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  1. Silver-plated table knife with Nazi emblem acquired by a former concentration camp inmate

    1. Leslie Meisels collection

    Silver-plated table knife with a Reichsadler stamp acquired by Laszlo Meisels, while recuperating in Hillersleben, Germany, after his liberation from a prisoner transport train by US troops in April 1945. Laszlo and his family were living in the small town of Nádudvar when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944. The authorities quickly established a Jewish ghetto in the town, and Laszlo and his family, along with the Jews from surrounding towns were forced inside. Soon after, Laszlo’s father, Lajos, was conscripted for forced labor service and taken away. In June, Laszlo, along with hi...

  2. Silver-plated table knife with Nazi emblem acquired by a former concentration camp inmate

    1. Leslie Meisels collection

    Silver-plated table knife with a Reichsadler stamp acquired by Laszlo Meisels, while recuperating in Hillersleben, Germany, after his liberation from a prisoner transport train by US troops in April 1945. Laszlo and his family were living in the small town of Nádudvar when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944. The authorities quickly established a Jewish ghetto in the town, and Laszlo and his family, along with the Jews from surrounding towns were forced inside. Soon after, Laszlo’s father, Lajos, was conscripted for forced labor service and taken away. In June, Laszlo, along with hi...

  3. White lace pillowcase returned to Czech Jewish concentration camp inmates postwar

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    Pillowcase originally from the home of Josef Steiner that was returned to Maud Stecklmacher, his maternal great niece, after the war by their non-Jewish neighbors Muzikant and Sevcik to whom he had entrusted it before his July 1942 deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several linens saved and recovered (2005.342.5). Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Maud, 13, her parents Fritz and Käthe, her sister Karmela, 8, her grandparents Max and Steffi Steiner, and Josef and his son Gustav, 16, were sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-lab...

  4. White pillowcase with lace and an MS monogram returned to Czech Jewish concentration camp inmates postwar

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    Pillowcase originally from the home of Josef Steiner that was returned to Maud Stecklmacher, his maternal great niece, after the war by their non-Jewish neighbors Muzikant and Sevcik to whom he had entrusted it before his July 1942 deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several linens saved and recovered (2005.342.4). Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Maud, 13, her parents Fritz and Käthe, her sister Karmela, 8, her grandparents Max and Steffi Steiner, and Josef and his son Gustav, 16, were sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-lab...

  5. Circular white tablecloth saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, 2012.342.6-11, preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.

  6. Rectangular white tablecloth saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, 2012.342.6-11, preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.

  7. White cotton tablecloth with floral motifs saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, (2012.342.6,7, 9-11), preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.

  8. Square white tablecloth with floral motifs saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, 2012.342.6-11, preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.

  9. Square white cotton tablecloth saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, (2012.342.6-9,11), preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.

  10. Square white cotton tablecloth saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Maud Michal Beer family collection

    White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, (2012.342.6-10), preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.

  11. Before the Bath Porcelain figurine of a seated female acquired from Adolf Hitler’s Munich apartment

    Painted porcelain figurine of a woman in a swimsuit, taken in 1945 from Adolf Hitler’s Prince Regent Square apartment in Munich, Germany, by Daniel Jacobson, a Jewish-American soldier. On April 30, 1945, Daniel arrived in Munich with the 179th infantry, 45th division. The apartment was untouched by the war and was visited by several American servicemen from Daniel’s division. Daniel visited the apartment on May 6, and left with the figurine and Hitler’s personal stationery. The figurine was designed in 1913 by Rudolf Marcuse, a German-Jewish artist. He was persecuted by the Nazi authorities...

  12. White cloth armband worn by a Roman Catholic Polish firefighter in Warsaw

    1. Hermanowski family collection

    Firefighter’s armband issued to Wojciech Hermanowski and used during the German occupation of Warsaw. The armband enabled Wojciech to safely go out on the streets, even after curfew, which was dangerous for most Polish residents. Wojciech was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, Jan and Stanislawa, and his older brother, Andrzej, in Warsaw, Poland, when the German army invaded on September 1, 1939. Wojciech was no longer allowed to go to school, so he began attending trade school and took general classes in secret. In February 1943, Andrzej was arrested as part of the underground r...

  13. Forced labor badge worn by a Roman Catholic Polish youth

    1. Hermanowski family collection

    Forced labor badge worn by Wojciech Hermanowski, to identify him as a Polish forced laborer in Wriezen and Eberswalde, Germany, near Breslau, between August 1944 and May 1945. Wojciech was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, Jan and Stanislawa, and his older brother, Andrzej, in Warsaw, Poland, when the German army invaded on September 1, 1939. Wojciech was no longer allowed to go to school, so he began attending trade school and took general classes in secret. In February 1943, Andrzej was arrested as part of the underground resistance, and later transported to Auschwitz concentr...

  14. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, belonging to a German Jewish woman

    1. Ansbacher family collection

    Scrip, valued at 1 krone, distributed to Selma Ansbacher and her family in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia between May 1943 and May 1945. At Theresienstadt, currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. Before the war, Selma’s husband, Ludwig Ansbacher, owned a fabric store in the small town of Dinkelsbühl, Germany. In 1937 they moved to Frankfurt. They sent their oldest son Manfred to an agricultural school near Hanover and he immigrated to Australia by 1939. In May 1942, their son Heinz was deported ...

  15. Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, belonging to a German Jewish woman

    1. Ansbacher family collection

    Yellow, factory-printed Star of David badge stitched to a backing fabric by Selma Ansbacher and worn at all times by her daughter, Sigrid Ansbacher (later Strauss) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, between September 1, 1941 and September 17, 1942. She began wearing the star after the September 1, 1941 decree that all Jews in the Reich six years of age or older were required to wear a yellow star badge. The badge was sewn onto outer clothing and used to stigmatize and control the Jewish population following Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 and the passage of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935. Before the...

  16. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, belonging to a German Jewish woman

    1. Ansbacher family collection

    Scrip, valued at 10 kronen, distributed to Selma Ansbacher and her family in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia between May 1943 and May 1945. At Theresienstadt, currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. Before the war, Selma’s husband, Ludwig Ansbacher, owned a fabric store in the small town of Dinkelsbühl, Germany. In 1937 they moved to Frankfurt. They sent their oldest son Manfred to an agricultural school near Hanover and he immigrated to Australia by 1939. In May 1942, their son Heinz was deporte...

  17. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, belonging to a German Jewish woman

    1. Ansbacher family collection

    Scrip, valued at 10 kronen, distributed to Selma Ansbacher and her family in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia between May 1943 and May 1945. At Theresienstadt, currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. Before the war, Selma’s husband, Ludwig Ansbacher, owned a fabric store in the small town of Dinkelsbühl, Germany. In 1937 they moved to Frankfurt. They sent their oldest son Manfred to an agricultural school near Hanover and he immigrated to Australia by 1939. In May 1942, their son Heinz was deporte...

  18. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, belonging to a German Jewish woman

    1. Ansbacher family collection

    Scrip, valued at 2 kronen, distributed to Selma Ansbacher and her family in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia between May 1943 and May 1945. At Theresienstadt, currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. Before the war, Selma’s husband, Ludwig Ansbacher, owned a fabric store in the small town of Dinkelsbühl, Germany. In 1937 they moved to Frankfurt. They sent their oldest son Manfred to an agricultural school near Hanover and he immigrated to Australia by 1939. In May 1942, their son Heinz was deported...

  19. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, belonging to a German Jewish woman

    1. Ansbacher family collection

    Scrip, valued at 2 kronen, distributed to Selma Ansbacher and her family in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia between May 1943 and May 1945. At Theresienstadt, currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. Before the war, Selma’s husband, Ludwig Ansbacher, owned a fabric store in the small town of Dinkelsbühl, Germany. In 1937 they moved to Frankfurt. They sent their oldest son Manfred to an agricultural school near Hanover and he immigrated to Australia by 1939. In May 1942, their son Heinz was deported...

  20. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, belonging to a German Jewish woman

    1. Ansbacher family collection

    Scrip, valued at 1 krone, distributed to Selma Ansbacher and her family in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia between May 1943 and May 1945. At Theresienstadt, currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. Before the war, Selma’s husband, Ludwig Ansbacher, owned a fabric store in the small town of Dinkelsbühl, Germany. In 1937 they moved to Frankfurt. They sent their oldest son Manfred to an agricultural school near Hanover and he immigrated to Australia by 1939. In May 1942, their son Heinz was deported ...