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1. Yellow plastic comb with cardboard case carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2003.454.23_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.454.23 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1939 July 13
… Germany in March 1938. Edi emigrated to Palestine that October. During the Kristallnacht pogrom that November 9-10, Wilhelm was arrested and detained in…
2. Three hangers for a wardrobe trunk used by German Jewish refugees on the MS St. Louis
1998.65.1_i front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.65.1 g-i
Date:
use: 1939 May-1940 April
… for his World War I service. In June 1937, the family got passports marked with the letter J for Jew. On November 9 and 10, 1938, the Kristallnacht…
3. Pipe with bowl carved in the shape of a bull’s head
2017.541.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.541.6
Date:
acquired: 1950-1953
… practicing medicine. On November 9-10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Jews and their businesses, homes, and places of worship were freely and…
4. Hohner Imperial IIA accordion and case carried by Hilde Anker on a Kindertransport
2003.352.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.352.1 a-b
Date:
use: after 1938-approximately 1997
manufacture: 1938-1939
emigration: 1939 June
…, Hilde’s sisters Eva and Dodi were forced out of public school and went to the Goldschmidt school. On November 9 and 10, 1938, the Kristallnacht pogrom…
5. Gillette razor blade, cover and wrapper featuring King C. Gillette brought to Shanghai by an Austrian Jewish refugee
2010.240.20_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.20 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1938 December
… and he applied as an apprentice at Siemens-Schuckertwerke, a German electrical engineering company. During the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10…
6. Woman's gold wrist watch kept with a Jewish concentration camp inmate
2009.360.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.360.1
Date:
use: 1943-1944
… him again. By this time, Hitler had become Chancellor of Germany, Kristallnacht had occurred, and the persecution of Jews was becoming increasingly…
7. Engraved silver cigarette case with box owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.18_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.18 a-b
Date:
received: approximately 1947 December
… increasingly harsh. Carl’s business was not restricted and it converted to produce war rations for the Army. After the Kristallnacht destruction of November 9-10…
8. Replacement watch crystal in packaging owned by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.89_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.89 a-b
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1942
… Kristallnacht pogrom, Rudolph’s father, Ernst, was arrested, marched down the street with his hands up in the air, and taken to Buchenwald concentration camp. He…
9. Dartmouth Red ski wax owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.44 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.44
Date:
received: after 1938
… sailed from Holland on the MS Statendam for New York. He Americanized his name to Carl. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10 1938, Ella and…
10. Felmore Art Deco cigarette case owned by German Jewish emigre and US soldier
2003.149.85 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.85
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1930
… Kristallnacht pogrom, Rudolph’s father, Ernst, was arrested, marched down the street with his hands up in the air, and taken to Buchenwald concentration camp. He…
11. Engraved cigarette case given to a German Jewish emigre
2003.149.86 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.86
Date:
received: 1936
manufacture: 1931 May-1932 April
… Kristallnacht pogrom, Rudolph’s father, Ernst, was arrested, marched down the street with his hands up in the air, and taken to Buchenwald concentration camp. He…
12. Art Deco silver pocket watch owned by German Jewish US emigre and soldier
2003.149.61 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.61
Date:
received: after 1920-before 1939
… Kristallnacht pogrom, Rudolph’s father, Ernst, was arrested, marched down the street with his hands up in the air, and taken to Buchenwald concentration camp. He…
13. Pea whistle brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.42 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.42
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
… sailed from Holland on the MS Statendam for New York. He Americanized his name to Carl. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10 1938, Ella and…
14. Novoris leather wrist watch worn by German Jewish emigre and US soldier
2003.149.65 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.65
Date:
received: after 1920-before 1939
… Kristallnacht pogrom, Rudolph’s father, Ernst, was arrested, marched down the street with his hands up in the air, and taken to Buchenwald concentration camp. He…