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1. Ceramic change holder in the shape of an Orthodox Jewish man
2016.184.4 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.4
Date:
manufacture: 1890-1962
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Germany…
2. Wooden Lazy Susan decorated with an inlaid windmill scene created by a Latvian in a displaced persons camp
2018.276.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.276.1
Date:
creation: 1945-1951
…Günzburg (Germany)…
3. Anvil-shaped paperweight given to a US soldier serving as a displaced persons camp administrator
1989.259.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.259.1
Date:
received: 1945 October 12
… with the 5th Regiment, 71st Infantry Division, nicknamed the Red Circle. They crossed the Rhine River into Germany in March. In early May, Heymont and…
4. Commemorative ribbon for the 50th anniversary of Dachau concentration camp
2004.705.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.705.14
Date:
commemoration: 1945-1995
…The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
5. 60th anniversary medallion, liberation of Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora issued to US soldier / liberator
Object | Accession Number: 2013.464.1
Date:
received: 2005 April
commemoration: 1945 April 11
… of his hearing. His unit then advanced into Germany, capturing a great deal of territory an entering Cologne on March 5. Forrest’s platoon followed the…
6. Plastic cigarette case with the 102nd Infantry insignia and Bavaria used by a US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2011.75.12
Date:
received: after 1945 May-approximately 1946
commemoration: 1945
…, he enlisted in the US Army and was assigned to the 102nd Combat Infantry Division, nicknamed the Ozarks Division. He was deployed to Germany in…