Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of badges, wallets, watercolors, correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed materials related to the experiences of Josef Pistiner and his family, including his parents, Aron and Taube, and brother, Max, before the Holocaust in Galicia, Bukovina, and Berlin and during the Holocaust in Berlin, their 1939 emigration via China to the United States, as well as documents from Josef Pistiner’s service in the U.S. Army during World War II, and restitution files from the 1960s-1970s.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Arona Pistiner.
Browse 8 Items In This Collection
Pistiner family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.187.1
bulk: 1908-1972
US Army 100th Infantry Division patch worn by a Jewish emigre soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2016.187.2
US Army 69th Infantry Division patch worn by a Jewish emigre soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2016.187.3
Brown leather wallet printed US Army used by a Jewish emigre soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2016.187.4
Green leather wallet used by Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2016.187.5
Cardboard cover used to hold identication by Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2016.187.6
Watercolor of three men relaxing at a table
Object | Accession Number: 2016.187.7
Watercolor of men watching a chess match
Object | Accession Number: 2016.187.8
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- 2022-07-28 18:30:30
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