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1. Hohner Imperial IIA accordion and case carried by Hilde Anker on a Kindertransport
2003.352.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.352.1 a-b
Date:
use: after 1938-approximately 1997
manufacture: 1938-1939
emigration: 1939 June
…Hilde Lotte Anker was born on May 29, 1926, in Berlin, Germany, to Georg Jakob Willie Anker and Gertrud Gottschalk Anker. She had two older sisters…
2. Moustache brush owned by a German Jewish refugee
1990.307.6 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.6
Date:
use: approximately 1907-approximately 1917
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
3. Shaving brush used by a German Jewish refugee in hiding
1990.307.7_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 a
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
4. Razor used by a German Jewish man in hiding
1990.307.7_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.307.7 b
Date:
use: 1942 August-1945 May
…Albert Heppner (1900-1945) was born in Berlin, Germany, to Max (1866-1917) and Dina (nee Salomon, 1872-1959) Heppner. Max owned a successful…
5. Woman's gold wrist watch kept with a Jewish concentration camp inmate
2009.360.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.360.1
Date:
use: 1943-1944
…Marga Gussinoff was born in Berlin, Germany, on May 17, 1924, to Russian Jewish parents, Isaak and Sara-Leah Gussinoff, born March 15, 1899. Her…
6. Circular silver 12 tone pocket watch style pitch pipe and case used by a cantor
1992.8.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.2 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1910-1938
emigration: 1938-1938
… a shochet and Isaac attended Yeshiva in Russia. He resettled in Germany, first in Frankfurt am Main, then in Berlin. He married Frieda Schwartzbardt…
7. Japanese propaganda matchbox with a bomb exploding in the center of the US acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee
2010.240.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.12
Date:
emigration: 1939 March
publication/distribution: approximately 1942
…Ralf Heinz Harpuder was born on April 12, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans (Hern) and Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Hans was born on November 26, 1901, in…
8. Small black field glasses and fitted leather case saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2013.430.11 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1940 August
…Jews--Persecution--Germany--Berlin--Biography.…
9. Silver clothes brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.3
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
… moved to Berlin. Hitler came to power in January 1933 and antisemitism became official policy in Germany. Frieda and Meyer decided to join their daughters…
10. Toiletry kit
2000.567.1 b front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.567.1
Date:
use: 1949
…The toiletry kit was given to and/or used by the Strochlitz family in a displaced persons camp in Berlin, Germany. The kit was hand-carried by family…
11. Japanese propaganda matchbox with a caricature of FDR acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee
2010.240.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.8
Date:
emigration: 1939 March
publication/distribution: approximately 1942
…Ralf Heinz Harpuder was born on April 12, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans (Hern) and Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Hans was born on November 26, 1901, in…
12. Japanese propaganda matchbox with Japanese planes flying over a sinking ship with a US flag acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee
2010.240.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.11
Date:
emigration: 1939 March
publication/distribution: approximately 1942
…Ralf Heinz Harpuder was born on April 12, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans (Hern) and Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Hans was born on November 26, 1901, in…
13. Japanese propaganda matchbox cover with a bayonet with a Japanese flag dominating the world acquired by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.21
Date:
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
publication/distribution: approximately 1942
…Ralf Heinz Harpuder was born on April 12, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans (Hern) and Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Hans was born on November 26, 1901, in…
14. Engraved silver cigarette case with box owned by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.18_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.18 a-b
Date:
received: approximately 1947 December
… in prewar Berlin, Germany, during World War II in Shanghai, China, where Carl and Elsa Victor passed away, and then to Peter after the war in Shanghai…
15. Straight razor in a black plastic cover brought to Shanghai by an Austrian Jewish refugee
2010.240.5 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.5
Date:
emigration: 1938 November
use: 1938-1949
… filled. A year later, he emigrated to the United States and on January 25, he married Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Gerda was born in Berlin, Germany, and fled to…
16. Silver hair brush used by a German Jewish woman while in hiding
2005.600.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.600.4
Date:
use: before 1936-1945
… moved to Berlin. Hitler came to power in January 1933 and antisemitism became official policy in Germany. Frieda and Meyer decided to join their daughters…
17. Gillette razor blade, cover and wrapper featuring King C. Gillette brought to Shanghai by an Austrian Jewish refugee
2010.240.20_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.20 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1938 December
… filled. A year later, he emigrated to the United States and on January 25, he married Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Gerda was born in Berlin, Germany, and fled to…
18. Japanese propaganda matchbox with a Japanese plane bombing the US and British flags acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee
2010.240.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.10
Date:
emigration: 1939 March
publication/distribution: approximately 1942
…Ralf Heinz Harpuder was born on April 12, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans (Hern) and Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Hans was born on November 26, 1901, in…
19. Mother of pearl opera glasses saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2013.430.13
Date:
emigration: 1939 July
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Berlin--Personal narratives.…
20. Japanese propaganda matchbox with a Japanese sword piercing the US flag acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee
2010.240.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.9
Date:
emigration: 1947 March
publication/distribution: approximately 1942
…Ralf Heinz Harpuder was born on April 12, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Hans (Hern) and Gerda Lewin Harpuder. Hans was born on November 26, 1901, in…