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561. Henckels dinner knife brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
2012.493.5 left
Object | Accession Number: 2012.493.5
Date:
emigration: 1939
…’s sister, Emma Goldschmidt (1877-1942), who had lived next door to her in Berlin, was deported to Riga, Latvia, aboard transport 18, train Da 40, and likely…
562. Engraved wooden Havana cigar box acquired by Austrian Jewish refugee
2010.240.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.2
Date:
received: 1940 November 27
emigration: 1938 December
… the war, Viktor learned that Berl and Gisela were transported to Riga, Latvia, in January 1942, and were killed. Alfred escaped to Odessa, Russia…
563. Weimar Germany Reichsbanknote, 1 billion marks, owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.709.10
Date:
issue: 1923
… fled Vienna on December 16, 1938. Fritz died due to illness on April 21, 1939. Sofia was deported on November 27, 1941, to Riga, Latvia, and then to Maly…
564. Weimar Germany Reichsbanknote, 1 billion marks, owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.709.12
Date:
issue: 1923
… fled Vienna on December 16, 1938. Fritz died due to illness on April 21, 1939. Sofia was deported on November 27, 1941, to Riga, Latvia, and then to Maly…
565. Wooden sculpture of a grieving woman made by a Lithuanian Jewish artist
2016.111.1 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 2016.111.1
Date:
creation: after 1983-before 2014
Artwork Title:
Day of Pain
… respected authority on Lithuanian genealogical research, leading Roots Tours to Lithuania for 20 years. He and Esther also began the Lithuania Latvia Fund to…
566. Les Gueules Cassées French National Lottery ticket
2013.391.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.391.2
Date:
issue: 1939
…, 1939. Zvi's paternal grandmother was deported to a concentration camp in Latvia where she perished. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945…