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141. Yellow metal badge with Croatian Z for Jew worn by a Sephardic Jew
1988.27.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.27.4
Date:
use: after 1941 April-before 1943
…’s and all of Shari’s family were killed. Most of Shary's family was killed in Auschwitz. Leon’s mother was murdered in Auschwitz in fall 1942. His brother…
142. Yellow Star of David badge with Jude worn by a young German Jewish boy
2010.200.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.200.2
Date:
use: 1941-1945
… Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was killed upon arrival. His wife, Gerta, survived the war. Gisela and her family had been deported to…
143. Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, belonging to a German Jewish woman
2016.552.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.552.2
Date:
use: after 1941 September 01-approximately 1942 September 17
… Theresienstadt. Upon arriving at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, she had to surrender all of her belongings, but managed to hide pictures of her family…
144. Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, belonging to a German Jewish woman
2016.552.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.552.3
Date:
use: after 1941 September 01-approximately 1942 September 17
… Sigrid off the transport. Her plea went unheeded, and Sigrid was deported to a number of concentration camps, including: Auschwitz in German-occupied…
145. Star of David badge with Jude worn by Austrian Jewish woman
2013.515.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.515.2
Date:
use: approximately 1941 September-1945 April
… deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. In November or December, Friedericke and Susi were transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany…
146. Yellow cardboard badge with Croatian Z for Jew worn by a Sephardic Jewish man
1988.27.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.27.2
Date:
use: after 1941 April-1943
…’s and all of Shari’s family were killed. Most of Shary's family was killed in Auschwitz. Leon’s mother was murdered in Auschwitz in fall 1942. His brother…
147. Star of David badge imprinted with Jude worn by a German Jewish man
Object | Accession Number: 2012.299.2
Date:
use: approximately 1942
… a handful of Jews who returned to Oldenburg after the war. Ilse and her husband had been deported on April 19, 1943, via Berlin to Auschwitz…
148. Identification card for Martina Geertruda van Wanrooj created by Gerry van Heel, a document forger
2010.441.47 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.47
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
issue: 1941 November 12
… Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Molly and Gerry stayed in touch with the girls after the war. Molly died in the 1990s; Gerald passed away in 1999-2000.…
149. Blank identification card and envelope used by Gerry van Heel to forge identity documents
2010.441.63 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.63 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
… Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Molly and Gerry stayed in touch with the girls after the war. Molly died in the 1990s; Gerald passed away in 1999-2000.…
150. Prisoner identification tag stamped 85375 with leather band worn by a Polish Jewish inmate in several concentration camps
2012.341.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.341.2
Date:
use: 1944 August-1945 May
… August 6, 1944, the detachment arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where Ludwika and the other women were processed, then sent to Gundelsdorf…
151. Luggage tag owned by the Miodownik family
Object | Accession Number: 2022.24.2
Date:
use: 1947
… Szereszewski (Misha, later Morris Scherr, b. 1911), a survivor of Majdanek and Auschwitz. Bina found work in the black market smuggling alcohol. Anne, Bina, and…
152. Rectangular yellow badge with Star of David and Ž kept by Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman
2002.432.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.432.3
Date:
use: after 1941 April 30-1941 June
… for Giza in several cities, but he was unable to find her. Giza was deported to Auschwitz, where she died of intestinal illness on December 24, 1943…
153. Rectangular yellow badge with Star of David and Ž kept by Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman
2002.432.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.432.2
Date:
use: after 1941 April 30-1941 June
… for Giza in several cities, but he was unable to find her. Giza was deported to Auschwitz, where she died of intestinal illness on December 24, 1943…
154. Air Raid Service warden armband used prewar by Dutch Jewish resistance member
Object | Accession Number: 2013.437.3
Date:
use: approximately 1936-1940 May
… been deported to Auschwitz and killed: Leo’s maternal grandparents, Joseph and Kaatje, killed on September 24, 1942; Leo’s paternal grandparents, Hartog…
155. Star of David badge with Jude given to German Jewish woman
2010.177.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.177.1
Date:
received: 1945
use: approximately 1942-approximately 1945
… to Deggendorf. After the war, Bettina learned that her maternal grandmother and aunt, Klara and Sarah, were killed at Auschwitz. Her uncle in New York…
156. Beige patch embroidered with Czechoslovakia owned by a Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2012.431.2
Date:
received: approximately 1948-approximately 1950
… in Buchenwald, where he died of acute heart failure on January 13, 1944. Her mother was transported to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald, where she was…
157. Belgian Nationalist Movement enamel buttonhole pin with the golden lion emblem worn by a Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.9
Date:
use: 1942-1944
… Sonja and her husband were killed in Auschwitz. His wife Ita’s parents were hidden by an employee, Jeanne de Bruyn, and her family. During the war…
158. Knight cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.13
Date:
use: 1939 March-before 1947 March
… concentration camp in 1945. Ralf's paternal grandmother and cousin, Gertrude and Peter, died in Auschwitz death camp. Gerda’s brother, Werner, emigrated to…
159. Unused yellow cloth Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center
2007.45.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.45.15
Date:
found: approximately 1944 July
… Germans decided to liquidate the ghetto and deport the inhabitants to Auschwitz. A small crew of approximately 900 residents was retained to sort the…
160. Lux cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.14
Date:
emigration: 1939 March
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
… concentration camp in 1945. Ralf's paternal grandmother and cousin, Gertrude and Peter, died in Auschwitz death camp. Gerda’s brother, Werner, emigrated to…