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  1. Unused forced labor badge, yellow and purple P, acquired by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Unused forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, 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 badges were worn by Polish forced laborers in German territory, circa 1940-1945, to make them easy to identify and keep separate from the local populace. 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 intell...

  2. Hinged pack film holder used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Hinged holder for pack film 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, the Timb...

  3. Plaubel yellow camera filter and case used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn46780
    • English
    • a: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)

    Plaubel yellow filter and fitted leather case, likely for use with a Makina II 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 Fr...

  4. Dark brown leather document wallet used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Well used, dark brown leather document wallet with 8 pockets 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 104t...

  5. Plaubel R O,1 clear camera lens and case used by German Jewish German US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn46779
    • English
    • a: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)

    Plaubel R 0,1 clear lens and fitted leather case, likely for use with a Makina II 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...

  6. Gold ring with engraved initials and date owned by German Jewish refugee

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Gold finger ring engraved HM, July 11, 1936, 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 ...

  7. Depth of field scale plate for Plaubel camera used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Depth of field scale plate for a 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, t...

  8. Officer's garrison cap worn by a German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Olive drab garrison cap with black and gold piping worn 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,...

  9. Double lens cap for twin reflex camera used by a German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Double lens cap for a twin reflex camera, likely a Rolleiflex, 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 10...

  10. Reusable embossed cigarette lighter used by German Jewish German US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Reusable cigarette lighter with a ca. 1927-1945 French tax seal acquired by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army in Europe from July 1944 to 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. Blue, white, and red striped patch with Cross of Lorraine acquired by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Blue, white, and red cloth badge with a double-barred cross 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 patch is similar to those used by Free French Forces and the French Resistance following the German invasion of France in 1940. British and US soldiers often wore similar patches when entering France to identify themselves as allies. 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...

  12. Depth of field scale plate for Plaubel camera used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Depth of field scale plate for a 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, t...

  13. Blue, white, and red striped patch with Cross of Lorraine acquired by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Blue, white, and red cloth badge with a double-barred cross 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 patch is similar to those used by Free French Forces and the French Resistance following the German invasion of France in 1940. British and US soldiers often wore similar patches when entering France to identify themselves as allies. 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...

  14. Magnifying lens for a camera used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Magnifying lens for a camera enclosed in a folding 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 France, attached to the 104th Inf...

  15. Handkerchief embroidered with US and French flags acquired by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Gauzy handkerchief embroidered with US and French flags acquired by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army in Europe from July 1944 to 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 104...

  16. Hooded ground glass focusing back for camera used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Hooded ground glass focusing back 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...

  17. Book

    1. Milton L. Shurr collection

    Copy of Mein Kampf found by Lt. Milton Shurr, a Jewish American soldier, in April 1945 at the recently liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. It had belonged to one of the SS officers and is signed by the mayor of Trier, Germany and inscribed with best wishes for newlyweds. Shurr was housed in the former officer's barrack. 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...

  18. Portrait studies of defense lawyers created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521696
    • English
    • overall: Height: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)

    Ink drawings of 5 defense lawyers in their judicial robes created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceedings. The sketche...

  19. Waiting to pass the visit Pencil sketch of a seated man created by Boris Taslitzky in Buchenwald concentration camp

    1. Boris Taslitzky collection

    Drawing created by Boris Taslitzky in 1945 while he was a prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. It depicts a man in an overcoat, sitting on a bench. It was personally inscribed to a close friend in Paris after the war. Taslitzky joined the French military in August 1939 and served with the 101st Infantry Battalion. He was captured by the Germans in June 1940, but escaped and worked for the Resistance until recaptured in November 1941. He was sentenced to prison by a military tribunal for creating Communist propaganda. In 1944, he was deported to Buchenwald. Taslitzky recorde...

  20. Idealized picture of Prussia to garner German support for total war

    Reel 6 starts with Maria and Nettelbeck looking down at Friedrich's body. Outside, the battle continues to rage. As large numbers of French soldiers march toward Kolberg, Gneisenau discusses the overwhelming odds with Nettelbeck. He suggests that they surrender. Nettelbeck tells Gneisenau how much Kolberg means to the people who live there. He falls on his knees and begs Gneisenau not to surrender. Gneisenau hugs Nettelbeck and tells him that now they can die together. As the battle continues, the French debate whether they should halt their attack on the city, in light of the peace negotia...