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1. Figurine of a man in folk costume playing an accordion brought to the US by a Jewish refugee from prewar Germany

2008.362.2 front

Date:: received: 1938 April

2. Handthrown ceramic vase with relief design of birds used by a German Jewish refugee family

2005.564.3 front

Date:: emigration: 1937

3. Figurine of a man in folk costume playing a clarinet brought to the US by a Jewish refugee from prewar Germany

2008.362.3 front

Date:: received: 1938 April

4. Doily printed with the portrait photograph of a young bride in a displaced persons camp

2009.150.2 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1947

5. Doily printed with the wedding photograph of a young couple married in a displaced persons camp

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Date:: creation: approximately 1947

6. Cut-paper work created by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1940 March
Artwork Title:: Scherenschnitte v. Adi Beister II

7. Cut-paper work created by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1940 March
Artwork Title:: Scherenschnitte v. Adi Beister

8. White floral netted lace rectangular doily saved a German Jewish prewar emigre

Date:: creation: approximately 1903-1912
emigration: 1939 July

9. Long section of black floral lace from the family business saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre

Date:: manufacture: approximately 1903-1912
emigration: 1939 July

10. White knitted lace doily with a center flower saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre

Date:: creation: approximately 1903-1912
emigration: 1939 July

11. Porcelain souvenir dish of the Marchenbrunnen owned by a young German Jewish prewar emigre

Date:: emigration: 1936 December

12. Doily with floral lace border brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.41 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

13. Four white filet embroidered net inserts brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

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Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

14. Small silhouette of his father brought to the US by a Jewish refugee from Vienna

2004.704.3 front

Date:: creation: before 1938
Artwork Title:: Silhouette of Salomon Mentkewicz

15. Needlepoint wall hanging of a biblical scene from the office of a former concentration camp inmate and postwar aid worker

Date:: use: 1947 July-1949 March
Artwork Title:: Needlepoint of a Turbaned King, His Advisor, and a Supplicant

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