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861. Drawn threadwork pillowcase with the embroidered initials KR used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.2
Date:
use: approximately 1939 March-1947 November
…, they were sent from Rivesaltes to Drancy transit camp in Paris. From there, they were deported and murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp. Friedel died…
862. Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2000.258.4
Date:
creation: approximately 1933
use: 1939 June-1947
…, they were sent from Rivesaltes to Drancy transit camp in Paris. From there, they were deported and murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp. Friedel died…
863. 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
… maternal aunt and uncle, Emil and Ilona Biro, were killed in in Auschwitz. Her brother, Imre, was killed in the Hungarian Labor Service. Her sister-in-law…
864. Strongbox and 2 skeleton keys used by a Dutch resistance member
2004.301.3_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.301.3 a-c
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945
… Henriette’s, wrote Schoontje, and told her that the couple had been deported to Auschwitz concentration camp together by ambulance on March 14, 1944. Many of…
865. Watercolor scene of barracks and snowy mountains at Gurs internment camp made by an inmate
2004.233.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.233.4
Date:
creation: 1940 October-1941 September
Artwork Title:
HP II Camp of Gurs
… had been deported and murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Max’s mother and father met a similar fate. Hanne’s brother, who had emigrated…
866. Maier and Gruber families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2004.709.1
Date:
inclusive: 1875-1962
bulk: 1934-1947
… forced labor service; Leo's wife Sarika in Auschwitz in 1944; Otto in Theresienstadt in February 1944; Flora Frankl and Helena Salz in Auschwitz on October…
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 … Sarika in Auschwitz in 1944; Otto in Theresienstadt in February 1944; Flora Frankl and Helena Salz in Auschwitz on October 12, 1944; and Helena’s husband…
867. Esther Lurie watercolor of the barbed wire fence, Kovno Ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 1996.3.8
Date:
creation: 1957
depiction: 1941
Series Title:
A Living Witness
Artwork Title:
Barbed Wire Fence and Ghetto Gate and Road, Kovno, 1941
… was deported to Stutthof concentration camp; Muta, age 35, her young son, and her family were sent to Auschwitz, where they were killed on arrival. In…
868. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 10 haleru coin owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2012.409.15
Date:
issue: 1941
… Auschwitz, she and Klari were selected for labor. His father was killed in the gas chambers. Klari got a rash a few weeks later and was sent to the gas…
869. Coat design, Mia, created by a German Jewish man and saved by his wife in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.17
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Title:
Mia
… the Gestapo. On October 29, 1943, Julius was placed on Transport 45 and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German-occupied Poland, where…
870. Kurt and Johanna Fish family papers
1996.28 Box 6 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1996.28
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1991
bulk: 1938-1945
… transferred to Auschwitz in January 1943 and perished. In 1942, Kurt joined the Army and fought with the 88th Infantry Division in Italy. He was wounded in…
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 … September 1942. Pinchas perished there in August 1942 and Markus in March 1943. Sali was transferred to Auschwitz in January 1943 and perished. In 1942, Kurt…
871. Singer style treadle sewing machine table of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
1990.78.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.78.1
Date:
manufacture: 1920
use: 1920-1945
… repair damage caused by air raids. Two deportations to Chelmno followed. On August 4, 1944, the remaining inhabitants were sent to Auschwitz death camp…
872. John (Hans) Buchsbaum papers
2016.437.1 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 2016.437.1
Date:
inclusive: 1929-2015
undated: 
bulk: 1939-1941
… Auschwitz where she was killed. Grete Bloch and Grete Berger, two other women with whom she had been sheltered in San Donato, were transported with her and…
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 … then transferred to the Fossoli Camp near Bologna. She was deported from there on May 16 to Auschwitz where she was killed. Grete Bloch and Grete Berger…
873. Double sided sketch of Kovno Ghetto life by Esther Lurie
Object | Accession Number: 1995.A.0989.27
Date:
depiction: 1941
creation: 1957
Artwork Title:
Bridge in Kovno Ghetto/Men with Stars of David, Kovno Ghetto, 1941
… was deported to Stutthof concentration camp; Muta, age 35, her young son, and her family were sent to Auschwitz, where they were killed on arrival. In…
874. Prayer book
Object | Accession Number: 1988.27.1
Date:
publication: 1890
use: 1941-1944
Title:
Sephardic siddur
…’s and all of Shari’s family were killed. Most of Shary's family was killed in Auschwitz. Leon’s mother was murdered in Auschwitz in fall 1942. His brother…
875. Kingdom of Hungary 20 filler coin acquired by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2012.409.5
Date:
issue: 1941
… Auschwitz, she and Klari were selected for labor. His father was killed in the gas chambers. Klari got a rash a few weeks later and was sent to the gas…
876. Klaus Zwilsky papers
Document | Accession Number: 2010.200.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1946
…. On September 28, 1944 Sally Herzberg was deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and was murdered in a gas chamber on arrival. Golly again…
877. US Army American Campaign Medal and ribbon bar with presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.2 a-c
Date:
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
… Department of Justice. He searched for surviving relatives, but found only one cousin, Herta Fuchs, who survived Auschwitz death camp. After the war, Tom…
878. Child's white smocked dress worn by 2 sisters while living in hiding
2008.349.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.349.4
Date:
use: 1941-1942
… Auschwitz. Most of the roundups took place in areas of Paris with a high concentration of foreign Jews, but the Mendels lived in a primarily Catholic, French…
879. US Army Victory Medal, two ribbon bars and presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee
2009.364.3a back, World War II Victory Medal, Tom T. Kovary
Object | Accession Number: 2009.364.3 a-d
Date:
issue: 1945 July 06-1946 December 31
commemoration: 1941-1945
emigration: 1940 February
… Department of Justice. He searched for surviving relatives, but found only one cousin, Herta Fuchs, who survived Auschwitz death camp. After the war, Tom…
880. Esther Lurie sketch of the barbed wire fence and a gate in Kovno Ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 1996.3.4
Date:
creation: 1957
depiction: 1941
Series Title:
A Living Witness
Artwork Title:
Barbed Wire Fence and One of the Ghetto Gates, Kovno, 1941
… was deported to Stutthof concentration camp; Muta, age 35, her young son, and her family were sent to Auschwitz, where they were killed on arrival. In…