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  1. Novoris leather wrist watch worn by German Jewish emigre and US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Swiss made Novoris wrist watch with a black leather band owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to the 104th In...

  2. Cut film holder for Plaubel camera used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Cut film holder for a Makina II Plaubel camera owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to the 104th Infantry, th...

  3. Stainless steel wrist watch owned by German Jewish emigre and US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Stainless steel link wrist watch with an expandable band owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to the 104th In...

  4. Ribbon bar award for construction of the German West Wall acquired by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen ribbon bar commemorating construction of the German West Wall acquired by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army in Europe from July 1944 to June 1946. The West Wall medal was issued from August 2, 1939, to January 31, 1941, to those who built the fortifications along German’s western boundary, or were stationed there prior to May 4, 1940. In May 1936, Sichel, unable to return to Germany from England, left for the US. In April 1943, he enlisted in the army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence tr...

  5. Four Plaubel color camera filters, lens, and case used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn46785
    • English
    • a: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) b: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) c: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) d: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) e: Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Diameter: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) f: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) g: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)

    Set of 4 color camera filters, a clear T 1.5 lens for a Plaubel camera, and fitted case owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in F...

  6. Autoknips Model I automatic timer for camera used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Autoknips Model 1 automatic timer for a camera owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to the 104th Infantry, th...

  7. Zeiss Ikon camera filter, case, and box used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn46782
    • English
    • a: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) b: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) c: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) d: Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)

    Zeiss Ikon yellow camera filter with leather case and box owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to the 104th I...

  8. Horvex light meter, case, and notes used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn46786
    • English
    • a: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) b: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) c: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm)

    Horvex selenium light meter, case, and note owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to the 104th Infantry, the T...

  9. H. Moser & Cie silver pocket watch with chain owned by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Large H. Moser & Cie silver pocket watch with a separate chain owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to th...

  10. Art Deco silver pocket watch owned by German Jewish US emigre and soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Silver pocket watch with geometric Art Deco style etching on the back owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to...

  11. Two-sided silk escape map of Western Europe acquired by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Two-sided silk escape map of Western Europe carried by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to the 104th Infantry, the...

  12. U.S. Army M2 clear plastic map template grid used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Plastic U.S. Army M2 map template grid used by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army in Europe from July 1944 to June 1946. The template was used with a military map or aerial photographs to help a soldier determine location and gauge distance. A point on the grid is selected and lined up with a numerical or topographical point on the map or photo, which represents a geographical point in actual terrain. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda j...

  13. Military protractor with map coordinators used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Plastic military protractor with 3 right angle map coordinators used by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army in Europe from July 1944 to June 1946. The protractor is used with a military map with preprinted gridlines to help a soldier figure out locations and gauge distance. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In J...

  14. Wooden toy bus owned by a Czechoslovakian Jewish girl

    1. Pollatschek family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn551457
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) b: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)

    Wooden toy bus given to Renate Pollatschek (later Renata Polt) by her parents in the 1930s when they were living in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia. The bus is a German toy with “Eilkraftwagen” painted on the sides, rather than “Autobus.” The new word was likely created by the Nazi party to replace foreign words like “Autobus” in the German language. Renate lived with her parents, Friedrich and Elisabeth, her older brother, Hans, and her paternal grandmother, Henriette. She was less than a year old when Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. Friedrich, was concerne...

  15. Long underwear worn by a Jewish Polish partisan in the Soviet Army

    1. Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection

    Long underwear pants worn by Josef Matlowsky (later Joseph Matlow), a Jewish partisan, while fighting in the Soviet Army around Lida, Poland (now Belarus), from 1944 to 1945. The pants, possibly made of fustian, would have been issued as part of a winter uniform. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Josef, his parents, Rubin and Fruma, and his sisters, Edith, Toby and Michla, lived. Following the invasion, his family went to live in Radun, with Josef’s maternal grandparents, Iude and Lachil. In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Polan...

  16. David Winchester papers

    1. David Winchester collection

    The papers consist of two letters concerning business transactions that were sent from David Winchester's parents, Shmuel Gershon and Chana Grafstein Wincygster, to an uncle in Mexico, one certificate from the International Refugee Organization Preparatory Commission, and one sealed document.

  17. Glass bowl etched ORT presented to Director, ORT schools, DP camps

    1. Louis J. Walinsky collection

    Etched glass presentation bowl given to Louis J. Walinsky, Director of ORT vocational training schools in displaced persons camps in Europe in 1947. It was made in Landsberg am Lech dp camp in the US occupation zone in Germany. After the war ended in May 1945, ORT opened vocational training schools in dp camps, the first in Landsberg in August. The schools trained Holocaust survivors in practical skills such as metalworking, carpentry, dress making, and mechanics, so they could establish new lives after they immigrated. Louis, a teacher and economist, began working for American ORT in 1947....

  18. Hand cast ORT bookends presented to Director, ORT schools, DP camps

    1. Louis J. Walinsky collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn514753
    • English
    • 1947
    • a: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) b: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm)

    Two cast metal ORT bookends presented in 1947 to Louis J. Walinsky, Director of ORT vocational training schools in displaced persons camps in Europe in 1947. It was made in a dp camp in the US occupation zone in Germany. After the war ended in May 1945, ORT opened vocational training schools in dp camps, the first in Landsberg in August. The schools trained Holocaust survivors in practical skills such as metalworking, carpentry, dress making, and mechanics, so they could establish new lives after they immigrated. Louis, a teacher and economist, began working for American ORT in 1947. He was...

  19. Black leather case presented to the Director, ORT vocational schools, DP camps

    1. Louis J. Walinsky collection

    Black leather portfolio inscribed as a gift for Louis J. Walinsky, Director of ORT vocational training schools in displaced persons camps in Europe in 1947. It was made in Belsen displaced persons camp in the US occupation zone in Germany. After the war, ORT opened vocational training schools in dp camps, the first in Landsberg in August. The schools trained Holocaust survivors in practical skills such as metalworking, carpentry, dress making, and mechanics, so they could establish new lives after they immigrated. Louis, a teacher and economist, began working for American ORT Federation in ...

  20. Cigarette lighter with Polish coins given to Director, ORT schools, DP camps

    1. Louis J. Walinsky collection

    Brass cigarette lighter with two inset prewar Polish coins presented to Louis J. Walinsky, Director of ORT vocational training schools in displaced persons camps in Europe in 1947. It was made by ORT participants in Ansbach dp camp in the US occupation zone in Germany. After the war ended in May 1945, ORT opened vocational training schools in dp camps, the first in Landsberg in August. The schools trained Holocaust survivors in practical skills such as metalworking, carpentry, dress making, and mechanics, so they could establish new lives after they immigrated. Louis, a teacher and economis...