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141. Ceramic change holder in the shape of an Orthodox Jewish man
2016.184.4 bottom
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.4
Date:
manufacture: 1890-1962
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
… Judaism. Orthodox Jews believe the Torah is of divine origin and strive to adhere to the 613 commandments of Jewish Law. The long, black suit-style jacket…
142. 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
…, as an able-bodied soldier, now in officer training school in France, was permitted to emigrate. Simon went to France and told David’s commanding…
143. Baksztanska and Sierpinski families papers
2004.331.3 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2004.331.3
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1969
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… September 15, 1942, Witek was sent to a resistance unit commanded by Pole Franchisek, in the village of Lusheviza-Mala. He lived in a one room apartment; his…
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 … and all members were killed. On September 15, 1942, Witek was sent to a resistance unit commanded by Pole Franchisek, in the village of Lusheviza-Mala…
144. 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
…, as an able-bodied soldier, now in officer training school in France, was permitted to emigrate. Simon went to France and told David’s commanding…
145. Peach chemise with floral embroidery saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.4
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… forced into the Hungarian labor service, which was put under army command in 1940. In approximately 1940, Anna’s brother Imre was conscripted into the…
146. Peach floral printed chemise saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.6
Date:
received: approximately 1935-1940
use: 1935-1946
… forced into the Hungarian labor service, which was put under army command in 1940. In approximately 1940, Anna’s brother Imre was conscripted into the…
147. Edward Herzbaum Hartry papers
2012.471.1 Box 1 Folder 24 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2012.471.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1955
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… government to form a Polish Army in the East, commanded by General Wladyslaw Anders. After his release, Edward traveled south to Tatischewo (now Turkmenbasy…
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 … the Italian Campaign under the command of the Eighth British Army. They fought their way north through Italy, experiencing high casualties, especially…
148. Wedding dress shipped to the United States by a German Jewish woman murdered at Riga
2018.58.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.58.2
Date:
use: after 1930-before 1941
… on the day they arrived. This was done under the orders of Friedrich Jeckeln, the local SS commander, who did so without authorization from Berlin.…
149. Hauer and Honig families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.439.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1976
bulk: 1930-1947
… a big presence of U.S. soldiers in Shanghai. Gunter was employed with the U.S. Port Command, working with GMC trucks and parts. Gunter and Hella…
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 … employed with the U.S. Port Command, working with GMC trucks and parts. Gunter and Hella married on 2 March 1947. They immigrated to the United States in…
150. Continental typewriter with a green wooden cover used by Martin Niemoeller
2004.661.1_b top
Object | Accession Number: 2004.661.1 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1930-1939
…, and eventually appointed commander. The November 1918 armistice required naval commanders to turn over their U-Boats to Great Britain. Niemoeller, like…
151. Geheime Staatspolizeistelle Stettin (Pommern) (Fond 503)
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0085.1.5 | RG Number: RG-11.001M.04
Date:
inclusive: 1933-1944
Alternate Title:
Records of the Gestapo in Szczecin
…The Gestapo Office in Szczecin was under the command of the Berlin Gestapo office. The Szczecin Office conducted surveillance on all activities in…
152. Percy Brand papers
2006.133.4 Box 3 Folder 1 Image 45a
Document | Accession Number: 2006.133.4
Date:
inclusive: 1920-2003
bulk: 1945-1985
… him during the transports, and in each camp it was confiscated and then returned to him. In Buchenwald, the commandant summoned him daily to play for…
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 … concentration camp in Germany. Percy kept his violin with him during the transports. It was confiscated then returned in each camp. In Buchenwald, the commandant…
153. Fritz and Adelaide Kauffmann papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.19.1
Date:
1924-1980
… Japanese, the military commanders of Shanghai, were, due to the influence of German Gestapo agents, planning to liquidate the Jews living in Shanghai. Fritz…
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 … arrested with other committee members when they made public inquiries regarding a rumor that the Japanese military commanders of Shanghai were, due to the…
154. Peach chemise with black and white floral appliques saved by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
2003.198.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.198.5
Date:
received: 1934
use: 1934-1946
… forced into the Hungarian labor service, which was put under army command in 1940. In approximately 1940, Anna’s brother Imre was conscripted into the…
155. Milton Shurr papers
Document | Accession Number: 1988.112.1
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1945
… the day after Patton's 3rd Army liberated Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945. Buchenwald was then transferred to the command of the 1…
156. Hauptmann family papers
2018.428.2 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 27
Document | Accession Number: 2018.428.2
Date:
inclusive: 1932-1994
bulk: 1946-1967
… county against the Nazi commandant in Borysław, Friedrich Hildebrandt. The family later changed their last name to Hauptman.…
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 … 1960s, Ignaz gave an affidavit in a war crimes trial in Bremen county against the Nazi commandant in Borysław, Friedrich Hildebrandt. The family later…
157. Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 1st Class, Gold, acquired by a US soldier
2003.272.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.272.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1938 December 16
found: approximately 1945 April-approximately 1946 March
… and liberated a group of adjacent subcamps of Buchenwald concentration camp. Following the liberation, Sidney’s commanding officer selected him to work…
158. Accessories catalog for Plaubel Makina II camera used by German Jewish US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.33
Date:
publication/distribution: approximately 1933-approximately 1939
Title:
Plaubel Makina II
… Rudolph as Chief Interrogator and second in command of Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13. In July 1944, Rudolph landed on Utah Beach in France. In…
159. Fogel, Mermelstein, and Klarman families photograph collection
2005.132.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2005.132.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1930-1947
… Jewish businesses, and required thousands of Jewish men to be inducted into Hungarian forced labor brigades under military command. Among them was Irene…
160. Manual for Plaubel Makina II camera used by German Jewish US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2003.149.35
Date:
publication/distribution: approximately 1933-approximately 1939
Title:
Plaubel Makina II Gebrauchs - Anweisung
… Rudolph as Chief Interrogator and second in command of Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13. In July 1944, Rudolph landed on Utah Beach in France. In…