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1. SS uniform collar tab found at Dachau by an American soldier
1990.107.86 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.107.86
Date:
1945
found: 1945-1946
… concentration camp in Germany by US troops in April 1945, Vendig was appointed military governor of Dachau Landkreis.…
2. World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant’s medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1948
issue: after 1914 August 05
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
3. Shadowbox with a collage of shoulder sleeve patches and badges worn by a US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2013.483.3
Date:
use: approximately 1945 November-1947
… War II. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered, but the US was still at war with Japan. On June 29, 1945, John was inducted into the United States Army. He…
4. Three military metal identification tags worn by an American soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2013.483.2 a-c
Date:
use: approximately 1945 November-1947
… War II. On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered, but the US was still at war with Japan. On June 29, 1945, John was inducted into the United States Army. He…
5. Jewish Brigade Group arm patch with blue and white stripes and a Star of David worn by a Brigade soldier
2007.492.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.492.5
Date:
use: 1944 September-1946 July
…Fanny Dominitz was born September 9, 1925 in Cologne, Germany, to Jakob Dominitz, a traveling businessman, born on November 26, 1899, and Scheindel…
6. Jewish Brigade Group embroidered shoulder title patch worn by a Brigade soldier
2007.492.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.492.4
Date:
use: 1944 September-1946 July
…Fanny Dominitz was born September 9, 1925 in Cologne, Germany, to Jakob Dominitz, a traveling businessman, born on November 26, 1899, and Scheindel…
7. US Army patch acquired by a US soldier attending the War Crimes Trials
2015.163.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.163.6
Date:
received: 1946 April-1946 May
…Nuremberg (Germany)…
8. Set of US Army issue dog tags and a key on a chain belonging to a German Jewish refugee and soldier
2018.204.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.204.2
Date:
use: 1943 April 06-1946 March 17
…Berthold Meier (1911-1999) was born in Littfeld, Germany, to Toni (neé Heumann, 1880-?) and Seligmann Meier (1878-1920). Seligmann was born in…
9. US Army patch acquired by a US soldier attending the War Crimes Trials
2015.163.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.163.5
Date:
received: 1946 April-1946 May
…Nuremberg (Germany)…
10. Intelligence Corps cap badge worn by a British soldier and Kindertransport refugee
2016.203.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.203.6
Date:
use: 1945-1947
…Norbert Müller (later Norman A. Miller) was born on June 2, 1924, in Tann in der Rhön, Germany, to Sebald and Laura Jüngster Müller. Sebald was born…
11. Croix du Prisonnier Politique de la Guerre 1940-1945 medal with ribbon, 2 stars, awarded to a Belgian resistance fighter
2005.25.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.25.4
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
issue: 1949 July 23
… Congo to marry Johanna F. on March 12, 1936. In May 1940, Germany invaded and occupied Belgium. Roger became a member of OMBR [Organisation Militaire…
12. Copper colored U.S. lapel pin received by a German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.29.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.29.1 a-b
Date:
received: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
13. U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant's insignia pin worn by German Jewish US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.83
Date:
received: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
14. U.S. lapel pin worn by a German Jewish German US soldier
2003.149.28 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.28 a-b
Date:
use: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
15. Infantry service lapel pin worn by a German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.24
Date:
use: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
16. U.S. lapel pin received by a German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.31.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.31.1 a-c
Date:
received: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
17. Medal de la Resistance Armee 1940-1945 medal and ribbon awarded to a Belgian resistance fighter
2005.25.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.25.7
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
issue: 1947 December 31
… Congo to marry Johanna F. on March 12, 1936. In May 1940, Germany invaded and occupied Belgium. Roger became a member of OMBR [Organisation Militaire…
18. Copper colored U.S. lapel pin owned by a German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.30.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.30.1 a-c
Date:
received: 1945 May 09-approximately 1946 June
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
19. Ribbon bar award for construction of the German West Wall acquired by German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.76 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.76
Date:
commemoration: after 1937-before 1940 May
received: after 1944 July-before 1946 June
…Germany, Armed Forces…
20. Order of Leopold II Knight class medal, ribbon and silver palm citation awarded to a Belgian resistance fighter
2005.25.10_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.25.10
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
issue: 1950 July 19
… Congo to marry Johanna F. on March 12, 1936. In May 1940, Germany invaded and occupied Belgium. Roger became a member of OMBR [Organisation Militaire…