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921. Straight half inch stitching awl used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.10
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… became mentally handicapped. To survive, the starving family ate dead fish Simon found in the river. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded Russia. The family…
922. Sobibor perpetrator collection
Document | Accession Number: 2020.8.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1870-1970
…, approximately 300 prisoners managed to escape and about 50 or 60 survived through the end of the war. Those who were unable to escape or whom were recaptured were…
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 … 50 or 60 survived through the end of the war. Those who were unable to escape or whom were recaptured were all killed. Following the uprising, the SS…
923. 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
… Protestantism. Her son Guenther, who served in the German Army, was put in a labor camp, but both survived the war. Hilda’s father George, age 69, died on April 6…
924. Lace-trimmed headband or cap owned by a Hungarian chambermaid
2018.409.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.409.5
Date:
use: approximately 1933-1944
… survived Auschwitz. In 1955, Eva married Elihu Turgell (1930-?), and had a daughter. Elek, died in 1957. Lilly married William Bela Gach (born Bela Gacs…
925. Knit cardigan with decorative buttons and lining owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
2018.409.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.409.2
Date:
use: approximately 1933-2001
… survived Auschwitz. In 1955, Eva married Elihu Turgell (1930-?), and had a daughter. Elek, died in 1957. Lilly married William Bela Gach (born Bela Gacs…
926. Ernest G. Heppner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.243.322 | RG Number: RG-10.236
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1980
… other students, and got into many fights. Ernst was involved in a Jewish scouting group, which promoted paramilitary training and survival tactics. After…
927. Black robe used by a Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi for everyday services
1990.245.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.15 a-b
Date:
use: 1922-1952
… Rottenstein, who had survived in a Jewish hospital. Erna was very ill, and died a short time later. Ferenc’s mother had been in the same sanatorium where he had…
928. Engraved wooden Havana cigar box acquired by Austrian Jewish refugee
2010.240.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.2
Date:
received: 1940 November 27
emigration: 1938 December
… (Ukraine) and survived. Rachel died of natural causes on December 24, 1940. Gerda passed away on November 22, 1996, age 91. Viktor passed away on May 5, 2003…
929. Pink chemise with corded, floral lace appliques owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
2018.409.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.409.3
Date:
use: approximately 1933-2001
… survived Auschwitz. In 1955, Eva married Elihu Turgell (1930-?), and had a daughter. Elek, died in 1957. Lilly married William Bela Gach (born Bela Gacs…
930. 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
… (Ukraine) and survived. Rachel died of natural causes on December 24, 1940. Gerda passed away on November 22, 1996, age 91. Viktor passed away on May 5, 2003…
931. Dark blue paper covered suitcase used by a Jewish refugee
2004.286.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.286.2
Date:
use: 1933-1947
…. Eva met Aladar’s brother, Erno, who had been in a forced labor camp for over three years, then survived a death march to Gunskirchen. Elly and Erno…
932. Schwarz and Rosenwald families papers
2017.167.1 Image 5 Box 1 Image 16
Document | Accession Number: 2017.167.1
Date:
inclusive: 1834-2006
bulk: 1920-1960
… them on an as-needed basis. The WRFA also helped all of Bertha’s surviving siblings and their families escape Germany and immigrate to the United States…
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 … them on an as-needed basis. The WRFA also helped all of Bertha’s surviving siblings and their families escape Germany and immigrate to the United States…
933. Kenyan wood sculpture of two gazelles owned by a German Jewish refugee family
1989.306.14 right
Object | Accession Number: 1989.306.14
Date:
received: after 1938 July-before 1947 March
…, always, every single time I enter the building, in memory of all who did not survive."…
934. Cutting nippers used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army
2004.523.22 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2004.523.22
Date:
use: 1925-1951
… became mentally handicapped. To survive, the starving family ate dead fish Simon found in the river. On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded Russia. The family…
935. William and Bela Citron and Miriam Citron Burhans papers
2009.157.5 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 19
Document | Accession Number: 2009.157.5
Date:
inclusive: 1930-2016
bulk: 1945-1983
… 1942. He would later learn that he, his sister, and his first cousin, David Zwirek, were the only members of their family to survive. After the war…
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 … only members of their family to survive. Lucia married Sam Berneman, a fellow survivor who had lost his family. They moved to a displaced persons camp…
936. Groszman family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.95.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-2010
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 … Argentinien 1870-1930-2011 (DS 135.H93 G78 2011) In the mountains and on the river : repression and survival : two centuries of Jewish life in Slovakia 1830…
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  • Series 1: Biographical material 1926-2010
    • File 7: Heda family 1935-1994, Undated
      • Pages: 1
937. Lenneberg and Brünell families papers
2004.566.4 Book Enclosure 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2004.566.4
Date:
inclusive: 1926-1947
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… barracks. She told the newcomers details of how those too weak to work were sent to the gas chambers. Ursula survived by living inward, so that what happened…
938. Max Amichai Heppner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1990.307.13
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1989
… Irene’s father, Jakob, would not survive the perilous journey, and were forced to leave him in an elder care facility in Amsterdam. For the next month…
939. White kittel used by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi on High Holidays
1990.245.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.14 a-b
Date:
use: 1922-1952
… Rottenstein, who had survived in a Jewish hospital. Erna was very ill, and died a short time later. Ferenc’s mother had been in the same sanatorium where he had…
940. Carl and Mina Weiler papers
2004.485.1 Box 1 Folder 30 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 2004.485.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1988
… starvation. Her son, Karoly, survived in a safe house protected by the Swedish embassy and her husband, Joszi, returned to Budapest after serving with the…