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1461. Pink handkerchief embroidered GS owned by a Slovakian Jewish girl
Object | Accession Number: 2011.434.2
Date:
acquired: after 1935 October 25
…, the Slovakian underground resistance staged a revolt, and the German army moved into the country to quell the uprising. The new German authorities once…
1462. Nameplate from the home of the Altarac family who fled from German occupying forces
2002.438.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.2
Date:
use: before 1941 September
… register with the police. Jewish men, including Mayer, were taken for forced labor. The Germans took hostages to prevent any resistance, and Jewish hostages…
1463. Small coffeepot and bowl with embossed designs used by a Yugoslavian family
2017.609.8_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.609.8 a-b
Date:
acquired: before 1941 April 06
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Yugoslavia.…
1464. Drawing of her hiding place by a Jewish teenager
2007.521.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.521.1
Date:
creation: approximately 1941-1944
Artwork Title:
Hiding place on a Serbian farm, 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…
1465. Long underwear worn by a Jewish Polish partisan in the Soviet Army
2003.193.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.193.4
Date:
use: approximately 1944
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Jewish resistance--Personal narratives.…
1466. Kingmark gold, red, and white enamel pin with chains on a pinbar commemorating the 70th birthday in 1940 of King Christian X of Denmark
2018.497.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.497.1
Date:
commemoration: 1945 September 26
… 1943, when the growing resistance movement led Germany to institute martial law. Denmark was liberated by British forces on May 5, 1945. Following…
1467. Portfolio
1989.19.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.19.12
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…
1468. Drawing of a group of German defendants in their seats created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg
Ed Vebell Artwork Collection Image, 2003.435.6
Object | Accession Number: 2003.435.6 a-b
Date:
creation: after 1945 November 20-before 1945 December 09
publication/distribution: 1945 December 09
Artwork Title:
2nd Row of Defendants, Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, 1945
… during the spring 1944 Monte Cassino campaign, with French troops in the Alps, and with French resistance fighters in the Pyrenees. He was sketching…
1469. Green canvas knapsack taken from a German soldier by a partisan
1992.169.26 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.26 a-c
Date:
use: approximately 1941 September-1944
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Lithuania--Biography.…
1470. Black leather bi-fold wallet used by a Jewish family in hiding
2003.318.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.318.2
Date:
use: 1942-1944
… 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…
1471. Embroidered white pillowcase used in hiding in Poland
2008.222.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.222.2
Date:
use: 1942-1945
… Banderowa and their daughters, Wisia and Hanka. The home was a safe house for the Polish underground resistance movement. Elzbieta attended school and church…
1472. Portfolio
1989.19.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.19.4
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…
1473. Komjadi commemorative medal owned by a Hungarian Jewish family
1990.245.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.3
Date:
issue: 1934
… 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…
1474. Prisoner badge likely acquired postwar by Natan Caron
Object | Accession Number: 2012.441.6
Date:
acquired: after 1945 April-before 2012
…Jewish resistance.…
1475. Forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, worn by a Polish Jewish woman in hiding as a Catholic
1989.285.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.285.2
Date:
use: 1943 June-1945 April
…. Raszka escaped and was found by resistance members who helped her get to the Aryan side of the ghetto. She was befriended by Jan Majewski, who hid her in…
1476. Etching created by David Friedman
2018.637.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.637.2
Artwork Title:
In Lodzer Ghetto, Some Found Food in Trash Containers
… 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…
1477. Watercolor of sailboats of Jewish refugees painted by a Jewish woman artist
2007.521.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.521.11
Date:
creation: 1941
Artwork Title:
Ghost Ships, Belgrade, 1941
… 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…
1478. Pelikan fountain pen used by Mayer Altarac who fled German-occupied Belgrade with his family
2002.438.10
Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.10 a-b
Date:
use: 1935-1941
… register with the police. Jewish men, including Mayer, were taken for forced labor. The Germans took hostages to prevent any resistance, and Jewish hostages…
1479. US Army American Campaign Medal and ribbon bar with presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.2 a-c
Date:
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
… and Tom and Ernest were arrested, along with their father. This was an internationally publicized instance of Jewish resistance; it was even broadcast…
1480. Drafting tool piece used by Mayer Altarac who fled German-occupied Belgrade with his family
Object | Accession Number: 2002.438.11
Date:
use: before 1941 September
… register with the police. Jewish men, including Mayer, were taken for forced labor. The Germans took hostages to prevent any resistance, and Jewish hostages…