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1. Star of David pendant with a prisoner number made by a former concentration camp inmate
2003.436.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.436.1
Date:
creation: after 1945 April-before 1947
received: 1947
…, Paul was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp and assigned prisoner number 194446. He was eventually transferred to Gross-Rosen concentration camp…
2. Metal pin made for a former concentration camp inmate with her prisoner number and the camps where she was held
1993.27.34 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.27.34
Date:
creation: approximately 1945 April-1945 May
commemoration: 1943-1945
… forced labor in the steel mill, and became involved in the resistance. On August 26, 1943, Franka was deported by the German authorities to Auschwitz…
3. Commemorative concentration camp pendant owned by a German Jewish woman
2018.70.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.70.7
Date:
creation: after 1945 May
… and her mother did sewing. In September 1944, her father was deported on a male only transport from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz concentration camp in…
4. Mezuzah and tombstone pendants on a necklace made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp
2003.64.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.64.2
Date:
creation: after 1945 May 02-before 1945 June
… Tauba, Irma, and her sister Ruth were loaded on a cattle car. After several days with no water, they arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The…
5. Pin with a cutout image of the Small Fortress gate at Terezin pinned to paper made by a camp inmate
1989.342.15.1-.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.342.15.1-.2
Date:
creation: 1943
… 1945, all of Jiri’s close friends were deported to other camps, primarily Auschwitz, and as the last member of the group, he became the guardian of their…
6. Bar Kochba Jewish Sports Club stickpin (BKB) with blue enamel decoration owned by a Czech Jewish refugee to the US
2009.364.11, stickpin with blue enamel decoration and initials BKB, Tom T. Kovary Collection
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.11
Date:
received: approximately 1935
emigration: 1940 February
… Department of Justice. He searched for surviving relatives, but found only one cousin, Herta Fuchs, who survived Auschwitz death camp. After the war, Tom…
7. 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
… Germans decided to liquidate the ghetto and deport the inhabitants to Auschwitz. A small crew of approximately 900 residents was retained to sort the…
8. 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
… Germans decided to liquidate the ghetto and deport the inhabitants to Auschwitz. A small crew of approximately 900 residents was retained to sort the…