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1. Monogrammed napkin owned by Otto and Edith Frank
2018.613.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.6
Date:
received: 1925 May 08
… Holocaust, but her husband and son had not. Otto stayed with the Gies’ until 1952, when he immigrated to Basel, Switzerland. The following year, he and Fritzi…
2. Monogrammed tablecloth owned by Otto and Edith Frank
2018.613.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.5
Date:
received: 1925 May 08
… Holocaust, but her husband and son had not. Otto stayed with the Gies’ until 1952, when he immigrated to Basel, Switzerland. The following year, he and Fritzi…
3. Knife taken from a German soldier and acquired by a German Jewish family in hiding
1990.307.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.10
Date:
received: approximately 1944
… August, the SS staged a night raid on the Heppner’s block. Albert went to the roof to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they took Irene instead…
4. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 combatant veteran service medal awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… on their visa and stayed behind in Berlin. Kurt and Irene had a fight, but he still accompanied Irene and Erna to their ship, the S.S. Statendam on…
5. Pouch with a false base used by a German Jewish émigré to smuggle money out of the country
1991.133.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.133.1 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1939 July-1939 August
…, including Erna’s ex-husband Kurt. On July 25, Kurt accompanied Irene and Erna to the S.S. Statendam. They arrived in the US on August 1, and settled in Boston…
6. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service buttonhole ribbon bar awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.4
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… on their visa and stayed behind in Berlin. Kurt and Irene had a fight, but he still accompanied Irene and Erna to their ship, the S.S. Statendam on…
7. Carved upright wooden bench owned by Jakob Krämer and the Heppner family
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.11 a-d
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1911
use: before 1942 August
received: approximately 1958
… the SS. The occupying administration gradually tightened control on the residents, and on April 29, 1942, all Jews were required to wear yellow Star of…
8. First edition of Anne Frank’s Het Achterhuis given to a Dutch couple
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.2 a-b
Date:
publication: 1947
Title:
Het Achterhuis
Subtitle:
dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944
diary letters from 12 June 1942 - 1 August 1944
Alternate Title:
The Secret Annex
… only person from the Secret Annex to survive the Holocaust. He returned to Amsterdam on June 3, 1945, and moved in with Miep and Jan Gies. After learning…
9. Westerbork transit camp voucher, 10 cent note, acquired by a former inmate
2018.229.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.229.4
Date:
issue: 1944 February 15-1945 April 12
acquired: 1944 February 15-1944 September 04
… and after the Holocaust in the Netherlands and Germany.…
10. Coin purse owned by Otto Frank
2018.613.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.3
Date:
use: approximately 1935
… Holocaust, but her husband and son had not. Otto stayed with the Gies’ until 1952, when he immigrated to Basel, Switzerland. The following year, he and Fritzi…
11. Shaving brush used by a German Jewish refugee in hiding
1990.307.7_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 a
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
… Netherlands, and the Germans established a civilian administration run largely by the SS, which gradually tightened control on the residents. Albert’s work…
12. Westerbork transit camp voucher, 25 cent note, acquired by a former inmate
2018.229.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.229.5
Date:
issue: 1944 February 15-1945 April 12
acquired: 1944 February 15-1944 September 04
… and after the Holocaust in the Netherlands and Germany.…
13. World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant’s medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1948
issue: after 1914 August 05
… on their visa and stayed behind in Berlin. Kurt and Irene had a fight, but he still accompanied Irene and Erna to their ship, the S.S. Statendam on…
14. Blanket owned by a German Jewish woman fleeing Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.4
Date:
use: 1933 June
… associate. In early August, the SS staged a night raid on the Heppner’s block. Albert went to the roof to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they…
15. Rucksack used by a German Jewish family going into hiding
1990.307.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.5
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 June
… August, the SS staged a night raid on the Heppner’s block. Albert went to the roof to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they took Irene instead…
16. British ordnance box given to a German Jewish family in hiding
1990.307.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.3
Date:
received: 1944 September-1944 December
… August, the SS staged a night raid on the Heppner’s block. Albert went to the roof to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they took Irene instead…
17. Pewter mustard pot owned by Otto Frank
2018.613.4 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.4
Date:
manufacture: after 1800-before 1900
… Holocaust, but her husband and son had not. Otto stayed with the Gies’ until 1952, when he immigrated to Basel, Switzerland. The following year, he and Fritzi…
18. Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jood, belonging to a German Jewish refugee
1990.307.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.12
Date:
use: 1942 April 28-1942 August 09
… August, the SS staged a night raid on the Heppner’s block. Albert went to the roof to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they took Irene instead…
19. Razor used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.7_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 b
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
… Netherlands, and the Germans established a civilian administration run largely by the SS, which gradually tightened control on the residents. Albert’s work…
20. Storage trunk owned by a German Jewish family in hiding
1990.307.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.2
Date:
use: approximately 1933-approximately 1946
… August, the SS staged a night raid on the Heppner’s block. Albert went to the roof to escape, and when the SS could not find him, they took Irene instead…