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1. British Defence Medal 1939-1945 ribbon awarded to Jewish Brigade veteran
2003.361.18 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.18
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
… refugees desperate to know whether their family members had survived. The Brigade was established by the British in September 1944. It included more than…
2. Fighter against the Nazis Medal and box awarded to Jewish Brigade veteran
2003.361.17 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.17 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
… their family members had survived. The Brigade was established by the British in September 1944. It included more than 5000 Jewish volunteers living in…
3. Commemorative silver plaque presented to a Hungarian rabbi
1990.245.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.12
Date:
received: 1927-1943
… to death in a sanitarium after the nurse who was caring for her began stealing her food. Ferenc, his wife, and daughter survived the war in hiding and…
4. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.5
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May
received: 1978
… camp. She knew she was going to be deported and believed she would not survive. Piet helped look for Alijda and went to Westerbork, where he learned that…
5. Medal honoring soldiers killed during the invasion issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.3
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May
commemoration: 1940-1945
… camp. She knew she was going to be deported and believed she would not survive. Piet helped look for Alijda and went to Westerbork, where he learned that…
6. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.6
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May
… camp. She knew she was going to be deported and believed she would not survive. Piet helped look for Alijda and went to Westerbork, where he learned that…
7. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.4
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May
… camp. She knew she was going to be deported and believed she would not survive. Piet helped look for Alijda and went to Westerbork, where he learned that…
8. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader
1990.23.240.1 open
Object | Accession Number: 1990.23.240.7
Date:
commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May
… camp. She knew she was going to be deported and believed she would not survive. Piet helped look for Alijda and went to Westerbork, where he learned that…
9. Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands 1898-1948 miniature medal owned by a former hidden child
2003.419.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.419.2
Date:
received: 1898-1948
…, Germany, in Amsterdam, Holland, after the end of World War II which she survived as a hidden child in the Netherlands.…
10. Life Saving Cross with a striped ribbon and presentation box awarded to a Lithuanian rescuer
2013.503.1.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.503.1.2 a-b
Date:
issue: 2009
commemoration: 1942-1944
… the Gestapo. Lyda then committed suicide. Paulius's brother Wolf has escaped to the Soviet Union where he survived the war. He eventually went to Israel…
11. Medal and a ribbon bar pin awarded to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.71_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.71 a-b
Date:
received: 1941-1945
… other students, and got into many fights. Ernst was involved in a Jewish scouting group, which promoted paramilitary training and survival tactics. After…