Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of an accordion and case, music book, patches, issues of Boy Scout journals, commemorative Boy Scout stamps, Boy Scout diaries and pamphlets, and writings related to the Holocaust-era experiences of John Honig (born Gerhart Honig) and his parents Gertrude and Walter Honig, including their flight from Vienna, Austria to England in September 1938, their immigration to the United States in 1939, and John’s enlistment in the United States Army in 1943.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Dr. John Honig.
Browse 21 Items In This Collection
Accordion and case owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.2 a-c
Akkordeon ABC book of accordion sheet music owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.3
February 1937 issue of Unser Weg owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.4
March 1937 issue of Unser Weg owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.5
April/May 1937 issue of Unser Weg owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.6
June/July 1937 issue of Unser Weg owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.7
August/October 1937 issue of Unser Weg owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.8
November/December 1937 issue of Unser Weg owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.9
January/February 1938 issue of Unser Weg owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.10
March 1938 issue of Unser Weg owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.11
Commemorative Boy Scout stamp owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.12
Commemorative Boy Scout stamp owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.13
Commemorative Boy Scout stamp owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.14
Commemorative Boy Scout stamp owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.15
Three connected commemorative Boy Scout stamps owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.16
Cloth badge depicting a flag owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.17
Cloth badge depicting an American flag owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.18
Cloth badge depicting a flag owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.19
Badge depicting Finland's coat of arms owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.20
Olive green cloth badge owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.21
Badge constructed from ribbon owned by a Jewish Austrian émigré
Object | Accession Number: 2019.605.22
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