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1. Small yellow suitcase used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport

2012.454.2 front

Date:: use: 1939 June

2. 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

Date:: commemoration: 1943-1946
emigration: 1940 February

3. Upright, wardrobe-style trunk used by a Jewish family during their postwar emigration

Date:: emigration: 1948 October 21-1948 October 30

4. Japanese invasion banknote, 10 pesos, acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: issue: approximately 1942
received: approximately 1945-1946

5. Japanese invasion banknote, 5 centavos, acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: issue: approximately 1942
received: approximately 1945-1946

6. Girl Guide enrollment promise trefoil badge received by a young German Jewish girl rescued on the Kindertransport

Date:: received: after 1939 June-before 1944

7. Wooden canvas covered trunk used by Jewish refugees

2004.322.1 front

Date:: use: approximately 1950

8. Leitz Stativ VI compound brass microscope, case, and accessories used by a Jewish family

2003.120.2_a front

Date:: manufacture: 1914 September 22

9. Handmade storybook by a German Jewish girl rescued by the Kindertransport

Date:: emigration: 1939 June

10. Flat top brown steamer trunk used by a German Jewish woman during emigration

Date:: emigration: 1937 November 30

11. National Society of Colonial Daughters essay award with case won by a Polish Jewish refugee

1989.277.18_b front

Date:: issue: 1949

12. Underwood typewriter with Cyrillic keys used by an emigre Jewish lawyer and politician

2013.506.2 front

Date:: manufacture: 1925
emigration: 1940 May-1940 December

13. Embossed aluminum flat top steamer trunk used by a German Jewish refugee

2005.140.4 front

Date:: emigration: 1938 December 15

14. Light brown leather billfold used by a Polish Jewish refugee

2012.358.2 closed

Date:: unavailable:

15. Blue and silver HIAS pin worn by a Jewish Latvian youth postwar

2013.474.2 front

Date:: use: 1947 October-1947 November

16. Upright embossed aluminum wardrobe trunk used by a German Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1938 December 15

17. Brown leather briefcase acquired by a Polish Jewish woman in a DP camp

1989.277.1 front

Date:: received: approximately 1946

18. 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

Date:: issue: 1945 July 06-1946 December 31
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February

19. Autograph album used by an Austrian refugee

Date:: emigration: 1940 March

20. Three hangers for a wardrobe trunk used by German Jewish refugees on the MS St. Louis

1998.65.1_i front

Date:: use: 1939 May-1940 April

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