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1. Aluminum pitcher used by a German Jewish family forced to emigrate
1989.306.15 right
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.15
Date:
emigration: approximately 1939 June
…Gisela (Jill) Renate Berg was born on May 1, 1933, to Josef and Klara Meyer Berg, in the small farming community of Lechenich, Germany, near Cologne…
2. Chinese export trade serving tray with a floral design acquired in Havana from a Jewish refugee on board the St. Louis
2009.363.1 top
Object | Accession Number: 2009.363.1
Date:
received: 1939 May 27-1939 June 02
… charity, passengers sold some of their belongings. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, for Cuba on May 13, 1939. On board were 937 passengers, nearly all Jewish…
3. Chinese export trade serving tray with a floral design acquired in Havana from a Jewish refugee on board the St. Louis
2009.363.2 top
Object | Accession Number: 2009.363.2
Date:
received: 1939 May 27-1939 June 02
… charity, passengers sold some of their belongings. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, for Cuba on May 13, 1939. On board were 937 passengers, nearly all Jewish…
4. Decorated porcelain teacup saved by a German Jewish prewar refugee
2008.204.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.204.2
Date:
emigration: 1939 March
manufacture: 1815-1924
…Gertrude Loewenberg (1898-1986, later Wiesenthal) was born in Berlin, Germany, to an assimilated Jewish family. Gertrude’s father, Caesar, had been…
5. Enameled cooking pot with lid used by a German Jewish family forced to emigrate
1989.306.12 a front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.12 a-b
Date:
emigration: approximately 1939 June
…Gisela (Jill) Renate Berg was born on May 1, 1933, to Josef and Klara Meyer Berg, in the small farming community of Lechenich, Germany, near Cologne…
6. Gilt-plated demitasse spoon embossed with the MS St Louis
1992.22.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.22.1
Date:
use: after 1925-before 1940
… 1945 and 1985 by Henry F. Kahn, who fled Nazi Germany in January 1939 for the United States.…
7. Henckels dinner knife brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
2012.493.5 left
Object | Accession Number: 2012.493.5
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Ernestine Unger (1873-1947, later Wiesenthal) was born in Berlin, Germany, into a Jewish family that had lived in the city for generations. She…
8. Henckels table knife with a scalloped edge brought with German Jewish prewar refugee
2012.493.3 left
Object | Accession Number: 2012.493.3
Date:
emigration: 1939
manufacture: 1900-1939
…Ernestine Unger (1873-1947, later Wiesenthal) was born in Berlin, Germany, into a Jewish family that had lived in the city for generations. She…
9. Monogrammed dinner knife brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
2012.493.4 left
Object | Accession Number: 2012.493.4
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Ernestine Unger (1873-1947, later Wiesenthal) was born in Berlin, Germany, into a Jewish family that had lived in the city for generations. She…
10. Monogrammed dinner knife brought with German Jewish prewar refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2008.204.5
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Ernestine Unger (1873-1947, later Wiesenthal) was born in Berlin, Germany, into a Jewish family that had lived in the city for generations. She…
11. Monogrammed silver ladle brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2008.204.4
Date:
emigration: 1939
manufacture: after 1800-before 1888
…Ernestine Unger (1873-1947, later Wiesenthal) was born in Berlin, Germany, into a Jewish family that had lived in the city for generations. She…
12. Napkin ring with a silver initial S used for Passover seder by a Jewish refugee
1992.8.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.4
Date:
emigration: 1939
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
13. Plate with colorful, oval-shaped cartoon figures carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.7
Date:
emigration: 1939 June
manufacture: approximately 1905-approximately 1931
…Ina Felczer (b.1929) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Hannah (Hana, née Kempinski, 1894-?) and Victor Awigdor (1892 -?) Felczer. Hannah was born in…
14. Salad plate with a floral design carried by Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.6
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…
15. Silver fiddle patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
2012.485.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.10
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Fritz Silberschmidt was born on October 4, 1908, in Bocholt, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Jacob and Selma Berg Silberschmidt. Jacob was a veteran of…
16. Silver fiddle patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
2012.485.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.9
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Fritz Silberschmidt was born on October 4, 1908, in Bocholt, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Jacob and Selma Berg Silberschmidt. Jacob was a veteran of…
17. Silver oak patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
2012.485.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.8
Date:
emigration: 1939
…Fritz Silberschmidt was born on October 4, 1908, in Bocholt, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Jacob and Selma Berg Silberschmidt. Jacob was a veteran of…
18. Silver serving spoon with modern poliert pattern carried by a Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2014.281.2
Date:
emigration: 1939 July 25
…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…
19. Teacup and saucer with blue and pink flowers carried by Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.5_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.5 a-b
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…