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1. Belt buckle with an embossed Nazi Imperial eagle and motto acquired by a US soldier
1992.104.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.104.3
Date:
found: approximately 1945 May
…The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
2. Black beret owned postwar by Natan Caron who was interned in multiple concentration camps
Object | Accession Number: 2012.441.3
Date:
received: after 1945 April
… Yiddish. Natan attended private school and was a good student. He did not experience anti-Semitism. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded Belgium. The Chorowicz…
3. Black canvas shoes given to a US soldier by a recently liberated inmate
2004.30.1_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.30.1 a-b
Date:
received: 1945 May 01
… Division, Company B. His unit arrived at the Dachau concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, on April 28, 1945. The camp was liberated on April 29, 1945. The…
4. Black cap worn by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
1994.55.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.55.1
Date:
use: approximately 1944 August-approximately 1945 April
… worked as an electrician. In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany occupied regions west of the Bug River, the Soviet Union…
5. Black leather mid-calf boots worn by a female Jewish concentration camp prisoner
2002.366.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.366.1 a-b
Date:
use: 1944 December-1945
acquired: 1944 December-1945 January
…, and Alice and her siblings belonged to Zionistic organizations. Alice had just returned home from vacation when Germany invaded Poland on September 1…
6. Black leather wallet used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.9
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
7. Blue and green plaid belt for a school uniform worn by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.5
Date:
use: approximately 1939 July-1946 May
…Ellen Ruth Thea Fass was born on October 6, 1928, in Berlin, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Georg Karl and Nanette Simon Fass. Ellen Ruth had a brother…
8. Blue felt belt with appliqued flowers found by a German Jewish teenage inmate at Auschwitz
1988.99.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.99.1
Date:
use: 1943 April-1945 May
…Ruth Krautwirth was born on June 23, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany, to Yitzhak (Isak) and Hanna Bina Grossman Krautwirth. She had one brother, Wolfgang…
9. Blue leather billfold used by a Latvian Jewish refugee and aid worker from Nazi Germany
2005.379.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.6
Date:
use: 1945-1947
emigration: 1941 February 21
…Blue leather billfold used by a Latvian Jewish refugee and aid worker from Nazi Germany…
10. Bootjack used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag
2004.525.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.525.4
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… landowner, whose land they rented. On September 1, 1939, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. Salek was mobilized into the 19th Infantry Battalion, Polish Army…