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181. Pair of khaki ski mittens used by a German Jewish emigre in the US
2004.485.9_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.9 a-b
Date:
received: after 1938
… and found a place to live in Marseilles. Mina’s maternal uncle, Simon, died in the Riga ghetto in Latvia. Mina married Carl Weiler, who had emigrated…
182. Concentration camp uniform dress with number 94593 worn by a German Jewish inmate
1994.24.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.24.1
Date:
use: 1943 April-1945 January
…, Rosa, Ruth Katz, and Ruth’s family were deported to Riga, Latvia. They were interned in the ghetto and put into apartments, with about 10 people per…
183. Collage painting of a crying woman created by a Polish Jewish artist after the Holocaust
Object | Accession Number: 2018.398.2
Date:
creation: 1997
depiction: 1943 September
Title:
My Mother's Tears
… deported to Kaiserwald concentration camp in German-occupied Latvia. Upon arrival their heads were shaved, their possessions were confiscated, their clothes…
184. Announcement for a prayer and public fast in honor of victims of the Holocaust
Object | Accession Number: 2010.230.1
Date:
commemoration: 1943 December 21
Artwork Title:
Memorial Prayer for the Great Day of Fasting
… and slaughtered and burned and drowned and strangled and were buried alive in the following states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, the conquered…
185. Sketches of a fellow concentration camp inmate by Esther Lurie
1995.A.0989.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.8
Date:
creation: approximately 1965
depiction: 1944
Series Title:
Jewesses in Slavery
Artwork Title:
Portrait of Masha Rolnik, Leibisch concentration camp, 1944
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
186. Mixed media painting of Jewish children behind a ghetto fence, painted by a Polish Jewish artist
Object | Accession Number: 2018.398.4
Date:
creation: 1996
depiction: 1941 September-1943 September
Title:
Behind the Wooden Fence
… deported to Kaiserwald concentration camp in German-occupied Latvia. Upon arrival their heads were shaved, their possessions were confiscated, their clothes…
187. Multi-colored acrylic painting of a ghetto street and buildings painted by a Polish Jewish artist
Object | Accession Number: 2018.398.3
Date:
creation: 1980
depiction: 1943 September
Title:
The Lonely Street
… deported to Kaiserwald concentration camp in German-occupied Latvia. Upon arrival their heads were shaved, their possessions were confiscated, their clothes…
188. Rosh Hashanah card with a sailing ship received by newlyweds in Neu Freimann dp camp
2003.174.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.174.3
Date:
received: approximately 1946 September
… September 26. Ber was from Latvia which was annexed by the Soviet Union in June 1940. The German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 deployed mobile…
189. Collage painting of a Jewish man’s beard being cut off created by a Polish Jewish artist
Object | Accession Number: 2018.398.1
Date:
creation: 1997
depiction: 1943 September
Title:
Anguish
… deported to Kaiserwald concentration camp in German-occupied Latvia. Upon arrival their heads were shaved, their possessions were confiscated, their clothes…
190. Souvenir coin with a swastika and Star of David owned by a young German Jewish girl
2005.464.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.464.1
Date:
commemoration: 1934
… Kristallnacht, Mara and Wolf were sent to stay with Luta’s family in Riga, Latvia. A few months later, Mara was sent to a center for German refugee children in…
191. Star of David badge with Jude given to German Jewish woman
2010.177.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.177.1
Date:
received: 1945
use: approximately 1942-approximately 1945
… Latvia. The family had to leave Klara and Sarah in a nursing home in Cologne. The four day train ride to Riga was very crowded and there was little food…
192. Aluminum wardrobe trunk used by a German Jewish emigrant family
Object | Accession Number: 2011.441.2
Date:
use: 1939 November 06
…, 1942, where Bertha died on December 12, 1942, and Isaak died on January 23, 1943. Martha’s husband Abraham was deported to Riga ghetto in Latvia in…
193. Wedding gown with green embroidery worn by Raya Kirschner Feig in Barletta DP camp
2008.393.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.393.1
Date:
use: 1948 May 27
… year later, on October 20-22, 1942, Raya’s father was deported to Riga, Latvia. Her mother did not want the family to separate and insisted that they all…
194. Holocaust commemorative ribbon worn by a Latvian Jewish survivor
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.5 b
Date:
use: 1963
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
195. Star of David patch printed with Jude worn by a German Jewish woman
2018.70.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.70.4
Date:
received: approximately 1941
…, seeking retribution against members of the Jewish community who had gone underground, deported a group to Rīga, Latvia. Eva, who was working for the Jewish…
196. Drawing by Esther Lurie of the Yad Vashem Memorial Shrine
Object | Accession Number: 1996.3.9
Date:
creation: 1963
Artwork Title:
Yad Vashem Memorial Shrine, Jerusalem, 1963
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
197. Etching by Esther Lurie of a group lined up for expulsion to the camps
Object | Accession Number: 1996.3.2
Date:
creation: 1957
depiction: 1943
Artwork Title:
Detail of Kovno Ghetto, Deportation 1943
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
198. Portrait print by Esther Lurie of a young woman wearing a plaid dress with two Star of David badges
2013.447.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.447.1
Date:
depiction: 1941
Artwork Title:
Kovno Ghetto 1941
Alternate Title:
Portrait of a Young Girl with Two Yellow Badges
Diukan na’arah ‘im shnei tla’im tsehubim
…Esther Lurie (1913-1998) was born in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia, to a religious, intellectual Jewish family. Her parents were Josef and Bluma…
199. Workbook of clothing patterns drawn by a Jewish refugee for an ORT class
2003.174.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.174.7
Date:
use: 1946-1947
…, Latvia, and had been incarcerated in the Riga ghetto and Stutthof concentration camp, until escaping during a death march in February 1945. Mirka and Ber…
200. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Jewish German man
1994.115.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.115.1
Date:
use: 1945 January-1945 March
… to Riga, Latvia. On January 27, the family was deported. They traveled on an unheated passenger train for six days and were given no food or water…