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1. Levi, Kronthal, and Eis families papers
2012.444.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2012.444.1
Date:
inclusive: 1867-2010
… been assaulted during Kristallnacht, followed shortly after. His parents were deported to Theresienstadt around 1942 where his mother died in 1943. His…
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 …, who had been assaulted during Kristallnacht, followed shortly after. His parents were deported to Theresienstadt around 1942 where his mother died in…
2. Ernest G. Heppner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.243.322 | RG Number: RG-10.236
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1980
…, officials instigated pogroms against Jews and their property throughout Germany, known as Kristallnacht. The local synagogue was set on fire, but since Isidor…
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 … Přerov, Czech Republic), had also fled to Shanghai after Kristallnacht with his wife, Ida (1898‐1988) and worked with the Jüdische Gemeinde and American…
3. Ruth Salm Perlman collection
2014.314.1 BookEnclosure Folder 1 Image 80
Document | Accession Number: 2014.314.1
Date:
inclusive: 1929-2009
bulk: 1942-1954
… Kristallnacht and imprisoned for hours, but because Julius hid himself, he was neither arrested nor imprisoned, though the family's home was ransacked. After…
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 …. The family was arrested on Kristallnacht and imprisoned for hours, but because Julius hid himself, he was neither arrested nor imprisoned, though the…
4. Paul Frey papers
Document | Accession Number: 1992.A.0109 | RG Number: RG-10.059.01
Date:
inclusive: 1935-1984
…Paul Frey, formerly known as Siegmund Freitag, a Polish Jew, had lived with his family in Essen, Germany prior to 08 Nov. 1938. After Kristallnacht…
5. Eva Fisher collection
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0130 | RG Number: RG-10.182
Date:
inclusive: 1933-1978
…Eva Fisher (née Cohen) was born to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany, in 1936. After Kristallnacht, she and her family moved into the Jüdisches…
6. Reborn
Document | Accession Number: 1986.019.2 | RG Number: RG-02.004.01
Date:
1947-1986
Subtitle:
memoirs of a camp survivor
…Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany.…
7. Majerowicz family papers
1995.A.0151 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0151
Date:
inclusive: 1911-1991
… attempt to escape into Holland after the Kristallnacht. He was placed in a refugee camp, and was eventually sent to Westerbork. There he met and married…
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 … worked in a factory during the war. Their son, Kurt, was successful in his attempt to escape into Holland after the Kristallnacht. He was placed in a…
8. Ela Weissberger papers
1989.192.21 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1989.192.21
Date:
inclusive: circa 1941-1989
… parents and sister Ilona (now Ilona Weinstock) after Kristallnacht, and they were deported to Theresienstadt in February 1942. At Theresienstadt…
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 …, Czechoslovakia (near Teplice) to Max and Marketa Stein. She relocated to Prague with her parents and sister Ilona (now Ilona Weinstock) after Kristallnacht, and…
9. Emanuel and Louise Suessmann papers
1999.A.0040 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0040
Date:
inclusive: 1909-1990
… Sachsenhausen after Kristallnacht and immigrated to the United States via England in 1940. He was drafted by the United States military, trained at Camp Ritchie…
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 …) was born Emanuel Süssmann in Leipzig to Mechel (Max) and Scheindel (Charlotte) Süssmann. He was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen after Kristallnacht…
10. Abraham family papers
1996.126.3 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1996.126.3
Date:
inclusive: 1916-1960
…’s furniture business and later became a partner at the Berlin furniture store, Fechner and Preidel, which was destroyed during Kristallnacht. He married Ruth…
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 … Berlin furniture store, Fechner and Preidel, which was destroyed during Kristallnacht. He married Ruth Fromm on December 30, 1938. Ruth Fromm (1913-2003…
11. Gerhard Maschkowski collection
Document | Accession Number: 2013.523.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-2005
… implemented across Germany. On November 9-10, 1938, Kristallnacht, Gerhard saw Jewish stores looted and burned. He was beaten up in school for being Jewish and…
12. Morgenstern and Merkur families papers
2017.101.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 39
Document | Accession Number: 2017.101.1
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1995
bulk: 1913-1949
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… assistance of a neighbor. During Kristallnacht on 11 November 1938, the family’s store was robbed. Her father had applied for visas to the United States, but…
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 … of Austria in 1938, Mendel was arrested, and only released with the assistance of a neighbor. During Kristallnacht on 11 November 1938, the family…
13. Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail
1990.183.64 Box 2 Folder 4 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 1990.183.64
Date:
inclusive: circa 1932-1985
…Henry F. Kahn (1925-2013) lived in Munich with his parents, Paul and Mimi Kahn. The morning following Kristallnacht, the family drove to Stuttgart to…
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 … Henry F. Kahn (1925-2013) lived in Munich with his parents, Paul and Mimi Kahn. The morning following Kristallnacht, the family drove to Stuttgart to…
14. Leo Haas aquatint of an SS dog following a line of weary prisoners
2003.202.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.11
Date:
depiction: 1942
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
SS Hund
Alternate Title:
SS Dog
…. Antisemitism surged after the takeover. Haas’s work was denounced as degenerate. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on early November, he and his wife moved to…
15. Leo Haas aquatint of an attic overcrowded with cold, exhausted people
2003.202.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.7
Date:
depiction: 1942
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
Overcrowded Attic, Theresienstadt 1942
…. Antisemitism surged after the takeover. Haas’s work was denounced as degenerate. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on early November, he and his wife moved to…
16. Leo Haas aquatint of frail people searching in the dirt
2003.202.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.8
Date:
depiction: 1942
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
Digging for Food, Theresienstadt 1942
…. Antisemitism surged after the takeover. Haas’s work was denounced as degenerate. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on early November, he and his wife moved to…
17. Leo Haas aquatint of prisoners constructing railroad lines
2003.202.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.10
Date:
depiction: 1942
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
Arbeit macht frei, Terezin Ghetto, 1945
…. Antisemitism surged after the takeover. Haas’s work was denounced as degenerate. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on early November, he and his wife moved to…
18. Leo Haas aquatint of a room overcrowded with ill inmates
2003.202.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.3
Date:
depiction: 1942
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
Gesundheitswesen im ghetto, Theresienstadt 1942
Alternate Title:
Healthcare in the Ghetto
…. Antisemitism surged after the takeover. Haas’s work was denounced as degenerate. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on early November, he and his wife moved to…
19. Leo Haas aquatint of a long line of people marching through the snow
2003.202.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.4
Date:
depiction: 1942
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
Transport Arrival, Theresienstaft Ghetto, 1942
…. Antisemitism surged after the takeover. Haas’s work was denounced as degenerate. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on early November, he and his wife moved to…
20. Leo Haas aquatint of frail sickly people on a ghetto street corner
2003.202.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.5
Date:
depiction: 1942
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
Ghetto Street Corner, Theresienstadt 1942
…. Antisemitism surged after the takeover. Haas’s work was denounced as degenerate. After the Kristallnacht pogrom on early November, he and his wife moved to…