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1. Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by a Romanian Jewish concentration camp survivor
2006.516.5 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.5 a-c
Date:
use: before 1944 May
recovered: 1946
…Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by a Romanian Jewish concentration camp survivor…
2. Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by a Romanian Jewish concentration camp survivor
2006.516.4 a side a
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.4 a-c
Date:
use: before 1944 May
recovered: 1946
…Pair of Tefillin and pouch owned by a Romanian Jewish concentration camp survivor…
3. Star of David pendant with a prisoner number made by a former concentration camp inmate
2003.436.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.436.1
Date:
creation: after 1945 April-before 1947
received: 1947
…, which was occupied by Germany in September 1939. He was transferred to Gross-Rosen concentration camp, where he met Josef Fischman, a Romanian born Jew…
4. Albert Dov Sigal watercolor painting of men seated in a tent in a detention camp created during his imprisonment
1990.242.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.1
Date:
creation: 1948
depiction: 1948 January-1948 February
Artwork Title:
Waiting in Camp - Cyprus
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
5. Albert Dov Sigal etching of 2 men at the detention camp fence created from a drawing done during his imprisonment
1990.242.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.3
Date:
creation: 1948
depiction: 1948 January-1948 February
Artwork Title:
Detainees in Cyprus
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
6. Albert Dov Sigal monochrome sepia etching of people in a detention camp tent created from a drawing done during his imprisonment
1990.242.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.6
Date:
creation: 1948
depiction: 1947 December
Artwork Title:
Cyprus Detention Camp - Tents
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
7. Albert Dov Sigal monochrome sepia etching of men near a metal hut in a detention camp created from a drawing done during his imprisonment
1990.242.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.5
Date:
creation: 1948
depiction: 1948 January-1948 February
Artwork Title:
View of the Camp
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
8. Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.2
Date:
use: 1940-before 1944
recovered: 1946
Title:
Ünnepi Imádságok A Templomban Használatos Sorrendben
Subtitle:
ros-hasono ünnep második napjára
Second day of the Rosh-Hashanah holiday
Alternate Title:
Festive Prayers In The Order Used In The Temple
…Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp…
9. Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.3
Date:
use: 1940-before 1944
recovered: 1946
Title:
Ünnepi Imádságok A Templomban Használatos Sorrendben
Subtitle:
Kol-nidre vagyis az engesztelő nap előző való estéjére
Kol-nidre, that is, the previous evening of the Day of Atonement
Alternate Title:
Festive Prayers In The Order Used In The Temple
…Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp…
10. Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.516.1
Date:
use: 1940-before 1944
recovered: 1946
Title:
Ünnepi Imádságok A Templomban Használatos Sorrendben
Subtitle:
Jomkipur vagyis az engesztelő ünnep napjára
Yom Kippur, that is, the Day of Atonement
Alternate Title:
Festive Prayers In The Order Used In The Temple
…Hebrew prayer book, owned by a Romanian Jewish woman killed in a concentration camp…
11. Albert Dov Sigal watercolor sketch of a bearded man leading one group of people through a parted sea while others float away
1992.113.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.113.12
Date:
creation: 1948-1958
Artwork Title:
Crossing the Red Sea
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
12. Japanese invasion money, half gulden, acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.709.5
Date:
issue: after 1942 March
received: approximately 1945-1946
… in Rostoki, Romania, on December 20, 1875. They were on the Romanian quota for the US, which was very small. Ella arranged exit visas to England, which…
13. Rittershausen fur sewing machine brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee
2006.511.1_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.511.1 a-d
Date:
manufacture: 1911-1938
use: approximately 1924-1996
… included the need for an American to sponsor their immigration and German emigration quotas for foreign born Jews, like his Romanian wife. The first solution…
14. Albert Dov Sigal muted watercolor painting of a young woman, holding an infant, walking with her family on a seaside road based upon his arrival in Palestine
1992.113.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.113.14
Date:
depiction: 1948 February 22
creation: 1948-1958
Artwork Title:
Aliya to Israel watercolor
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
15. Dark blue paper covered suitcase used by a Jewish refugee
2004.286.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.286.2
Date:
use: 1933-1947
… Jewish Orthodox and kept a kosher house. Elly attended a Jewish school. In 1938, a Romanian military unit was assigned to Simleu-Silvaniei and two soldiers…
16. Albert Dov Sigal watercolor sketch of a woman in a headdress and gown attended by servants offering gifts to a king with a scepter
1992.113.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.113.8
Date:
creation: 1948-1958
Artwork Title:
Sheba and Solomon
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
17. Albert Dov Sigal watercolor of a giant man with a shield, sword, and spear threatening an unarmed youth
1992.113.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.113.6
Date:
creation: 1948-1958
Artwork Title:
David and Goliath
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
18. Japanese invasion banknote, 10 pesos, acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.709.4
Date:
issue: approximately 1942
received: approximately 1945-1946
… in Rostoki, Romania, on December 20, 1875. They were on the Romanian quota for the US, which was very small. Ella arranged exit visas to England, which…
19. Albert Dov Sigal multicolored lithograph of a young woman, holding an infant, with her family on a golden road, based upon his experience as a refugee
1990.242.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.2
Date:
creation: 1948
depiction: 1948 February 22
Artwork Title:
Aliya to Israel lithograph
… transported to concentration camps on multiple occasions, but many wealthy Jews in the area bribed the Romanian authorities to postpone the dates. The Allied…
20. Upright, wardrobe-style trunk used by a Jewish family during their postwar emigration
Object | Accession Number: 2002.416.2 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1948 October 21-1948 October 30
… their escape. That October, the Rubinzon family was sent to Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany with the assistance of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid…