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101. Coat worn by a female German Jewish member of the Red Orchestra resistance group
2015.298.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.298.2
… Egler. She was raised in Berlin, Germany. Inn 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. In her late teens, Lisa enrolled in the Museum School of…
102. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1994.55.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.3
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… worked as an electrician. In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany occupied regions west of the Bug River, the Soviet Union…
103. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.3
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
… September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The country was quickly occupied, and Herman was among the large portion of Polish soldiers captured as prisoners of…
104. Wedding gown made from a parachute worn by Lili Lax Friedman and many additional Jewish brides in a DP camp
1999.7.12_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.7.12 a
Date:
creation: approximately 1946 January
use: 1946 January 27-before 1948 February
…, they no longer received mail and lost contact with Celia. In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. The same month, Lili got a letter from Yitzhak to…
105. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish woman in multiple concentration camps
1989.162.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.162.1
Date:
use: approximately 1943 September-1945 April
… live with her parents. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Mania and Szlama returned to Sosnowiec and moved in with her family. The Germans…
106. U.S. Army regulation uniform shirt worn by a Signal Corps photographer for the war crimes trials
Object | Accession Number: 2013.458.2
Date:
use: approximately 1945 September-1949
… London for just over a year before being dispatched in 1944 to Wiesbaden, Germany. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered. In August 1945, the United…
107. Nightgown with floral embroidery made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before emigration
2016.112.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.3
Date:
emigration: 1940 November 23
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the Anschluss. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Jews…
108. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1989.248.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.248.1
Date:
use: 1940 August 10-1945 May 06
… Stossier. On March 12, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. The Nazi regime actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse…
109. Peach floral printed chemise saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.6
Date:
received: approximately 1935-1940
use: 1935-1946
… Judit spent the summers visiting Anna’s family in Bekes. Hungary was governed by a fascist regime, allied with Nazi Germany. From 1939, Jewish men were…
110. Blue two-piece dress with multicolored hearts
2008.226.4_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.226.4 a-b
Date:
use: 1942-1945
…Concentration camp inmates--Germany.…
111. Long sleeved Henley undershirt brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.13
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
112. Concentration camp uniform trousers worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The subject, a male, was born on June 8, 1907, in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France). His mother was born in 1885, in Sierenz, Germany…
113. Yellow sport short listing concentration camps where the owner was imprisoned
2005.579.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.3
Date:
emigration: 1949 August 26
…Alice Redlich was born August 12, 1920, in Berlin, Germany, to Georg and Ella Messer Redlich. Georg, born on August 8, 1884, was a salesman and World…
114. Vest worn by a female German Jewish member of the Red Orchestra resistance group
2015.298.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.298.3
… Egler. She was raised in Berlin, Germany. Inn 1933, the Nazi dictatorship took power in Germany. In her late teens, Lisa enrolled in the Museum School of…
115. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
2014.557.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.5
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
… September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The country was quickly occupied, and Herman was among the large portion of Polish soldiers captured as prisoners of…
116. Concentration camp uniform jacket and pants worn by an inmate saved by getting on Schindler's list
Object | Accession Number: 2013.379.3 a-b
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…
117. Embroidered nightgown made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.4
Date:
emigration: 1940 November 23
… was annexed into Germany, in what became known as the Anschluss. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Jews…
118. US Army regulation uniform shirt worn by a Signal Corps photographer for the war crimes trials
Object | Accession Number: 2013.458.1
Date:
use: approximately 1945 September-1949
… London for just over a year before being dispatched in 1944 to Wiesbaden, Germany. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered. In August 1945, the United…
119. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a non-Jewish doctor/resistance member
2004.554.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.554.1
Date:
received: 1944 September-1945 April
… his wife, daughters Julda and Pom and oldest son "Co." The Netherlands was occupied by Germany in May 1940. Dr. Zubli was recognized by the Red Cross…
120. Man's tailored nightshirt with braided trim brought to the US by a Jewish Austrian refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2013.396.1
Date:
emigration: 1939 July
… granted the family access to modern public housing. Germany annexed Austria on March 13, 1938. Anti-Jewish policies were enacted that stripped Austrian Jews…