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1. Small candle found at Dachau concentration camp after the war by a US soldier
1990.150.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.150.3
Date:
found: approximately 1950
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marvin Glyder…
2. Brown striped wool blanket used by a Jewish family in an internment camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.110.2
Date:
use: 1939-1944
…Marie Odenheimer was imprisoned at Gurs internment camp during World War II. She was released and able to emigrate to the United States as the result…
3. Pillow sham with embroidered animals made by a Jewish immigrant
Object | Accession Number: 2012.72.5
Date:
emigration: 1912
… the fall of 1907. The next year, Samuel immigrated to the United States, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, and arriving in New York on May 25, 1908. He…
4. Pillow sham with embroidered animals made by a Jewish immigrant
Object | Accession Number: 2012.72.8
Date:
emigration: 1912
… the fall of 1907. The next year, Samuel immigrated to the United States, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, and arriving in New York on May 25, 1908. He…
5. Infant’s embroidered quilt and duvet cover made by a Jewish immigrant
Object | Accession Number: 2012.72.2
Date:
emigration: 1912
… the fall of 1907. The next year, Samuel immigrated to the United States, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, and arriving in New York on May 25, 1908. He…
6. Pillow sham with embroidered animals made by a Jewish immigrant
Object | Accession Number: 2012.72.6
Date:
emigration: 1912
… the fall of 1907. The next year, Samuel immigrated to the United States, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, and arriving in New York on May 25, 1908. He…
7. Cross stitched table runner with Russian motto made by a Jewish immigrant
Object | Accession Number: 2012.72.3
Date:
emigration: 1912
… the fall of 1907. The next year, Samuel immigrated to the United States, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, and arriving in New York on May 25, 1908. He…
8. Pillow sham with embroidered animals made by a Jewish immigrant
Object | Accession Number: 2012.72.7
Date:
emigration: 1912
… the fall of 1907. The next year, Samuel immigrated to the United States, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, and arriving in New York on May 25, 1908. He…
9. Embroidered tablecloth
Object | Accession Number: 2015.255.8
… Cleveland, Ohio. The United States declared war on Germany and Japan in December 1941. Morgenthau joined the United States Army. In 1943, he graduated from…
10. Table runner with cross stitch bird and flowers made by a Jewish immigrant
Object | Accession Number: 2012.72.4
Date:
emigration: 1912
… the fall of 1907. The next year, Samuel immigrated to the United States, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, and arriving in New York on May 25, 1908. He…
11. Floral and lion patterned needlepoint table covering saved by a German Jewish refugee family
Object | Accession Number: 2005.564.2
Date:
emigration: 1937
… family left Germany for the United States in 1937 and settled in Philadelphia. She married Harry Rosenthal and they had two children. Many family members…
12. US Army olive drab canvas bed roll used by a soldier
2006.11.39, Olive drab, bedding roll, J. George Mitnick Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2006.11.39 a-e
Date:
issue: approximately 1944
…United States. Army…
13. Crocheted tablecloth and replacement thread saved by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.13_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.13 a-b
Date:
use: after 1938
…, 1945. Shanghai was liberated by the United States Army on September 3, 1945. Peter worked as a dispatcher and driver for the US Army Air Force motor pool…
14. Green wool blanket acquired by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.14
Date:
received: approximately 1945 August
…, 1945. Shanghai was liberated by the United States Army on September 3, 1945. Peter worked as a dispatcher and driver for the US Army Air Force motor pool…
15. Silver engraved candelabrum commemorating the Stolp synagogue saved by refugees from Nazi Germany
2007.516.3 a-f front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.516.3 a-f
Date:
commemoration: 1895
emigration: 1939 March
… his family were able to escape by airplane for London, England. They obtained visas for the United States and sailed from Glasgow on the SS Cameronia…
16. Silver engraved candelabrum commemorating the Stolp synagogue saved by Jewish refugees
2007.516.2 a-f front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.516.2 a-f
Date:
commemoration: 1895
emigration: 1939 March
… for the United States and sailed on the SS Cameronia from Glasgow, arriving in the US on July 29, 1940. Werner obtained a position with Schwarzkopf…
17. Striped wool blanket used by Raya Markon during “L’exode” (The Exodus) in France
Object | Accession Number: 1998.41.4
Date:
use: 1940 June
emigration: 1942 October
… factory. The couple’s first child, Alain (1941-1998), was born in Toulouse in June 1941. The Markon family wished to immigrate to the United States, and…
18. Black checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
2012.485.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.6
Date:
received: 1933
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Silversmith…
19. Red checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
2012.485.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.4
Date:
received: 1933
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Silversmith…
20. Red checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
2012.485.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.5
Date:
received: 1933
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Silversmith…
21. Black checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
2012.485.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.7
Date:
received: 1933
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Silversmith…
22. Blanket used by a Irene Heppner to hide money while fleeing Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.4
Date:
use: 1933 June
… helped the Heppners to exchange letters with relatives that had immigrated to the United States. Max got very sick, and had to be hospitalized in the…
23. Striped bath towel embroidered with the inmate’s prisoner number and used in Buchenwald concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 2006.133.3
Date:
use: 1944 August 16-1945 April 11
…. Grunia’s great uncle, Harry Marcus, agreed to sponsor the couple, and in February 1949, they immigrated to the United States aboard the SS Marine Jumper…
24. Blanket issued to Ernest Heppner
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.271
Date:
received: 1945 August
… lived in Washington, D.C., sent an affidavit for the family, but the lengthy quota list made immigration to the United States impossible. The only other…
25. Bath towel acquired by Polish Jewish woman after her escape during a forced march from Ravensbrück
Object | Accession Number: 1993.27.32
Date:
found: 1945 April
use: 1945 May-1946
…, Belgium, on September 26, 1946. In October, with the help of an uncle in Jacksonville, Florida, Franka emigrated to the United States with their infant…
26. Floral pillow cover carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2005.492.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.12
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
… United States, arriving eight days later in New York City. She went to live with her aunt in New Jersey, where she finished high school, found work, and…
27. Wool blanket with a black, red, and cream plaid pattern acquired by a Polish Jewish woman after her escape during a forced march from Ravensbrück
Object | Accession Number: 1993.27.33
Date:
use: 1945 April
found: 1945 April-1946
…, Belgium, on September 26, 1946. In October, with the help of an uncle in Jacksonville, Florida, Franka emigrated to the United States with their infant…
28. White square cotton pillowcase with a cutwork border brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland
2009.376.42 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.376.42
Date:
emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17
received: 1926
… was determined to reach the United States. In January 13, 1941, they boarded the USS President Harrison, an American cruise ship, thus legally reaching…
29. Fringed black silk piano shawl with embroidered silver flowers brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland
2009.376.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.376.5
Date:
emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17
… was determined to reach the United States. In January 13, 1941, they boarded the USS President Harrison, an American cruise ship, thus legally reaching…
30. Embroidered table runner with a floral and insect design brought with German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2012.151.3
Date:
received: before 1938
… alone for the United States. Aizik hoped to join her there. Jula, now called Julie, was placed in a series of orphanages. She endured taunting due to her…
31. Green, US Army, wool blanket owned by Mark Wisen who survived by assuming a Catholic identity
Object | Accession Number: 2007.511.1
Date:
use: 1960-1962
manufacture: 1953
…United States. Army…
32. Bedcover used by a Jewish girl in a displaced persons camp
2003.193.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.193.5
Date:
use: 1948 January-1949 May
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen and Joseph Matlow…
33. Blue and white checkered dish towel embroidered JK saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2013.430.6
Date:
emigration: 1940 August
… increased, the family began attempting to leave Germany. Jella had three siblings living in the United States and they applied for a visa waiting number to…
34. Tablecloth with a handpainted maple leaf design created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp
2012.443.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.443.5
Date:
creation: approximately 1948
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leopold Schein…
35. Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.5
Date:
creation: approximately 1933
use: 1939 June-1947
… the United States who provided the affidavits of support needed to get US visas. However, because of the restrictive US quotas, it was not possible to…
36. Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.4
Date:
creation: approximately 1933
use: 1939 June-1947
… the United States who provided the affidavits of support needed to get US visas. However, because of the restrictive US quotas, it was not possible to…
37. White damask napkin with embroidered monograms saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2013.430.5
Date:
emigration: 1940 August
… family began attempting to leave Germany. Jella had three siblings living in the United States and they applied for a visa waiting number to the US, but…
38. Monogrammed pink silk pillow sham recovered by a Hungarian Jewish refugee postwar
2004.219.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.219.2
Date:
recovered: after 1945 May
received: after 1946 May
… presumably perished in February 1945 in Bergen-Belsen. Gabriella met a cousin who had moved to the United States and enlisted in the US Army. He gave her the…
39. Carved upright wooden bench owned by Jakob Krämer and the Heppner family
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.11 a-d
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1911
use: before 1942 August
received: approximately 1958
… United States. Max got very sick, and had to be hospitalized in the spring of 1945. After the northern part of the Netherlands was liberated in early May…
40. Duvet cover made from a US Army parachute by Ephraim and Sarah Robinson in a displaced persons camp
2009.372.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.372.2
Date:
manufacture: 1944 October
creation: 1945-1948
emigration: 1948 October 21
… did not want to be separated. Henia’s father was able to send word to his relatives in the United States to explain that he had survived. He was the…