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1. White, monogrammed tablecloth belonging to the family of a German Rabbi
2018.290.1 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2018.290.1
Date:
use: before 1959
…. The German authorities passed anti-Jewish decrees that restricted every aspect of Jewish life. Growing antisemitism and violence led many Jews to leave…
2. White blanket with purple border used by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.8
Date:
emigration: 1939 July 25
… synagogue, and kept kosher. Ellen Ruth attended public school and Hebrew school. She spoke German and Hebrew and learned English in school. Ellen Ruth was…
3. Wool blanket found by a Jewish Latvian concentration camp prisoner after escaping a death march
2003.174.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.174.1
Date:
found: approximately 1945
… conducted by the German Order Police resulted in the deaths of 25,000 Latvian Jews in the ghetto, which was then repopulated with Jews deported from other…
4. Singer treadle sewing machine table of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 1990.78.8
Date:
use: approximately 1930-1945
…Singer iron and wood sewing machine table of the type used in Łódź Ghetto in German occupied Poland from May 1940 to summer 1944. Łódź was occupied…
5. White tea towel with yellow stripes used by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.10
Date:
emigration: 1939 July 25
… synagogue, and kept kosher. Ellen Ruth attended public school and Hebrew school. She spoke German and Hebrew and learned English in school. Ellen Ruth was…
6. White tea towel with green stripes used by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.11
Date:
emigration: 1939 July 25
… synagogue, and kept kosher. Ellen Ruth attended public school and Hebrew school. She spoke German and Hebrew and learned English in school. Ellen Ruth was…
7. Red wooden tie rack made by a Dutch Jew while living in hiding
2010.488.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.488.5
Date:
creation: 1942 October-1945 April 18
…, Ineke, in May 1942. In summer 1942, the German authorities began deporting Dutch Jews to extermination camps. The town doctor, Dr. Holtrop, was active…
8. Wooden flashlight box lantern placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.21
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
…. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw…
9. Treadle sewing machine table of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 1990.78.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1930-1945
… choose 31 prominent Jews. On November 11, the Germans arrested the 31 members and they were taken to Radogoszcz prison; eight were released and the rest…
10. Large wooden workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.1
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
creation: 1939-1940
…, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing…
11. Pillowcase with cutwork flowers and the embroidered initials FL used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.3
Date:
creation: approximately 1933
…Pillowcase with cutwork flowers and the embroidered initials FL used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee…
12. Lightbulb shield placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place
Object | Accession Number: 1992.240.32
Date:
use: 1943-1944 September 11
… what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to…
13. Drawn threadwork pillowcase with the embroidered initials KR used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.2
Date:
use: approximately 1939 March-1947 November
…Drawn threadwork pillowcase with the embroidered initials KR used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee…
14. Large wooden crate used by Zegota, a Polish underground group, to hide false documents
1990.296.1 3/4 view back
Object | Accession Number: 1990.296.1
Date:
use: approximately 1942 October-1945 January
…Rada Pomocy Zydom (Council to Aid Jews), code name Zegota, or Konrad Zegota Committee, was an underground organization that operated in German…