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1. Name tag
Object | Accession Number: 2013.442.44
Date:
use: approximately 1944 November-approximately 1945
manufacture: approximately 1944
commemoration: 1939-1945
… promotion to Captain. In February and March, the 11th Armored overran several cities, then crossed the Rhine River. In April, the unit turned south towards…
2. Nazi flag with a swastika in white circle captured by US soldiers and later signed by battalion
Object | Accession Number: 2007.357.1
Date:
found: 1945 April
… belonged Melvin Mouw (1924-1995) and his signature is on the flag. The battalion fought in many campaigns before crossing the Rhine River into Germany in…
3. Adolf Hitler bas-relief commemorative plaque aquired by a US soldier
2006.258.11 front.JPG
Object | Accession Number: 2006.258.11
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1940
… relieved the 101st Airborne which had been trapped for days in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. The division crossed the Rhine into Germany in late…
4. Star of David patch worn by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate
2005.579.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.5
Date:
use: after 1941 September-1945 April 15
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
5. Jewish Relief Unit Star of David pin worn by a German Jewish nurse working in a DP camp
2005.579.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.15
Date:
use: 1943-1949 August
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
6. Handmade American flag created by former concentration camp inmates and given to a U.S. liberator
2015.450.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.450.1
Date:
received: 1945 April 11
… at Omaha Beach and fought in the Battle of the Bulge that December. The 83rd took control of the German city of Neuss on the Rhine River on March 1…
7. Star of David patch worn by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.4
Date:
use: after 1941 September-1945 April 15
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
8. Clip-on name tag worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate
2005.579.7 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.7 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
9. Red UNRRA patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and DP aid worker
2005.579.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.8
Date:
use: 1946 March-1947 June
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
10. Name tag worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate
2005.579.10
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.10
Date:
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
11. Blue, white and yellow Jewish Relief Unit Star of David badge worn by a German Jewish nurse
Object | Accession Number: 2000.285.2
Date:
use: 1946-approximately 1948
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
12. Embroidered, red UNRRA worn by a former concentration camp inmate and DP relief worker
2005.579.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.11
Date:
use: approximately 1946-1949 August
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
13. Blue, white, and red striped patch with Cross of Lorraine acquired by German Jewish US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.72
Date:
received: after 1944 July-before 1946 June
… territory near Duren, Germany. In March, the Division captured Cologne, crossed the Rhine River, and continued eastward. Rudolph interrogated prisoners in…
14. UNRRA embroidered patch worn by a survivor and DP camp relief worker
2005.579.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.6
Date:
use: 1946 March-1947 June
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
15. AJDC bar patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
2005.579.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.9
Date:
use: approximately 1946-1949 August
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
16. Blue, white, and red striped patch with Cross of Lorraine acquired by German Jewish US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.71
Date:
received: after 1944 July-before 1946 June
… territory near Duren, Germany. In March, the Division captured Cologne, crossed the Rhine River, and continued eastward. Rudolph interrogated prisoners in…
17. Unused forced labor badge, yellow and purple P, acquired by German Jewish US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.70
Date:
received: after 1944 July-before 1946 June
… territory near Duren, Germany. In March, the Division captured Cologne, crossed the Rhine River, and continued eastward. Rudolph interrogated prisoners in…
18. Blue AJDC patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
2005.579.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.12
Date:
use: 1947 July-1949 August
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…
19. Blue AJDC pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
2005.579.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.13
Date:
use: 1947 July-1949 August
emigration: 1949 August 26
…, typhus was rampant, there was no food, and order in the camp was breaking down. By April 13, the Germans were gone. The British Army of the Rhine (2…