening in Germany. 1.18 August 1939, beginning preparations for war. 1.22 Talks about Zionist education in…
20. Oral history interview with Robert A. Belfer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2006.75 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0506
Date:
interview: 2006 April 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … power, they established all kinds of trade restrictions. My father was exporting feathers to Germany. While he was visiting Germany, he was arrested…