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1. Oak leaf wreath separated into sections awarded prewar to a Jewish youth for swimming across the Rhine River

2012.444.2 a front

Date:: received: 1933-approximately 1937

2. Red and tan plaid handkerchief owned by a Polish Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1950 February
unavailable:

3. Patterned black leather wallet used by a Polish Jewish refugee

2013.178.5 front

Date:: emigration: 1950 January
unavailable:

4. Blue plaid handkerchief owned by a Polish Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1950 January
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5. Red leather purse used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport

Date:: received: 1939 June

6. Brown leather belt worn by a Jewish Polish inmate at Buchenwald concentration camp

Date:: use: 1945 January-1945 April

7. Brown leather wallet brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee

Date:: emigration: 1939 May 17-1939 May 24

8. Patchwork leather wallet brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee

2013.117.4 front

Date:: emigration: 1939 May 17-1939 May 24

9. Toddler's red leather shoe worn by Alain Markon in Vichy France

1998.41.1 front

Date:: use: after 1941 June-1942
emigration: 1942 October

10. Leather wallet with a painted geometric design used by a Polish Jewish refugee

2013.178.6 front

Date:: emigration: 1950 January
unavailable:

11. Light brown leather billfold used by a Polish Jewish refugee

2012.358.2 closed

Date:: unavailable:

12. Brown leather wallet with a strap brought to the US by a Jewish Hungarian refugee

2013.117.5 front

Date:: emigration: 1939 May 17-1939 May 24

13. German Luftwaffe M1935 helmet

1988.70.2 left side

Date:: manufacture: 1939

14. Pair of toddler's shoes owned by a Jewish child refugee

1994.53.7 a front

Date:: use: 1936 April 20-1936 July 15

15. Leather pouch brought with Jewish refugee family

2004.628.9 front

Date:: emigration: 1939

16. Brown leather wallet with laced edges used by a Czech Jewish refugee during his service in the US Army

2009.364.13 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 February
use: 1943-1946

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