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21926. Nathan Chorowicz documents
The collection consists of a beret, concentration camp uniform, patches, an armband, wallet, and ... Buchenwald, Ohrdruf, Crawinkel, and Espenfeld, and after the Holocaust in Belgium and the United States. ... The family was Jewish and spoke French and Yiddish. Natan attended private school and was a good ... caught between the German and British armies near Dunkirk and sent back to Brussels by German troops
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21927. Falsified personal history submitted by Josef Perjell (Solly Perel) while he was in a Hitler Youth training facility in Braunschweig.
father was employed as a weaver/tailor in the factory, and my mother stayed at home. In 1939, while I ... by the Russians in May of 1941. A month later, after war was declared and German troops occupied ... battalion in the tank division. I performed very well in all operations in the middle and northern areas of ... army until further notice. From the NSDAP (Nazi Party) Reval I went to Berlin and then from there to
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21928. Page 2 of a falsified personal history submitted by Josef Perjell (Solly Perel) while he was in a Hitler Youth training facility in Braunschweig.
/ Wilma. My father was employed as a weaver/tailor in the factory, and my mother stayed at home. In 1939 ... by the Russians in May of 1941. A month later, after war was declared and German troops occupied ... battalion in the tank division. I performed very well in all operations in the middle and northern areas of ... army until further notice. From the NSDAP (Nazi Party) Reval I went to Berlin and then from there to
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21929. Forced labor battalion of Hungarian Jews
Peter Veres came from a wealthy Hungarian Jewish family. Two reels of 9.5mm film show Peter and the ... ’s father served. Peter was hidden during the war and survived, as did most members of his immediate family ... The Veres Family Collection (1830s-1987) documents members of the Deutsch, Krausz, and Veres families. ... May 1944, shortly after the German occupation of Hungary, deported from there in July 1944, and is
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21930. Garbor cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, newspapers, and photographs ... relating to the experience of Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder and his family in Berlin, Germany, before the Holocaust ... in Shanghai, China, during and after World War II, and in the United States following their ... emigration in 1947, and of Ralph's stepfather, Viktor Stummer, in Vienna, Austria, before the Holocaust and
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21931. Münzer family papers
the American Lung Association. He also volunteers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and ... In the late 1920’s, Simche moved to The Hague, where his brother Emil lived and opened a tailoring ... ’s tailoring business. Gisele moved to The Hague in December 1932. Giesele and Simche wed on December 16, 1932 ... Catholic neighbors Jo and Ko Van Luhrmann, the Münzers registered their daughters at a Catholic school. In
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21932. Ruth Elias - Theresienstadt, Auschwitz
stayed behind and then fled to the woods, where they were liberated American troops. Ruth and Kurt ... the SS might come back and kill them. They were liberated American troops in a nearby forest. Ruth ... ]. [CLIP 7 BEGINS] They were liberated by the Americans and after the war she returned to Czechoslovakia ... and scholars for the nine-and-a-half-hour film SHOAH released in 1985. The United States Holocaust
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21933. Five dragon cigarette package cover collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, newspapers, and photographs ... relating to the experience of Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder and his family in Berlin, Germany, before the Holocaust ... in Shanghai, China, during and after World War II, and in the United States following their ... emigration in 1947, and of Ralph's stepfather, Viktor Stummer, in Vienna, Austria, before the Holocaust and
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21934. Knight cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, newspapers, and photographs ... relating to the experience of Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder and his family in Berlin, Germany, before the Holocaust ... in Shanghai, China, during and after World War II, and in the United States following their ... emigration in 1947, and of Ralph's stepfather, Viktor Stummer, in Vienna, Austria, before the Holocaust and
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21935. Rabbi Leo Baeck poses with a group of Jewish leaders during his three week visit to Germany.
Baeck was the son of Rabbi Samuel and Eva (Placzek) Baeck. He received both a traditional Jewish ... upbringing and a humanistic gymnasium education. In 1891 Baeck began his rabbinical studies at the Juedische ... Theologische Seminar [Jewish Theological Seminar] in Breslau and enrolled in the philosophy seminar at the ... for the Scientific Study of Judaism] in Berlin, and was ordained in 1885. He was then appointed rabbi
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21936. Two-sided silk escape map of Western Europe carried by a US soldier
The collection consists of a silk escape map, a letter, and photographs relating to the experiences ... French Morocco. Leonard was a platoon leader and participated in eight campaigns as the 504th advanced ... camp. Leonard visited Wobbelin, took photographs, and wrote a letter home about the atrocities he ... Leonard returned to the US in September and was discharged in November.
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21937. Painted plastic doll given to a young Jewish girl in hiding in France
The collection consists of a doll, documents, an oral history, and photographs relating to the ... experiences of Renee Lyszka and her family in prewar, wartime, and postwar Poland, France, and the United ... policies were enacted and deportations of Jews to camps in the east began by 1942. Renee and her father ... Sara had to remain hidden at home. In 1944, a neighbor denounced Sara to the Gestapo and she was taken
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21938. Imperial Germany Reichsbanknote, 100 mark, acquired by a US soldier
photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of James Edward Kirkebo in the United States Army in ... Europe during World War II, including the liberation of Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. ... US Army from 1940-1945, and fought in Europe with the Thunderbolt Division from December 1944-May ... 1945. Kirkebo, 19, enlisted in the US Army in 1940 and, in August 1942, 2nd Lt. Kirkebo became
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21939. Nazi Germany, 1 Rentenmark note acquired by a US soldier
photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of James Edward Kirkebo in the United States Army in ... Europe during World War II, including the liberation of Gusen and Mauthausen concentration camps. ... 1940-1945, and fought in Europe with the Thunderbolt Division from December 1944-May 1945. It was first ... reissued and remained in circulation until 1945. Kirkebo, age 19, enlisted in the Army in September 1940
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21940. A multi-generational German-Jewish family enjoys a meal outdoors.
pictured on the left with their backs to the camera. Carl Gans is standing on the far left and Leo Lamm is ... Manfred Gans was the son of Mortiz Gans and Else Fraenkel Gans. Moritz Gans grew up in a large ... fami Manfred Gans was the son of Mortiz Gans and Else Fraenkel Gans. Moritz Gans grew up in a large ... family of five boys and five girls of Dutch-Jewish descent Borken, Germany near the Dutch border. Moritz
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21941. Brown leather belt worn by a Dutch Jewish political prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau
The collection consists of a belt, documents, photographs, and testimonies relating to the ... experiences of Arie Torner in the Netherlands and Poland before World War II, in several forced labor camps ... and in Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Holocaust, and in the Netherlands and the United States after the ... malnutrition and the small quantity of food provided to prisoners. Arie was born in Wloclawek, Poland, but was
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21942. Vishniac children
medical degree from universities in Moscow and a doctorate in Oriental art from the University of Berlin ... From 1935 to 1938, Vishniac explored on foot the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, recording life ... in the Jewish shtetls of Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania ... extermination. Using a hidden camera and working under difficult circumstances that included evading the police
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21943. Man's long-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
1939, the Germans occupied Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland, and established a Jewish ghetto, where Morris, his ... parents, and his 10 siblings were interned. From 1942-1944, the Germans transferred Morris through a ... series of camps in Germany and Poland. In early 1945, Morris was in the Kretschamberg labor camp when ... DP camp, and emigrated from there to the United States in 1949.
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21944. Red laced brown leather billfold with an image of a man pulling 2 women in a rickshaw acquired by a German Jewish refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, newspapers, and photographs ... relating to the experience of Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder and his family in Berlin, Germany, before the Holocaust ... in Shanghai, China, during and after World War II, and in the United States following their ... emigration in 1947, and of Ralph's stepfather, Viktor Stummer, in Vienna, Austria, before the Holocaust and
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21945. Man's long-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
were interned. From 1942-1944, the Germans transferred Morris through a series of camps in Germany and ... to Jakub Jankel Rozen and Golda Chaja Warszawska. He spent the war in the Mittelstrasse, Dabrowa ... to Buchenwald, transferred to Theresienstadt, and liberated by the Soviets on May 6, 1945. His ... parents were deported to Auschwitz where they perished. His ten brothers and sisters variously spent the
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21946. Man's short-sleeved linen jacket made in a displaced person's camp
1939, the Germans occupied Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland, and established a Jewish ghetto, where Morris, his ... parents, and his 10 siblings were interned. From 1942-1944, the Germans transferred Morris through a ... series of camps in Germany and Poland. In 1945, Morris was in the Kretschamberg labor camp when the ... camp, and emigrated from there to the United States in 1949.
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21947. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, saved by a former German Jewish inmate
to the United States and became an American citizen in 1952. ... The collection consists of two prisoner patches, a Star of David badge, documents, and photographs ... relating to the experiences of Alfred Fabian during the Holocaust in Germany and Czechoslovakia and after ... confiscated from deportees and the SS ordered the Jewish Council to create a currency for exchange only in the
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21948. Solingen hunting knife with sheath presented to US military aid worker by liberated inmates
American soldier, by a former inmate of the recently liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in April-May ... 1945. First Lt. Shurr assisted in the planning for D-Day, June 6, 1944, and joined the Civil Affairs ... improving camp conditions, and caring for the inmates. Shurr worked 16 hour days trying to find enough food ... the re-establishment of schools, hospitals, and other social services by the US Military occupation
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21949. ID patch stenciled 139905 worn by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
Chicago and she sponsored his visa. He arrived in the US on June 24, 1949, and Americanized his name to ... September 1939. His father and brother left for eastern Poland but were caught by the Germans and interned ... in the Deblin ghetto. The rest of the family was sent from Łódź, and the family was held together in ... 1928, and one brother, Moshe, born 1922. The family was observant Jews. His father was employed as a
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21950. A multi-generational German-Jewish family enjoys a meal outdoors.
Manfred Gans was the son of Mortiz Gans and Else Fraenkel Gans. Moritz Gans grew up in a large ... fami Manfred Gans was the son of Mortiz Gans and Else Fraenkel Gans. Moritz Gans grew up in a large ... family of five boys and five girls of Dutch-Jewish descent Borken, Germany near the Dutch border. Moritz ... was a decorated veteran of the German army who had lost a leg in World War I. He and his wife Else