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921. Singer treadle sewing machine table of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
Object | Accession Number: 1990.78.8
Date:
use: approximately 1930-1945
… by the end of the year. In summer 1944, Łódź, the last ghetto in Poland, was destroyed and the remaining Jews were sent to Chelmno and Auschwitz…
922. Large, dark blue ink pad used by Gerry van Heel to forge identification documents
2010.441.7 top
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.7
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…
923. Kann family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2012.424.1
Date:
inclusive: 1908-2007
bulk: 1942-1945
… sought to escape the Netherlands by boat, and was subsequently imprisoned and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he died shortly after arrival in August…
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 … sought to escape the Netherlands by boat, and was subsequently imprisoned and deported to Auschwitz‐Birkenau, where he died shortly after arrival in…
924. Inert Zyklon B, spent Gypsum pellets, from Majdanek concentration camp
Object | Accession Number: 1990.192.1 a-b
Date:
recovered: after 1944 July
manufacture: 1941 October-1944 July
… used as a delousing agent, before its effectiveness for mass executions was discovered at the Auschwitz main camp in September 1941. It then held dual…
925. Blik family papers
2000.131 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2000.131
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1966
… and deported to Westerbork. In August 1943 Barend was arrested and deported to Westerbork and then Auschwitz, where he was likely murdered. Marie and…
926. Circular, Hague hand stamp used by Gerry van Heel to forge identification documents
2010.441.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.6
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…
927. Coat design, Iris, created by a German Jewish man and saved by his wife in hiding
Object | Accession Number: 2002.474.4
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Title:
Iris
… the Gestapo. On October 29, 1943, Julius was placed on Transport 45 and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German-occupied Poland, where…
928. Page of photographs used by Gerry van Heel to forge identity documents
2010.441.76 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.76
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…
929. Red pencil and holder used by Gerry van Heel to forge identification documents
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.9 a-c
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…
930. 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…
931. Treadle sewing machine with painted star of the type used in Łódź Ghetto
1990.78.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.78.4
Date:
use: approximately 1930-approximately 1945
use: 
…, the last ghetto in Poland, was destroyed and the remaining Jews were sent to Chelmno and Auschwitz-Birkenau killing centers.…
932. Blank identification card used by Gerry van Heel to forge identity documents
2010.441.51 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.51
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.…
933. Pink chemise with corded, floral lace appliques owned by a Hungarian Jewish woman
2018.409.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.409.3
Date:
use: approximately 1933-2001
… nearly 440,000 Jews, likely including Elek’s parents and extended family members, were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland…
934. Dark blue paper covered suitcase used by a Jewish refugee
2004.286.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.286.2
Date:
use: 1933-1947
… later, the train stopped near a river and Elly was allowed to fill the bucket with muddy water. The train arrived at Auschwitz concentration camp on June…
935. Safe conduct pass created by Gerry van Heel, a document forger
2010.441.69 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.69
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
issue: 1943 August 19
… 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…
936. White lace pillowcase returned to Czech Jewish concentration camp inmates postwar
2012.342.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.342.4
Date:
use: before 1942 July
recovered: 1945 May
… deported to Auschwitz. Her mother Käthe was forced to work in a Glimmer factory, splitting the mineral mica which was used by the German military as an…
937. Blank identification card used by Gerry van Heel to forge documents
2010.441.21 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.21
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…
938. Felice Zimmern Stokes collection
Document | Accession Number: 2013.201.1
Date:
inclusive: 1939-2010
… Drancy in September. They were deported to their death in Auschwitz on convoy #40 that departed November 4, 1942. In 1974 Gaston and Juliette Patoux were…
939. Free revenue stamp used by Gerry van Heel to forge identity documents
2010.441.89 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.89
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…
940. Blank identification card used by Gerry van Heel to forge documents
2010.441.18 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.441.18
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…