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    Collection Summary
    The collection consists of a whistle and compass relating to the experiences of Hy Silverman as a soldier in the United States Army in Germany during World War II.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Hy Silverman.
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    Silver pea whistle taken from an SS officer by a US soldier

    Object | Accession Number: 2000.598.1

    Geography
    found: liberation of concentration camp;
    Date
    found:  approximately 1945 May
    Silver pea whistle taken from an SS officer by a US soldier
    German marching compass in a case taken from an SS officer by a US soldier

    Object | Accession Number: 2000.598.2

    Geography
    manufacture: Furth (Bavaria, Germany)
    found: liberation of concentration camp;
    Date
    found:  approximately 1945 May
    manufacture:  after 1930-before 1945
    German marching compass in a case taken from an SS officer by a US soldier
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