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1. Drawing by Hannah Messinger of a woman gesturing in supplication
2010.489.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.489.3
Date:
depiction: 1941-1945
creation: approximately 1970
Series Title:
Last Journey
Artwork Title:
Why?
…Hannah Lowy was born on October 16, 1920, in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia (Karelovy Vary, Czech Republic) to Emil, born August 14, 1888 and Irma, born…
2. Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
Object | Accession Number: 1995.152.1
Date:
commemoration: 1942
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information poster, no. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi brutality
… decimation of Lidice, Czechoslovakia.…
3. Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
Object | Accession Number: 1994.124.1
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
creation: 1942
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi Brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality... / RADIO BERLIN.-- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:- / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA…
4. Autobiographical tempera painting by David Friedmann of two men pumping water in the Łódź Ghetto
1988.173.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.173.1 a-c
Date:
creation: 1946
depiction: 1941 October-1944 March
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Pumping Water in Łódźer Ghetto
Alternate Title:
Two Łódź Ghetto Inmates On A Water Pump
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
5. Pen and ink drawing by David Friedmann of Jews hauling waste in the Ghetto given postwar to a fellow former resident
1993.126.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.126.1
Date:
depiction: 1942
creation: 1942
received: 1950 June 16
Artwork Title:
1942 Ghetto Łódź
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
6. Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
Object | Accession Number: 1994.110.1
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information poster, no. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality... / RADIO BERLIN.-- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:- / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA…
7. Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
2015.572.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.572.11
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information poster, no. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi Brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality... / RADIO BERLIN.-- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:- / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA…
8. US Army American Campaign Medal and ribbon bar with presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.2 a-c
Date:
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
…Tom Kovary was born as Tibor Kövári on June 23, 1920, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Tom’s parents were Olivio and Esther Fuchs Kövári. He joined his…
9. Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
2001.337.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2001.337.2
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information poster, no. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi Brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality... / RADIO BERLIN.-- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:- / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA…
10. Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
Object | Accession Number: 1994.117.1
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information poster, no. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality... / RADIO BERLIN.-- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:- / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA…
11. Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
1993.65.1_poster_This is Nazi Brutality
Object | Accession Number: 1993.65.1
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information poster, no. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality... / RADIO BERLIN.-- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:- / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA…
12. Royal Air Force sweetheart's wings pin acquired by John Eden
2013.476.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.476.6
Date:
received: 1944-1945
… June 25, 1930. Hans and his family lived in Czechoslovakia. Rudolf owned a factory that made bicycle gears. The family was Jewish, but not observant. In…
13. Golem pendant made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
2006.363.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.363.6
Date:
received: 1942 November 20-1945
…Michael (Misa) Grünbaum (1930-2023) was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), to Karel (1897-1941) and Margarete (1899-1974) Popper…
14. 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
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.4 a-g
Date:
commemoration: 1943-1946
emigration: 1940 February
…Tom Kovary was born as Tibor Kövári on June 23, 1920, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Tom’s parents were Olivio and Esther Fuchs Kövári. He joined his…
15. 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
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.3 a-d
Date:
issue: 1945 July 06-1946 December 31
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
…Tom Kovary was born as Tibor Kövári on June 23, 1920, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Tom’s parents were Olivio and Esther Fuchs Kövári. He joined his…
16. Gem micromatic safety razor and case given to a concentration camp inmate after liberation
1999.150.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.150.1 a-b
Date:
received: 1945 May
… Thereisenstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia. Early in May, Moniek was liberated by the Soviet army. His brother-in-law, Szabtai Klugman, found him in Thereisenstadt…
17. Ben Shahn poster of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
1989.34.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.34.2
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information poster, no. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality... / RADIO BERLIN.-- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:- / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA…
18. Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of freed prisoners homeward bound
1988.182.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.182.4 a-b
Date:
creation: 1946
depiction: 1945 January
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
From Concentration Camps to Liberty
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
19. Ben Shahn poster of a hooded chained man issued to protest Nazi destruction of Lidice
2006.34.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.34.1
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
publication: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information, No. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi Brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality / RADIO BERLIN. -- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED: - / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA - HAVE…
20. Pair of gloves worn by Lili Lax Friedman and many additional Jewish brides in a DP camp
1999.7.12 c-d front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.7.12 c-d
Date:
creation: approximately 1946 January
use: 1946 January 27-before 1948 February
…Lenka (Lili) Lax was born on January 20, 1924, in Zarice, Czechoslovakia (now Zarichchya, Ukraine), to an orthodox Jewish couple, Yitzhak (Ignatz…