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1. Japanese invasion money, half gulden, acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: issue: after 1942 March
received: approximately 1945-1946

2. Workbook of clothing patterns drawn by a Jewish refugee for an ORT class

2003.174.7 front

Date:: use: 1946-1947

3. US Army Good Conduct Medal, 3 ribbon bars, and 3 ribbons awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.4a back, US Army Good Conduct Medal, Tom T. Kovary

Date:: commemoration: 1943-1946
emigration: 1940 February

4. Pencil portrait of a former Jewish Polish hidden child done in DP camp

2013.470.6 front

Date:: creation: after 1946 January-before 1946 May
Artwork Title:: Portrait of Basha, 1946

5. Rosh Hashanah card with their photo made by newlyweds in Neu Freimann dp camp

2003.174.5 front

Date:: received: 1947 September 24

6. Upright, wardrobe-style trunk used by a Jewish family during their postwar emigration

Date:: emigration: 1948 October 21-1948 October 30

7. Japanese invasion banknote, 10 pesos, acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: issue: approximately 1942
received: approximately 1945-1946

8. Red and tan plaid handkerchief owned by a Polish Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1950 February
unavailable:

9. Workbook of clothing patterns drawn by a Jewish refugee for an ORT class

2003.174.8 front

Date:: use: 1946-1947

10. Japanese invasion banknote, 5 centavos, acquired postwar by an Austrian Jewish refugee

Date:: issue: approximately 1942
received: approximately 1945-1946

11. Patterned black leather wallet used by a Polish Jewish refugee

2013.178.5 front

Date:: emigration: 1950 January
unavailable:

12. Blue plaid handkerchief owned by a Polish Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1950 January
unavailable:

13. Brown cloth pouch with leather belt used by a Polish Jewish refugee

Date:: emigration: 1950 January

14. Wooden canvas covered trunk used by Jewish refugees

2004.322.1 front

Date:: use: approximately 1950

15. US Army Good Conduct lapel button awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

2009.364.9 front

Date:: issue: 1943-1946
emigration: 1940 February

16. Federal Republic of Germany bank note, 5 pfennig, acquired by a Polish Jewish survivor

1990.31.8 front

Date:: issue: 1948-1960

17. Navy blue pinstriped jacket and pants worn by the groom at his wedding to another survivor in a DP camp

2004.682.1_b front

Date:: use: 1947 March 02

18. National Society of Colonial Daughters essay award with case won by a Polish Jewish refugee

1989.277.18_b front

Date:: issue: 1949

19. Leather wallet with a painted geometric design used by a Polish Jewish refugee

2013.178.6 front

Date:: emigration: 1950 January
unavailable:

20. Looped metal whip that may have been used at Auschwitz given to a Ukrainian journalist covering the Nuremberg Trials

2012.375.2 front

Date:: use: approximately 1943
received: approximately 1947 January-approximately 1947 April

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