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1551. Prisoner ID tag issued to a Jewish American prisoner in Compiègne internment camp
The collection consists of artifacts, artwork, documents, correspondence, photographs, and ... newspaper clippings, relating to the experiences of John, George, and Betsy Waldman in Compiègne and Vittel ... from December 1941 to July 1943. George, Betsy, and their teenage son, John, were American citizens who ... were left alone by the Germans due to their American citizenship. In response to the attack on Pearl
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1552. Handkerchief embroidered with American flags given to an internee at a displaced persons camp by a US soldier
The collection consists of artifacts related to the experiences of Yaffa Sonenson and her family in ... Ejszyszki, Poland (Eisiskes, Lithuania) and the Radun ghetto (Belarus) before and during the Holocaust when ... bakery, was a pharmacist , and served as director of the school education committee. Eisikes was ... Soviet Union. The Jewish residents were harassed and humiliated by the soldiers. Moshe, who was a member
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1553. Political cartoon depicting Chiang Kai-shek created by an American journalist
created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs ... August 1945. During and just after the war, many of the South American nations Albert had studied took in ... and Italian, on the continent. Following the war, several South American nations, including Bolivia ... The collection consists of political cartoons, a book, and newspaper articles relating to the
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1554. Political cartoon depicting King Christian X of Denmark created by an American journalist
August 1945. During and just after the war, many of the South American nations Albert had studied took in ... and Italian, on the continent. Following the war, several South American nations, including Bolivia ... The collection consists of political cartoons, a book, and newspaper articles relating to the ... experiences of Albert E. Carter as a journalist in the United States, Germany, and South America before and
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1555. Pastel with a stylized image of Adolf Hitler encouraging Americans to buy war bonds by Harold Lehman
was approached by Arnold Blanch and Reeves Lewenthal from the Associated American Artist Gallery ... Through a partnership with Associated American Artists, the United States Treasury Department, and Abbott ... The collection consists of paintings, drawings, sketches, publications, prints and photographs ... relating to the artist Harold Lehman and his experiences in the United States before, during, and after
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1556. Concentration camp uniform coat recovered from a concentration camp by an American administrator
The collection consists of a concentration camp coat and two pairs of pants, relating to the ... approximately a month after the April 29, 1945 liberation. During liberation, the 42nd and 45th Infantry ... lumber baron, and his father was an attorney. Frederick Jr. attended high school at the Pomfret School in ... United States (NGUS), and incorporated into the Coast Artillery Corps (CAC), an administrative corps
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1557. American war bond propaganda poster featuring a paratrooper jumping from a plane by Harold Lehman
program. Through a partnership with Associated American Artists and the United States Treasury Department ... War Bond advertisements, posters, and pro-American propaganda and anti-fascist pieces to support the ... was approached by Arnold Blanch and Reeves Lewenthal from the Associated American Artist Gallery ... Through a partnership with Associated American Artists, the United States Treasury Department, and Abbott
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1558. American Joint Distribution Committee booklet on Hanukkah used by a Polish Jewish teenager
as the overseas arm of the American Jewish philanthropic community, providing rescue, relief, and ... 's history and its global activities. [Source: Archives of The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee ... The collection consists of a flag, a school box, a publication, a notebook, and a business catalog ... relating to the experiences of Judith Weinstein and her family in Poland before the Holocaust and in Wels
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1559. Plaid handkerchief monogrammed HG given by Hermann Goering to an American guard at Nuremberg
The collection consists of a handkerchief, documents, photographs, and signatures relating to the ... Handkerchief embroidered HG and given by Hermann Goering to Herbert C. Durkee, an American guard at ... the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, between August 1945 and January 1946 ... Herbert guarded Goering and helped him control his drug dependency to paracodeine. Goering gave Durkee the
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1560. Yellow Star of David badge with a letter J. found by an American soldier
The collection consists of a Star of David badge and a satirical French flier relating to the ... authorities required the badge to be worn by all Jews over six in order to humiliate them and make them easier ... to identify and separate from the general population. The badges were used in Nazi occupied Belgium ... coordinated and maintained communication between his unit and the rest of the allied forces. Carl’s unit was
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1561. Propaganda catalog featuring a series of pro-American war paintings by Thomas Hart Benton
originally created these pieces to strengthen American patriotism and warn Americans of the dangers of ... paintings, lithographs, and murals and contributed to the Regionalist Movement which captured rural American ... advertisements, posters, and pro-American propaganda and anti-fascist pieces to support the war effort of the ... which captured rural American life during the 1920s and 1930s. Benton also used his artwork to protest
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1562. US Army Military Intelligence ID badge in case used by a Jewish American soldier
The collection consists of a Minox B camera, an identification badge and holder, a wallet with ... credentials, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Martin Dannenberg during World War II ... the foundation for the legal persecution of Jews in Germany. It excluded them from citizenship and ... a Jew, and marriage or sexual relations with Germans was illegal. Martin photographed the document
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1563. Concentration camp uniform pants recovered from a concentration camp by an American administrator
The collection consists of a concentration camp coat and two pairs of pants, relating to the ... approximately a month after the April 29, 1945 liberation. During liberation, the 42nd and 45th Infantry ... lumber baron, and his father was an attorney. Frederick Jr. attended high school at the Pomfret School in ... United States (NGUS), and incorporated into the Coast Artillery Corps (CAC), an administrative corps
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1564. Concentration camp uniform pants recovered from a concentration camp by an American administrator
The collection consists of a concentration camp coat and two pairs of pants, relating to the ... approximately a month after the April 29, 1945 liberation. During liberation, the 42nd and 45th Infantry ... lumber baron, and his father was an attorney. Frederick Jr. attended high school at the Pomfret School in ... United States (NGUS), and incorporated into the Coast Artillery Corps (CAC), an administrative corps
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1565. Illustrated sheet from a London weekly with an article on Jews by an American artist
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of over 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic ... and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United ... The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and ... antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United
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1566. Watercolor painting of people in line for lunch acquired by an American internee
Cross took over the American hospital, Gertrude started working for them and taking supplies to POWs in ... shoes, stamps, and documents relating to the experiences of Leonie Roualet in the Vittel internment camp ... in France during the Holocaust, and in France and the United States after the Holocaust. ... Gertrude worked as an ambulance driver for the American Hospital in Paris. In July 1941, Gertrude started
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1567. Watercolor painting of women collecting Red Cross packages acquired by an American internee
Cross took over the American hospital, Gertrude started working for them and taking supplies to POWs in ... shoes, stamps, and documents relating to the experiences of Leonie Roualet in the Vittel internment camp ... in France during the Holocaust, and in France and the United States after the Holocaust. ... Gertrude worked as an ambulance driver for the American Hospital in Paris. In July 1941, Gertrude started
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1568. Blue velvet tefillin pouch found in a shallow grave by a Jewish American soldier
The collection consists of a tefillin set, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences ... Blue embroidered tefillin storage pouch found by Walter Fried, an American soldier and Jewish ... (1988.118.g-l) on the body of a concentration camp inmate who died on a forced march and was buried in a ... leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. The Army
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1569. Red triangle patch embroidered USA worn by an American concentration camp inmate
The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by The Philip and Janet Levin Foundation Family ... correspondence, notes, and photocopies relating to the experiences of Elsie Ragusin during World War II, when ... in 1939, on a visit from the United States to Italy with her family, Elsie and her father were ... and after the war when, after liberation, she was taken to Sweden to recover, and returned to the
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1570. French Catholic prayer book with ivory covers used by an American internee
shoes, stamps, and documents relating to the experiences of Leonie Roualet in the Vittel internment camp ... in France during the Holocaust, and in France and the United States after the Holocaust. ... York to Leonie Calmesse and Henry Charles Roualet, French champagne vintners who had immigrated to the ... care of her mother and her uncle. In May 1940, Germany invaded France and occupied the northern half of
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1571. Prisoner of war identification tag issued to a Jewish American soldier in Stalag IIIC
fence. The American Red Cross sent care packages every three weeks and these packages, containing spam ... Star, an American Defense Medal, and a European/African/Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. He learned the ... fence. The American Red Cross sent care packages every three weeks and these packages, containing spam ... Star, an American Defense Medal, and a European/African/Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. He learned the
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1572. Anti-American poster with fork tongued Eleanor Roosevelt in Star of David earrings
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of over 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic ... and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United ... The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and ... antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United
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1573. US Army 2nd Cavalry Regiment Toujours Pret pin worn by a Jewish American soldier
The collection consists of artifacts, extensive personal and official correspondence, documents ... photographs, research notes, audiotapes, books, and a DVD copy of home movies related to the experiences of ... the Morgenthau family. The collection includes material related to the Ottoman Empire and Armenian ... genocide, the family's long relationship with the Roosevelts, the Treasury Department, and the pre-war
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1574. Allied Military Authority currency, 5 schilling, for use in Austria inscribed by an American soldier
tags, a shadow box with a collage of military insignia, documents, and photographs relating to the ... experiences of John Phillips while a soldier in the United States Army from June 1945 to January 1947, and as ... soldier in the postwar United States Army of Occupation in Austria and Germany from April 1946 - January ... was inducted into the United States Army. He trained at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Camp Pickett
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1575. Nazi Germany, 5 reichspfennig coin found in a liberated camp by an American soldier
The collection consists of a yarn doll, seven pieces of currency, a pennant, and a soap bar ... begun evacuations. Other US Army units soon arrived to help care for the over 20,000 ill and ... malnourished prisoners and restore order and sanitary conditions. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May ... 7, 1945. Conlan instructed his family to reverence the items he had found and to never forget the