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1. Blue two-piece dress with multicolored hearts
2008.226.4_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.226.4 a-b
Date:
use: 1942-1945
… Hungary. Hungarian police units deported many Jews into the custody of German police, who transported them to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where the majority was…
2. Concentration camp uniform jacket with purple triangle worn by Jehovah’s Witness
1989.271.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.271.1
Date:
use: 1938 September-1945 April
… placed under police surveillance. He attempted to illegally escape to Switzerland but was unsuccessful, so he returned home. He got a job but was fired…
3. Child’s coat purchased by Dr. Henry Kupfer for his daughter, Tamara Kupferblum
2018.498.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.498.1
Date:
acquired: 1939-1945
…. Soviet prisoners of war had dug the pits for the mass graves in advance. The shootings were carried-out by Police Battalion 33 (Ostland) and Police…
4. Concentration camp uniform jacket and pants worn by a Catholic Polish prisoner in several camps
2006.404.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.404.1 a-f
Date:
use: 1942 September-1945 April
…. They demanded to see what was in his briefcase; when they found food, they took Mieczyslaw to the police station. His father managed to bribe the German…
5. Young girl's floral print romper worn by a hidden child
2008.349.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.349.2
Date:
use: 1940-1944
… the train station; they had been brought there by two young men in the French underground. The police did not search the Mendels’ train, as they did…
6. Child's white blouse with red, yellow, and pink floral embroidery worn by 2 sisters prior to living in hiding
2008.349.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.349.3
Date:
use: 1940-1944
… the train station; they had been brought there by two young men in the French underground. The police did not search the Mendels’ train, as they did…
7. Lace dress worn by a Jewish baby in Yugoslavia before and during the Holocaust
2018.281.2 side A
Object | Accession Number: 2018.281.2
Date:
use: 1939-1944
… the Albanian border, the Behars sighted guards and police, and fearing arrest, they returned to Skopje. On March 11, 1943, the Jewish population of…
8. Floral embroidered dress worn by a Jewish baby in Yugoslavia before and during the Holocaust
2018.281.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.281.1
Date:
use: 1939-1944
… the Albanian border, the Behars sighted guards and police, and fearing arrest, they returned to Skopje. On March 11, 1943, the Jewish population of…
9. Sheepskin vest worn by a Jewish girl living in hiding
2008.105.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.105.2
Date:
use: 1939-1944
… after this, Rivka and Sonja were arrested in the street by the Lithuanians and put into prison. Sonja managed to convince the police that they were Polish…
10. Child's white smocked dress worn by 2 sisters while living in hiding
2008.349.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.349.4
Date:
use: 1941-1942
… the train station; they had been brought there by two young men in the French underground. The police did not search the Mendels’ train, as they did…
11. White baby's bib with red trim worn by a Jewish infant while living in hiding
2011.424.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.424.4
Date:
use: 1942 November-1944 September
… Paesen, the assistant police superintendent, to come see him at his butcher shop. Alfred asked if he was a “good Belgian” while threatening him with his…
12. Floral print skirt worn by a Polish Jewish girl living with an assumed identity
Object | Accession Number: 2010.465.3
Date:
use: 1941 December-1948 September
… they were eating, the police arrived and they were put in prison. They were interrogated for a week, all saying that they had gone to relieve themselves…
13. Short sleeved smock with tassels and floral embroidery worn by a Polish Jewish girl living with an assumed identity
Object | Accession Number: 2010.465.1
Date:
use: 1941 December-1948 September
… they were eating, the police arrived and they were put in prison. They were interrogated for a week, all saying that they had gone to relieve themselves…
14. White drawstring blouse with cufflinks worn by a Polish Jewish girl with an assumed identity
Object | Accession Number: 2010.465.2 a-c
Date:
use: 1941 December-1948 September
… they were eating, the police arrived and they were put in prison. They were interrogated for a week, all saying that they had gone to relieve themselves…
15. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
… bedding. When the police searched the room, they stabbed the bedding with their bayonets and injured Pesia. They took her away but did not find Noah. The…
16. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.1
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
… bedding. When the police searched the room, they stabbed the bedding with their bayonets and injured Pesia. They took her away but did not find Noah. The…
17. Concentration camp uniform cap with number 107310 issued to a Jewish Czech inmate
1989.303.25_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.25 a
Date:
use: after 1942 November-1945 April 15
… the camp. Fischer arranged for Karel to get a job in the ghetto order police. Karel stood on a street corner and directed the flow of people moving…
18. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.2
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
… bedding. When the police searched the room, they stabbed the bedding with their bayonets and injured Pesia. They took her away but did not find Noah. The…