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1. Anvil-shaped paperweight given to a US soldier serving as a displaced persons camp administrator
1989.259.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.259.1
Date:
received: 1945 October 12
… with the 5th Regiment, 71st Infantry Division, nicknamed the Red Circle. They crossed the Rhine River into Germany in March. In early May, Heymont and…
2. Cigarette holder made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp
2003.64.1 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2003.64.1
Date:
creation: after 1945 May 02-before 1945 June
…, 1899, in Łódź, to Aron and Frieda Pytowski. The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I (1914-1918) separated Danzig and West Prussia from Germany…
3. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Jewish Latvian prisoner
2003.174.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.174.2
Date:
use: approximately 1944 October-1945 February
…. Around this time, the Soviets transported Ber’s family to Riga. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and entered Riga on July 1. In August, the…
4. Ink stamp impression of Dr. Samuel Gringauz's signature from an administrative department of the Kovno ghetto
1995.89.342 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.89.342
Date:
issue: 1941 August-1944 July
…) studied in Germany and Switzerland, where he earned degrees in law, economics, and philosophy. He settled in Klaipėda, also known by the German name of…
5. Mezuzah and tombstone pendants on a necklace made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp
2003.64.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.64.2
Date:
creation: after 1945 May 02-before 1945 June
…, 1899, in Łódź, to Aron and Frieda Pytowski. The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I (1914-1918) separated Danzig and West Prussia from Germany…
6. Wool blanket found by a Jewish Latvian concentration camp prisoner after escaping a death march
2003.174.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.174.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945
…. Around this time, the Soviets transported Ber’s family to Riga. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and entered Riga on July 1. In August, the…