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941. 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…
942. Regina Wolbrom papers
1995.A.0484.2 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0484.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1942
… family was surprised and delighted to see her. Her siblings came to visit her the following day. Regina immediately began searching for surviving…
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 … began searching for surviving relatives and discovered two aVunts living in Brussels. Wolfgang and Siegmund were initially sent to live with them. However…
943. Watercolor painting of a domestic scene by Jacob J. Barosin
2010.502.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.502.4
Date:
depiction: 1933 June-1947 October
Artwork Title:
Villiers-sur-Morin
…’s family survived, though his Latvian relatives and his sister, Sina Ida, were murdered during the Holocaust.…
944. 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…
945. 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…
946. Floral evening dress with purple slip worn to the Celebration Ball on the ill-fated voyage of the MS St. Louis
2003.58.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.58.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1939 June 13
… survive; 254 would perish in the Holocaust in Europe. In London, the family rented a one-room apartment. During the Blitz, the intensive bombing campaign on…
947. Monogrammed bath towel used in the Krakow ghetto
2008.227.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.227.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… where they were killed. Kay and Edward had escaped earlier and they would survive the war by assuming false identities as Polish Catholics.…
948. 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
949. World War I Honor & Iron Crosses buttonhole ribbon bar with Combatant’s swords awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.1
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: after 1934 July 13-1944
… center in German-occupied Poland. Kurt’s brother, Fritz, and nephew, Klaus, were likely deported to Auschwitz and killed. Fritz’s wife Margarete survived…
950. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 combatant veteran service medal awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… center in German-occupied Poland. Kurt’s brother, Fritz, and nephew, Klaus, were likely deported to Auschwitz and killed. Fritz’s wife Margarete survived…
951. Bagriansky-Zerner family collection
2013.503.1.1 Box 1 Folder 32 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2013.503.3
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-circa 2013
bulk: 1935-1950
… the Gestapo. Lyda then committed suicide. Paulius's brother Wolf has escaped to the Soviet Union where he survived the war. He eventually went to Israel…
952. Ostwald family collection
Document | Accession Number: 2018.663.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1850-2011
bulk: circa 1890-1959
… brothers, Else married Hugo Halle and Hilde married Gerhard Halle. Johanna Rose was deported to Theresienstadt on August 20, 1942. She survived…
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 … married Gerhard Halle. Johanna Rose was deported to Theresienstadt on August 20, 1942. She survived Theresienstadt and on February 7, 1945, she arrived in…
953. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service buttonhole ribbon bar awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.4
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
… center in German-occupied Poland. Kurt’s brother, Fritz, and nephew, Klaus, were likely deported to Auschwitz and killed. Fritz’s wife Margarete survived…
954. Decorative pin with engraved initials CB made in Kenya for a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2014.307.2
Date:
creation: after 1939 June-1945
…, none of whom survived. The Berg family members decided to leave Kenya. In 1947, they emigrated to the United States.…
955. Margaret Anne Goldsmith Hanaw collection
1995.A.0106 Box 4 Folder 11 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0106 | RG Number: RG-10.237
Date:
inclusive: 1874-1986
bulk: 1937-1954
… camp but was eventually released. The family survived the war and on June 28, 1946, Lawrence Goldsmith signed an affidavit of support for the family…
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 …. The family survived the war and on June 28, 1946, https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this…
956. World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant’s medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1948
issue: after 1914 August 05
… center in German-occupied Poland. Kurt’s brother, Fritz, and nephew, Klaus, were likely deported to Auschwitz and killed. Fritz’s wife Margarete survived…
957. Tabaczyński and Asz families papers
1999.312.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1999.312.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1930-1947
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 … Tabaczyńska, Rozalia Szczecińska Tabaczyńska, Naftali Tabaczyński, Hala Szczecińska Tabaczyńska (Fina’s aunt). Truskawiec, Poland, 1938. (Hala survived the war…
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  • Series 2: Photographs Approximate 1930-Approximate 1961
    • File 1: Prewar Poland 1930-1939
    • File 4: Wartime Poland and Warsaw ghetto 1940-1943
    • File 5: Postwar Poland and France 1945-1948
      • Pages: 1
958. Morris and Lucy Breitbart papers
1996.A.0391.2 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0391.2
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1966
bulk: 1945-1949
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
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  • Series 1: Documents 1943-1956
    • File 4: Diary 1943-1944
959. Zyga Butler papers
2016.507.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2016.507.1
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1979
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
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  • Series 1: Zyga Butler papers 1939-1979
960. Maria Madi diaries
2013.264.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2013.264.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1967
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
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  • File 1: Diaries December 23, 1941-June 2, 1942, June 2, 1942-January 13, 1943, Includes loose material from diaries
  • File 2: Diaries January 14, 1943-May 26, 1943, May 27, 1943-October 13, 1943, Includes loose material from diaries
  • File 3: Diaries October 14, 1943-January 23, 1944, January 23, 1944-March 31, 1944, Includes loose material from diaries
  • File 4: Diaries March 31, 1944-May 25, 1944, May 25, 1944-July 3, 1944, Includes loose material from diaries
  • File 5: Diaries July 3, 1944-August 19, 1944, August 20, 1944-September 13, 1944, Includes loose material from diaries
  • File 6: Diaries September 13, 1944-October 8, 1944, October 9, 1944-November 10, 1944, Includes loose material from diaries
  • File 7: Diaries November 11, 1944-January 11, 1945, January 11, 1945-March 11, 1945, includes loose material from diaries
  • File 8: Diaries March 11, 1945-June 20, 1945, June 25, 1945-November 5, 1945, Includes loose material from diaries