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1. Child’s hat purchased by Dr. Henry Kupfer for his daughter, Tamara Kupferblum
2018.498.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.498.2
Date:
acquired: 1939-1945
… in September, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. As agreed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, the two nations divided Poland…
2. Child’s coat purchased by Dr. Henry Kupfer for his daughter, Tamara Kupferblum
2018.498.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.498.1
Date:
acquired: 1939-1945
… in September, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. As agreed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, the two nations divided Poland…
3. Silver hair brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.4
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
…Frieda Lewin Fromm was born on December 4, 1882, in Ortelsburg, Germany (Szczytno, Poland). She married her sister Henriette's husband, Meyer Fromm…
4. Silver clothes brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.3
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
…Frieda Lewin Fromm was born on December 4, 1882, in Ortelsburg, Germany (Szczytno, Poland). She married her sister Henriette's husband, Meyer Fromm…
5. Book
Object | Accession Number: 2006.481.9
Date:
publication/distribution: 1940
Title:
Der grossdeutsche Freiheitskampf, Reden Adolf Hitlers
Series Title:
Reden des Führers
…Munich (Germany)…
6. Book
Object | Accession Number: 2006.481.10
Date:
publication/distribution: 1940
Title:
Der grossdeutsche Freiheitskampf, Reden Adolf Hitlers vom 1.September 1939 bis 10.Marz 1940
Series Title:
Reden des Führers
…Munich (Germany)…
7. Almanacs
Object | Accession Number: 2006.481.6
Date:
publication/distribution: 1940
Title:
Auerbachs Deutscher Kinder-Kalender 1940 : Vereinigt mit Meidingers Kinder-Kalender. 52. Jahrgang
Series Title:
Auerbachs Deutscher Kinder-Kalender
…Leipzig (Germany)…
8. Painting
2010.502.50 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.502.50
Date:
depiction: 1940 June-1943 September
…, Germany, where Lazar built a plywood import business. After graduating, Jacob attended the University of Berlin where he met Sonia Finkel (1904-1973), a…
9. Illustrierter Beobachter (Munich, Germany) [Newspaper]
Object | Accession Number: 2010.388.7
Date:
publication/distribution: 1940
Title:
Illustrierter Beobachter, Sondernummer: Frankreichs Schuld
…Illustrierter Beobachter (Munich, Germany) [Newspaper]…
10. Blonde haired, male, felt doll carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.13
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…Ina Felczer (b.1929) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Hannah (Hana, née Kempinski, 1894-?) and Victor Awigdor (1892 -?) Felczer. Hannah was born in…
11. Medal of Deportation and Resistance for Acts of Resistance awarded to a French doctor
2003.351.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.351.2
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
issue: after 1950
… in the center of Marseille where Gaston was a general practitioner. Robert was a public notary. In May 1940, Nazi Germany invaded France. An armistice…
12. German prisoner of war identification tag worn by a Jewish soldier in the Polish Army
2007.34.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.34.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… imprisoned in the Oflag XI, a prison camp in Altengrabow, Germany. In 1941, the Germans established a ghetto in Krakow and all Jewish inhabitants were forced…
13. Girl Guide enrollment promise trefoil badge received by a young German Jewish girl rescued on the Kindertransport
Object | Accession Number: 2012.454.5
Date:
received: after 1939 June-before 1944
…Franziska (Ruth) Danzig was born on July 12, 1932, in Munich, Germany, the only child of Emanuel and Gerda Winter Danzig. Emanuel was born on July 29…
14. SSB blue enamelled badge with a snowflake acquired by a US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.35
Date:
found: 1945
creation: 1907-1945
… following day the United States declared war on Japan, and on December 11, Germany declared war on the United States. On October 31, 1942 Harold was drafted…
15. Ceramic change holder in the shape of an Orthodox Jewish man
2016.184.4 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.4
Date:
manufacture: 1890-1962
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Germany…
16. Salad plate with a floral design carried by Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.6
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…Ina Felczer (b.1929) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Hannah (Hana, née Kempinski, 1894-?) and Victor Awigdor (1892 -?) Felczer. Hannah was born in…
17. Colorful terracotta figure group of a Jewish family dressed for Sabbath
2016.184.595 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.595
Date:
creation: approximately 1828-1941
Artwork Title:
Yom Hakodesh: Rüstung auf den Schabis
Alternate Title:
Yom Hakodesh: Prepared for the Sabbath
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Zizenhausen (Germany)…
18. Sculpture of a discus thrower used to teach racial science in Nazi Germany
1990.47.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.47.1
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
Artwork Title:
Discus Thrower
…Sculpture of a discus thrower used to teach racial science in Nazi Germany…
19. Sculpture of a runner used to teach racial science in Nazi Germany
1990.47.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.47.2
Date:
approximately 1933-1945
Artwork Title:
Runner
…Sculpture of a runner used to teach racial science in Nazi Germany…
20. Allach porcelain figurine collected postwar by a Jewish member of the French resistance
Object | Accession Number: 2020.12.4
Date:
manufacture: 1940
…Dachau (Germany)…
21. Charred electrical insulator from Auschwitz found by a Sinti inmate
1987.75.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.75.1
Date:
use: approximately 1940 June-approximately 1945 January
…Hans Braun was born on March 6, 1923, in Hannover, Germany, to Oswald and Rosa Ernst Braun, a Sinti couple. Oswald was born on March 1, 1898, in…
22. Teacup and saucer with blue and pink flowers carried by Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.5_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.5 a-b
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…Ina Felczer (b.1929) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Hannah (Hana, née Kempinski, 1894-?) and Victor Awigdor (1892 -?) Felczer. Hannah was born in…
23. Bronze Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 3rd Class Order
Object | Accession Number: 2017.254.1
Date:
issue: 1939 May-1945 May
…Germany…
24. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
1985.1.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.9
Date:
found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
…Germany. Luftwaffe…
25. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
1985.1.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.10
Date:
found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
…Germany. Luftwaffe…
26. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
1985.1.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.11
Date:
found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
…Germany. Luftwaffe…
27. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
1985.1.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.12
Date:
found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
…Germany. Luftwaffe…
28. Luftwaffe KRS shoulder board with gold piping acquired by US soldier
1985.1.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 1985.1.13
Date:
found: approximately 1945
issue: after 1936 May 25-before 1945
…Germany. Luftwaffe…
29. Postage stamp, 2 zloty, featuring the Barbican, Krakow, issued in German occupied Poland
2005.375.33 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.375.33
Date:
issue: 1940-1941
…The collection consists of a selection of postage stamps issued by the fascist governments of Germany and Italy from 1938-1941.…
30. Postage stamp, 20 zloty, featuring the Dominican Church, Krakow, issued in German occupied Poland
2005.375.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.375.24
Date:
issue: 1940-1941
…The collection consists of a selection of postage stamps issued by the fascist governments of Germany and Italy from 1938-1941.…
31. Deutsches Rotes Kreuz [German Red Cross] flag with a black eagle with a swastika and a red cross on a white field
Object | Accession Number: 2004.299.1
Date:
use: approximately 1938-1945
… private charity sector. By July 1933, the DRK was one of only four non-state aid organizations left in Germany. Its new president was a Nazi Party official…
32. Leather wallet used by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.3
Date:
emigration: 1940
…Annemarie Alexander was born on August 3, 1920, in Berlin, Germany, to Isadore and Anna Hirschensohn Alexander, who was born in 1890. Isadore, born…
33. Leather passport holder with Weimar eagle used by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.2
Date:
emigration: 1940
…Annemarie Alexander was born on August 3, 1920, in Berlin, Germany, to Isadore and Anna Hirschensohn Alexander, who was born in 1890. Isadore, born…
34. Reich service flag with a swastika and Nazi eagle captured by an uknown soldier
2000.610.1 detail
Object | Accession Number: 2000.610.1
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1936-1945
…Königsberg (Germany)…
35. Wedding dress shipped to the United States by a German Jewish woman murdered at Riga
2018.58.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.58.2
Date:
use: after 1930-before 1941
…Alice Lubranitzky (later Plocki, 1914-1941) was born to Benno (1880-1942?) and Gertrude (nee Posner, 1885-1942?) Lubranitzsky in Sebnitz, Germany…
36. Embroidered dress made for a young Austrian Jewish refugee before her emigration
2016.112.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.112.9
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…
37. Tefillin bag
Object | Accession Number: 2012.244.7
Date:
emigration: 1940
…Annemarie Alexander was born on August 3, 1920, in Berlin, Germany, to Isadore and Anna Hirschensohn Alexander, who was born in 1890. Isadore, born…
38. NSDAP membership badge found by Zaro Calabrese
1994.124.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.124.1
Date:
acquired: 1944-1945
manufacture: 1933-1945
… beachhead and the liberation of France in 1944, and then fought their way through Germany. On April 4, 1945, they liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, a…
39. Political cartoon depicting Chiang Kai-shek created by an American journalist
2018.298.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.10
Date:
creation: 1936-1943
Artwork Title:
Chiang Kai-shek
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
40. Political cartoon depicting Agustín Justo created by an American journalist
2018.298.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.11
Date:
creation: 1936-1943
Artwork Title:
Augustin (sic) Justo
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
41. Political cartoon depicting Prince Saionji Kinmochi created by an American journalist
2018.298.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.12
Date:
creation: 1936-1940
Artwork Title:
Prince Saionji, Last of the Genro
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
42. Political cartoon depicting Lázaro Cárdenas created by an American journalist
2018.298.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.13
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Artwork Title:
Cardenas (sic)
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
43. Political cartoon depicting Maksim Litvinov created by an American journalist
2018.298.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.14
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Artwork Title:
Litvinoff (sic)
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
44. Political cartoon depicting Joseph Goebbels created by an American journalist
2018.298.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.5
Date:
creation: 1936-1943
Artwork Title:
Paul Joseph Goebbels
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
45. Political cartoon depicting Joseph Stalin created by an American journalist
2018.298.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.6
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Artwork Title:
Josef (sic) Stalin
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
46. Political cartoon depicting Benito Mussolini created by an American journalist
2018.298.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.7
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
47. Political cartoon depicting Éamon de Valera holding the Éire Constitution created by an American journalist
2018.298.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.8
Date:
creation: after 1937 July 01-1943
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
48. Political cartoon depicting Jawaharlal Nehru created by an American journalist
2018.298.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.9
Date:
creation: 1936-1943
Artwork Title:
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
49. Political cartoon depicting King Christian X of Denmark created by an American journalist
2018.298.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.4
Date:
creation: 1936-1943
Artwork Title:
Christian X
… and reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Anti-Jewish decrees were soon…
50. German election poster featuring a photographic portrait of Adolf Hitler
1990.333.33 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.333.33
Date:
depiction: approximately 1927-1945
Title:
ja!
Alternate Title:
yes!
…Germany…