Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of artifacts, books, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Michel Schadur and his family as they escaped from Nazi Germany to Belgium, then to France, Spain, Portugal, and finally the United States during the Holocaust.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 and 2005 by Joseph Shadur, the son of Michel Shadur.
Browse 15 Items In This Collection
UNRRA red felt patch with acronym worn by a refugee aid worker
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.2
emigration: 1941 February 21
UNRRA red cloth patch with acronym worn by a refugee aid worker
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.3
emigration: 1941 February 21
Dark brown leather wallet with metal S used by a Jewish refugee boy
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.4
emigration: 1941 February 21
Brown leather billfold used by a Latvian Jewish refugee and aid worker from Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.5
emigration: 1941 February 21
Blue leather billfold used by a Latvian Jewish refugee and aid worker from Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.6
emigration: 1941 February 21
National Fascist Party of Italy (PNF) membership badge owned by Jewish female refugee from Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.7
manufacture: Milan (Italy)
emigration: 1939 September
Maccabi Sports Club lapel pin from prewar Berlin owned by a Jewish refugee boy
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.8
emigration: 1941 February 21
Wing shaped Portuguese Air Force pin given to a young Jewish refugee by friends in Lisbon
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.9
emigration: 1941 February 21
Antiaircraft shell fragments found after an air raid on Bordeaux by a young Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.10 a-b
emigration: 1941 February 21
Button from a World War I British military uniform found by a young Jewish refugee in Belgium
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.11
emigration: 1941 February 21
Button from a World War I British military uniform found in the sand by a young Jewish refugee in Belgium
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.12
emigration: 1941 February 21
Button from his military uniform given by a British soldier to a young Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.13
emigration: 1941 February 21
Button from his military uniform given by a British soldier to a young Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.14
emigration: 1941 February 21
Dip-pen wiper made for a young Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany
Object | Accession Number: 2005.379.15
emigration: 1941 February 21
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