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1. Wooden office desk painted white and used at the Schwerin mental hospital during its operation as a Nazi-era euthanasia killing ward
Object | Accession Number: 1999.280.1
Date:
creation: 1935
use: 1941-1945
…Wooden office desk painted white and used at the Schwerin mental hospital during its operation as a Nazi-era euthanasia killing ward…
2. Wallet
Object | Accession Number: 2020.8.2
… background, his family, and his SS career, including his advancement through the concentration camp system (Esterwegen and Sachsenhausen) and the T4 euthanasia…
3. Book
Object | Accession Number: 2003.467.6
Date:
publication/distribution: 1934
Title:
Die psychiatrischen Aufgaben bei der Ausführung des Gesetzes zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses; mit einem Anhang, die Technik der Unfruchtbarmachung.
…Euthanasia--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.…
4. Opaque glass bead necklace found at Lüneburg
2004.721.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.721.6
Date:
use: approximately 1945
… Institute operated a special children's ward that participated in the euthanasia program to secretly kill mentally and physically disabled children. At least…
5. Lantern slide used for eugenic studies
Object | Accession Number: 1989.310.8.3
… originating in euthanasia killing centers and concentration camps were also evaluated at the Institute. Such names as Von Verschuer, Fischer and Mengele are…
6. US Army 2nd Infantry Division shoulder sleeve patch with a Native American caricature on white star
2004.749.21 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.749.21
Date:
unavailable: 
… that was a major killing center for the Nazi euthanasia program for the physically and mentally disabled. The unit provided aid for the remaining inmates…
7. Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister explaining the burden of hereditary diseases on society
Object | Accession Number: 2007.502.1.9 a-c
Date:
creation: approximately 1936-approximately 1940
Series Title:
Bildband fur die Schulung in der HJ [Filmstrip for Training in the HJ]
Artwork Title:
Erbkranker Nachwuchs EN [Genetically Diseased Offspring]
… and the reasons for state sponsored euthanasia. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late…
8. Anthropometer used to measure length of body parts in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.255.1
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: approximately 1920-1945
…, the Nazi euthanasia program for the “incurably sick.” While at the Institute, he ordered sterilizations and other eugenic procedures, and evaluated…
9. Case for hair color tool used in racial studies conducted in Nazi Germany
1990.300.1_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.300.1 b
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: 1928-1945
…, the Nazi euthanasia program for the “incurably sick.” While at the Institute, he ordered sterilizations and other eugenic procedures, and evaluated…
10. Tool used to classify hair color in racial studies conducted in Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.300.1 a
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1945
manufacture: 1928-1945
…, the Nazi euthanasia program for the “incurably sick.” While at the Institute, he ordered sterilizations and other eugenic procedures, and evaluated…
11. Suitcase used by a Jewish family for their flight from Germany
2000.546.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.546.1
Date:
use: 1941 October
… older brother named Ernst, who was institutionalized for epilepsy at a young age and later was killed in the Nazi’s euthanasia program. The Arnoldis…
12. Small milk can with lid used by a Sinti family
2005.453.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.1 a-b
Date:
use: 1945-1955
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…
13. Small, hand drawn wooden wagon used by a Sinti family
2005.453.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.5
Date:
use: 1945-1950
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…
14. Lantern and candle used by a Sinti family
2005.453.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1945-1955
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…
15. Handmade woven wicker basket made by a Sinti family
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.4
Date:
use: approximately 1945
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…
16. Wooden keepsake box from a Sinti family
2005.453.3 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.3
Date:
received: approximately 1946
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…
17. Small hooked rug used in the wagon of a Sinti family
2005.453.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.7
Date:
use: 1945-1950
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…
18. Tarp used to make a tent around a Sinti wagon
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.6
Date:
use: 1945-1950
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…
19. Violin case used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.10 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.10
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…
20. Violin bow used by a Sinti musician
2005.453.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.453.11
Date:
use: approximately 1930-before 1979
… of Wurzburg as soon as they were born. There, Dr. Werner Heyde, professor of neurology and psychiatry, and a key member of the Nazi euthanasia program…