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1. Pink and black floral patterned chiffon dress owned by a Jewish refugee from Austria
2004.628.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.628.6
Date:
emigration: 1939
received: 1933
… Isidor’s, were confiscated. During the Kristallnacht pogrom that November 10, Isidor was arrested and taken to the police riding school on Kenyongasse…
2. Woman’s white cloth tailored jacket owned by a Jewish refugee during her escape from Vienna
2004.628.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.628.7
Date:
emigration: 1939
received: 1933
… Isidor’s, were confiscated. During the Kristallnacht pogrom that November 10, Isidor was arrested and taken to the police riding school on Kenyongasse…
3. Boy Scout uniform shirt worn in Shanghai
2000.24.35_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.24.35 a
Date:
approximately 1939-1948
… Austria for Shanghai shortly after Kristallnacht in 1938 and was forced to live in the Hongkew Ghetto for three years as the war intensified. Eric was…
4. Pink ribbon garter owned by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.6
Date:
emigration: 1939 July 25
… from the Neue Synagogue. Ellen Ruth had to change schools. On the morning of November 10, during Kristallnacht, Ellen Ruth and her family saw the Neue…
5. Pink ribbon garter owned by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.7
Date:
emigration: 1939 July 25
… from the Neue Synagogue. Ellen Ruth had to change schools. On the morning of November 10, during Kristallnacht, Ellen Ruth and her family saw the Neue…
6. Man's tailored nightshirt with braided trim brought to the US by a Jewish Austrian refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2013.396.1
Date:
emigration: 1939 July
…, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Alfred and several male relatives were arrested. Alfred was beaten badly, but was allowed to send his family a note…
7. Woman's nightgown with lacework trim brought to the US by a Jewish Austrian refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2013.396.2
Date:
emigration: 1939 July
…, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Alfred and several male relatives were arrested. Alfred was beaten badly, but was allowed to send his family a note…
8. Skirt made by a German Jewish woman to demonstrate her sewing capabilities
Object | Accession Number: 2017.298.2
Date:
creation: after 1936-before 1941
… Kristallnacht. On the night of November 9, most of Hamburg’s synagogues were looted and vandalized and prayer books and Torah scrolls were torn and burned. 30…
9. Wedding dress shipped to the United States by a German Jewish woman murdered at Riga
2018.58.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.58.2
Date:
use: after 1930-before 1941
…. On November 9 and 10, 1938, German officials instigated pogroms of violence and destruction against Jews and their property, known as Kristallnacht…
10. Floral evening dress with purple slip worn to the Celebration Ball on the ill-fated voyage of the MS St. Louis
2003.58.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.58.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1939 June 13
… with them, and Liesl had stones thrown at her as she walked to school. During Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, Josef was arrested. The next night, a mob…