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1. Wooden spinning wheel used while in hiding in Belgium
2005.523.2 a-i front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.523.2 a-i
Date:
use: 1942-1945
…Wooden spinning wheel used while in hiding in Belgium…
2. Poster announcing a postwar exhibition of Josef Nassy's work
1991.245.205 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.245.205
Date:
found: 1946 October 19-1946 October 31
use: 1946 November 30-1946 December 14
Artwork Title:
[1946 poster for Nassy exhibition in Belgium]
…[1946 poster for Nassy exhibition in Belgium]…
3. Button from a World War I British military uniform found by a young Jewish refugee in Belgium
2005.379.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.11
Date:
found: 1938 August
emigration: 1941 February 21
…Button from a World War I British military uniform found by a young Jewish refugee in Belgium…
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4. Button from a World War I British military uniform found in the sand by a young Jewish refugee in Belgium
2005.379.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.12
Date:
found: 1938 August
emigration: 1941 February 21
…Button from a World War I British military uniform found in the sand by a young Jewish refugee in Belgium…
Your search appears on the following linked inventory items:
5. Belgium, 10 francs or 2 belga note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee in the British army
2012.478.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.478.5
Date:
publication: after 1943 February 01-before 1946 August 01
use: after 1943 February 01-before 1947 November 03
…Belgium, 10 francs or 2 belga note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee in the British army…
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6. M19 two-sided silk escape map of Western Europe
Object | Accession Number: 2003.408.1
Date:
manufacture: 1943
Title:
Holland, Belgium (except west coast), France (north east), Germany (west and central), Sheet 43 C and D
…Holland, Belgium (except west coast), France (north east), Germany (west and central), Sheet 43 C and D…
7. Doll in a red hat and uniform kept by a young girl while living in hiding
2002.371.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.371.2
Date:
use: 1942-1945
…, Poland, who had moved in the 1930s to Belgium, then to France, and then back to Belgium. On October 31, 1942, Annette and Margo's father was deported to…
8. Torah
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.6
Date:
use: 1932
found: 1945
Title:
Miniature Torah scroll
…Miniature Torah preserved by Johanna Baruch Boas while living in hiding in Brussels, Belgium. The Torah belonged to her husband, Bernhard, and was…
9. Book
Object | Accession Number: 2005.25.3
Date:
publication/distribution: 1945
Title:
Duitsche Gruwelen in het Vlaamsche Land
Series Title:
Reeks: Bevrijding, no. 5.
…Antwerp (Belgium)…
10. Two unused Star of David badges with a J issued to a Jewish family
2009.355.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.355.2
Date:
issue: 1942 June
…Anna Levendel was born on May 17, 1933, in Antwerp, Belgium, to Herman and Gizela Levendel. She joined older siblings, Lea, born July 17, 1931, and…
11. Yellow Star of David badge with the letter J worn by a Belgian Jewish boy
2003.348.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.348.2
Date:
use: approximately 1942-approximately 1944
…Francois Zygielman (later Frank Siegel) was born on October 7, 1933, in Antwerp, Belgium, to Cudyk and Rozia Schreiber Zygielman. Cudyk was born on…
12. Doll
2002.371.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.371.3
…Rumst (Belgium)…
13. Unused yellow cloth printed with 2 Stars of David with a J to be made into badges
1994.9.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.9.1
Date:
use: 1942-1944
…Belgium…
14. Star of David badge with the letter J. acquired by a US pilot
2014.410.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.410.1
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1945
received: 1945
…Belgium…
15. Pamphlet
2016.184.673 front
Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.673
Date:
publication: 1942
Title:
Joden zijn ook Menschen! / Jef van de Wiele
Special Collection:
Katz Ehrenthal Collection
…Brussels (Belgium)…
16. Blue cross armband worn by a Jewish Russian nurse caring for refugee children
2007.212.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.212.2
Date:
use: 1940-1945
… 1926-1930, worked in the Hospital Poznanski in Łódź. In 1930, her brother Charles decided to attend school in Gand, Belgium. The entire family immigrated…
17. Drawing compass and accessories in a case used by a young girl living in hiding
2005.428.2_a-c open
Object | Accession Number: 2005.428.2 a-c
Date:
use: 1942
…Lea Apfel was born in October 1931 in Antwerp, Belgium. Her parents were Rivka Feuer, born 1897, and Samson, born 1899. She had one brother, Leon…
18. Belgian Red Cross medal, ribbon, and box awarded to a Jewish Russian nurse
2007.212.3_a-c open
Object | Accession Number: 2007.212.3 a-c
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
… 1926-1930, worked in the Hospital Poznanski in Łódź. In 1930, her brother Charles decided to attend school in Gand, Belgium. The entire family immigrated…
19. Wooden canvas covered trunk used by Jewish refugees
2004.322.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.322.1
Date:
use: approximately 1950
… ghettos and camps, the extended family decided to flee Austria. Thirteen family members traveled, mostly on foot, in small groups from Vienna to Belgium…
20. Pair of candlesticks given to a neighbor in Antwerp for safekeeping
Object | Accession Number: 2022.73.1 a-b
Date:
recovered: after 1945
…Antwerp (Belgium)…
21. Partially embroidered tablecloth made by a Belgian Jewish woman recovered postwar
2005.606.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.606.1
Date:
creation: 1940-1941
recovered: 
…, who was born on October 19, 1908, in Warsaw. Zelik had one brother and two sisters. Salomea and Zelik lived in Belgium, first in Forest, then in…
22. Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
1994.29.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The collection consists of tefillin, a tefillin bag, and a tallit katan relating to the experiences of Alexander Keuchel in Belgium and several…
23. Tallit katan hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
1994.29.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.4
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The collection consists of tefillin, a tefillin bag, and a tallit katan relating to the experiences of Alexander Keuchel in Belgium and several…
24. Tefillin bag hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
1994.29.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.1
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The collection consists of tefillin, a tefillin bag, and a tallit katan relating to the experiences of Alexander Keuchel in Belgium and several…
25. Book
Object | Accession Number: 2014.206.4
Date:
publication/distribution: 1936
Title:
So geht's schnell!
… Kindertransport to Belgium until his parents were able to obtain visas for the family to emigrate to England and then the United States.…
26. Tefillin hidden by a Belgian Jew while an inmate in seven concentration camps
1994.29.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.29.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…The collection consists of tefillin, a tefillin bag, and a tallit katan relating to the experiences of Alexander Keuchel in Belgium and several…
27. Book
Object | Accession Number: 2014.206.3
Date:
publication/distribution: 1938
Title:
Die Struwwel Liesse
… Kindertransport to Belgium until his parents were able to obtain visas for the family to emigrate to England and then the United States.…
28. Black velvet embroidered tefillin bag buried for safekeeping while owner in hiding
2007.471.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.2
Date:
use: before 1932
recovered: after 1944 December
… her maternal grandmother, Johanna, and her maternal aunt, Margot Lewy, and her husband, Werner, and son, Bernt, escaped to Brussels, Belgium. They were…
29. Tallit with dark blue stripes on each end buried for safekeeping
2007.471.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.4
Date:
use: before 1932
recovered: after 1944 December
… her maternal grandmother, Johanna, and her maternal aunt, Margot Lewy, and her husband, Werner, and son, Bernt, escaped to Brussels, Belgium. They were…
30. Green velvet monogrammed tallit pouch buried for safekeeping while owner in hiding
2007.471.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.3
Date:
use: before 1932
recovered: after 1944 December
… her maternal grandmother, Johanna, and her maternal aunt, Margot Lewy, and her husband, Werner, and son, Bernt, escaped to Brussels, Belgium. They were…
31. Kippah buried for safekeeping while the owner lived in hiding
2007.471.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.1
Date:
use: before 1932
recovered: after 1944 December
… her maternal grandmother, Johanna, and her maternal aunt, Margot Lewy, and her husband, Werner, and son, Bernt, escaped to Brussels, Belgium. They were…
32. Set of tefillin buried for safekeeping while the owner lived in hiding
2007.471.5 a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.471.5 a-b
Date:
use: before 1932
recovered: after 1944 December
… her maternal grandmother, Johanna, and her maternal aunt, Margot Lewy, and her husband, Werner, and son, Bernt, escaped to Brussels, Belgium. They were…
33. Hand-embroidered child's vest made by a Polish Jewish woman
2019.302.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2019.302.2
Date:
creation: after 1931 May-before 1942 September
… to New York City. However, he was unable to locate his brother and uncle. Icek landed in Antwerp, Belgium, and worked in the Charleroi mines to obtain…
34. Embroidered tea cozy used by Austrian Jewish refugees to store family correspondence
2006.417.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.417.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… next year, the family moved to Belgium. After the Germans invaded Belgium in 1940, his father was arrested and sent to Gurs internment camp in Vichy…
35. Sheet of three uncut, factory-printed Star of David badges printed with a J acquired by a Belgian Catholic rescuer
2007.14.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.14.4
Date:
issue: 1942 May 27
… (née Bouckenville), who had been evacuated from Belgium before the German invasion during World War I (1914-1918). The family returned to Belgium shortly…
36. Sheet of three uncut, factory-printed Star of David badges printed with a J acquired by a Belgian Catholic rescuer
Object | Accession Number: 2007.14.8
Date:
issue: 1942 May 27
… (née Bouckenville), who had been evacuated from Belgium before the German invasion during World War I (1914-1918). The family returned to Belgium shortly…
37. Sheet of three uncut, factory-printed Star of David badges printed with a J acquired by a Belgian Catholic rescuer
Object | Accession Number: 2007.14.9
Date:
issue: 1942 May 27
… (née Bouckenville), who had been evacuated from Belgium before the German invasion during World War I (1914-1918). The family returned to Belgium shortly…
38. Sheet of three uncut, factory-printed Star of David badges printed with a J acquired by a Belgian Catholic rescuer
Object | Accession Number: 2007.14.7
Date:
issue: 1942 May 27
… (née Bouckenville), who had been evacuated from Belgium before the German invasion during World War I (1914-1918). The family returned to Belgium shortly…
39. Sheet of three uncut, factory-printed Star of David badges printed with a J acquired by a Belgian Catholic rescuer
Object | Accession Number: 2007.14.6
Date:
issue: 1942 May 27
… (née Bouckenville), who had been evacuated from Belgium before the German invasion during World War I (1914-1918). The family returned to Belgium shortly…
40. Sheet of three uncut, factory-printed Star of David badges printed with a J acquired by a Belgian Catholic rescuer
2007.14.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.14.3
Date:
issue: 1942 May 27
… (née Bouckenville), who had been evacuated from Belgium before the German invasion during World War I (1914-1918). The family returned to Belgium shortly…
41. Sheet of three uncut, factory-printed Star of David badges printed with a J acquired by a Belgian Catholic rescuer
2007.14.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.14.2
Date:
issue: 1942 May 27
… (née Bouckenville), who had been evacuated from Belgium before the German invasion during World War I (1914-1918). The family returned to Belgium shortly…
42. Bible received by a Jewish girl while in hiding at a Catholic school
1997.63.1_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1997.63.1 a-b
Date:
received: 1943 December
… to New York City. However, he was unable to locate his brother and uncle. Icek landed in Antwerp, Belgium, and worked in the Charleroi mines to obtain…
43. Sheet of three uncut, factory-printed Star of David badges printed with a J acquired by a Belgian Catholic rescuer
Object | Accession Number: 2007.14.5
Date:
issue: 1942 May 27
… (née Bouckenville), who had been evacuated from Belgium before the German invasion during World War I (1914-1918). The family returned to Belgium shortly…
44. Belgian Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940-1945, ribbon and box awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.13 a-d
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
…. He had a brother Adolf, born in 1903, and a sister Sonja. Zalman died in 1933. Later, Menachem immigrated to Brussels, Belgium, where he established…
45. Medal of the Belgian Nationalist Movement 1940-1945, ribbon and box awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.12 a-d
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
…. He had a brother Adolf, born in 1903, and a sister Sonja. Zalman died in 1933. Later, Menachem immigrated to Brussels, Belgium, where he established…
46. Medal of Remembrance of the War 1940- 1945, ribbon, and box awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.10 a-d
Date:
commemoration: 1940-1945
…. He had a brother Adolf, born in 1903, and a sister Sonja. Zalman died in 1933. Later, Menachem immigrated to Brussels, Belgium, where he established…
47. Belgian Nationalist Movement armband with an attached ribbon, BNB patch and star pin worn by a Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.5
Date:
use: approximately 1942-1944
…. He had a brother Adolf, born in 1903, and a sister Sonja. Zalman died in 1933. Later, Menachem immigrated to Brussels, Belgium, where he established…
48. Yellow Star of David badge worn by a Belgian Jew
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.2
Date:
use: 1942-1944
…. He had a brother Adolf, born in 1903, and a sister Sonja. Zalman died in 1933. Later, Menachem immigrated to Brussels, Belgium, where he established…
49. Commemorative armband resembling the Belgian flag worn by a Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.4
Date:
commemoration: 1957 July 21-1957 July 28
…. He had a brother Adolf, born in 1903, and a sister Sonja. Zalman died in 1933. Later, Menachem immigrated to Brussels, Belgium, where he established…
50. Belgian Nationalist Movement armband stencilled M.N.B. issued to a Jewish resistance fighter
Object | Accession Number: 2012.473.6
Date:
received: approximately 1942-1944
…. He had a brother Adolf, born in 1903, and a sister Sonja. Zalman died in 1933. Later, Menachem immigrated to Brussels, Belgium, where he established…