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1. Prayerbook kept by a Jewish woman in concentration camps
Object | Accession Number: 1992.31.1
Date:
use: approximately 1943-1953
… was obtained by Ursula Klau after her mother's death in May 1945 at Bergen-Belsen and was kept by her through various DP camps and through arrival to…
2. Star of David badge with Jood for Jew worn by a Dutch Jewish woman
Object | Accession Number: 2009.263.2
Date:
issue: approximately 1942
… of one non-Jewish parent), were released from Westerbork and sent back to Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen Belsen concentration…
3. Postwar Belgian gazette recording the death of a German Jewish concentration camp prisoner
Object | Accession Number: 2017.143.2
Date:
publication/distribution: 1950 January 08
Title:
Moniteur Belge, January 8, 1950
Alternate Title:
Belgisch Staatsblad
Belgian Official Gazette, January 8, 1950
… was deported to Bergen Belsen concentration camp in Germany, in early 1945, and perished there. When Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, Norbert…
4. Brazilian cigar box
2009.263.33 open
Object | Accession Number: 2009.263.33
… of one non-Jewish parent), were released from Westerbork and sent back to Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen Belsen concentration…
5. Joodsche Raad armband worn by a German Jewish aide in a transit camp
2004.707.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.707.2
Date:
use: 1942 December-1943 March
… January 1, 1944, Jacoba gave birth to a daughter, Marijke. In February 1944, Eric learned that his parents had been deported to Bergen-Belsen…
6. Leather coin purse with 3 pins, a Dutch coin, and a metal key carried by a young Jewish Austrian refugee to the US
2010.194.3_b front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.194.3 a-f
Date:
received: 1945 June-1946 June
emigration: 1946 July
… sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany and not to Auschwitz. Klara worked in the infirmary. Doriane and her brother began their days…
7. 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
… detail, and transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. The camp was overcrowded, and the sisters initially had to sleep in tents, which…
8. Metal tablespoon used by a Jewish Czech concentration camp inmate
1989.303.22 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.22
Date:
use: approximately 1944 September-1945 May
… transport to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In late March or early April, Karel and a group of friends escaped from the camp through an unlocked door. They…
9. Black Vulcanfiber suitcase used by a Dutch Jewish family while in hiding
2004.301.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2004.301.2
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
… returned to his parents in Amsterdam. Some of Maurits’ maternal aunts and uncles, including Sally Santilhano, were deported to Bergen-Belsen concentration…