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21. 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
… sanitary conditions were terrible. Henryk survived by stealing food, which he shared with other prisoners. Henryk and other healthier prisoners were forced…
22. 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
… Rovno to discover that his family had been murdered. He learned that Fela had also been killed, but that her husband, Antek, had survived in hiding under…
23. Child's striped yellow vest knit by Cila Knaster and worn by Mirka Knaster
2018.206.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.206.8
Date:
creation: approximately 1947
use: after 1947 May
… and likely shot by Nazis. Cila Knaster survived the Holocaust. After the war, Cila met Baruch Knaster in a displaced persons camp and they married on…
24. 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
… survived by his wife Miriam, who had been deported to Stutthof, and his two children Sarah and Joel, who were studying in England during the war.…
25. Woman’s lab coat owned by a Czech Jewish inmate while a nurse in Theresienstadt
2001.3.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2001.3.3
Date:
use: after 1942 August-before 1944 October
… that she would not survive. In April 1945, the factory ran out of raw material and work was halted. On May 5, 1945, the guards opened the camp gates…
26. Brown checkered, A-line skirt owned by Cila Knaster
2018.206.7 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.206.7
Date:
emigration: approximately 1949
… and likely shot by Nazis. Cila Knaster survived the Holocaust. After the war, Cila met Baruch Knaster in a displaced persons camp and they married on…
27. Blue and white striped dress made postwar by a Jewish Polish survivor
Object | Accession Number: 2011.239.2
Date:
creation: approximately 1945
… were unable to walk. The area was soon retaken by the Germans and the surviving Jews escaped to the east. On March 23, 1944, the city was liberated once…
28. Wedding gown with green embroidery worn by Raya Kirschner Feig in Barletta DP camp
2008.393.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.393.1
Date:
use: 1948 May 27
… Regina Lucatser Feig. He had been imprisoned in Auschwitz and Dachau-Allach concentration camps, and was the only member of his family to survive. In July…
29. Infant’s wool knit sweater made for baby Aaron by his mother Lennie Jade while in hiding
2012.242.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.242.3
Date:
creation: approximately 1943 September
… four brothers had survived in hiding. Lennie’s 83 year old maternal grandmother had been deported and murdered in a concentration camp. There were only…
30. Wedding gown made from a parachute worn by Lili Lax Friedman and many additional Jewish brides in a DP camp
1999.7.12_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.7.12 a
Date:
creation: approximately 1946 January
use: 1946 January 27-before 1948 February
… in Celle displaced persons camp and found another cousin, Rosie Silverstein. Lili felt they survived because they held onto and helped each other…