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1. Flake of mica collected from Theresienstadt by a German Jewish factory worker
2016.552.4 side A
Object | Accession Number: 2016.552.4
Date:
acquired: after 1942 September 16-before 1945 May 09
… the kitchen, peeling potatoes for soups. She became known as the “Potato Queen,” letting the women go each day without checking pockets, allowing them…
2. Woman’s lab coat owned by a Czech Jewish inmate while a nurse in Theresienstadt
2001.3.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2001.3.3
Date:
use: after 1942 August-before 1944 October
…Women's clothing…
3. Man’s dark blue pajama shirt given to a Czech Jewish inmate of Theresienstadt by another inmate
2001.3.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2001.3.2
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
… department and used this information to get assigned as a nurse at the camp hospital. Men and women were housed apart and Hana lived with 8 nurses near the…
4. Star of David badge printed Jude worn by a German Jewish woman
2004.230.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.230.8
Date:
use: approximately 1942
… glimmer [mica] factory, splitting the mineral glimmer into thin slices to be used as electrical insulation for airplanes. The women often sliced their…
5. White lace pillowcase returned to Czech Jewish concentration camp inmates postwar
2012.342.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.342.4
Date:
use: before 1942 July
recovered: 1945 May
… to the Zionist women’s organization WIZO and the children belonged to a Zionist youth organization, Tchelet-Lavan (Blue-White), and Maccabi sports club…
6. White pillowcase with lace and an MS monogram returned to Czech Jewish concentration camp inmates postwar
2012.342.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.342.5
Date:
use: before 1942 July
recovered: 1945 May
… to the Zionist women’s organization WIZO and the children belonged to a Zionist youth organization, Tchelet-Lavan (Blue-White), and Maccabi sports club…
7. Unused Star of David badge owned by a German Jewish woman
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.17
Date:
use: 1941 September 01-1945 May 09
… nearby village, Edge, where she lived with Kate Richmond, a retired nurse who ran a convalescent home in her house. Ten to twelve elderly women lived with…