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1. Gold link chain necklace received by a refugee in a displaced persons camp upon the birth of her daughter
2008.198.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.198.3
Date:
received: 1946
… to have a religious education in a Jewish heder instead. When Moshe became Bar Mitzvah at age 13, his education ended. In 1938, the family moved to…
2. Masonic tie pin with a gold compass and square emblem owned by a Hungarian Jewish emigre
2010.81.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.81.10
Date:
received: approximately 1945 April 01
emigration: 1949 March 29
use: 2000
…Armin Roth was born on September 22, 1876, in Magyargyeromonostor, (Manastireni), Romania, into a religious Jewish family. His father, Samuel, was…
3. Gold ring with pink stones received by a refugee in a displaced persons camp upon the birth of her daughter
2008.198.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.198.2
Date:
received: 1946
… to have a religious education in a Jewish heder instead. When Moshe became Bar Mitzvah at age 13, his education ended. In 1938, the family moved to…
4. Teardrop pendant with an engraved inscription
2015.563.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.563.2
Date:
inclusive: 1865-2001
bulk: 1901-1957
…Jewish families--Austria--Vienna.…
5. Adjustable cuff bracelet made from gold marks with pouch owned by German Jewish refugee
2006.498.2 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2010.484.2 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938 September
…Jewish families--Germany.…
6. Brass bracelet with cutout designs of scenes of daily life made in Łódź Ghetto
2007.45.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.45.3
Date:
creation: 1943
found: approximately 1944 July
…Jewish families--Poland--Łódź.…
7. Silver metal cable link chain used to hold sports medals awarded to a German Jewish deaf-mute athlete
2005.602.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.602.5
Date:
commemoration: 1938
…, Russia, on November 17, 1890. The family was Jewish and kept kosher. Raisa had two older sisters, Clara, born on December 19, 1909, and Sara, born on April…
8. Decorative pin with engraved initials CB made in Kenya for a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2014.307.2
Date:
creation: after 1939 June-1945
… Cologne. He had a brother Jonas. His family had lived in the area since the 1600s. The family was Jewish Orthodox. Max was president of the local synagogue…
9. Engraved gold wedding band that belonged to a German Jewish refugee
2005.546.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.4
Date:
recovered: 
received: 1895
…Anna Cahn was born to a wealthy, assimilated Jewish family that had been established in in Frankfurt, Germany, for many generations. She married…
10. Gold necklace, bracelet, and pendant received in a displaced persons camp
2008.228.11_a-c front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.11 a-c
Date:
received: 1945
…Jewish families--Poland--Warsaw.…
11. Signet ring with an engraving of the Łódź ghetto bridge owned by a ghetto resident
2005.96.1 side
Object | Accession Number: 2005.96.1
Date:
received: 1943
…Jewish families--Poland--Łódź.…
12. Brooch with a cut-out design of the fence and Jewish quarters sign made in Łódź Ghetto
2007.45.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.45.2
Date:
creation: 1943
found: 1944 July-1945 January
… and Gustav. After the German occupation of Poland in 1939, Inka, 11, and her family were forced into the Jewish ghetto in Łódź. All ghetto inhabitants…
13. Engraved gold wedding band that belonged to a German Jewish refugee
2005.546.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.3
Date:
recovered: 
received: approximately 1895
…Anna Cahn was born to a wealthy, assimilated Jewish family that had been established in in Frankfurt, Germany, for many generations. She married…
14. Gold hoop earrings worn by a hidden child in Poland
2005.157.1_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.157.1 a-b
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…Sarah Stern was born to a Jewish family in 1910. Her parents were Meir (b. 1882) and Rosa (nee Koppel, b. 1885). Sarah had two younger sisters…
15. Fake diamond ring bartered to save the life of a Jewish family
2013.312.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.312.1
Date:
creation: 1942
use: 1943-1944
…Fake diamond ring bartered to save the life of a Jewish family…
16. Golem pendant made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
2006.363.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.363.6
Date:
received: 1942 November 20-1945
… after, he lost his position at the firm, and the family’s property was confiscated because they were Jewish. The family was forced to wear yellow Star of…
17. Commemorative Star of David stickpin owned by a Dutch Jewish survivor
2002.140.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.2
Date:
commemoration: 1945-1955
…Jewish families--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Biography.…
18. Gold ring with engraved flowers buried and recovered postwar by a Hungarian Jewish girl
2003.158.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.158.1
Date:
received: 1937
recovered: 1945
… children, was born on April 27, 1901, in Budapest, to Markus and Katalin (Katherine) Hoffmann Taubner. Zoltan’s family was Jewish, but assimilated. Erika…
19. Horse-shaped metal pin made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
2006.363.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.363.2
Date:
received: 1942 November 20-1945
… after, he lost his position at the firm, and the family’s property was confiscated because they were Jewish. The family was forced to wear yellow Star of…
20. Round Star of David pendant made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
2006.363.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.363.7
Date:
received: 1942 November 20-1945
… after, he lost his position at the firm, and the family’s property was confiscated because they were Jewish. The family was forced to wear yellow Star of…