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1401. Satirical French Anti-Nazi flier found by an American soldier
2014.308.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.308.1
Date:
publication: before 1945 February 22
acquired: 1944 March-1945 October
… technician in Europe from March 1944 - October 1945. Several pockets of French resistance developed in the face of German occupation. Among the activities that…
1402. Black beret owned postwar by Natan Caron who was interned in multiple concentration camps
Object | Accession Number: 2012.441.3
Date:
received: after 1945 April
…Jewish resistance.…
1403. Diving medal owned by a Hungarian Jewish family
1990.245.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.5
Date:
undated: 
… rented lodgings. Out of fear of discovery, Eva and Magda moved every few days, aided by members of the underground resistance. William begged her to join…
1404. Portfolio
1989.19.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.19.9
Date:
publication/distribution: 1947
Series Title:
12 puvodnich litografii z nemeckych koncentracnich taboru Leo Haas
… concentration camp prisoner for nearly six years. Each print has an introductory paragraph by Milos Vacik, a poet jailed for anti-Nazi resistance activity. Haas…
1405. Light brown leather billfold used by a Polish Jewish refugee
2012.358.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2012.358.2
Date:
unavailable: 
…. After two days, he escaped into the Belorussian forest and joined the Jewish partisan resistance. During this time, Henik, Kalmanke, Sonia, and eight…
1406. Portfolio
1989.19.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.19.7
Date:
publication/distribution: 1947
Series Title:
12 puvodnich litografii z nemeckych koncentracnich taboru Leo Haas
… concentration camp prisoner for nearly six years. Each print has an introductory paragraph by Milos Vacik, a poet jailed for anti-Nazi resistance activity. Haas…
1407. Blue and white Zionist flag with a Star of David from the ship Exodus 1947
2016.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.1.1
Date:
acquired: 1947 July 18
use: 1947 July 18
… outdistance his escort and headed toward shore. The British fired a warning shot and sailors were dispatched to board the ship. The passengers resisted and…
1408. Fantasy sketch of a figure running to a tree by a Jewish teen in hiding
2007.521.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.521.12
Date:
creation: approximately 1941-approximately 1944
Artwork Title:
Imaginary Figure in Fight, 1941-1944
… of the partisan and resistance groups, where she learned that her sister Susanna had been killed just before liberation. All of the registered Jews had…
1409. 6 cards with 24 mother-of-pearl buttons saved from a Jewish owned factory and given to a survivor 50 years later
1989.204.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.204.1
Date:
manufacture: 1937
received: 1987 July
… concentration camp and presumed killed. Raszka escaped and went into hiding. A resistance member, Jan Majewski, helped her obtain false papers as a Polish…
1410. Publicity photographs for the movie “Pastor Hall” (1940)
2018.590.41.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.41
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1940 May
… the film, a Lutheran minister resists the Nazification of German Protestant churches, and is imprisoned in a concentration camp as a result. He manages…
1411. Embroidered, pink dress once worn by Lela Altarac, who was killed in a bombing raid
2002.438.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.8
Date:
use: before 1941 April 14
… register with the police. Jewish men, including Mayer, were taken for forced labor. The Germans took hostages to prevent any resistance, and Jewish hostages…
1412. Portfolio
1989.19.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.19.10
Date:
publication/distribution: 1947
Series Title:
12 puvodnich litografii z nemeckych koncentracnich taboru Leo Haas
… concentration camp prisoner for nearly six years. Each print has an introductory paragraph by Milos Vacik, a poet jailed for anti-Nazi resistance activity. Haas…
1413. Metric wooden ruler owned by a young Austrian Jewish refugee girl
2017.517.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.517.2
Date:
use: approximately 1938
… France, he was transported to the unoccupied French zone and joined the French Resistance. Irma’s sister and brother, along with their spouses, were…
1414. Drawing created by David Friedman
2018.637.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.637.5
… his persecutors, Friedmann saw his art as a form of resistance that diminished the power of evil and gave him the will to survive. Conditions in the…
1415. Orszagos Leventeverseny medal owned by a Hungarian Jewish family
1990.245.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.4
Date:
issue: 1942
… rented lodgings. Out of fear of discovery, Eva and Magda moved every few days, aided by members of the underground resistance. William begged her to join…
1416. Small doll made from a stick by a French Jewish hidden child
2013.462.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.462.2
Date:
creation: 1943
use: 1943-1945
… resistance members, and ordered everyone to assemble on the streets with their identity papers. Helene’s papers identified her as a Jew, so she hid in the…
1417. Portfolio
1989.19.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.19.2
Date:
publication/distribution: 1947
Series Title:
12 puvodnich litografii z nemeckych koncentracnich taboru Leo Haas
…-Nazi resistance activity. Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and professional artist, was arrested in 1939, deported to Nisko labor camp in Poland, and then shipped…
1418. Wooden perfume bottle holder with recessed designs owned by a Yugoslavian family
2017.609.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.609.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: before 1941 April 06
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Yugoslavia.…
1419. Portfolio
1989.19.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.19.3
Date:
publication/distribution: 1947
Series Title:
12 puvodnich litografii z nemeckych koncentracnich taboru Leo Haas
… concentration camp prisoner for nearly six years. Each print has an introductory paragraph by Milos Vacik, a poet jailed for anti-Nazi resistance activity. Haas…
1420. Star of David badge with letter J owned by Jewish Belgian couple
2003.318.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.318.3
Date:
use: after 1942 May-1942 September
… and Mendel went into hiding. On October 7, Lea had a son, Georges. The doctor who delivered Georges was a resistance member and contacted the…