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1. German marching compass in a case taken from an SS officer by a US soldier
2000.598.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2000.598.2
Date:
found: approximately 1945 May
manufacture: after 1930-before 1945
…, Hy was wounded and sent to France to recover. In December, Hy rejoined his unit, which relieved the 101st Airborne Division near Bastogne, Belgium. In…
2. Wooden awl haft with chuck and ferrule used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.7
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… United States. Prior to leaving, David learned English from a tutor. They left Bremerhaven on the SS General CH Muir and arrived in New York in March 1951…
3. Sewing needle case used for lipstick in the Warsaw ghetto
2008.228.15 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2008.228.15
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1947
… to the United States on the SS Marine Perch and settled in New York City. Irena graduated from Hunter College in 1956. She has two children and runs an…
4. Double-door railroad freight car with brakeman’s cabin of the type used to transport victims throughout the Nazi camp system
1989.225.1
Object | Accession Number: 1989.225.1
Date:
manufacture: 1920
… trains were lengthened and the cars loaded beyond capacity. Generally, the SS attempted to fill a deportation train with one thousand people. However, over…
5. Small black painted scissors from the family capmaking business brought to the US by a Jewish refugee
2004.704.7 open
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.7
Date:
creation: before 1938
… Frieda were too elderly to leave. David, Regina, Edgar, and Robert traveled to Antwerp, Belgium, in early September 1938. They boarded the S.S. Pennland…
6. Large black painted fabric shears from the family capmaking business brought to the US by a Jewish refugee
2004.704.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.6
Date:
creation: before 1938
… Frieda were too elderly to leave. David, Regina, Edgar, and Robert traveled to Antwerp, Belgium, in early September 1938. They boarded the S.S. Pennland…
7. Very large Henckels fabric shears from the family capmaking business brought to the US by a Jewish refugee
2004.704.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.5
Date:
creation: after 1900-before 1938
… Frieda were too elderly to leave. David, Regina, Edgar, and Robert traveled to Antwerp, Belgium, in early September 1938. They boarded the S.S. Pennland…
8. Rusted heel plate with a screw and nail recovered from Chelmno killing center
1989.308.24 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.308.24
Date:
use: before 1942 September
recovered: 1986-1987
… killing center operated by the German SS and police authorities in German-occupied Poland.…
9. Combination fur scraper and stretching block brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee
2006.511.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.511.2
Date:
use: approximately 1924-1996
… had missed had been shot by Nazis. On October 29, 1938, Isidor, his wife Ida, and their young daughter, Dorit, boarded the SS Pennland in Vlissingen…
10. Schulder and Sons furrier’s knife brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee
2006.511.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.511.3
Date:
use: approximately 1924-1996
… had missed had been shot by Nazis. On October 29, 1938, Isidor, his wife Ida, and their young daughter, Dorit, boarded the SS Pennland in Vlissingen…
11. Pin box and 57 straight pins carried by a Kindertransport refugee
2006.492.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.492.14
Date:
use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June
…. Germany surrendered in May 1945, ending the war in Europe. On June 8, 1946, Ina boarded the S.S. Drottningholm in Liverpool, England and sailed to the…
12. C. Seelbach Co. gripper pliers brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2011.110.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.110.1
Date:
emigration: 1939 February 02
…, and in September 1940, they sailed on the SS Scythia out of Liverpool and arrived in New York on October 3, 1940. Among Berthold and Hilde’s families…
13. Gripper pliers brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee
2011.110.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.110.2
Date:
emigration: 1939 February 02
…, and in September 1940, they sailed on the SS Scythia out of Liverpool and arrived in New York on October 3, 1940. Among Berthold and Hilde’s families…
14. Steel pliers used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.17
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… United States. Prior to leaving, David learned English from a tutor. They left Bremerhaven on the SS General CH Muir and arrived in New York in March 1951…
15. Leather creaser used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.8
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… United States. Prior to leaving, David learned English from a tutor. They left Bremerhaven on the SS General CH Muir and arrived in New York in March 1951…
16. Oxyacetylene welding torch handle with cutting tip from the Dora Mittelbau V2 factory
2007.486.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.486.4
Date:
acquired: 1945 April-1945 July 05
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dave Johnson and the Boone Family…
17. Oxyacetylene welding torch handle with cutting tip from the Dora Mittelbau V2 factory
2007.486.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.486.5
Date:
acquired: 1945 April-1945 July 05
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dave Johnson and the Boone Family…
18. Cobbler's hammer used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.23 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.23
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… United States. Prior to leaving, David learned English from a tutor. They left Bremerhaven on the SS General CH Muir and arrived in New York in March 1951…
19. Oxyacetylene welding torch handle with heating tip from the Dora Mittelbau V2 factory
2007.486.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.486.2
Date:
acquired: 1945 April-1945 July 05
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dave Johnson and the Boone Family…
20. Dark gray edge iron shoemaking tool used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.14
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… United States. Prior to leaving, David learned English from a tutor. They left Bremerhaven on the SS General CH Muir and arrived in New York in March 1951…