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1. Wooden bucket owned by a Romanian family that sheltered their Jewish neighbors
Object | Accession Number: 2017.648.1
Date:
use: approximately 1939-approximately 1945
… codename for mass-execution. As the frequency of Jewish deportations and killings increased, Jews in the region became worried, including Benyamin Gurvits…
2. US Army drawstring button bag and buttons used by a soldier
2006.11.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.11.7
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
…'nai B'rith and he was a Member of the Executive Board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which named him "Man of the Year" in 2003.…
3. US Army duffel bag used by a soldier
2006.11.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.11.15
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
…'nai B'rith and he was a Member of the Executive Board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which named him "Man of the Year" in 2003.…
4. US Army footlocker used by a soldier
2006.11.2, US Army footlocker, J. George Mitnick Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2006.11.2
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
…'nai B'rith and he was a Member of the Executive Board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which named him "Man of the Year" in 2003.…
5. US Army canvas first aid bag used by a soldier
2006.11.8, Canvas first aid bag, J. George Mitnick Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2006.11.8
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
…'nai B'rith and he was a Member of the Executive Board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which named him "Man of the Year" in 2003.…
6. Egg crate used as a suitcase by family living in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2005.380.1
Date:
use: 1942-1945
creation: 1940
…, sometimes not. Executives from one of the factories that used Adolph’s services offered to help the family find refuge, but the offer was soon withdrawn…
7. US Army duffel bag used by a soldier
2006.11.9, US Army duffle bag, J. George Mitnick Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2006.11.9
Date:
manufacture: 1944 June 29
…'nai B'rith and he was a Member of the Executive Board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which named him "Man of the Year" in 2003.…
8. Inscribed wooden box with painted lid bought by a Roman Catholic Polish former forced laborer
2014.469.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.469.3 a-b
Date:
acquired: 1944 November
… risked getting abducted for forced labor or executed in retaliation for the resistance’s killing of German officers. On August 1, 1944, the Polish Home…
9. Brown cloth and leather trimmed suitcase used by an American internee
2018.426.2 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2018.426.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945 December
…top, sticker, printed, black ink : Lot No. / EC11997 / 253 / PIECE NO. / executive / CLASS…
10. Engraved wooden box presented to a Lieutenant General of the SS by his troops
2005.525.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2005.525.2
Date:
found: after 1945 May-1946
commemoration: 1944 August-1945 February
… ordered that Röhm and most of the SA leadership be arrested and executed for treason. Under Röhm’s leadership, the SA had become well organized, grown…
11. Leather pouch for a dog tag given to a Danish resistance member
1989.297.2.2_001.JPG
Object | Accession Number: 1989.297.2.2
Date:
acquired: 1944-1945
… Geneva Convention, resistance members could be considered guerillas and executed. After the war, Knud decided to keep the surname Dyby, and immigrated to…
12. Burlap purse made from a mattress cover by a Jewish Czech concentration camp inmate
1989.303.23 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.23
Date:
creation: 1944 September
use: approximately 1944 September-1945 May
…. After one report, Karel witnessed 7 men get executed for crimes including writing to a family member and possessing cigarettes. It was a large department…
13. Gold painted metal box with heart and initials made by a Jewish Polish slave labor camp inmate
1997.102.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1997.102.2 a-b
Date:
creation: approximately 1944 September-1945 January
… factory. He was caught with copper and thought he would be so executed, but he told the camp leader that he had been making him a Christmas gift and was not…
14. Large, ribbed burlap covered trunk used by Jewish Czech inmates
Object | Accession Number: 1989.303.53
Date:
use: 1941 December-1944 September 24
manufacture: approximately 1900-1925
…. After one report, Karel witnessed 7 men get executed for crimes including writing to a family member and possessing cigarettes. It was a large department…