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81. Handkerchief embroidered with American flags given to an internee at a displaced persons camp by a US soldier
1992.169.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.169.12
Date:
use: 1946
… after Germany launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union. The Jewish residents were harassed and humiliated by the soldiers. Moshe, who was a member…
82. Pair of black leather gaiters
2003.467.8_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.467.8 a-b
Date:
undated: 
…Deiderode (Germany)…
83. Brown leather billfold brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
2008.204.3 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2008.204.3
Date:
emigration: 1939
received: approximately 1930
…Ernestine Unger (1873-1947, later Wiesenthal) was born in Berlin, Germany, into a Jewish family that had lived in the city for generations. She…
84. Multicolored woven wool scarf brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.7
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
85. Waffen SS red fez found at Dachau concentration camp after liberation
1992.212.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.212.2
Date:
found: after 1945 April 29
…Dachau (Germany)…
86. Black wool headband worn by a German Jewish displaced person
1999.100.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.100.3
…Norbert Wollheim was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1913 to Jewish parents. His father was a veteran of World War I, 1914-1918. Norbert was…
87. Red leather purse used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport
Object | Accession Number: 2012.454.3
Date:
received: 1939 June
…Franziska (Ruth) Danzig was born on July 12, 1932, in Munich, Germany, the only child of Emanuel and Gerda Winter Danzig. Emanuel was born on July 29…
88. 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…
89. White handkerchief with openwork flowers carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.10
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…Ina Felczer (b.1929) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Hannah (Hana, née Kempinski, 1894-?) and Victor Awigdor (1892 -?) Felczer. Hannah was born in…
90. Pair of leather slippers received from Oskar Schindler by a Jewish Polish worker
2004.702.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.702.2 a-b
Date:
received: 1945 May
… drafted into the Polish Army. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland which soon surrendered to the Germans. Sam was sent to a prisoner of war…
91. Plaid handkerchief monogrammed HG given by Hermann Goering to an American guard at Nuremberg
Object | Accession Number: 1988.175.3
Date:
received: 1945 August-1946 January
… part of a field artillery unit. The war ended when Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945. On May 16, Durkee was promoted to first lieutenant. In August…
92. Leather document holder with CIC credentials used by a Jewish American soldier
2011.395.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.395.4
Date:
received: 1944 October
use: 1944 October-1945 May
… to the III Corps, Third Army, under General Patton. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and reached Germany in early February 1945. One of Martin…
93. Plaid handkerchief used by a German Jewish displaced person and camp survivor
1999.100.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 1999.100.8
…Norbert Wollheim was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1913 to Jewish parents. His father was a veteran of World War I, 1914-1918. Norbert was…
94. Blue crocheted change purse made in Gurs internment camp for a German Jewish prisoner
1990.57.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.57.2
Date:
received: 1941 January-1941 September
…Johanna (Hanne) Eva Hirsch was born on November 28, 1924, in Karlsruhe, Germany, to Jewish parents, Max and Ella. Max was a photographer and operated…
95. Pair of brown and white wool knit kneesocks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.24_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.24 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
96. Cream colored handkerchief used in the Warsaw ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.4
Date:
use: 1943-1947
…, born in 1924, and Danuta, born in 1929. Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 and, by November 1940, the family was confined to the ghetto. Nineteen…
97. Brown leather right hand glove brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.30 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.30
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
98. Waffen SS green fez given to a US officer by his soldiers after the liberation of Dachau concentration camp
1991.196.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.196.1
Date:
received: 1945 May
…Dachau (Germany)…
99. Pair of tan and white wool knit tweed patterned knee high socks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2004.485.23_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.485.23 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1937 December
…Karl Weiler was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on July 31, 1904, to Friedrich (Fritz) and Ella Ederheimer Weiler. Fritz was born on April 11…
100. Burlap purse with yarn flowers and monogram carried by a 10 year old Jewish Austrian refugee
2010.194.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.194.2
Date:
received: 1945 June-1946 June
emigration: 1946 July
… family moved there. In May, Holland was occupied by Germany and restrictions on the Jewish population were instituted. They had to wear Star of David…