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1. Linda and Friedrich Breder testimony
Document | Accession Number: 1983.003 | RG Number: RG-02.014.01
Date:
1983 April
…Linda Breder was born Libusha Reich on 24 February 1924 in Stropkov, Czechoslovakia (Stropkov, Slovakia) to Fany and Henrik Reich. She had three…
2. The origin and activity of the Jewish Academic Secondary School founded in the year 1862 in Nove Mésto nad Vahom (Slovakia)
Document | Accession Number: 1983.008 | RG Number: RG-10.004.01
…Jews--Czechoslovakia.…
3. Oral history interview with Rose Koenigsberg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1984.1.1.12 | RG Number: RG-50.157.0012
Date:
interview: 1984 October 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Rose Koenigsberg, born in 1914 in Velichovky, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), describes her life teaching in Ralova until March 1939 when the…
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 …Koenigsberg, Rose RG 50.157*012 Three Audio Tapes Abstract Rose Koenigsberg was born in 1914 and raised in Velichovky, Czechoslovakia. She was a…
4. Articles and other documents relating to Rabbi Aladar Deutsch and the Jewish community of Prague
Document | Accession Number: 1986.003 | RG Number: RG-03.005.01
…Consists of articles relating to Rabbi Aladar Deutsch, the last chief rabbi of Prague, Czechoslovakia, prior to the Holocaust, and the Jewish…
5. Narrative and diary of Mr. Gabriel Mermall
1986.019.1 Box1 Folder 1 Item 68
Document | Accession Number: 1986.019.1 | RG Number: RG-02.008.01
Date:
undated: 
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Gabriel Mermall is a native of Bistra, Czechoslovakia, and a survivor of the Holocaust.…
6. Leonhard Prager papers
Document | Accession Number: 1987.A.0022 | RG Number: RG-10.005.01
…Concentration camps--Czechoslovakia.…
7. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a mother helping her sick son in a concentration camp
1987.114.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.114.1
Date:
creation: 1963
depiction: approximately 1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Mother with sick son in a camp
Alternate Title:
In the concentration camp
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
8. Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a large group of Jews living in an attic in the Łódź Ghetto
1987.114.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.114.2
Date:
creation: 1946
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
A Garrett to Live in was a Luxurious Apartment
Alternate Title:
A garret in the Lodzer Ghetto
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
9. Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a woman and 3 children barefoot and hungry on a Łódź Ghetto street
1987.114.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.114.3
Date:
creation: 1947
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Woman With Three Children
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
10. Autobiographical painting by David Friedman of a woman in a brown dress resting on a bed
1987.114.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.114.4
Date:
creation: 1946
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Sleeping Woman
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
11. Charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a Jewish man from a suburb of Prague waiting for deportation
1987.121.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1987.121.1
Date:
creation: 1963
depiction: approximately 1941 October
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Awaiting deportation
Alternate Title:
Before Evacuation to the Ghetto
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
12. Bar of soap preserved by Czech Jewish concentration camp survivors
1988.73.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.73.1
Date:
received: after 1954 May
…Ivan Kalina was born on May 22, 1932, in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. His father was a leading member of their synagogue. Ivan and his family fled from…
13. Petition
Document | Accession Number: 1988.136.1
Date:
1938 December
…The collection consists of a petition to the American consulate in Prague, Czechoslovakia, for a visa and 7 pieces of scrip from the Theresienstadt…
14. Autobiographical tempera painting by David Friedmann of two men pumping water in the Łódź Ghetto
1988.173.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.173.1 a-c
Date:
creation: 1946
depiction: 1941 October-1944 March
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Pumping Water in Łódźer Ghetto
Alternate Title:
Two Łódź Ghetto Inmates On A Water Pump
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
15. Autobiographical drawing by David Friedmann of Jewish prisoners on their way to bury a shot comrade
1988.173.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.173.2
Date:
depiction: 1944 August-1945 January
creation: 1945
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Burying a Shot Comrade
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
16. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of a mother with two children in Lodzer Ghetto
1988.173.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.173.3
Date:
creation: 1964 January
depiction: approximately 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Mother with Two Children
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
17. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of newcomers to the Łódź Ghetto pulling a carriage
1988.173.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.173.4
Date:
creation: 1964 January 04
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Newcomers to the Ghetto
Alternate Title:
2 Horseman pulling a carriage in Lodzer Ghetto
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
18. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of despairing and hungry Jews in the Łódź Ghetto
1988.182.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.182.1
Date:
creation: 1963 December
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Hunger in Lodzer Ghetto
Alternate Title:
Despairing and hungry Jews in Lodzer ghetto
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
19. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of naked women and children entering the showers at Auschwitz
1988.182.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.182.2
Date:
creation: 1964 March
depiction: after 1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Bathhouse Auschwitz
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
20. Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of a man with a Star of David badge eating in a Łódź Ghetto food hall
1988.182.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.182.3
Date:
creation: 1947
depiction: 1941 October-1944 August
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Public Kitchen in the Łódź Ghetto
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
21. Autobiographical oil painting by David Friedman of freed prisoners homeward bound
1988.182.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.182.4 a-b
Date:
creation: 1946
depiction: 1945 January
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
From Concentration Camps to Liberty
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
22. Autobiographical charcoal drawing by David Friedman of mothers, ordered to undress, who stare at their executioners as they march with their children into a mass grave
1988.182.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.182.5
Date:
depiction: approximately 1944 August-1944 December
creation: approximately 1946-1948
Series Title:
Because They Were Jews!
Artwork Title:
Mass Grave
… Czechoslovakia. He achieved acclaim as a painter known for his portraits drawn from life. In 1924, his quick-sketching talent resulted in a secondary career as a…
23. Mark Talisman papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.2.1 | RG Number: RG-10.334
Date:
1940-1950
…The collection consists of drawings, correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting life in the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia…
24. Large land ownership map of the medieval town Brandys, Czech Republic
Object | Accession Number: 1989.2.142
Date:
undated: 
…The collection consists of drawings, correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting life in the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia…
25. Topographical map of the medieval Czech town Brandys
Object | Accession Number: 1989.2.143
Date:
undated: 
…The collection consists of drawings, correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting life in the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia…
26. Czech Partisan medal awarded to a Jewish fighter
1989.7.10 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.7.10
… 1944 and then the Czech Army in April 1945. He fought in Bratislava, Slovakia until the end of the war. He left Czechoslovakia just before the…
27. Commemorative Medal of The Order of the Slovak National Uprising
1989.7.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.7.11
Date:
commemoration: 1944 August 29
… 1944 and then the Czech Army in April 1945. He fought in Bratislava, Slovakia until the end of the war. He left Czechoslovakia just before the…
28. Oral history interview with Ernst Weihs
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0318 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0248
Date:
interview: 1989 May 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… closed it; being deported to a ghetto in Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia and then to Auschwitz; his transfer to the Kaufering labor camp, where he worked…
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 … in Vienna; but myself and our friends, mostly men, we had to leave Vienna. And...with a suitcase. And they took us to Czechoslovakia. Q: What did they…
29. Oral history interview with Michael Vogel
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0329 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0240
Date:
interview: 1989 July 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Michael Vogel, born on November 29, 1923 in Jacovce, Czechoslovakia, describes moving to and growing up in Topol'čany, Czechoslovakia; the takeover…
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 … born? A: I was born in Jacovce, J - A - C - O - V - C - E, Czechoslovakia. Q: Tell me about your childhood, about your growing up. What was it like for…
30. Oral history interview with Helen Waterford
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0352 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0246
Date:
interview: 1989 November 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Czechoslovakia; going into a prisoner of war camp, where she remained until her liberation; traveling to a displaced persons camp at Plzen, Czechoslovakia…
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 … only be good, and, uh, the doors were kept open while we were going and we came to Czechoslovakia. They didn't tell us it was Czechoslovakia. It was high…
31. Oral history interview with Frank Meissner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0356 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0158
Date:
interview: 1989 December 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Frank Meissner, born in Třešt̕, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) in 1923, describes his family; joining a Zionist youth group and traveling to Prague…
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 … years. Q: In what country? A: In Czechoslovakia. And uh the town is exactly half way between Prague and Vienna. And it used to be a very important Jewish…
32. Ben Shahn poster of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
1989.34.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.34.2
Date:
commemoration: 1942 June 11
creation: 1942
Series Title:
Office of War Information poster, no. 11
Artwork Title:
This is Nazi brutality
…front, across center of image : This is Nazi Brutality... / RADIO BERLIN.-- / IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED:- / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA…
33. Oral history interview with Malka Csizmadia
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.14 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0014
Date:
interview: 1987 June 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Malka Csizmadia, born in Czechoslovakia (now Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary) on May 16, 1927, describes her family and childhood; being raised in the…
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 … Czechoslovakia on May 16, 1927. 02:00 La Carbara (sp) was the name of the town that she was born in. It was under both Hungarian and Czechoslovakian rule at…
34. Oral history interview with Libuse Fries and Erna Fries
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.26 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0026
Date:
interview: 1988 July 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Libuse and Erna Fries describe growing up in Czechoslovakia near Prague; being raised in the Catholic tradition; the normal relationships that Jews…
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 … get a copy? Next July, I could get a photocopy of it made at the American embassy and take it out of Czechoslovakia with me. 16:00 Is your work included…
35. Oral history interview with Antonin Kalina
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.43 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0043
Date:
interview: 1988 July 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Antonin Kalina, born in Czechoslovakia on February 17, 1902, describes his family and childhood; joining the Communist party early in his life…
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 …), Czechoslovakia. He is one of 12 children.Toni was the second oldest. His older brother died in the First World War.His father was a shoemaker and made shoes for…
36. Ela Weissberger papers
1989.192.21 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1989.192.21
Date:
inclusive: circa 1941-1989
…Ela Weissberger was born Ela Stein in 1930 in Lom u Mostu, Czechoslovakia (near Teplice) to Max and Marketa Stein. She relocated to Prague with her…
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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…
37. Oral history interview with Esther Bash
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.228.3 | RG Number: RG-50.060.0003
Date:
interview: 1989 February 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Esther Bash born in 1928 in Czechoslovakia, discusses her childhood experiences; the Hungarian occupation; being sent to live in a ghetto; life in…
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 … Summary of Interview with Esther Bash (Phoenix) I was born in Czechoslovakia in 1928. I grew up with a normal childhood. I was my father's only…
38. Oral history interview with Erna Bindelglas
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.228.7 | RG Number: RG-50.060.0007
Date:
interview: 1989 October 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews--Czechoslovakia.…
39. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.54 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.54
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…-occupied Poland, and likely died that year. Else was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in April 1943. In October…
40. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.55 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.55
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…-occupied Poland, and likely died that year. Else was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in April 1943. In October…
41. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.56 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.56
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…-occupied Poland, and likely died that year. Else was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in April 1943. In October…
42. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.57 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.57
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…-occupied Poland, and likely died that year. Else was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in April 1943. In October…
43. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.58 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.58
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…-occupied Poland, and likely died that year. Else was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in April 1943. In October…
44. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.59 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.59
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…-occupied Poland, and likely died that year. Else was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in April 1943. In October…
45. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.60 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.60
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…-occupied Poland, and likely died that year. Else was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in April 1943. In October…
46. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish refugee
1989.243.61 back
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.61
Date:
issue: 1943 January 01
…-occupied Poland, and likely died that year. Else was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in April 1943. In October…
47. Dora Pollak family correspondence
1989.289.1 Box 1 Folder 22 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 1989.289.1
Date:
inclusive: 1907-1954
…, England, and Switzerland during and after the war. Wartime correspondence relates family news, documents efforts to emigrate from Czechoslovakia, describes…
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 … Czecholovakia, England, and Switzerland during and after the war. Wartime correspondence relates family news, documents efforts to emigrate from Czechoslovakia…
48. Green metal Werk Kratzau labor camp badge worn by an inmate
1989.296.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.296.1
Date:
use: 1944 October-1945 May
…Slave labor--Czechoslovakia.…
49. Hana and Charles Bruml papers
1989.303.57 Box 2 Folder 34 Image 8
Document | Accession Number: 1989.303.57
Date:
inclusive: circa 1880-2001
…Hana Müller (Mueller; later Bruml) was born May 30, 1922, to Richard and Hedvika Zappner Müller in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). Her…
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 …, and Theresienstadt materials documenting Hana and Charles Bruml from Czechoslovakia, their families, their survival in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, and…
50. Armband inscribed with camp names where the Polish Jewish inmate was imprisoned
1989.317.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.317.1
Date:
commemoration: 1935-1945
…Concentration camp inmates--Czechoslovakia.…