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81. Child's peach silk polka dot dress brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland
2009.376.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.376.24
Date:
emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17
…, and her father died there of starvation on January 20, 1942. Her brother Zachar and family survived in Palestine. Upon acquiring United States…
82. 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
… to the United States in 1948. Elena also had survived and emigrated to the US. Esther met William Begell, who was from Vilna, and had survived the…
83. Child's colorful print cotton dress with blue piping brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland
2009.376.23 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.376.23
Date:
emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17
…, and her father died there of starvation on January 20, 1942. Her brother Zachar and family survived in Palestine. Upon acquiring United States…
84. Green cardigan knit from the wool of US Army scarves by Olga Waldman in a DP camp
2007.511.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.511.2
Date:
use: 1945-1949
… chance for survival outside the ghetto, as they could pass for Polish Catholics since they did not look Jewish and were fluent in Polish. Olga was able to…
85. Sheepskin vest worn by a Jewish girl living in hiding
2008.105.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.105.2
Date:
use: 1939-1944
… around 1941 and survived the rest of the war under assumed identities as Christian Poles. All their family, except for one brother, Rafael, perished.…
86. Child's peach silk sleeveless dress with embroidered flowers brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland
2009.376.25 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.376.25
Date:
emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17
…, and her father died there of starvation on January 20, 1942. Her brother Zachar and family survived in Palestine. Upon acquiring United States…
87. 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
… 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…
88. 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
… under a false identity. Mieczyslaw promised to find Marysia and care for her if he survived the war. Through the correspondence, Mieczyslaw learned that…
89. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner
1996.5.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.5.2
Date:
issue: 1945 February-1945 March
… would not survive long. Erich’s kapo introduced him to one of the men who controlled the group assignments, who was also from Pruzana. The man helped…
90. 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
… perished during the Holocaust. Some of Elsa’s relatives survived after escaping to France. They immigrated to the US after World War II ended. Gertrude…