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1. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a non-Jewish doctor/resistance member
2004.554.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.554.1
Date:
received: 1944 September-1945 April
… to the German police headquarters to retrieve his patient book. The book contained code names for members of the Dutch underground and possible escape…
2. Striped wool jacket used in the Warsaw ghetto
2008.228.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.2
Date:
use: 1940-1947
… her husband, members of the underground Polish army. Following the end of the war in May 1945, Felicia and Danuta, were placed in Bindermichl displaced…
3. Boy Scout uniform shirt worn in Shanghai
2000.24.35_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.24.35 a
Date:
approximately 1939-1948
… active in the underground British Boy Scouts and became Scout Master after the war. He immigrated to the United States in 1948, settled in San Francisco…
4. Concentration camp inmate uniform pants worn by an inmate in Dachau
1999.86.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.86.4
Date:
use: approximately 1944 July-1944 October
…, he provided moral leadership, helped the ghetto's medical community, and provided tacit support to the underground. Much of the day to day running of…
5. Handknit green sweater worn by a young girl while living in hiding in the Lvov sewers
2004.484.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.484.1
Date:
use: 1943 June-1944 July
… underground sewer pipes. Krystyna, her parents, Ignacy and Paulina, and her brother, Pawel, age 3, hid in the sewers with 17 others. When ten of the group…
6. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.90.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.90.1
Date:
use: 1942 December-1945 January
… named Henryk as part of the underground, and he had to flee. He lived in hiding outside the ghetto and briefly in the woods. In late 1941, Henryk was…
7. Concentration camp striped uniform coat with yellow triangle worn by a Polish Jewish female inmate
2004.411.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.411.1
Date:
received: 1943 September 23
use: 1943 September 23-1945 January
… 1945, with the help of Bricha, an underground organization that helped to smuggle Jews out of Europe, Wilhelm went to Munich, Germany. He was told not to…
8. Concentration camp uniform cap with 90065 worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.90.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.90.3
Date:
use: 1942 December-1945 January
… named Henryk as part of the underground, and he had to flee. He lived in hiding outside the ghetto and briefly in the woods. In late 1941, Henryk was…
9. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.90.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.90.2
Date:
use: 1942 December-1945 January
… named Henryk as part of the underground, and he had to flee. He lived in hiding outside the ghetto and briefly in the woods. In late 1941, Henryk was…
10. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Hungarian Jewish prisoner
2011.449.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.449.1
Date:
issue: 1944 June 24-1945 April 11
… deported to Riga in German-occupied Latvia, where she was later killed. Ilus also perished during the Holocaust. In April 1942, Max began living underground…
11. Striped sweater vest worn by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
1994.55.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.5
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… subcamp of Krakau-Płaszów. Airplane production had been moved to the old, underground salt mine near this camp. Several days later, Edmund was deported to…
12. Striped concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1993.34.1
Date:
use: 1944 December 24-1945 April 11
… established on April 9, 1941. Symcho was involved in the underground resistance in the ghetto. Symcho escaped the ghetto. Because he spoke German, he was able…
13. Colorful plaid dress worn by a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.7
Date:
use: 1942-1945
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…
14. 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…
15. 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…
16. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1994.55.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.3
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… subcamp of Krakau-Płaszów. Airplane production had been moved to the old, underground salt mine near this camp. Several days later, Edmund was deported to…
17. Light pink sleeveless dress worn by a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.15
Date:
use: 1942-1945
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…
18. Striped uniform shirt worn by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
1994.55.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.4
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… subcamp of Krakau-Płaszów. Airplane production had been moved to the old, underground salt mine near this camp. Several days later, Edmund was deported to…
19. Concentration camp uniform jacket with red triangle worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1994.55.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.2
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… subcamp of Krakau-Płaszów. Airplane production had been moved to the old, underground salt mine near this camp. Several days later, Edmund was deported to…
20. Light pink pajama set worn by a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.8_b front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.8 a-b
Date:
use: 1942-1945
… active in the Dutch resistance and was the editor of the underground newspaper Het Parool. Vera’s paternal uncle Harry and paternal aunt Elizabeth also…