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4176. Set of US Army issue dog tags worn by a Jewish soldier and POW
consisted of Jews and those that the guards considered troublemakers and undesirables. Norman received two ... ersatz coffee. The guards were SS and regularly beat the prisoners with lengths of rubber hose or rifle ... punishment, the guards beat everyone in the group. In early April, as Allied forces approached the region
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4177. Gray wood and metal ladder used while in hiding by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
several SS guards came looking for escaped prisoners that neighbors had spotted. A woman and child came ... out and told the guards that the prisoners ran into the woods. The next morning, the woman’s 16 year ... Regina, had seen them hide and had lied to the guards. Regina and Konrad Zimoń’s daughters, Stefania
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4178. Curtain that was used as a towel found by a Polish Jewish forced laborer
Germans encircled the ghetto with a barbed wire and wood fence. Armed guards and dogs were stationed ... disrobe in front of the guards, had their heads shaved, were given prisoner dresses, and forced to run ... walk barefoot six miles to work. There, the women were beaten by the guards and several died every day
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4179. Ross Baker collection
Guard photographs of Cherbourg and the invasion at Normandy; liberation photographs of Ebensee; and a ... new graves in the Jewish section and of her visits to several Jewish shops guarded by Nazis to see if ... relate to rallies, calls for donations, and other propaganda. Photographs consist of US Coast Guard
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4180. Fogel, Mermelstein, and Klarman families photograph collection
from the group, deeming them too weak and emaciated to work. Irene said to a camp guard, “She is my ... a Nazi guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau. “We asked the other prisoners when we would see our families ... guard, “She is my sister,” and was then allowed to go with Serena. The sisters heard from other inmates
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4181. Painted plastic doll given to a young Jewish girl in hiding in France
to Drancy transit camp. Abraham, a tailor, had made uniforms for the French guards and he was able to ... Renée’s father was able to secure her release after bribing the French guards for whom he made uniforms ... ’s father told her that her mother was in a hospital. Abraham made uniforms for the French guards, and was
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4182. Halina Olomucki drawing of emaciated women prisoners crowded in a barrack
guard came into the barracks and asked if there was anyone who knew how to paint and Halina volunteered ... less wash, and living conditions were primitive and filthy. She also did sketches for the SS guards ... murdered by guards. As Soviet forces neared, the camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to
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4183. Halina Olomucki drawing of an anquished women holding an infant
guard came into the barracks and asked if there was anyone who knew how to paint and Halina volunteered ... less wash, and living conditions were primitive and filthy. She also did sketches for the SS guards ... murdered by guards. As Soviet forces neared, the camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to
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4184. Halina Olomucki drawing of adults embracing children afraid of being killed
guard came into the barracks and asked if there was anyone who knew how to paint and Halina volunteered ... less wash, and living conditions were primitive and filthy. She also did sketches for the SS guards ... murdered by guards. As Soviet forces neared, the camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to
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4185. Dark blue concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
his parents daily. In winter 1943, Moses was moved to the recently completed camp barracks. The guards ... Auschwitz was evacuated. Moses was told to go into the houses of the guards and take whatever he could carry ... was a digger in a work group assigned to a small town 2 miles from the camp. On March 31, the guards
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4186. Striped concentration camp uniform trousers worn by Polish Jewish inmate
his parents daily. In winter 1943, Moses was moved to the recently completed camp barracks. The guards ... Auschwitz was evacuated. Moses was told to go into the houses of the guards and take whatever he could carry ... was a digger in a work group assigned to a small town 2 miles from the camp. On March 31, the guards
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4187. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, issued to inmate
his parents daily. In winter 1943, Moses was moved to the recently completed camp barracks. The guards ... Auschwitz was evacuated. Moses was told to go into the houses of the guards and take whatever he could carry ... was a digger in a work group assigned to a small town 2 miles from the camp. On March 31, the guards
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4188. Halina Olomucki drawing of concentration camp inmate carrying a rock
guard came into the barracks and asked if there was anyone who knew how to paint and Halina volunteered ... less wash, and living conditions were primitive and filthy. She also did sketches for the SS guards ... murdered by guards. As Soviet forces neared, the camp was evacuated by death march on January 18, 1945, to
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4189. Luba Tryszynska-Frederick papers
provider – she went all over the camp getting provisions, collecting, and winning help from some guards ... There are indications that the women had help from friendly SS guards and even received provisions for ... the children from women SS guards. Right until liberation, Luba and Hermina kept the orphaned children
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4190. Moses Silberberg collection
his parents daily. In winter 1943, Moses was moved to the recently completed camp barracks. The guards ... Auschwitz was evacuated. Moses was told to go into the houses of the guards and take whatever he could carry ... was a digger in a work group assigned to a small town 2 miles from the camp. On March 31, the guards
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4191. ID patch stenciled 139905 worn by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate
and the rest deported to concentration camps. The labor camp had no SS guards and the workers were fed ... Conditions were brutal; the guards beat and killed workers for no reason. Accidents from the explosions used ... they awoke the next morning, the guards were gone. Soviet troops had liberated the area. Shmuel joined
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4192. Luger P08 pistol, holster, and magazine captured by a Yugoslavian partisan
The circular trigger guard extends out from the front of the handle and contains the crescent-shaped ... there is a small magazine release button between the handle and trigger guard. The release is a small ... lever with a raised, round, knurled end above the trigger guard. There is a small safety lever on the
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4193. Striped bath towel embroidered with the inmate’s prisoner number and used in Buchenwald concentration camp
took control by storming the guard towers and forcing the guards to flee. Perec weighed 50 pounds at ... -Kaiserwald, Stutthof, and Buchenwald concentration camps by playing his violin to appease the guards and earn
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4194. Yellow and brown plastic hair clip owned by a young girl in German occupied Budapest
family; he believed that he was set free by a guard because he was holding the toddler at the time. They ... beaten by the German guards. Her daughter began crying and begged one of the soldiers not to hurt her ... believed that he was allowed to leave by a guard because he was holding the toddler. Approximately 300
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4195. Yellow handkerchief with red dots owned by a young girl in German occupied Budapest
family; he believed that he was set free by a guard because he was holding the toddler at the time. They ... beaten by the German guards. Her daughter began crying and begged one of the soldiers not to hurt her ... believed that he was allowed to leave by a guard because he was holding the toddler. Approximately 300
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4196. Matzoh cover with an embroidered Star of David, kiddush cup, and Hebrew inscription recovered postwar by a Dutch Jewish family
loaded onto trains. Their guards abandoned them near Troebitz, Germany, and with the arrival of Soviet ... April 23, 1945, the German guards disappeared near the town of Troebitz, Germany. Soon they saw Soviet ... guards disappeared near the town of Troebitz, Germany. Soon Soviet forces appeared and they realized they
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4197. Lace doily with net semi-circles and floral design recovered by Dutch Jewish family
loaded onto trains. Their guards abandoned them near Troebitz, Germany, and with the arrival of Soviet ... April 23, 1945, the German guards disappeared near the town of Troebitz, Germany. Soon they saw Soviet ... guards disappeared near the town of Troebitz, Germany. Soon Soviet forces appeared and they realized they
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4198. White net doily with embroidered flowers recovered by a Dutch Jewish family
evacuate the camp because of advancing Allied forces and the inmates were loaded onto trains. Their guards ... April 23, 1945, the German guards disappeared near the town of Troebitz, Germany. Soon they saw Soviet ... guards disappeared near the town of Troebitz, Germany. Soon Soviet forces appeared and they realized they
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4199. Flower patterned crocheted doily made by a Dutch Jewish woman after the war
because of advancing Allied forces and the inmates were loaded onto trains. Their guards abandoned them ... April 23, 1945, the German guards disappeared near the town of Troebitz, Germany. Soon they saw Soviet ... guards disappeared near the town of Troebitz, Germany. Soon Soviet forces appeared and they realized they
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4200. Watercolor with a variety of fruit painted by an orphan child at Lingfield House
to die. The guard, a German political prisoner, took a liking to Judith and gave her extra food and ... out of the camp as Soviet troops began closing in. They were forced to march under guard and slept ... outdoors in fields. One morning they woke to find the SS Guards had vanished only to be replaced by Soviet