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1. Frieze from a colonnade of the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht
Object | Accession Number: 1998.144.1
Date:
creation: 1912
use: 1912-1938
recovered: 1988
…Frieze from a colonnade of the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht…
2. Ornamental stone rosette from the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht
Object | Accession Number: 1998.144.2
Date:
creation: 1912
use: 1912-1938
recovered: 1988
…Ornamental stone rosette from the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht…
3. Insert from a program for a Jewish cultural event in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.7 b
Date:
issue: 1936 March 21
…Insert from a program for a Jewish cultural event in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany…
4. Program for a lecture series on Jewish life by a Zionist organization in pre-Kristallnacht Berlin
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.9
Date:
publication/distribution: 1935 November
…Program for a lecture series on Jewish life by a Zionist organization in pre-Kristallnacht Berlin…
5. Program for a Jewish cultural event in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.7 a
Date:
publication/distribution: 1936 March 21
…Program for a Jewish cultural event in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany…
6. Program for a Hebrew Celebration of Shabbat in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.8
Date:
publication/distribution: 1936 May 17
…Program for a Hebrew Celebration of Shabbat in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany…
7. Program for a Hebrew Celebration of Shabbat in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.10
Date:
publication/distribution: 1936 March 21
…Program for a Hebrew Celebration of Shabbat in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany…
8. Program for a Jewish cultural event in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.6
Date:
publication/distribution: 1936 May 18
…Program for a Jewish cultural event in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany…
9. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2011.259.8
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… to the United States in May 1937. Carl and Georg were arrested during Kristallnacht in November 1938 and sent to Dachau concentration camp. They were…
10. Running shoes worn by a German Jewish runner in pre-Olympic training
1998.121.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.121.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1935
… ploy designed to counter criticism of Nazi regime policies and portray the country as open minded and tolerant. During the Kristallnacht pogrom on…
11. Running jersey worn by a German Jewish runner in pre-Olympic training
1998.121.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.121.1
Date:
use: 1935
… ploy designed to counter criticism of Nazi regime policies and portray the country as open minded and tolerant. During the Kristallnacht pogrom on…
12. French book owned by a Jewish Austrian survivor
Object | Accession Number: 2019.611.10
Date:
publication: 1931
Title:
Petities causeries françaises
Alternate Title:
Small French talks
… certifications, and police reports, and Chaskel Geller's WWI medals credentials. Prior to Kristallnacht, Chaskel, Mathilde and their son Sigmund went to Riga…
13. Upright domed traveling wardrobe trunk used by an Austrian Jewish family
Object | Accession Number: 2004.628.2
Date:
received: 1933
emigration: 1939 January
… confiscated. During Kristallnacht on November 10, Isidor was arrested and severely beaten. Fanny was forced to scrub the streets. The family's apartment was…
14. Brass Shabbat lamp and drip tray acquired by a German Jewish woman
Object | Accession Number: 2018.356.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: after 1907 September 26-before 1939 March 15
… pogroms of violence and destruction against Jews and their property, known as Kristallnacht. During the pogroms, 30,000 Jewish men were also incarcerated in…
15. NSDAP membership pin acquired by Hans Praschkauer
Object | Accession Number: 2006.398.3
Date:
manufacture: 1934 July-1945 May
acquired: before 1939 May 10
… as Kristallnacht. During the pogroms, 30,000 Jewish men were incarcerated and held in German concentration camps until they promised to leave Germany…
16. NSDAP membership pin acquired by Hans Praschkauer
Object | Accession Number: 2006.398.4
Date:
manufacture: 1934 July-1945 May
acquired: before 1939 May 10
… as Kristallnacht. During the pogroms, 30,000 Jewish men were incarcerated and held in German concentration camps until they promised to leave Germany…
17. Dictionary
Object | Accession Number: 2015.312.5
Date:
publication/distribution: after 1936
Title:
Langenscheidts Tasechen-Wörterbücher
Alternate Title:
Langenscheidt's pocket dictionary
…. During Kristallnacht, Alfred’s father was arrested and taken to the police precinct where his head was shaved, he was only released because he was the…
18. National Fascist Party of Italy (PNF) membership badge owned by Jewish female refugee from Nazi Germany
2005.379.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.7
Date:
use: 1931-1938
emigration: 1939 September
… from a Jewish owned business. Michel, then his family left for Belgium in 1935-36. After the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 9-10, 1938, Gitta was…
19. Pink and black floral patterned chiffon dress owned by a Jewish refugee from Austria
2004.628.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.628.6
Date:
emigration: 1939
received: 1933
… Isidor’s, were confiscated. During the Kristallnacht pogrom that November 10, Isidor was arrested and taken to the police riding school on Kenyongasse…
20. Woman’s white cloth tailored jacket owned by a Jewish refugee during her escape from Vienna
2004.628.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.628.7
Date:
emigration: 1939
received: 1933
… Isidor’s, were confiscated. During the Kristallnacht pogrom that November 10, Isidor was arrested and taken to the police riding school on Kenyongasse…