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541. Hana Vosatka papers
1999.121.49 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1999.121.49
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1966
bulk: 1943-1945
… at Auschwitz. Zdenek died of typhoid fever at Kaufhausen shortly after liberation. Hana survived and was reunited with her son after the war.…
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 … to Theresienstadt. Paul survived the war in the care of family friends. Josef, Emma, and Arnostka are believed to have perished at Auschwitz…
542. Abraham family papers
1996.126.3 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1996.126.3
Date:
inclusive: 1916-1960
… identification papers issued to herself. Her husband, Willi, gave Walter his driver’s license. Ruth’s sister Ella was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp…
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 … driver’s license. Ruth’s sister Ella was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp with her husband, Martin Kessler and their children, Helga and Johnny, in…
543. Shoemaker's round file of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 1990.285.4.6
Date:
use: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
… of the year. In summer 1944, Łódź, the last ghetto in Poland, was destroyed and the remaining Jews were sent to Chelmno and Auschwitz-Birkenau killing…
544. Drawing by Hannah Messinger of a woman holding 2 children on her lap
2010.489.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.489.6
Date:
depiction: 1941-1945
creation: approximately 1970
Series Title:
The Last Journey
Artwork Title:
Veiled Embrace
… Auschwitz-Birkenau. Two weeks later, Hannah was sent there. During the march to the barracks, she threw her wedding ring and watch in the mud. A female…
545. Friedman family papers
2009.348.2 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 21
Document | Accession Number: 2009.348.2
Date:
inclusive: 1921-2009
… the train and was shot. When the family arrived at Auschwitz, Ruth's mother and brother were sent to the left and killed. Herman was selected for labor…
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 … teacher refused to board the train and was shot. When the family arrived at Auschwitz, Ruth's mother and brother were sent to the left and killed. Herman…
546. Records relating to Nazi genocide in Poland from the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland
Document | Accession Number: 1991.0027 | RG Number: RG-15.006.01
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1945
…Auschwitz (Concentration camp)…
547. German prisoner of war identification tag worn by a Jewish soldier in the Polish Army
2007.34.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.34.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… that Aktion and were sent to Belzec and Auschwitz extermination camps. The Germans continued to rid the ghetto of all inhabitants. In January 1943, Roza…
548. Drawing by Hannah Messinger of 2 women and 3 skeletal children
2010.489.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.489.1
Date:
depiction: 1941-1945
creation: approximately 1970
Series Title:
Last Journey
Artwork Title:
Family Embrace
… Auschwitz-Birkenau. Two weeks later, Hannah was sent there. During the march to the barracks, she threw her wedding ring and watch in the mud. A female…
549. Alice Samson collection
Document | Accession Number: 2011.331.1
Date:
inclusive: 1926-2010
… by the American Friends Service Committee. Her mother and stepsister Else, however, were deported to Auschwitz in August 1942, where they were…
550. Annette and Franz R. Hollo collection
Document | Accession Number: 2013.202.1
Date:
1939-2012
…Annette Drechsler was born on June 20, 1933 in Paris, France. In 1941, her father was arrested and taken to Drancy; he was deported to Auschwitz in…
551. Flat file of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
1990.285.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.285.10
Date:
use: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
… year. In summer 1944, Łódź, the last ghetto in Poland, was destroyed and the remaining Jews were sent to Chelmno and Auschwitz-Birkenau killing centers.…
552. Wilhelm Fuchs papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.583.1
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1943
… Noher. On April 19, 1943, Hedwig’s son Walter (b. 1922) was transported from Schönefeld, Germany to Auschwitz III (Buna-Monowitz). Later the same month…
553. Levy-Saltiel family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2003.144.1
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1998
… to Auschwitz, the Levys went into hiding in Athens in 1943. They remained there until 1946 when they were finally able to return to Salonika. In 1947…
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 …SALTIEL FAMILY TREE Black Text = Saltiels Roman Numerals = generations Small letters = siblings within a generation *= Died in Aushwitz I. Abraham…
554. Drawing by Hannah Messinger of an old woman comforted by woman and child
2010.489.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.489.2
Date:
depiction: 1941-1945
creation: approximately 1970
Series Title:
Last Journey
Artwork Title:
Three Generations
… Auschwitz-Birkenau. Two weeks later, Hannah was sent there. During the march to the barracks, she threw her wedding ring and watch in the mud. A female…
555. Metal scale weight of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
1990.285.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.285.11
Date:
use: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
… year. In summer 1944, Łódź, the last ghetto in Poland, was destroyed and the remaining Jews were sent to Chelmno and Auschwitz-Birkenau killing centers.…
556. Gershon Yelin papers
2018.394.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 2018.394.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1962
… Palestine in 1935. Gershon and his parents immigrated there in 1938, and his brother Joshua joined them in 1939. His sister Luba perished at Auschwitz. After…
557. Rubin and Huntly families papers
2018.327.1 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 67
Document | Accession Number: 2018.327.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1928-2015
… Auschwitz. Both her parents perished in the camp. One of her sisters also survived Auschwitz but died shortly after liberation. She immigrated to the United…
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 … seven siblings. Gloria was a survivor of Auschwitz. Both her parents perished in the camp. One of her sisters also survived Auschwitz but died shortly…
558. Helena Piasecka collection
Document | Accession Number: 2007.158
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1959
… Władysława were deported to Ravensbrück on September 23, 1941. Helena’s husband and brother-in-law were both deported to Auschwitz where they were murdered…
559. Ilona Foldes papers
2002.167 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2002.167
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-1960
… married Hungarian Auschwitz survivor Sándor Foldes, and the couple immigrated to Chicago in 1952.…
560. Drawing by Hannah Messinger of a cloaked woman and child slumped on a wall
2010.489.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.489.4
Date:
depiction: 1941-1945
creation: approximately 1970
Series Title:
Last Journey
Artwork Title:
Waiting
… Auschwitz-Birkenau. Two weeks later, Hannah was sent there. During the march to the barracks, she threw her wedding ring and watch in the mud. A female…