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721. Leo Haas aquatint of prisoners assembled to view a hanging
2003.202.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.9
Date:
depiction: 1942
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
Zwei mal merken fur 2 zigaretten, Theresienstadt, 1942
Alternate Title:
Think twice for 2 cigarettes, Theresienstadt, 1942
… Auschwitz, arriving there on October 28, 1944. Haas was assigned prisoner number 199885. Fritta died a week later of blood poisoning. For the next three weeks…
722. Blank identification card used by Gerry van Heel to forge documents
2010.441.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.17
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
… told him to go there. Otto found refuge, but Jacob was caught and, in January 1944, deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Dora died in Huizen on…
723. Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a woman and 3 children barefoot and hungry on a Łódź Ghetto street
1987.114.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.114.3
Date:
creation: 1947
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Woman With Three Children
… train on August 29, to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where his wife and daughter were murdered. Upon his arrival, on September 2, Friedmann’s arm…
724. Black-and-white photograph of a man used by Gerry van Heel to forge identity documents
2010.441.74 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.74
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
… Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Molly and Gerry stayed in touch with the girls after the war. Molly died in the 1990s; Gerald passed away in 1999-2000.…
725. Blank form and envelope used by Gerry van Heel to forge identity documents
2010.441.31 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.31 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
… told him to go there. Otto found refuge, but Jacob was caught and, in January 1944, deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Dora died in Huizen on…
726. Siegmund Pluznik photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 2005.131.1
Date:
inclusive: 1941-1946
… ghetto two days earlier. Zygmunt's mother, sister Mania, sister Rozia, and Rozia's husband and child were all deported to their death in Auschwitz. Zygmunt…
727. Robert Holczer papers
1989.51.3 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1989.51.3
Date:
inclusive: 1942-1944
… paternal grandfather and his mother’s family were killed at Auschwitz.…
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 … Switzerland. His parents remained in Budapest. His paternal grandfather and his mother’s family were killed at Auschwitz. Scope and content of collection The…
728. Sobel family papers
2014.274.1_BookEnclosure Box 1 0052
Document | Accession Number: 2014.274.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1914-1967
undated: 
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… and his parents perished in Auschwitz.…
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 … brother, Moniek, was killed in the Kraków ghetto and his parents perished in Auschwitz. Scope and content of collection The Sobel family papers consist of a…
729. Brick from a factory in Kőszeg, Hungary
2017.359.4 3/4 view front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.359.4
Date:
manufacture: approximately 1850-2015
… deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German occupied Poland. In March 1945, the Germans liquidated the labor camp. As part of the liquidation, 95…
730. Sevillia and Mevorah families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2020.282.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1930-1999
… Athens. His brother Errikos was deported from Athens to Haidari and then Auschwitz-Birkenau. He survived several subsequent camps and was liberated by the…
731. Hélène Cantkier Goldflus collection
Document | Accession Number: 2006.238
Date:
1931-1950
inclusive: 1930-1948
… Auschwitz, and died there. Her mother sent her and her brother Maurice to live in hiding, and Hélène was first at a Catholic convent in Paris, and then with…
732. van Leeuwen and de Groot family photographs
2014.329.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 33
Document | Accession Number: 2014.329.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1934-1954
… deported to Monowitz (Auschwitz III, established in October 1942) and perished there. Judith initially wanted to remain with her husband, but acquaintances…
733. Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a man with a Star of David badge eating in a Łódź Ghetto food hall
1988.182.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.182.3
Date:
creation: 1947
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Public Kitchen in the Łódź Ghetto
… train on August 29, to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where his wife and daughter were murdered. Upon his arrival, on September 2, Friedmann’s arm…
734. Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a large group of Jews living in an attic in the Łódź Ghetto
1987.114.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.114.2
Date:
creation: 1946
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
A Garrett to Live in was a Luxurious Apartment
Alternate Title:
A garret in the Lodzer Ghetto
… train on August 29, to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where his wife and daughter were murdered. Upon his arrival, on September 2, Friedmann’s arm…
735. Szlama Kleiner photograph collection
Document | Accession Number: 1999.256.1
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1952
…-Lejb and Mala Kleiner, were deported to Auschwitz on August 26, 1943, and were killed on arrival. In November 1940, the Germans arrested Szloma and sent…
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 …, both perished in Auschwitz probably in 1943); verso: black ink inscription: “Łazy on November 16, 1941”; dated: November 16, 1941; location: Łazy ghetto…
736. Blank safe conduct pass used by Gerry van Heel to forge documents
2010.441.46 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.46
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
… told him to go there. Otto found refuge, but Jacob was caught and, in January 1944, deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Dora died in Huizen on…
737. Shoemaker's peg breaker of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 1990.285.4.9
Date:
use: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
… remaining Jews were sent to Chelmno and Auschwitz-Birkenau killing centers.…
738. Rita Oppenheimer Gelman papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.525.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1951
… children. Both of Rita’s parents were deported to Auschwitz on 3 February 1943 where they perished. Her brother Norbert fled to Sweden by 1940 and her…
739. Rolf Preuss papers
1999.A.0076 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0076
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1999
bulk: 1939-1947
…. Frieda Preuss’s brother, Wilhelm Luft, died at Auschwitz, and her father and stepmother, Bernhard and Bertha Luft, also perished during the Holocaust.…
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 … and Martin, were deported to Riga in 1942 and did not survive. Frieda Preuss’s brother, Wilhelm Luft, died at Auschwitz, and her father and stepmother…
740. Blank identification card used by Gerry van Heel to forge documents
2010.441.16 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.16
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
… told him to go there. Otto found refuge, but Jacob was caught and, in January 1944, deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Dora died in Huizen on…