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1. Metal fork with ridged handle used in Theresienstadt
2000.489.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.489.1
Date:
use: after 1945 April 25
…Women concentration camp inmates--Poland--Biography.…
2. 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…
3. Two pieces of mica from a forced laborer in a glimmer factory [mica]
2007.177.4_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.177.4 a- b
Date:
use: 1944-1945
… nationality. The barracks were divided by gender, with men on one side, women and children the other. Ilse, Gabriele, and Marta shared two beds. Everyone worked…
4. 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…
5. Mica flakes cut by a German Jewish female slave laborer
Object | Accession Number: 2004.230.11
Date:
received: after 1944 November-1945 May
… glimmer [mica] factory, splitting the mineral glimmer into thin slices to be used as electrical insulation for airplanes. The women often sliced their…
6. 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…
7. Red leather sewing box recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish woman
2012.342.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2012.342.2
Date:
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…
8. Handmade white armband inscribed Terezin worn by a female German Jewish inmate
2004.230.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.230.9
Date:
use: 1944 November-1945 May
… glimmer [mica] factory, splitting the mineral glimmer into thin slices to be used as electrical insulation for airplanes. The women often sliced their…
9. 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…
10. Handmade white armband embroidered K.Z.L. Terezin and worn by a female German Jewish inmate
2004.230.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.230.10
Date:
use: 1944 November-1945 May
… glimmer [mica] factory, splitting the mineral glimmer into thin slices to be used as electrical insulation for airplanes. The women often sliced their…
11. Multi-colored, cloth document cover used by Marietta Gruenbaum
2018.565.4 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.565.4
Date:
use: after 1945 May 08
… barrack shared with nine other women. Margarete was assigned to work in the studio at the camp’s Art’s Department, where she manufactured teddy bears and…
12. 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…
13. Theresienstadt armband worn by a Jewish inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.12
Date:
use: approximately 1943 March 18-1945 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…
14. Concentration camp uniform skirt worn by a Czech Jewish inmate
1989.303.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.24
Date:
use: 1944 October-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…
15. Metal tablespoon used by a Jewish Czech concentration camp inmate
1989.303.22 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.22
Date:
use: approximately 1944 September-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…
16. Burlap purse made from a mattress cover by a Jewish Czech concentration camp inmate
1989.303.23 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.23
Date:
creation: 1944 September
use: approximately 1944 September-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…
17. Zebra push puppet made by a former Jewish Czech camp inmate
1989.303.20 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.20
Date:
creation: after 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…
18. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, acquired by Marietta Gruenbaum
2018.565.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.565.9
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
use: 1943 January 01-1945 May 09
… barrack shared with nine other women. Margarete was assigned to work in the studio at the camp’s Art’s Department, where she manufactured teddy bears and…
19. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, acquired by Marietta Gruenbaum
2018.565.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.565.8
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
use: 1943 January 01-1945 May 09
… barrack shared with nine other women. Margarete was assigned to work in the studio at the camp’s Art’s Department, where she manufactured teddy bears and…
20. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, acquired by Marietta Gruenbaum
2018.565.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.565.7
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
use: 1943 January 01-1945 May 09
… barrack shared with nine other women. Margarete was assigned to work in the studio at the camp’s Art’s Department, where she manufactured teddy bears and…