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1. German knife bayonet acquired by an American soldier

1995.39.5_a-c front

Object | Accession Number: 1995.39.5 a-d

…Soldiers--United States--Biography.…

2. Smith and Wesson .32 revolver acquired by a US soldier

Date:: received: approximately 1945

3. Looped metal whip that may have been used at Auschwitz given to a Ukrainian journalist covering the Nuremberg Trials

2012.375.2 front

Date:: use: approximately 1943
received: approximately 1947 January-approximately 1947 April

4. Knife taken from a German soldier and acquired by a German Jewish family in hiding

1990.307.10 front

Date:: received: approximately 1944

5. Mauser 1896 revolver, firing pin, and holster taken by a US soldier from a German prisoner of war

1996.4.9_a front

Date:: received: approximately 1945

6. Fabrique Nationale Browning Model 1922 used by a Yugoslavian partisan

Date:: use: 1943-1945

7. Yellow handled dagger with an engraved Reichsadler with sheath acquired by a US soldier

1989.10.2 closed

Date:: received: approximately 1945 April-1945 May

8. Rubber truncheon used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag

2004.525.3 front

Date:: use: approximately 1941 February-1945

9. Pistol holster used by a Yugoslavian partisan

1993.167.2 b front

Date:: acquired: 1945

10. Whip acquired by an American soldier

1990.107.85 front

Date:: 1945
found: 1945-1946

11. Dagger with a serrated edge and sheath acquired by a US soldier from German troops

1989.10.3_a front

Date:: received: approximately 1945 April-1945 May

12. Mauser HSc pistol, magazine, firing pin, and mainspring used by a Yugoslavian partisan

1992.230.1_b front

Date:: manufacture: 1940 December-1945 May
acquired: 1941 April 06-1945 May

13. Dagger with grooved handle and sheath acquired by a US soldier from German troops

1989.10.4 kinfe

Date:: received: approximately 1945 April-1945 May

14. 6.35mm Mauser 1934 pocket pistol acquired by a Yugoslavian partisan

Date:: acquired: 1945

15. Knife bayonet owned by a Danish resistance member

1989.297.1_a front

Date:: 1944-1945

16. Handgun holster used by a Yugoslavian partisan

1993.167.1 b front

Date:: use: 1943-1945

17. Brass knuckles used by a Polish prisoner of war passing as Ukrainian in a German stalag

2004.525.5 front

Date:: use: 1941-1945

18. Luger P08 pistol, holster, and magazine captured by a Yugoslavian partisan

Date:: manufacture: 1920-1922
acquired: 1944

19. Brass knuckles acquired by a Jewish American soldier

Date:: found: after 1945 April 26-before 1946 January 23

20. Semi-automatic Walther PPK pistol, holster, and magazines found at a concentration camp by US military aid worker

1988.112.65_a front

Date:: found: 1945 April-1945 May

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