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21976. Albert Dov Sigal monochrome sepia etching of people in a detention camp tent created from a drawing done during his imprisonment
British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948 where he and his family were held after the ship on which they ... Palestine on February 22, 1948. It depicts the artist and his family as they arrive in their new home. It is ... under a United Nations mandate and the postwar immigration policy was very restrictive. Ships attempting ... to bring unauthorized refugees to the country were stopped and the passengers were interned. In 1939
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21977. Albert Dov Sigal multicolored lithograph of a young woman, holding an infant, with her family on a golden road, based upon his experience as a refugee
British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948 where he and his family were held after the ship on which they ... small village in the background. See 1990.242.4 and 1992.113.14 for other versions of this scene ... Palestine was ruled by the British under a United Nations mandate and the postwar immigration policy was ... very restrictive. Ships attempting to bring unauthorized refugees to the country were stopped and the
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21978. Czeslaw Borowi - Treblinka
Jewish gold and the riches of American Jews. Lanzmann and Borowi, and perhaps translator Barbara, seem to ... and scholars for the nine-and-a-half-hour film SHOAH released in 1985. The United States Holocaust ... Memorial Museum purchased the archive of SHOAH outtakes from Mr. Lanzmann on October 11, 1996, and have ... since been carrying out the painstaking work necessary to reconstruct and preserve the films, which
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21979. World War I Honor & Iron Crosses buttonhole ribbon bar with Combatant’s swords awarded to a German Jewish soldier
The collection consists of Honor and Iron Cross medals, buttonhole ribbon bars, correspondence ... and documents relating to the experiences of Kurt Schlesinger and his family in Germany, the ... Netherlands, and the United States before and during the Holocaust. ... Buttonhole ribbon bar for the Honor Cross, combatants and Iron Cross, 2nd class medals awarded to
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21980. Esther Rosenfeld Starobin family papers
The collection consists of documents such as restitution-related paperwork and Rosenfeld family ... World War I during which he lost his leg. After the war, Adolf worked as a cattle dealer and livestock ... trader in Adelsheim, Germany. In 1937, the Rosenfelds sent their daughters, Bertha, Edith, and Ruth ... made the decision to send an uncle’s family to the United States. On October 22, 1940, Adolf and
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21981. Green knapsack used by a Hungarian Jewish man in forced labor
Americanized his name to Leslie Shaw, and married a woman named Eleanor. During the war, Laszlo had fought in ... February 1945. Elek was a manufacturer and prominent member of the Jewish community in Budapest where he ... papers. In 1943, Elek was again drafted, and not released until March 1944. On March 18, the family ... involved with negotiations between the wealthy Jewish community and Adolf Eichmann to reduce the numbers of
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21982. Pliers used by Lithuanian labor camp inmate to escape
and photographic materials relating to the experiences of George Birman and his father Abel before ... World War II in Lithuania, during the war when they were interned in Kovno (Kaunas) ghetto and Kedahnen ... (Kedainiai) labor camp, and after the war as displaced persons, including George's postwar education and work ... was sent to labor camp Kedahnen in September 1942, and Abel arrived in spring 1943. During the camp
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21983. Leather belt with 2 sets of holes worn postwar by Lithuanian labor camp inmate / aid worker
and photographic materials relating to the experiences of George Birman and his father Abel before ... World War II in Lithuania, during the war when they were interned in Kovno (Kaunas) ghetto and Kedahnen ... (Kedainiai) labor camp, and after the war as displaced persons, including George's postwar education and work ... camp Kedahnen in September 1942, and Abel arrived in spring 1943. During the camp's evacuation on July
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21984. Forced labor badge worn by a Roman Catholic Polish youth
The collection consists of a forced labor badge, a wooden box, documents, and photographs relating ... to the experiences of Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski and his family in Torun, Gdynia, and Warsaw, Poland ... Breslau, Germany, Majdanek concentration camp, and the United States before, during, and after World War ... with his parents, three brothers, and sister, in the port city of Gdynia, Poland, when the German army
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21985. Monogrammed silver ladle brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences ... Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be ... to serve liquids from deep dishes, and the fiddlehead shape of the handle was very popular in the ... 1800s. The maker’s mark might refer to Emil Harnisch, and the 12 Lothian silver purity mark on the back
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21986. WWI Hungarian War Supporter copper watch fob acquired by a Jewish army veteran
The collection consists of artifacts, audio recordings, documents, film, and photographs relating ... to the experiences of the Deutsch, Krausz, and Veres families in Budapest, Hungary, prior to and ... during the Holocaust, when some family members were deported to camps or lived in hiding, and after their ... for contributions to military aid for the year 1915/16. Bela, an Orthodox Jew and WWI veteran, was
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21987. Irving Heymont papers
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the American Joint Jewish ... reports, and a videocassette relating to the experiences of Irving Heymont, then a Major, 5th Regiment ... 71st Infantry, during and after World War II in Germany, including the liberation of Gunskirchen ... the Army Reserves. He was initially assigned to the 18th Infantry as a Second Lieutenant, and was
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21988. Pair of white leather Masonic gloves with button cuffs owned by a Hungarian Jewish emigre
The collection consists of artifacts, audio recordings, documents, film, and photographs relating ... to the experiences of the Deutsch, Krausz, and Veres families in Budapest, Hungary, prior to and ... during the Holocaust, when some family members were deported to camps or lived in hiding, and after their ... members; a man's pair for the member and a woman's pair for his wife or betrothed. They were symbolic and
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21989. Henckels table knife with a scalloped edge brought with German Jewish prewar refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the ... in Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust. ... (.3), and the handle is likely silver, though it does not bear any marks to confirm that. On January ... Eventually, Jews were no longer able to practice medicine, and the family needed to emigrate. In 1938, Fritz
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21990. Portrait of Lilly Brust Gach
Americanized his name to Leslie Shaw, and married a woman named Eleanor. During the war, Laszlo had fought in ... The collection consists of clothing, documents, photographs, and portraits related to the ... experiences of Livia, Elek, and Eva Brust, their family, and the Vogel and Schwarcz families in Hungary and ... the United States, before, during, and after the Holocaust.
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21991. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, acquired by a former inmate
The collection consists of artifacts and documents relating to the experiences of Gisela Eckstein ... as an inmate of the Theresienstadt ghetto and Maerzdorf slave labor camp and of Joseph Zamoire ... (1914-1918), was wounded in the right shoulder, and awarded the Iron Cross. Bertha was born on March 29 ... her family had lived in the area for three generations. Moses owned a shoe business. Berthold and
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21992. Woodcut portrait of Leo Baeck owned by a Jewish Polish girl
The collection consists of a tin cup, documents, a manuscript, and photographs relating to the ... experiences of Aisik Eisen and his granddaughters Tola and Jula (later Julie Keefer) during the Holocaust in ... the ghetto and in hiding with the assistance of Lucia Nowicka, as well as a hat and table runner ... the Holocaust with her grandfather. Baeck was a Rabbi and intellectual theologian who emerged as an
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21993. Henckels table knife with a scalloped edge brought with German Jewish prewar refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the ... in Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust. ... Eventually, Jews were no longer able to practice medicine, and the family needed to emigrate. In 1938, Fritz ... Gertrude’s father, Caesar, had been in the import-export business. He died young, and Gertrude’s mother
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21994. Monogrammed dinner knife brought with German Jewish prewar refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences ... Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be ... emigrated from Berlin, Germany, to London, England in 1939. The threaded design and script used for the ... initials resemble those elements on the ladle (.4) in this collection, and matches another knife from the
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21995. Hunting knife with leather sheath used by Lithuanian labor camp inmate
and photographic materials relating to the experiences of George Birman and his father Abel before ... World War II in Lithuania, during the war when they were interned in Kovno (Kaunas) ghetto and Kedahnen ... (Kedainiai) labor camp, and after the war as displaced persons, including George's postwar education and work ... concentration/labor camp in September, and Abel arrived in spring 1943. When the camp was being evacuated on
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21996. Monogrammed dinner knife brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the ... in Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust. ... emigrated from Berlin, Germany, to London, England in 1939. The threaded design and script used for the ... school. Eventually, Jews were no longer able to practice medicine, and the family needed to emigrate. In
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21997. Henckels dinner knife brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the ... in Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust. ... Gertrude’s father, Caesar, had been in the import-export business. He died young, and Gertrude’s mother ... began living apart from the family. In 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor, and by that spring, anti
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21998. Timeline
Timeline Timeline This guide to key historical events during the Holocaust and World War II offers ... background and context for the stories in this exhibition. Timeline This guide to key historical events ... during the Holocaust and World War II offers background and context for the stories in this exhibition ... Hitler Named German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party took control of the German government
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21999. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note issued to a Polish Jewish woman
The collection consists of scrip, copy prints, documents, ID cards, and photographs relating to the ... experiences of Paula and Sol Dash and their daughter Lilly in Poland and Germany, during and after the ... liquidation in the fall of 1944. Valuables and currency were forcibly exchanged for the scrip and it was used ... forces occupied the city and quickly established an enclosed Jewish ghetto where Paula, her parents, and
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22000. Brown leather billfold brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences ... Germany, England, and the United States before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be ... Gertrude’s father, Caesar, had been in the import-export business. He died young, and Gertrude’s mother ... began living apart from the family. In 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor, and by that spring, anti