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  1. Three hangers for a wardrobe trunk used by German Jewish refugees on the MS St. Louis

    1. Egon J. Salmon collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn12835
    • English
    • g: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 18.875 inches (47.943 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) h: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) i: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 18.875 inches (47.943 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)

    Three wooden hangers for an upright trunk, 1998.65.1 a-f, used by Egon Salmon, 15, and his family when they left Nazi Germany on the MS St. Louis in May 1939. Following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938, Egon’s father Paul was arrested in Rheydt and held in Dachau. He was released after he received a visa for Cuba. Paul left in January 1939 for Havana. On May 13, 1939, Egon, mother Erna, and sister Edith left on the MS St. Louis for Cuba. When the ship reached Havana, the Cuban government refused to allow most of the passengers, nearly all Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution, to disemb...

  3. Exceptional measures. Various Orders of the Day to be issued. Orders regarding refugees.

    No Jews or Russians allowed to cross the Prut into Romania. Vigilance for foreign agents Report of operations. Hostile attitude of the local population. The attitude of the Jews and the reaction to it by the troops. Solution proposed to protect (by internment) the Jews from the troops. Requests for information regarding the hostile acts against the Army and the population, by the “jewish-communists”.

  4. Jews refugees from the Independent State of Croatia and German occupied Serbia.

    1. Државна комисија за утврђивање злочина окупатора и њихових помагача
    2. Documents on the Holocaust in Serbia and the Independent State of Croatia

    Documents produced in 1941-1942 by Italian authorities in Fiume (Rijeka) and Spalato (Split) about the Jews refugees from the Independent State of Croatia and German occupied Serbia. Details about the number, financial situation, personal data, place of temporary residence. The documents were produced by the Italian authorities in 1941 and 1942.

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Arrival of Romanian Jewish refugees in Palestine

    Arrival of 600 Romanian Jewish refugees (liberated by Russians) near Haifa [coming from concentration camp in Trans-Dniestrie]. LS ship docked. 05:21:27 MS refugees wave handkerchiefs. Authorities go aboard. LS ship with soldiers carryng arms; ambulances in FG. Unloading baggage with Commandant Morgan, Sea Transport Naval Officer, in FG. 05:22:35 Refugees exit ship down gangplank; elderly, mothers with children. 05:25:08 Filled baggage wagon passes in front of ship. Young refugees dance the "Hora" on the bridge of the ship. Refugees pass crowded train and board another. Arrival of train in ...

  6. Selected records of Jewish political refugees from the Schweizerisches Arbeiterhilfswerk Archives

    This collection contains materials on Jewish refugees in Switzerland who were helped by the Swiss Labor Assistance. It also contains a 1260-card registry of persons who were in contact with the Swiss Labor Office from 1933 to 1945.

  7. Silver, engraved kiddush cup used by German Jewish refugees in Shanghai

    1. Zalcgendler-Caspary family collection

    Kiddush cup saved by the Caspary family when they fled from Bublitz, Germany, (Bobolice, Poland) during the Holocaust and used by the family in the Hongkew ghetto, Shanghai, China

  8. Silver, engraved kiddush cup used by German Jewish refugees in Shanghai

    1. Zalcgendler-Caspary family collection

    Kiddush cup saved by the Caspary family when they fled from Bublitz, Germany (Bobolice, Poland) during the Holocaust and used by the family in the Hongkew ghetto, Shanghai, China.

  9. Silver, engraved kiddush cup used by German Jewish refugees in Shanghai

    1. Zalcgendler-Caspary family collection

    Kiddush cup saved by the Caspary family when they fled from Bublitz, Germany Bobolice, Poland) during the Holocaust and used by the family in the Hongkew ghetto, Shanghai, China.

  10. March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish refugees, Jewish Agency, Jewish Brigade in Palestine

    Young Jewish refugees, having escaped the Germans, arrived at the Athlit Camp near Haifa wanting to join the Jewish Brigade. Yellow stars pinned to coats and vests. General shot of the recruiting. Several young Jews stand before the table to sign up. MS, Jews signing up, Yellow Star of David is apparent. General shot of young Jews entering the Recruiting Department of the Jewish Agency of Tel Aviv. CU, sign of recruiting bureau in Hebrew and English. The Mobile Jewish Brigade of Tel Monte - a special armed Jewish brigade authorized by the English authorities to defend the settlement (create...

  11. Oil lamp used for Sabbath brought by German Jewish refugees to the US

    1. Herta Berman collection

  12. Print of the Zülz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees

    1. Donald H. Harter family collection

    Woodcut print of the Zülz synagogue made by artist Rudolf Kraft (formerly Kramarczyk, 1885-1945), and owned by the Hirschberg (later Harter) family, German Jewish refugees. The synagogue was located in the town of Zülz and built in 1774, after the previous one had burned down. At the time of construction, the new synagogue was one of the largest in Germany. However, the Jewish population began to decline, and by World War I (1914-1918) there were only a few Jews left in Zülz. The Hirschberg (later Harter) family included Harry, his wife Lenore, and children, Donald and Dorothy. They lived i...

  13. Deutsches Jungvolk; KdF parade; Rothkirch in Vienna; Czech border; Refugees; Invasion of Poland

    Deutsches Jungvolk [German youngsters in the Hitler Youth - DJ] Young boys aged 8-14 in training, laughing, bugle, outdoor drills, eating, tent camp with flags. 10:07:40 Boys return to city with rucksacks, hop on streetcars. 10:07:53 Crowds gather for DJ demonstration outdoors near Berlin, boys drumming, tents with DJ flags, family members observe the boys' activities, wrestling. 10:09:30 The boys prepare to march in a parade, bugles with DJ flag. 10:10:28 Count Rothkirch sets up ladder with film camera for demonstration in Berlin. Pan, Brandenburg Gate with banner: "Fuehrer befiel wir folg...

  14. 19th century illustration depicting scenes of Jewish refugees waiting to immigrate

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    Newsprint illustration, Judische Emigraten in Brody (Galizien), Jewish emigrants in Brody (Galicia) with 6 detailed, captioned vignettes of Jewish life in Brody, circa 1882, when it was a gateway to the west for thousands of Jews seeking to leave Eastern Europe. By May 1882, there were around 12,000 Jewish refugees in Brody. In 1772, Brody was annexed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire; from 1919-1939, it was part of Poland, and since the end of the war in 1945, it has been part of Ukraine. In 1880, Jews made up 75 percent of the population and it was an intellectual center and a thriving tradi...

  15. "Enemy Aliens": The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada, 1940-1943

    1. Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre fonds
    2. Exhibition records

    Sub-series consists of promotional materials, guest book, media coverage, exhibition catalogue, imaging licensing and permission documentation and other records to do with the "Enemy Aliens": The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada, 1940-1943 exhibition, which ran from June 12, 2012 to October 11, 2013.

  16. Wooden box owned by a Japanese aid coordinator for Jewish refugees in Shanghai

    1. Koreshige Inuzuka collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn522135
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Depth: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) b: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 14.125 inches (35.878 cm) | Depth: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) c: Height: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)

    Dark brown, telescoping, wooden box owned by Koreshige Inuzuka, a naval Captain who served as the head of the Japanese Imperial Navy’s Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs in occupied Shanghai, China, from 1939 to 1943. In 1937, Japan occupied Shanghai and began to enact new policies regarding the territory’s interaction with increasing numbers of European refugees, especially Jews. As one of the Japanese military’s “Jewish experts” Koreshige was consulted to assist with refugee policies. Early in his career, he was exposed to western anti-Semitism and false claims of a Jewish plan for world d...

  17. Folding Fan owned by a Japanese aid coordinator for Jewish refugees in Shanghai

    1. Koreshige Inuzuka collection

    Wooden folding fan with Japanese characters owned by Koreshige Inuzuka, a naval Captain who served as the head of the Japanese Imperial Navy’s Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs in occupied Shanghai, China, from 1939 to 1943. In 1937, Japan occupied Shanghai and began to enact new policies regarding the territory’s interaction with increasing numbers of European refugees, especially Jews. As one of the Japanese military’s “Jewish experts” Koreshige was consulted to assist with refugee policies. Early in his career, he was exposed to western anti-Semitism and false claims of a Jewish plan for...

  18. Metal identification tag used by Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to the US

    1. Gustav and Stefi Geisel collection

    Identification tag that was owned by Stefi and Gustav Geisel. They had emigrated separately to the United States in 1938 to escape the harsh persecutions of Jews in Nazi Germany. They met in Chicago and married in 1942. Stefi had lived in Mosbach, Germany, with her parents and younger brother, Walter. In 1938, 18 year old Stefi Siegel was sent to live with relatives in Chicago. Her parents left for England that year and arrived in the US in 1943. Walter had been sent to the Netherlands; after Germany occupied the country in 1940, he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp, then to Ber...

  19. Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war

    1. Emilie Boit collection

    Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.

  20. Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war

    1. Emilie Boit collection

    Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.