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  1. Medallion, box and certificate awarded to Macedonian Jewish partisan woman

    1. Jamila Kolonomos collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn43724
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • a: Height: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) b: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) c: Height: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Width: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm)

    Gold medallion set awarded to Jamila (Zamila) Kolonomos on October 11, 2005, for her efforts as a partisan fighter during the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia from 1941 to 1945. On April 6, 1941, the Axis powers Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria, invaded and partitioned Yugoslavia. The Macedonian region, including Bitola where Jamila and her family lived, was occupied by Bulgaria. Jamila worked with resistance groups to fight the occupation and was forced to hide at night for her safety. On March 9, 1943, from her hiding place, Jamila witnessed the roundup and deportation of the Jewish com...

  2. Orden Zasluge Za Narod 2nd class awarded to a Macedonian Jewish partisan woman

    1. Jamila Kolonomos collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn43754
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • a: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) b: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) c: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) d: Height: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)

    Yugoslav Order of Merit to the Nation (People), 2nd class, awarded to Jamila (Zamila) Kolonomos in recognition of her service as a partisan during the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia from 1941-1945. The medal was awarded to those who distinguished themselves in the struggle for liberation and merit in securing and organizing the Yugoslav government and army, and for achievement in the economic, cultural and social spheres. This medal was awarded to 39534 people. On April 6, 1941, the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria, invaded and partitioned Yugoslavia. The Macedonian region,...

  3. Orden Bratstva I Jedinstva awarded to a Macedonian Jewish partisan woman

    1. Jamila Kolonomos collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn43755
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • a: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 1.970 inches (5.004 cm) b: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) c: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)

    Order of Brotherhood and Unity 1st class medal awarded to Jamila (Zamila) Kolonomos in recognition of her service as a partisan during the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia from 1941-1945. The medal was awarded to both citizens and foreigners for creation and promotion of brotherhood and unity when the resistance movement was divided by politics, nationality and other factors. On April 6, 1941, the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria, invaded and partitioned Yugoslavia. The Macedonian region, including Bitola where Jamila and her family lived, was occupied by Bulgaria. Jamila wor...

  4. Orden Zasluge Za Narod awarded to a Macedonian Jewish partisan woman

    1. Jamila Kolonomos collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn43758
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • a: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.050 inches (0.127 cm) | Diameter: 1.700 inches (4.318 cm) b: Height: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) c: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)

    Yugoslav Order of Merit to the Nation (People), 1st class awarded to Jamila (Zmila) Kolonomos in 1975, in recognition of her service as a partisan during the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia from 1941-1945. The medal was awarded to those who distinguished themselves in the struggle for liberation and merit in securing and organizing the Yugoslav government and army, and for achievement in the economic, cultural and social spheres. On April 6, 1941, the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria, invaded and partitioned Yugoslavia. The Macedonian region, including Bitola where Jamila an...

  5. Bertha V. Corets Papers

    Correspondence, reports, minutes, booklets, pamphlets and newsclippings pertaining to Bertha V. Corets' activities for the Anti-Nazi Boycott and as a champion of human rights.

  6. 8 porcelain bowls and 3 matching plates received as wedding gifts and recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish woman

    1. Käthe Steiner Stecklmacher collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn77840
    • English
    • a: Height: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Width: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) b: Height: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Width: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) c: Height: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Width: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) d: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) e: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) f: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) g: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) h: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) i: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) j: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) k: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)

    Eight porcelain dinner bowls and 3 porcelain dinner plates with a black floral pattern received by Käthe Steiner upon her marriage to Fritz Stecklmacher on March 25, 1928, in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia. Käthe gave the tableware to non-Jewish neighbors for safekeeping before her July 1942 deportation to Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp. She recovered it when she returned to Prostejov in May 1945. Käthe, Fritz, their two daughters, Maud, age 13, and Karmela, age 8, and her parents Max and Steffi Steiner, were sent to Theresienstadt on July 2, 1942. Max died on September 17. Fritz committed sui...

  7. 6 pressed pattern drinking glasses recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish woman

    1. Käthe Steiner Stecklmacher collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn77841
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) b: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) c: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) d: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) e: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) f: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm)

    Six decorative molded glasses possibly received by Käthe Steiner upon her marriage to Fritz Stecklmacher on March 25, 1928, in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia. Käthe gave the glasses to non-Jewish neighbors for safekeeping before her July 1942 deportation to Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp. She recovered them when she returned to Prostejov in May 1945. Käthe, Fritz, their two daughters, Maud, age 13, and Karmela, age 8, and her parents Max and Steffi Steiner were sent to Theresienstadt on July 2, 1942. Max died on September 17. Fritz committed suicide in Terezin on May 30, 1943. Käthe was assign...

  8. Disappearing ball and magic cup trick returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust

    1. Gustav Steiner collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn77073
    • English
    • 1990
    • a: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) c: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) d: Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)

    Disappearing ball and magic cup trick that originally belonged to 16 year old Gustav Steiner. He entrusted it to his non-Jewish friend and neighbor, Emil Varecka, in July 1942 prior to his deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, to Ghetto Theresienstadt. The ball vase trick was recovered by Gustav's second cousin, Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer, when she visited Prostejov in 1990. She met Emil, who offered her the toy that he had kept since 1942. Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Gustav and his father, Josef, along with Josef's brother Max...

  9. Black wooden ball returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust

    1. Gustav Steiner collection

    Black wooden ball that originally belonged to 16 year old Gustav Steiner. He entrusted it to his non-Jewish friend and neighbor, Emil Varecka, in July 1942 prior to his deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, to Ghetto Theresienstadt. The ball was recovered by Gustav's second cousin, Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer, when she visited Prostejov in 1990. She met Emil, who offered her the toy that he had kept since 1942. Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Gustav and his father, Josef, along with Josef's brother Max and his wife Steffi, and Max's...

  10. Red wooden ball returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust

    1. Gustav Steiner collection

    Red wooden ball that originally belonged to 16 year old Gustav Steiner. He entrusted it to his non-Jewish friend and neighbor, Emil Varecka, in July 1942 prior to his deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, to Ghetto Theresienstadt. The ball was recovered by Gustav's second cousin, Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer, when she visited Prostejov in 1990. She met Emil, who offered her the toy that he had kept since 1942. Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Gustav and his father, Josef, along with Josef's brother Max and his wife Steffi, and Max's d...

  11. Floral evening dress with purple slip worn to the Celebration Ball on the ill-fated voyage of the MS St. Louis

    1. Liesl Joseph Loeb collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn512916
    • English
    • a: Height: 52.750 inches (133.985 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) b: Height: 50.500 inches (128.27 cm) | Width: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm)

    Evening gown worn by Lilly Joseph on board the MS St. Louis for the Celebration and Ball on June 13, 1939. She had the gown made for the voyage, and she wore it only once, for the Celebration held the evening the passengers learned that they did not have to return to Nazi Germany. During the Kristallnacht pogrom, November 9-10, 1938, vandals broke into the Joseph home in Rheydt, Germany. Lilly and her 10 year old daughter, Liesl, hid on the third floor and her husband Joseph was arrested. He was released on the condition that he leave the country. The family sailed on the Hamburg-Amerika lu...

  12. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 25 and 26 -- Testimony of Z. Lubetkin, Y. Zuckerman, A. Berman, R. Kuper

    Sessions 25 and 26. Eichmann sitting in his booth. The Judges open Session 25 and present Decision 14. This decision notes the appeal of witness interrogation abroad as certain witnesses would be arrested under the Nazi Collaborators Punishment Law of 1950, should they appear in Israel. Presiding Judge, Moshe Landau refers to Decision 11, which states that foreign courts may acquire testimony from restricted witnesses for the purpose of the Eichmann trial. There is a blip at 00:07:08. Hausner questions Zivia Lubetkin Zuckerman, a resistance fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto about the conditions ...

  13. Rosh Hashanah card with their photo made by newlyweds in Neu Freimann dp camp

    1. Beryl and Marian Miklin collection

    Shana Tova (New Year's) card with their photo made by Ber and Mirka Miklin in 1946 while they were living in Neu Freimann displaced persons camp in Germany. Ber and Mirka married in the DP camp on September 14, 1946. Rosh Hashanah was on September 26. Ber and his family lived in Latvia which was annexed by the Soviet Union in June 1940. After the German invasion of Latvia in June 1941, Ber and his family were imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto in Riga. In summer 1943, his father Motel and two married sisters, Lena and Zippora, were sent to nearby Kaiserwald concentration camp and killed. Ber a...

  14. Rosh Hashanah card with a photo of an Italian seaport received by newlyweds in Neu Freimann dp camp

    1. Beryl and Marian Miklin collection

    New Year's card received by Ber and Mirka Miklin in 1946 while they were living in Neu Freimann displaced persons camp in Germany. The card is from Mirka's sister Syma and her husband Heniek Gutsztejn and has an image of the seaside village, S. Maria di Bagni. Sima and Heniek, both concnetration camp survivors, had met and married in Janaury 1946 in a DP camp in Italy. Ber and Mirka met and married in the DP camp on September 14, 1946. Rosh Hashanah was on September 26. Ber and his family lived in Latvia which was annexed by the Soviet Union in June 1940. After the German invasion of Latvia...

  15. Rosh Hashanah card with a photo of a young couple received by a Jewish couple in Neu Freimann dp camp

    1. Beryl and Marian Miklin collection

    Shana Tova (New Year's) card received by Ber and Mirka Miklin in 1947 from Ber's friend Zsi Nisan and his wife while they were living in Neu Freimann displaced persons camp in Germany. The card has a photograph of a young, smiling couple. Ber and Mirka married in the DP camp on September 14, 1946. Ber and his family lived in Latvia which was annexed by the Soviet Union in June 1940. After the German invasion of Latvia in June 1941, Ber and his family were imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto in Riga. In summer 1943, his father Motel and two married sisters, Lena and Zippora, were sent to nearby ...

  16. The Pope Gives His Blessing to One of the Worst Nazi Murderers Two sided drawing by Leo Haas: Pope Pius XII blessing Himmler; Camp inmates at roll call

    1. Leo Haas collection

    Double-sided drawing created by Leo Haas with a satiric cartoon of Pope Pius XII blessing SS Chief Himmler on one side and a prisoner roll call at Mauthausen concentration camp where he was an inmate in spring 1945 on the other. For another version of this drawing see 2002.490.8. Haas, 38, a Czech Jew and a professional artist, was arrested in 1939 in Ostrava in German occupied Czechoslovakia for being a Communist. He was deported to Nisko labor camp in Poland, then shipped back to Ostrava to do forced labor. In September 1942, he was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he becam...

  17. Enameled Dutch oven used by a Jewish family in a displaced persons camp

    1. Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn513683
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Depth: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) b: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 7.125 inches (18.098 cm)

    Red and brown enameled metal Dutch oven used by Chana and Josef Matlowsky (later Helen and Joseph Matlow) while living at Eggenfelden displaced persons camp in Germany, from 1947 to 1949. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Chana’s family lived in Zdzieciol (Dziatlava, Belarus). In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Poland. In December, Chana’s brother was sent to work in a forced labor camp in Dworzec (Dvarėts (Hrodzenskaia voblasts', Belarus).) In 1942, German authorities ordered all Jews to move into a ghetto in Zdzieciol, killed ...

  18. Sam and Regina Spiegel photograph albums

    1. Regina and Samuel Spiegel collection

    The collection consists of two photograph albums of Sam and Regina Spiegel, both of whom were survivors of Auschwitz and other concentration camps. One albums depicts the family from the 1940s-1960s. The other album depicts Sam and Regina's wedding in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in 1946.

  19. Brown leather work boots worn by a Hungarian Jewish man for forced labor and in hiding

    1. George Pick family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn514722
    • English
    • a: Height: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm) b: Height: 11.875 inches (30.163 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)

    Leather work boots bought by Istvan Pick in Budapest, Hungary, in spring 1943 when he received a summons to report for forced labor. He wore them in two forced labor battalions, and when he went into hiding in Budapest. Istvan, his wife Margit, and their ten year old son Gyorgy lived in hiding in Budapest from November 1944-January 1945. Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany and adopted similar anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. Istvan, an engineer, lost his job in May 1939 because he was Jewish. He was conscripted into Hungarian labor battalions in 1940, 1943, and 1944. After German setbacks in ...

  20. Dark blue paper covered suitcase used by a Jewish refugee

    1. Ernest and Ruth Chambre collection

    Dark blue suitcase used by Ernest Chambre, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. In 1933, Ernest, originally from Belgium, was a law student in Berlin when Hitler was appointed Chancellor. The persecution of Jews by the Nazi government caused him to flee to Belgium and then, in 1934/1935, to Palestine. Ernest left for Spain, presumably to get to the US, but was imprisoned in Miranda de Ebro internment camp. After his release, he returned to Palestine and married Ruth Elsoffer, a fellow refugee, in 1937. Ruth emigrated to the United States in 1946; Ernest arrived in October 1947.