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1. 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
… and Irene could leave, they had to pay the German state the monetary equivalent to their personal property. In November, during the Kristallnacht pogrom…
2. Blanket owned by a German Jewish woman fleeing Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.4
Date:
use: 1933 June
… England. Irene’s sister, Helene, and her two children fled Germany for the Netherlands shortly after the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom. Irene’s brother…
3. World War I Honor & Iron Crosses buttonhole ribbon bar with Combatant’s swords awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.1
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: after 1934 July 13-1944
… personal property. In early November, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Irene watched her synagogue burn as Germans cheered. Irene received a visa in July…
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
… personal property. In early November, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Irene watched her synagogue burn as Germans cheered. Irene received a visa in July…
5. 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
… personal property. In early November, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Irene watched her synagogue burn as Germans cheered. Irene received a visa in July…
6. 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
… personal property. In early November, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Irene watched her synagogue burn as Germans cheered. Irene received a visa in July…
7. 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
… England. Irene’s sister, Helene, and her two children fled Germany for the Netherlands shortly after the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom. Irene’s brother…
8. 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
… England. Irene’s sister, Helene, and her two children fled Germany for the Netherlands shortly after the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom. Irene’s brother…
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
… intense that Helmut moved to Amsterdam to live with his sister, Hilde. Following the Kristallnacht pogrom that November, persecution of Jews intensified…
10. 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
… intense that Helmut moved to Amsterdam to live with his sister, Hilde. Following the Kristallnacht pogrom that November, persecution of Jews intensified…
11. 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
… from the ramifications of the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. Her brothers were able to immigrate to the United States, and in March 1939, her…
12. Monogrammed tablecloth owned by Otto and Edith Frank
2018.613.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.5
Date:
received: 1925 May 08
… hosted guests at their home. In Germany, Edith’s family suffered from the ramifications of the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. Her brothers were…
13. Monogrammed napkin owned by Otto and Edith Frank
2018.613.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.613.6
Date:
received: 1925 May 08
… hosted guests at their home. In Germany, Edith’s family suffered from the ramifications of the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. Her brothers were…
14. 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
… England. Irene’s sister, Helene, and her two children fled Germany for the Netherlands shortly after the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom. Irene’s brother…
15. 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
… England. Irene’s sister, Helene, and her two children fled Germany for the Netherlands shortly after the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom. Irene’s brother…