Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

Collection

Overview

Collection Summary: The collection consists of artwork, medals, Star of David badges, books, correspondence, documents, and musical scores relating to the experiences of Moritz and Hildegard Henschel before and during the Holocaust in Berlin, Germany, during the Holocaust in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, and after the Holocaust in Israel.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Yoel Givol and Michal Lilli Kahani, the grandchildren of Hildegard and Moritz Henschel.

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Moritz and Hildegard Henschel papers

Document | Accession Number: 2003.361.1 | RG Number: RG-24.021

Date

inclusive: 1879-2001

Book

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.2

Geography

publication: Stuttgart (Germany)
use: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

publication/distribution: 1840
use: approximately 1944-1945 May

Book

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.3

Geography

publication: Berlin (Germany)
use: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

publication/distribution: 1840
use: approximately 1944-1945 May

Drawing of Jewish Council member as circus ringmaster drawn by camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.4

Geography

received: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
creation: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

received: after 1943 June-before 1944 October

Drawing of Jewish Council member as circus ringmaster drawn by camp inmate

Signed print of rabbi saved by German Jewish camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.5

Geography

received: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

received: 1943 June-1945 May
creation: before 1929

Jo Spier watercolor of people dancing through a gate and given to another inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.6

Geography

creation: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
received: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

creation: 1944 January 26
received: approximately 1944 January 26

Jo Spier watercolor of people dancing through a gate and given to another inmate

Watercolor of an oasis with animals made for a German Jewish camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.7

Geography

received: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
creation: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

received: 1944 April 29
creation: 1944 April 29

WWI Red Cross merit medal, 3rd class awarded to German Jewish woman

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.8

Geography

received: Berlin (Germany)

Date

received: 1919 December 12

WWI Red Cross merit medal, 3rd class awarded to German Jewish woman

Iron Cross, 2nd class, 2 ribbons, and box awarded to a German Jewish soldier for bravery in WWI

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.9 a-d

Geography

manufacture: Pforzheim (Germany)
received: Berlin (Germany)

Date

commemoration: 1915 August 14
commemoration: 1914-1918

Iron Cross, 2nd class, 2 ribbons, and box awarded to a German Jewish soldier for bravery in WWI

Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.10

Geography

use: Berlin (Germany)
use: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

use: approximately 1941 September-approximately 1945 May

Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.11

Geography

use: Berlin (Germany)
use: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

use: approximately 1941 September-approximately 1945 May

Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.12

Geography

use: Berlin (Germany)
use: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

use: approximately 1941 September-approximately 1945 May

Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.13

Geography

use: Berlin (Germany)
use: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

use: approximately 1941 September-approximately 1945 May

Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.14

Geography

use: Berlin (Germany)
use: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

use: approximately 1941 September-approximately 1945 May

Drawing of woman scrubbing floor given to German Jewish inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.15

Geography

received: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

received: 1943 June-1945 May

Drawing of woman scrubbing floor given to German Jewish inmate

Portrait of a Theresienstadt inmate drawn by another inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.16

Geography

received: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
creation: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)

Date

creation: 1943 June-1945 May
received: 1943 June-1945 May

Portrait of a Theresienstadt inmate drawn by another inmate

Fighter against the Nazis Medal and box awarded to Jewish Brigade veteran

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.17 a-b

Geography

issue: Israel

Date

commemoration: 1939-1945

Fighter against the Nazis Medal and box awarded to Jewish Brigade veteran

British Defence Medal 1939-1945 ribbon awarded to Jewish Brigade veteran

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.18

Date

commemoration: 1939-1945

British Defence Medal 1939-1945 ribbon awarded to Jewish Brigade veteran

WWI Red Cross medal ribbon awarded to German Jewish woman

Object | Accession Number: 2003.361.19

Date

commemoration: 1914-1918