Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Search Results

Skip to main content

You searched for: Subjects And Keywords Holocaust survivors Objects Tools and Equipment

New Search

« Previous | 1 - 20 of 26 | Next »

1. Stein marching compass in a hinged case acquired by a British officer

2003.465.7 open

Date:: received: after 1947 March-1948
manufacture: approximately 1939

2. Folding knife made from a screwdriver in a concentration camp by an inmate

2005.135.2 closed

Date:: creation: approximately 1945 January

3. Caliper used by a prisoner in a forced labor camp

2005.135.3 front

Date:: use: 1944 September-1945 February

4. Spool of black thread used by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate

1997.31.2.5 front

Date:: use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April

5. Wound ball of thread used by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate

1997.31.2.3 front

Date:: use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April

6. Tan spool and black loose thread used by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate

1997.31.2.4 front

Date:: use: after 1944 July-before 1945 April

7. 6 cards with 24 mother-of-pearl buttons saved from a Jewish owned factory and given to a survivor 50 years later

1989.204.1 front

Date:: manufacture: 1937
received: 1987 July

8. Monaural stethoscope used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

2005.579.20 front

Date:: use: 1943-1949 August
emigration: 1949 August 26

9. Metric wooden ruler owned by a young Austrian Jewish refugee girl

2017.517.2 front

Date:: use: approximately 1938

10. Glass thermometer with cardboard case taken with Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1938 December
manufacture: 1935

11. Pouch and medical instruments used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker

Date:: use: 1938-1949
emigration: 1949 August 26

12. Card with 48 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.4 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

13. Handmade metal knife used by a concentration camp inmate saved by getting on Schindler's list

2013.379.7 right side

Date:: creation: 1944 October-1945

14. Card with 24 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.6 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

15. Partial card with 16 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.7 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

16. Card with 48 Dorset-style buttons owned by a Jewish Austrian refugee

2018.258.5 front

Date:: creation: approximately 1900-before 1939 February
emigration: 1939 February

17. Medical field sterilizer kit used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker

2005.579.21_a closed

Date:: use: 1938-1949
emigration: 1949 August 26

18. Red leather sewing box recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish woman

2012.342.2 closed

Date:: recovered: 1945 May

19. Partial gold dental bridge with crown owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1939 February

20. Motorboat used to take Jewish people in Denmark to safety in Sweden

Danish Rescue Boat Collection Image, 1989.222.1

Date:: manufacture: approximately 1930
use: 1943 October-1944 May

Learn About the Holocaust

These additional online resources from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history.

Holocaust Encyclopedia

The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories.
Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center

Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos

Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.

Further Your Research