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  1. Women's Military Service (WSK). District of Lublin Wojskowa Służba Kobiet (WSK). Lublin Dystrykt (Sygn. XIII)

    Contains orders, ordinances, instructions and reports of the Wojskowa Służba Kobiet (WSK) (Women's Army Service) of the Lublin District. Includes also a diary of Warsaw Uprising and documents of Władysław Oleszkiewicz.

  2. Military ID tag issued to identify a Jewish volunteer in the British Army

    1. Eva Biro Slott family collection

    Metal tag identifying him as a Jew issued to Arie Kadar, when he volunteered for a Palestinian Jewish unit affiliated with the British Army in 1939. Arie had emigrated from Mindszent, Hungary, to Palestine, before 1939. He joined the PNR, a Palestinian Jewish battalion affiliated with the British Army, and was captured by the Germans in 1939 in North Africa. He was held as a prisoner-of-war from 1939-1945, from 1941 in Stalag XVIII in Austria. Nearly his entire family in Hungary was murdered during the Holocaust. His young cousin, Eva Biro, survived in hiding in Budapest. After the war ende...

  3. Drawing of a defendant by an interpreter during the International Military Tribunal

    1. Stefan Horn collection

    Pencil portrait of Hans Fritzsche by Stefan Horn, an interpreter during the Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals by the International Military Tribunal.

  5. War Office and Successors: Middle East forces, military sections and headquarters papers, Second World War

    Contains worldwide intelligence summaries, as well as intelligence records relating to Jewish political activities in Palestine.

  6. Presidency of Council of Ministers-Military Cabinet Presedintia Consiliul de Miniştri-Cabinet Militar (Fond 764)

    Records of the military cabinet of Ion Antonescu. Topics covered include the persecution and deportation of Jews, confiscation of Jewish properties, and military actions against partisans. There are also secret police records relating to the Romanian withdrawal from Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina in 1940, as the USSR occupied these regions. Microfilms accreted in 2013 contain various correspondence of Antonescu with Hitler, Maniu, Horia Sima, as well as reports on Iron Guard and communist activities, SSI reports, decision of Antonescu relating to the "Jewish problem," decision of Antonesc...

  7. 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...

  8. Two military ID tags on a cord worn by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Salomon Slowes collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn513638
    • English
    • a: Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) b: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) c: Height: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm)

    Two dog tags on a cord worn by Dr. Salomon Slowes, a medical officer in the Polish Army and the 2nd Polish Corps circa 1939 -1945. Slowes was called up shortly before Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Three weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded. Slowes was captured by the Soviets and interned in Kozel'sk, Pavlishchev Bor, and Gryazovets prisoner of war labor camps. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Slowes was released as part of an amnesty granted to Polish prisoners to aid the Soviet war effort. He joined the Polish Army of the East, known as Anders Army, a vo...

  9. US Army soldier's green felt military patch with 4 gold stripes

    1. Irving H. Rosenberg collection

    Military patch that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg who served in the United States Army during World War II. Army service stripes patch that designates length of service in an oversees capacity during World War II. One bar represents 6 months of service outside the continental United States. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion, attached to the 4th Armored Division, which, in 1945, liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

  10. Honorable Service lapel button, US Military, that belonged to a US soldier

    1. Irving H. Rosenberg collection

    Honorable Service lapel button that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg, who served in the United States Army during World War II. Lapel button was awarded to service personnel who were honorably discharged after World War II. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion which was attached to the 4th Armored Division.

  11. Honorable Service lapel button, US Military, that belonged to a US soldier

    1. Irving H. Rosenberg collection

    Honorable Service lapel button that belonged to Irving H. Rosenberg, who served in the United States Army during World War II. Lapel button was awarded to service personnel who were honorably discharged after World War II. Rosenberg was a medic with the 46th Armored Medical Battalion which was attached to the 4th Armored Division.

  12. Records of the Allied Military Government of Trieste related to restitution claims

    contains records related to restitution for personal property confiscated during the war. The records concern the Jewish community of Trieste and their processing of claims through the Allied Military Government, Property and Claims Division of the Office of the Comptroller.

  13. Framed set of military medals, ribbons, and insignia awarded to US Army Captain J.G. Mitnick

    1. J. George Mitnick collection

    Framed set of awards issued to J. George Mitnick by the United States Army for his service in World War II. Mitnick, a 27 year-old Jewish American, served as a captain in the 65th Infantry Division, European Theater and in the Chemical Warfare Service, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. His unit took control of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945; nearly all the inhabitants were dead, killed by the departing German troops. This was the first concentration camp liberated by US troops and descriptions of the conditions horrified the world. Mitnick’s unit continue...

  14. Framed set of military medals, ribbons and insignia awarded to US Army Captain J.G. Mitnick

    1. J. George Mitnick collection

    Framed set of awards issued to J. George Mitnick by the United States Army for his service in World War II. Mitnick, a 27 year-old Jewish American, served as a captain in the 65th Infantry Division, European Theater and in the Chemical Warfare Service, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. His unit took control of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945; nearly all the inhabitants were dead, killed by the departing German troops. This was the first concentration camp liberated by US troops and descriptions of the conditions horrified the world. Mitnick’s unit continue...

  15. Framed shadow box of military medals and ribbons awarded to a US Army Captain

    1. J. George Mitnick collection

    Framed shadow box of awards issued to J. George Mitnick by the United States Army. Mitnick, a 27 year-old Jewish American, served as a captain in the 65th Infantry Division, European Theater and in the Chemical Warfare Service, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. His unit took control of the Ohrdruf concentration camp in April 1945. Nearly all the inhabitants were dead, killed by the departing German troops. This was the first concentration camp liberated by US troops and descriptions of the conditions horrified the world. Mitnick’s unit continued on into Austria and was...

  16. US poster depicting Uncle Sam and a list of military occupations

    1. David and Zelda Silberman collection

    US poster depicting Uncle Sam and a list of military occupations below encouraging the public with the necessary skills to apply for these positions. The poster is part of the US propaganda posters distributed by the Office of War Information. The need to manage the war on the Home Front led to the establishment of the OWI in June 1942. This office controlled the design and distribution of war information to the American public in posters, photographs, radio shows, and films. They commissioned work from leading artists of the period. This poster uses the Uncle Sam image made famous by James...

  17. Weapons training Satirical print of Jewish officers playing cards during military maneuvers

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    Color print of a drawing by Fritz Schonplug depicting three Jewish soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian Army playing cards while on horeback nad in a wagon while on military maneuvers. This print is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.

  18. Solingen hunting knife with sheath presented to US military aid worker by liberated inmates

    1. Milton L. Shurr collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn514919
    • English
    • a: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)

    Hunting knife with stag antler handle and leather sheath presented to Lt. Milton Shurr, a Jewish 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 Unit. He landed on Omaha Beach soon after the invasion to organize medical supplies, then was placed with the 1st Army Displaced Persons Team. On April 11, 1945, the US Third Army liberated Buchenwald. Command of the camp was transferred to the 1st Army, which was responsible for establishing...

  19. Piston head ashtray made for concentration camp commander found by US military aid worker

    1. Milton L. Shurr collection

    Ashtray made from a truck piston head found by Lt. Milton Shurr, a Jewish American soldier, at the recently liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in April-May 1945 in Germany. It is inscribed to Herman Pister, the SS camp commandant, who fled before US troops arrived. He was captured, tried, and sentenced to death, but died before the sentence was carried out. First Lt. Shurr, Civil Affairs Unit, assisted in planning for D-Day, June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach soon after the invasion to organize supplies, then was placed with the 1st Army Displaced Persons Team. On April 11, 1945, t...

  20. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark, with inscription found by US military aid worker

    1. Milton L. Shurr collection

    Inscribed 2 Reichsmark Buchenwald Kantine coupon found by Lt. Milton Shurr, a Jewish American soldier, in April-May 1945 in the recently liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. First Lt. Shurr, Civil Affairs Unit, assisted in planning for D-Day, June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach soon after the invasion to organize supplies, then was placed with the 1st Army Displaced Persons Team. On April 11, 1945, the US Third Army liberated Buchenwald. Command of the camp was transferred to the 1st Army, which was responsible for establishing order, improving camp conditions, and caring ...