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1. Engraved wooden box presented to a Lieutenant General of the SS by his troops
2005.525.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.525.2
Date:
found: after 1945 May-1946
commemoration: 1944 August-1945 February
… the invasion of Poland in 1939, Krüger was appointed as the Höherer SS und Polizeiführer [Supreme SS and Police Leader, HSSPF] for the…
2. White cloth armband worn by a Roman Catholic Polish firefighter in Warsaw
2014.450.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.450.3
Date:
use: 1939 September 27-1944 August 07
… transportation department. Jan had been in the military police during World War I (1914-1918), and as a result, was a strict disciplinarian. Although Wojciech…
3. Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Juif, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian artist
2003.357.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.357.1
Date:
use: 1942 June 07-1944 August 25
… pursue sculpture. Shortly after arrival, he went to the local police station to get an identification card, and the official Gallicized his name to Jacques…
4. Table knife with a swastika given to a Polish Jewish girl during forced labor farm service
1988.154.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.154.1
Date:
manufacture: 1938
received: 1945 April
… caught without it on a trip to Esslingen and was severely beaten by a police officer. In September 1944, she forgot to wear it a second time and was taken…
5. Leather bi-fold wallet with two photographs glued inside owned by a German Jewish refugee
2018.340.2 closed side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.340.2
Date:
depiction: 1940
… the rest of his life. In 1939, Erich was arrested by the German authorities. He was only released when his wife, Phyllis, bribed the police chief…
6. Forced labor badge worn by a Roman Catholic Polish youth
2014.450.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.450.4
Date:
use: 1944 August-1945 May 03
… transportation department. Jan had been in the military police during World War I (1914-1918), and as a result, was a strict disciplinarian. Although Wojciech…
7. Public transport pass and identification tag issued to a Roman Catholic Polish youth
2014.450.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.450.2
Date:
issue: 1944 July
… transportation department. Jan had been in the military police during World War I (1914-1918), and as a result, was a strict disciplinarian. Although Wojciech…
8. Envelope fragment with two stamps acquired by a Roman Catholic Polish youth
2014.450.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.450.5
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May
issue: 1943 September 01
… transportation department. Jan had been in the military police during World War I (1914-1918), and as a result, was a strict disciplinarian. Although Wojciech…
9. Our Lady of Czestochowa medal given to a Polish Jewish woman hiding as a Catholic laborer
1988.154.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.154.2
Date:
received: 1943 June
commemoration: 1932
… caught without it on a trip to Esslingen and was severely beaten by a police officer. In September 1944, she forgot to wear it a second time and was taken…