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1. Tool used to classify eye color in racial studies conducted in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2017.355.1
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1930-1945
use: approximately 1930-1945
…, and intelligence tests. Many German physicians and scientists, who had supported racial hygiene ideas before 1933, embraced the Nazi emphasis on biology…
2. Square paper label with a Star of David to identify a Jewish doctor
Object | Accession Number: 2004.407.3
Date:
issue: after 1933-before 1945
…Jewish physicians--Germany--History--20th century.…
3. Small paper label with a Star of David to identify a Jewish doctor
Object | Accession Number: 2004.407.2
Date:
issue: after 1933-before 1945
…Jewish physicians--Germany--History--20th century.…
4. 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
… the basement. Bela was released from the labor service in 1942 because he was a physician. In September 1943, Judit began first grade at a Jewish day…
5. Custom carrying case containing anthropometry instruments used in Nazi Germany
1990.272.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.272.1
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
…, ranked from “superior” to “inferior,” based on family genealogies, anthropometric measurements, and intelligence tests. Many German physicians and…
6. Peach chemise with floral embroidery saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.4
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… the basement. Bela was released from the labor service in 1942 because he was a physician. In September 1943, Judit began first grade at a Jewish day…
7. Tool used to classify skin color in racial studies conducted in Nazi Germany
2017.355.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.355.2 a-b
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1905-1914
use: approximately 1905-1945
… “inferior,” based on family genealogies, anthropometric measurements, and intelligence tests. Many German physicians and scientists, who had supported racial…
8. Aluminum food container lid used by a Hungarian Jewish family on the Kasztner train
2003.198.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.3
Date:
use: approximately 1937-1946
… because he had a notice that, as a physician, he must report to the bunker of the Hungarian regent. Bela returned to his practice but had fewer patients…
9. Staedtler pencil from a carrying case containing anthropometry instruments used in Nazi Germany
1990.272.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.272.1.4
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: after 1900-1945
…, ranked from “superior” to “inferior,” based on family genealogies, anthropometric measurements, and intelligence tests. Many German physicians and…
10. Anthropometer used to measure length of body parts in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.255.1
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: approximately 1920-1945
… physicians and scientists, like Dr. Fischer, who had supported racial hygiene ideas before 1933, embraced the Nazi emphasis on biology and heredity, in order…
11. Peach chemise with black and white floral appliques saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.5
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… the basement. Bela was released from the labor service in 1942 because he was a physician. In September 1943, Judit began first grade at a Jewish day…
12. Tool used to classify hair color in racial studies conducted in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.300.1 a
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: 1928-1945
… wife, Herta Saller (1909-1999). Dr. Saller acted as physician there from 1936-1939. He served in the German army as a doctor during World War II (1939…
13. Sliding calipers from a carrying case containing anthropometry instruments used in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.272.1.2
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: after 1897-1945
…, ranked from “superior” to “inferior,” based on family genealogies, anthropometric measurements, and intelligence tests. Many German physicians and…
14. Spreading calipers from a carrying case containing anthropometry instruments used in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.272.1.1
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
…, ranked from “superior” to “inferior,” based on family genealogies, anthropometric measurements, and intelligence tests. Many German physicians and…
15. Case for hair color tool used in racial studies conducted in Nazi Germany
1990.300.1_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.300.1 b
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: 1928-1945
… wife, Herta Saller (1909-1999). Dr. Saller acted as physician there from 1936-1939. He served in the German army as a doctor during World War II (1939…