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1. Damaged Soviet Army Ssh40 combat helmet recovered postwar in Latvia
2013.170.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.170.1
Date:
manufacture: 1940-1960
…Damaged Soviet Army Ssh40 combat helmet recovered postwar in Latvia…
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2. Wooden Lazy Susan decorated with an inlaid windmill scene created by a Latvian in a displaced persons camp
2018.276.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.276.1
Date:
creation: 1945-1951
… of Germany between 1945 and 1951. Latvia had a long tradition of woodworking, and many skilled artisans lived in DP camps following the end of World…
3. Offset lithographic printing plate depicting Percy Brand holding his violin
2009.297.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.297.2
Date:
use: after 1949-1985 August 15
…Perec Brandt (later Percy Brand) was born on April 2, 1908, in Liepāja, Latvia, to a Jewish couple, Abram and Basia Brandt. He had one sister named…
4. Pin issued to a camp survivor with Buchenwald memorial Bell Tower and flags
2005.567.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.567.5
Date:
commemoration: 1945 April 11
received: 1969
…Elja Heifecs was born December 5, 1912, to Samuel and Zilla Epelajtis in Riga, Latvia. His mother’s family was from Lithuania. He had one brother…
5. Painting
Object | Accession Number: 2000.280.1
Date:
creation: 1967
Artwork Title:
Portrait of Hilel Storch
…Hillel Storch (also Hilel or Gilel, 1902-1983) was born on May 24, 1902 in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Governorate (now Daugavpils, Latvia). He participated in…
6. Holocaust Commemoration Day Remember pin worn by a Latvian Jewish survivor
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.4 a
Date:
received: approximately 1965
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
7. Sketch of the Israel Philharmonic by Esther Lurie
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.30
Date:
creation: 1962
Artwork Title:
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 1962
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
8. Council building in Kovno Ghetto drawn by Esther Lurie
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.17
Date:
creation: 1957
depiction: 1943
Series Title:
Living Testimony
Artwork Title:
Building of the Council Elders, Kovno Ghetto 1943, recreated 1957, version 1
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
9. Commemorative postage stamp mockup with art by Esther Lurie
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.10
Date:
issue: 1958
depiction: 1944
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
10. Preparatory sketch of figures working in a field by Esther Lurie
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.16
Date:
creation: 1957
depiction: 1941
Series Title:
Living Testimony
Artwork Title:
Preparatory sketch for Raiding a Potato Field, Kovno Ghetto, 1941
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…