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1. World War II Victory ribbon bar awarded to German Jewish US soldier
2003.149.88 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.88
Date:
commemoration: 1941-1945
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
2. World War II Victory Medal with ribbon and box awarded to a US soldier
2011.75.11_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.75.11 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1941-1945
issue: 1946-2010
…, he enlisted in the US Army and was assigned to the 102nd Combat Infantry Division, nicknamed the Ozarks Division. He was deployed to Germany in…
3. World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant’s medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1948
issue: after 1914 August 05
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
4. World War I Honor & Iron Crosses buttonhole ribbon bar with Combatant’s swords awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.1
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: after 1934 July 13-1944
…Kurt Joseph Schlesinger (1885-1946) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1853-1898) and Harriet Holz (1862-1929) Schlesinger. The couple married on…
5. US Army technician shoulder patch that belonged to a German Jewish refugee
2009.365.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.365.4
Date:
issue: approximately 1943
emigration: 1938 May 14
…Hans Joseph Wachtel was born in Erfurt, Germany, on December 27, 1922. He was the youngest child of Max Wachtel and Erna Bielschowsky Wachtel. Both…
6. US Army patch that belonged to a German Jewish refugee
2009.365.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.365.3
Date:
issue: approximately 1943
emigration: 1938 May 14
…Hans Joseph Wachtel was born in Erfurt, Germany, on December 27, 1922. He was the youngest child of Max Wachtel and Erna Bielschowsky Wachtel. Both…
7. US Army 104th Infantry shoulder sleeve Timberwolf patch worn by a soldier
2003.149.87 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.87
Date:
use: after 1943 April-before 1946 July
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
8. Set of US Army issue dog tags worn by a Jewish soldier and POW
Object | Accession Number: 2011.398.3 a-b
Date:
use: 1943 June 24-1945 September 28
…, Germany. American prisoners registered the new arrivals and identified everyone as Protestant, although many, including Norman, were not. After about 12…
9. Set of US Army issue dog tags and a key on a chain belonging to a German Jewish refugee and soldier
2018.204.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.204.2
Date:
use: 1943 April 06-1946 March 17
…Berthold Meier (1911-1999) was born in Littfeld, Germany, to Toni (neé Heumann, 1880-?) and Seligmann Meier (1878-1920). Seligmann was born in…
10. Ribbon bar with 3 campaign ribbons issued to a Jewish German US soldier
2003.149.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.9
Date:
commemoration: 1939-1945
…Rudolf (Rudolph) Daniel Sichel was born on January 2, 1915, in the Hesse district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Ernst and Frieda Oppenheimer…
11. Prisoner id tag issued to a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag
2004.525.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.525.2
Date:
issue: 1939 September-1940 April
use: 1939 September-1945 May
… landowner, whose land they rented. On September 1, 1939, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. Salek was mobilized into the 19th Infantry Battalion, Polish Army…
12. Pressed tin cap badge of a Reichsadler acquired by a US soldier
2011.75.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.75.8
Date:
found: 1945-1946
issue: 1936-1945
…, he enlisted in the US Army and was assigned to the 102nd Combat Infantry Division, nicknamed the Ozarks Division. He was deployed to Germany in…
13. Pressed aluminum cap badge with Nazi insignia acquired by a German Jewish refugee and US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2012.337.2
Date:
issue: 1936-1945
emigration: 1939 March
…Hans Horst Hirschfeld was born on July 26, 1919, in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), to Dr. Alfred and Maria Kraushaar Hirschfeld. Alfred, who was…
14. Pressed aluminum cap badge with Nazi insignia acquired by a German Jewish refugee and US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2012.337.4
Date:
issue: 1936-1945
emigration: 1939 March
…Hans Horst Hirschfeld was born on July 26, 1919, in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), to Dr. Alfred and Maria Kraushaar Hirschfeld. Alfred, who was…
15. Pressed aluminum cap badge with Nazi insignia acquired by a German Jewish refugee and US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2012.337.3
Date:
issue: 1936-1945
emigration: 1939 March
…Hans Horst Hirschfeld was born on July 26, 1919, in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), to Dr. Alfred and Maria Kraushaar Hirschfeld. Alfred, who was…
16. Pressed aluminum cap badge with Nazi insignia acquired by a German Jewish refugee and US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2012.337.6
Date:
issue: 1936-1945
emigration: 1939 March
…Hans Horst Hirschfeld was born on July 26, 1919, in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), to Dr. Alfred and Maria Kraushaar Hirschfeld. Alfred, who was…
17. Pair of US Army 70th Infantry shoulder sleeve patches with a white axe head worn by a soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2012.302.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1943-1945
… France as part of the Seventh Army, 6th Army Group. In January and February, the Division advanced across France and into southwestern Germany. On March 20…
18. Order of Leopold II Knight class medal, ribbon and silver palm citation awarded to a Belgian resistance fighter
2005.25.10_c front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.25.10
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
issue: 1950 July 19
… Congo to marry Johanna F. on March 12, 1936. In May 1940, Germany invaded and occupied Belgium. Roger became a member of OMBR [Organisation Militaire…
19. Military ribbon bar awarded to a Jewish American soldier
2007.475.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.475.3
Date:
commemoration: 1941-1945
… Regiment on Governor’s Island, New York. A few months later he was shipped to Germany as a sergeant in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. He…
20. Military Decoration for Loyalty medal, ribbon, and chevron awarded to a Belgian resistance fighter
2005.25.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.25.8
Date:
commemoration: 1941-1945
… Congo to marry Johanna F. on March 12, 1936. In May 1940, Germany invaded and occupied Belgium. Roger became a member of OMBR [Organisation Militaire…