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1. Pair of hinged hoop earrings owned by Cila Knaster
2018.206.3 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.206.3 a-b
Date:
emigration: approximately 1949
…Cila Knaster (1908-2007) was born Esther Cila Hausman on December 22, 1908 in Jasionowka, Poland. In 1942, Cila’s mother Merka Levine Hausman (1883…
2. Circular, geometric-patterned earring owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2017.480.3
Date:
emigration: 1939 February
… was later killed. On August 26, 1942, Fritz was deported on transport 24, train 901-19 to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German-occupied Poland…
3. 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
…Malwina (Inka) Gerson was born on March 17,1929, in Łódź, Poland, to Gustav and Dora Stillerman Gerson. Gustav’s parents were from Latvia, but he was…
4. Etched bracelet created by an unknown artist in the Lodz ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 2020.327.1
Date:
creation: 1940 February-1944
…Łódź (Poland)…
5. 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
…Malwina (Inka) Gerson was born on March 17,1929, in Łódź, Poland, to Gustav and Dora Stillerman Gerson. Gustav’s parents were from Latvia, but he was…
6. Ring found at a concentration camp
1988.145.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.145.1
Date:
found: 1944
…Oświęcim (Poland)…
7. 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
…Jerzyk Wlasdyslaw Wajnberg (Jerry Weinberg) was born in Łódź, Poland, on March 1, 1925, to Julian (b. April 12, 1890) and Regina Lubinska (b. March…
8. Star of David pendant and chain worn by a German Jewish woman
2018.70.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.70.6
Date:
received: 1926-before 1944 October
use: 1944 October-1945 May
… German occupied Poland. Before he was taken, Margret promised him she would not leave her mother alone. In October, her mother was put on a transport and…
9. Decorative leather charm owned by a female Hungarian Jewish slave laborer
2017.645.3 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2017.645.3
Date:
creation: 1944 June 13-1944 July
use: 1944 June 13-1945 April 25
…. In mid-June, the family, was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland. Their parents were taken to the gas chambers in the…
10. 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
…Abraham (Bumek) Gruber was born to Osjasz and Sara Gruber, near or in Drohobycz, Poland (Drohobych, Ukraine). He had three siblings: Ryfka, born 1916…