Medallion issued to a Romanian Jewish refugee by the US Army
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Military Insignia
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Medals
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Medals--United States (lcsh)
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- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jessica Carroll
Medallion issued to Marta Hafner by the US Army. Marta Hafner was deported to Transnistria. She survived under the false identity Constantata Dumitrescu and worked at the Jagendorf Foundry. After the war she worked as a secretary for the US Army and married Cpl. Eugene Rothlauf in 1946. She came to the United States in 1947.
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Also in Marta Hafner collection
The collection consists of clippings, documents, photographs, and a medallion relating to the experiences of Marta Hafner in Romania during the Holocaust during which she was deported to Transnistria and during the postwar period when she worked for the United States Army.
Date: approximately 1942-1947
Marta Hafner papers
Document
Collection of documents, photographs, and clippings relating to Marta Hafner [donor's mother] and her experiences in Romania during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Included in the collection are newspaper clippings documenting her experiences, identification papers, including an ID identifying her as Jewish issued in Cernauti, 1942, and family photos. Marta Hafner was deported to Transnistria. She survived under the false identity Constantata Dumitrescu and worked at the Jagendorf Foundry. After the war she worked as a secretary for the US Army and married Cpl. Eugene Rothlauf in 1946. She came to the United States in 1947.
