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201. Richard Grune lithograph of a concentration camp guard and a prisoner with a noose in the background
2012.316.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.316.9
Date:
creation: after 1945 April-1945 December
…Political prisoners--Germany--Biography.…
202. Plate 60, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: prisoners rejoice in their freedom
1988.12.60 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.12.60
Date:
creation: 1962
Series Title:
Der Weg 70 Aquatinta-Radierungen
Artwork Title:
Die Uberlebenden
Alternate Title:
The Survivors
… Buchenwald concentration camp. He was prisoner number 3491 and identified as both a Jewish prisoner and a political prisoner. He was removed from a 1943…
203. Oral history interview with Henry Wermuth
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.56 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0056
Date:
interview: 1986 October
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… camp; beginning to a write book in the camp; escaping from the camp; attempting to derail a train; being in the Montelupe prison then sent back to Klaj…
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 … well. And one day, he was caught dealing in German marks-- terrible crime. And he was sentenced to six months in prison. And he didn't give away anybody…
204. Richard Grune lithograph of a group of concentration prisoners gathered around 2 dead comrades
2012.316.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.316.3
Date:
creation: after 1945 April-1945 December
…Political prisoners--Germany--Biography.…
205. Oral history interviews with former Polish political prisoners of Auschwitz
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.295.6 | RG Number: RG-50.957.0005
Date:
interview: 1994
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with former Polish political prisoners of Auschwitz…
206. Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, -.10 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner
1998.116.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1998.116.1
Date:
received: approximately 1945 January
…Mittelbau forced labor camp scrip, -.10 Reichsmark, issued to a Polish political prisoner…
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207. Small used bar of soap from a concentration camp
2005.457.27 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.27
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
…Political prisoners--Poland--Biography.…
208. Nazi propaganda collection
2004.453. 1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 21
Document | Accession Number: 2004.453.1
Date:
inclusive: 1933-1945
…The Nazi propaganda collection consists of propaganda postcards, three documents about political prisoner Johann Klimm, and a copy of the March 26…
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 … Abstract: The Nazi propaganda collection consists of propaganda postcards, three documents about political prisoner Johann Klimm, and a copy of the March 26…
209. Leather razor strop used by a barber in a concentration camp
2005.457.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.4
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
… political and literary organization. At Mauthausen, his prisoner number was 24993. After the war ended in 1945, he returned to Poland.…
210. Chain of metal beads used by a barber in a concentration camp
2005.457.18 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.18
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
… occupying Germans for his membership in a Polish political and literary organization. At Mauthausen, his prisoner number was 24993. After the war ended in…
211. Metal atomizer used in a concentration camp
2005.457.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.9
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
…Political prisoners--Poland--Biography.…
212. Oral history interview with Leonard Zawacki
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0358 | RG Number: RG-50.549.01.0012
Date:
interview: 1996 June 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Poland.…
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 … prisoner of war and he spent the war years in a prisoner of war camp. In Germany. Q: What did your father do? A: My father an engineer, a railroad engineer…
213. Oral history interview with Semmy Riekerk
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.72 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0072
Date:
interview: 1988 July 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Netherlands.…
214. Oral history interview with Reidar Dittman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0126.10 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0010
Date:
interview: 1983 November 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Norway.…
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 … political prisoner in the history of my hometown. My hometown is 1100 years old. And Norway has a thousand years of a kind of democracy, and in October of…
215. Oral history interview with Johannes Haas-Heye
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.76.7 | RG Number: RG-50.720.0007
Date:
interview: 2001
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners.…
216. Plate 1, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: young painter being told to pursue money not art
1988.12.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.12.1
Date:
creation: 1962
depiction: approximately 1925
Series Title:
Der Weg 70 Aquatinta-Radierungen
Artwork Title:
Du sollst es einmal besser haben
Alternate Title:
You shall have a better life
The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings
… Buchenwald concentration camp. He was prisoner number 3491 and identified as both a Jewish prisoner and a political prisoner. He was removed from a 1943…
217. Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of a white draped figure running during an aerial attack
1987.92.7 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.92.7
Date:
creation: 1936
issue: approximately 1972
Artwork Title:
Angst
Alternate Title:
Krieg Droht
…Political prisoners--Germany--Dresden.…
218. Oral history interview with Walter Taranowicz
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.135 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0135
Date:
interview: 1992 April 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Germany.…
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 … a P on it. Q: Red triangle so you were a political prisoner? A: Red as a political. Q: Even though you hadn’t done anything? A: Even though I didn…
219. Oral history interview with René Pernot
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.198.43 | RG Number: RG-50.498.0021
Date:
interview: 2018 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… friend Jean Blavier [PH], and Roger [surname unclear]; the SS transferring the political prisoners to Dachau when the Soviets entered Poland; being too…
220. Oral history interview with Jan Jančí
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.439.47 | RG Number: RG-50.675.0047
Date:
interview: 2015 August 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Czechoslovakia.…
221. Reichsstatthalter in Wien-Staatliche Verwaltung des Reichsgaues Wien ( Signature: AT-OeStA/AdR ZNsZ RStH Wien)
Document | Accession Number: 2011.10 | RG Number: RG-17.036M
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1945
… treatment of Jews; appeals; records pertaining to the treatment of political enemies including clergy, as well as forced laborers and prisoners of war; the…
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 … of political enemies including clergy, as well as forced laborers and prisoners of war; the treatment of handicapped patients; Jewish emigration…
222. Oral history interview with Paula Ruthling
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0232 | RG Number: RG-50.524.0001
Date:
interview: approximately 1973
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Karlsruhe to Auschwitz; her child being taken and her husband being sent to Dachau; being considered a political prisoner; the constant threat of death and…
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 … accused of propaganda against Hitler, which was totally unfounded. “We were totally unpolitical”. As political prisoners she was deported to Auschwitz and…
223. Selected records of the Départmental Archives of the Loiret
Document | Accession Number: 2001.85 | RG Number: RG-43.029M
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1960
…Prisoners of war--France.…
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 … unpardonable mistakes, or common crimes, families of “civilians killed by an act of war” – but not the wounded, families of “civilians of prisoners of war…
224. Oral history interview with Gerard van de Beld
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2005.533 | RG Number: RG-50.570.0024
Date:
interview: 2005 January 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Netherlands.…
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 … it. He learnt a lot about politics. The farmer had been in WWI. The farmer was not pro-Hitler, his wife was anti- Hitler. But the oldest son from a…
225. Unused red triangle concentration camp prisoner patch with a black letter I found by US forces
1991.198.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.198.9
Date:
found: 1945 April 22
use: 1947 April-1947 August
… camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald in Germany. The red identified a political prisoner. The letter could indicate nationality; I may be for Italian. The…
226. Leo Haas aquatint etching of a soldier watching marching people
2003.202.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.202.14
Date:
depiction: 1943
issue: 1966
Artwork Title:
Guard on Street Duty, Theresienstadt 1943
…Political prisoners--Biography.…
227. Oral history interview with Jack La Pietra
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.8.16 | RG Number: RG-50.063.0016
Date:
interview: 1989 October 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Germany.…
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 … were "political prisoners", vast majority were Jews, from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania etc.. Of these 51,000 were officially killed. http…
228. Guerre d'Espagne (C ESCI)
Document | Accession Number: 2014.303 | RG Number: RG-58.031
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1940
Alternate Title:
ICRC, Spanish Civil War
… given the ICRC a mandate to protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts. Such victims include war wounded, prisoners, refugees…
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 …. Such victims include war wounded, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non‐combatants. The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red…
229. Unused red triangle concentration camp prisoner patch with a black letter I found by US forces
1991.198.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.198.10
Date:
found: 1945 April 22
use: 1947 April-1947 August
… camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald in Germany. The red identified a political prisoner. The letter could indicate nationality; I may be for Italian. The…
230. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Tarn-et-Garonne
Document | Accession Number: 2002.279 | RG Number: RG-43.034M
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1945
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French--Registers.…
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 …--Registers. Prisoners of war--France--Registers. Emigration and immigration. Geographic Name France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. France--Politics…
231. Sąd Wojewódzki dla Województwa Warszawskiego (Sygn. GK 318)
Document | Accession Number: 2015.41 | RG Number: RG-15.346M
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1959
Alternate Title:
Provincial Court for Warsaw Province
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… guilty of murder and the persecution of civilians and prisoners of war as well as the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. The “Sierpniówka” was…
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 … Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of Nazi criminals guilty of murder and the persecution of civilians and prisoners of war as well as the punishment…
232. Brown leather belt worn by a Dutch Jewish political prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau
2017.608.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.608.3
Date:
use: approximately 1941 October-approximately 1945 May 08
…Brown leather belt worn by a Dutch Jewish political prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau…
233. Oral history interview with Fritz Heine
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.37 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0037
Date:
interview: 1988 July 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Germany.…
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 … mentioned, Fritz brought his political friends over the border. He did so by skiing into Czechoslovakia. The people that he saved, he says were all social…
234. Shaving brush used by Alexander Stankiewicz, a barber in a concentration camp
2005.457.33 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.33
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
…Political prisoners--Poland--Biography.…
235. Commissie tot het Doen van Aangifte van Overlijden van Vermisten (Cie). Aangifte Overlijden Vermisten
Document | Accession Number: 2017.460.1 | RG Number: RG-41.020
Date:
inclusive: 1949-1962
Alternate Title:
Commission to File a Declaration of the Death of Missing Persons
…Political prisoners--Netherlands--History--20th century.…
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 ….d 1 stuk 30 Cie. Aangifte Overlijden Vermisten 2.09.34.01 87 "Catalogue of camps and prisons in Germany and German-occupied territories, september 1939…
236. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.1
Date:
use: 1939-1945
…-Dieburg with a group of political prisoners. He continued to be threatened with the consequences of not giving up his faith; one doctor told him he would be…
237. Manual hair clipper with blade guard used in a concentration camp
2005.457.12 front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.12
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
…Political prisoners--Poland--Biography.…
238. Theodor Kleinsorge papers
2015.587.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2015.587.1
Date:
inclusive: 1862-1979
bulk: 1914-1955
…Political prisoners--Germany.…
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 … (Concentration camp) Topical Subject: Engineers‐‐Germany. World War, 1914‐1918‐‐Prisoners and prisons, German. Political prisoners‐‐Germany. World War, 1939…
239. Oral history interview with Giorgio Perlasca
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.446.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0178
Date:
interview: 1990 September 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Hungary.…
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 … Rumania than in Germany where in Rumania, the Rumanians can be very ferocious when they nurture political hate. Q: At what point then did you...uh...go to…
240. Oral history interview with Hartmut S. Boysen
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.76.14 | RG Number: RG-50.720.0014
Date:
interview: 2001 June 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners.…
241. Drypoint etching by Lea Grundig of lifeless figures spread over the earth
1987.92.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.92.8
Date:
creation: 1936
issue: approximately 1972
Series Title:
Krieg Droht
Artwork Title:
So wird es sein I
Alternate Title:
Thus It Will Be 1
War Threatens
…Political prisoners--Germany--Dresden.…
242. Plate 51, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: infirm and elderly inmates walk to the hospital
1988.12.51 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.12.51
Date:
creation: 1958
Series Title:
Der Weg 70 Aquatinta-Radierungen
Artwork Title:
Zum Krankenbau
Alternate Title:
To the Hospital
… Buchenwald concentration camp. He was prisoner number 3491 and identified as both a Jewish prisoner and a political prisoner. He was removed from a 1943…
243. Plate 28, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: a young painter at work
1988.12.28 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.12.28
Date:
creation: 1962
Series Title:
Der Weg 70 Aquatinta-Radierungen
Artwork Title:
Die Entscheidung
Alternate Title:
The Decision
… Buchenwald concentration camp. He was prisoner number 3491 and identified as both a Jewish prisoner and a political prisoner. He was removed from a 1943…
244. Plated brass syringe sterilizer used in a concentration camp
2005.457.25_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.25 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1941-1945
manufacture: approximately 1938
… membership in a Polish political and literary organization. At Mauthausen, his prisoner number was 24993. After the war ended in 1945, he returned to Poland.…
245. Oral history interview with Dina Weinreb Jacoud
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.64 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0064
Date:
interview: 1987 April 09
interview: 1987 April 27
interview: 1987 June 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… a political prisoner and her time as a political prisoner in Békéscsaba, Hungary, prison in 1944; the horrors of life in the Békéscsaba prison; her…
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 …:34:34,179 We were political prisoners, because we 723 00:34:34,179 --> 00:34:36,909 were supposed to go to Romania. 724 00:34:36,909 --> 00:34:41…
246. Oral history interview with Helena Orchon
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.67 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0067
Date:
interview: 1988 February 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Political prisoners--Poland.…
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 … in Western Europe, but Poland was in the east, and that is why European prisoners were killed in Poland and not Western Europe. 04:00 She held a radio…
247. Plate 30, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: man with a Red Aid jar at a factory strike
1988.12.30 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.12.30
Date:
creation: 1962
Series Title:
Der Weg 70 Aquatinta-Radierungen
Artwork Title:
Solidaritat
Alternate Title:
Solidarity
… Buchenwald concentration camp. He was prisoner number 3491 and identified as both a Jewish prisoner and a political prisoner. He was removed from a 1943…
248. KZ-Verband Wien
Document | Accession Number: 2011.247 | RG Number: RG-17.037
Date:
creation: 1946
Alternate Title:
Alliance of Concentration Camp Survivors, Vienna
… political victims while the remaining 25% (approximately 3,750 cases) pertain to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. The association followed a rigorous…
249. All Our Yesterdays [Book]
Object | Accession Number: 2004.661.2
Date:
use: 1941-1945
publication/distribution: 1940
Title:
All Our Yesterdays
…Political prisoners--Germany--Biography.…
250. Nachlass Albert Mülli (1916-1997) NL
Document | Accession Number: 2010.321 | RG Number: RG-58.005
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1997
Alternate Title:
Estate of Albert Mülli
… imprisonment in Stein an der Donau; 1942-1945 despite the intervention of Swiss government agencies political prisoner in Dachau; several transfers including to…