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1. Hannelore Wahlhaus papers

Date:: inclusive: 1925-1963

2. Torah binder with his name and birthdate saved by a young German Jewish refugee

1993.22.3 front

Date:: commemoration: 1924 July 27
creation: 1924
emigration: 1937 June

3. Edith Simon Rosenthal papers

2005.564.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1

Date:: inclusive: 1923-1946

4. Plaque celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam

2008.354.6_a front

Date:: publication/distribution: 1935 November 14
emigration: 1938
commemoration: 1635-1935

5. Weimar Germany Reichsbanknote, 10 Reichsmarks, owned by a Jewish Polish survivor

1990.31.7 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1929

6. Hendel and Weissman families papers

2016.497.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 40

Date:: inclusive: circa 1920-1956

7. John and Alice Morawetz papers

Date:: 1920-1940

8. Gutmann family papers

Date:: inclusive: circa 1900-1986
bulk: 1938-1965

9. Child’s crayon drawing of a flower in a pot made by an Austrian Jewish refugee for his mother

Date:: creation: 1928 May 13
emigration: 1940 May
Artwork Title:: MEINER MUTTER
Alternate Title:: My Mother

10. World Congress of Esperanto stickpin with an image of soldier upon a green star owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.5, Stickpin from Esperanto conference, with soldier and green star, Tom T. Kovary Collection

Date:: commemoration: 1924
emigration: 1940 February

11. Underwood typewriter with Cyrillic keys used by an emigre Jewish lawyer and politician

2013.506.2 front

Date:: manufacture: 1925
emigration: 1940 May-1940 December

12. Pocket knife with leather case carried by a Jewish refugee

1992.8.29_a front

Date:: use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938

13. Prayer book

Date:: publication/distribution: 1801-1802
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
Title:: Prayers for Shavout

14. Prayer book

1992.8.11 front

Date:: publication/distribution: 1838
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1900-1943
Title:: Festtaegliches Gebetbuch

15. Megillat, Book of Esther, scroll handwritten by a sofer for Isaac Ossowski

1992.8.23 front

Date:: use: 1910-1943
emigration: 1938
Title:: Megillat Ester

16. Prayer book

1992.8.13 front

Date:: use: 1900-1943
emigration: 1938
Title:: Prayer book for Passover
Series Title:: one volume from a set of 60 vols.

17. World Congress of Esperanto medallion with an image of woman and a view of Budapest owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.12, medal from an Esperanto conference, with a woman and a view of Budapest, Tom T. Kovary Collection

Date:: commemoration: 1929
emigration: 1940 February

18. Weimar Germany Reichsbanknote, 100000 mark, owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee

2004.709.8 front

Date:: issue: after 1923 February 01

19. Prayer book

1992.8.10 front

Date:: publication/distribution: 1886
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1900-1943
Title:: Daily and holiday prayer book

20. Weimar Germany Reichsbanknote, 100 billion marks, owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: issue: 1923 October 23

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