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1. Tremolo style Opera harmonica owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee
2015.312.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.312.4
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1930
…. During Kristallnacht, Alfred’s father was arrested and taken to the police precinct where his head was shaved, he was only released because he was the…
2. Mother of pearl opera glasses saved by a German Jewish prewar emigre
Object | Accession Number: 2013.430.13
Date:
emigration: 1939 July
…, Friedrich was fired from his job because he was Jewish. On November 10, 1938, during Kristallnacht, two Nazis entered the apartment and took Friedrich. A few…
3. Wooden hanger from prewar Vienna
2013.463.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.463.2
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1933
… Kristallnacht pogrom, Hermann was arrested. He was sent to Dachau concentration camp and assigned prisoner number 26136. On November 15, Klara wrote to her cousin…
4. Yellow plastic comb with cardboard case carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2003.454.23_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.454.23 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1939 July 13
… Germany in March 1938. Edi emigrated to Palestine that October. During the Kristallnacht pogrom that November 9-10, Wilhelm was arrested and detained in…
5. 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
… and he applied as an apprentice at Siemens-Schuckertwerke, a German electrical engineering company. During the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10…
6. 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
… the US, but had a high number. On November 10, 1938, during Kristallnacht, two Nazis entered the apartment and took Friedrich. A few hours later, more…
7. Gold engraved pocket watch owned by a German Jewish refugee
2005.546.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.546.2
Date:
recovered: 
received: approximately 1895
… mail to Anna’s sister, who had emigrated to England earlier in the decade. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10, 1938, Anna left for England…
8. Three hangers for a wardrobe trunk used by German Jewish refugees on the MS St. Louis
1998.65.1_i front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.65.1 g-i
Date:
use: 1939 May-1940 April
… for his World War I service. In June 1937, the family got passports marked with the letter J for Jew. On November 9 and 10, 1938, the Kristallnacht…
9. Tobacco pipe with a bowl carved into the shape of Churchill’s head
2017.541.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.541.8
Date:
acquired: 1950-1953
… practicing medicine. On November 9-10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Jews and their businesses, homes, and places of worship were freely and…
10. 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
… restrictions became increasingly harsh. Hans’ brothers, Alfred and Erich, emigrated to the United States circa December 1938. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on…
11. Tobacco pipe with a bowl carved into the shape of Hitler’s head
2017.541.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.541.7
Date:
acquired: 1950-1953
… practicing medicine. On November 9-10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Jews and their businesses, homes, and places of worship were freely and…
12. Pipe with bowl carved in the shape of a bull’s head
2017.541.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.541.6
Date:
acquired: 1950-1953
… practicing medicine. On November 9-10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Jews and their businesses, homes, and places of worship were freely and…
13. 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’s sisters Eva and Dodi were forced out of public school and went to the Goldschmidt school. On November 9 and 10, 1938, the Kristallnacht pogrom…
14. 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
… and he applied as an apprentice at Siemens-Schuckertwerke, a German electrical engineering company. During the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10…
15. 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
… in Berlin sometime after 1936. After the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom, life for Jews in Germany became very difficult, and in 1941, deportations…
16. 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
… in Berlin sometime after 1936. After the November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom, life for Jews in Germany became very difficult, and in 1941, deportations…
17. 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
… restrictions became increasingly harsh. Hans’ brothers, Alfred and Erich, emigrated to the United States circa December 1938. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on…
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
… restrictions became increasingly harsh. Hans’ brothers, Alfred and Erich, emigrated to the United States circa December 1938. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on…
19. 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
… restrictions became increasingly harsh. Hans’ brothers, Alfred and Erich, emigrated to the United States circa December 1938. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on…
20. 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
… restrictions became increasingly harsh. Hans’ brothers, Alfred and Erich, emigrated to the United States circa December 1938. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on…