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1. Dark gray velvet drawstring Georg Jensen jewelry bag used to hold pins commemorating the birthday of King Christian X of Denmark

Date:: publication/distribution: 1940 September 26-1945 September 26

2. Dark gray velvet drawstring Georg Jensen jewelry bag used to hold pins commemorating the birthday of King Christian X of Denmark

Date:: publication/distribution: 1940 September 26-1945 September 26

3. Dark gray velvet drawstring Georg Jensen jewelry bag used to hold pins commemorating the birthday of King Christian X of Denmark

Date:: publication/distribution: 1940 September 26-1945 September 26

4. Strongbox and 2 skeleton keys used by a Dutch resistance member

2004.301.3_a front

Date:: use: approximately 1940-1945

5. Egg crate used as a suitcase by family living in hiding

Date:: use: 1942-1945
creation: 1940

6. Black and white patterned case for medals awarded postwar to a Dutch resistance leader

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Date:: commemoration: 1940 May-1945 May

7. Brown cloth bag with a red, white, and blue stripe carried by a hidden Dutch Jewish woman

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Date:: use: 1942 June-1945 May

8. Leather pouch for a dog tag given to a Danish resistance member

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Date:: acquired: 1944-1945

9. Engraved silver cup given to Erwin Rösener by Heinrich Himmler

Date:: commemoration: 1943 February 18

10. Orange decorated candy tin with lid distributed on the liberation of the Netherlands received by a former hidden child

2003.419.1_a front

Date:: commemoration: 1945 May 05
received: 1945 May 05

11. Brown burlap pouch used to carry money by a hidden Dutch Jewish woman

1990.23.191 front

Date:: use: 1942 June-1945 May

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