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1. Star of David badge with the Dutch word Jood for Jew
2002.219.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.219.2
Date:
1941-1943
…The badge belonged to an unidentified Jewish boy in the Netherlands who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a convent. After World War II, he became…
2. 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
…, died on March 26, 1944. A brother, Max, survived in hiding.…
3. Kosher cookbook buried by newlywed bride Lennie Jade for safekeeping
Object | Accession Number: 2012.242.2
Date:
publication/distribution: 1932
recovered: 1945
Title:
Geïllustreerd ritueel kookboek met diëetrecepten : 90 figuren en afbeeldingen
… four brothers had survived in hiding. Lennie’s 83 year old maternal grandmother had been deported and murdered in a concentration camp. There were only…
4. Brown plastic wallet with a memorial emblem owned by Natan Caron
Object | Accession Number: 2012.441.5
Date:
received: approximately 1950
… inmates in Natan’s train car, only 17 survived. Upon arrival on January 22, Natan was assigned prisoner number 117583. After a week, Natan was sent to labor…
5. Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jood worn by a Jewish person
2016.496.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.496.3
Date:
use: after 1942 April 29
… German-occupied Poland and Irene never saw him again. A week later, on October 6, Irene was taken to Auschwitz on Transport Eo. Upon arrival, she survived…
6. 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…
7. Unused yellow Star of David badge printed with Jood
2006.476.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.476.2
Date:
issue: 1942-1943
… Westerbork, but survived the Holocaust. Riek and Gerard Hoefs were named Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1977.…
8. 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
…, on transport 129-XVI/5. After the war, he returned to Cologne. After escaping from Gurs, their brother Leopold managed to evade capture and survived…
9. Netherlands, 1 gulden silver voucher, kept by a Dutch Jewish woman in hiding
1990.23.194 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.194
Date:
issue: 1938 October 01
… camp. She knew she was going to be deported and believed she would not survive. Piet helped look for Alijda and went to Westerbork, where he learned that…
10. Netherlands, 1 gulden silver voucher, kept by a Dutch Jewish woman in hiding
1990.23.195 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.195
Date:
issue: 1938 October 01
… camp. She knew she was going to be deported and believed she would not survive. Piet helped look for Alijda and went to Westerbork, where he learned that…