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  1. Silver brooch of a 3 masted ship given to Director, ORT schools, DP camps

    1. Louis J. Walinsky collection

    Brooch of a 3 masted ship engraved ORT Ebelsburg given to Louis J. Walinsky, the Director of ORT vocational training schools in Europe in 1947. It was made in Ebelsberg displaced persons camp in Austria. After the war, ORT opened vocational training schools in dp camps, the first in Landsberg in August. The schools trained Holocaust survivors in practical skills such as metalworking, carpentry, dress making, and mechanics, so they could establish new lives after they immigrated. Louis, a teacher and economist, began working for American ORT Federation in 1947. He was sent to Europe to work ...

  2. Grynfeld and Grynglas families' papers

    The papers consist of a registration form ("Anmeldung") and eight photographs 2 of which are adhered to documents that contain text relating to the experiences of the Grynfeld-Grynglas familes in Łódź, Poland, and the displaced persons camp in Leipheim, Germany.

  3. Pelikan fountain pen used by Mayer Altarac who fled German-occupied Belgrade with his family

    1. Jaša and Enica Frances Altarac families collection

    Fountain pen used by Mayer Altarac in his stonework and home design business in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (later Serbia). In September 1941, he fled with his wife, Mimi, and seven-year-old son, Jas̆a, following the German occupation in April. Yugoslavia had been dismembered by the Axis Alliance, and Skopje was now controlled by Bulgaria. A month later, Mayer encountered a man from Kosovo who recognized him as Jewish and the Altarac family fled that night to Pristina, which was under Italian control. There as a large Jewish refugee population there, as the Italians did not regularly deport Jews t...

  4. Purse carried by Mimi Altarac who fled German-occupied Belgrade with her family

    1. Jaša and Enica Frances Altarac families collection

    Purse used by Mimi Altarac to hold all the family documents during World War II (1939-1945). In September 1941, seven-year-old Jas̆a and his parents, Mayer and Mimi, fled Belgrade, Yugoslavia (later Serbia), for Skopje, Macedonia, following the German invasion in April. Yugoslavia had been dismembered by the Axis Alliance, and Skopje was now controlled by Bulgaria. A month later, Mayer encountered a man from Kosovo who recognized him as Jewish and the Altarac family fled that night to Pristina, which was under Italian control. There as a large Jewish refugee population there, as the Italian...

  5. Embroidered, pink dress once worn by Lela Altarac, who was killed in a bombing raid

    1. Jaša and Enica Frances Altarac families collection

    Pink dress with embroidery worn by four-year-old Lela Altarac, who was killed on April 14, 1941, in a German bombing raid on Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Hercegovina.) In September 1941, seven-year-old Jas̆a and his parents, Mayer and Mimi, fled Belgrade, Yugoslavia (later Serbia), for Skopje, Macedonia, following the German invasion in April. Yugoslavia had been dismembered by the Axis Alliance, and Skopje was now controlled by Bulgaria. A month later, Mayer encountered a man from Kosovo who recognized him as Jewish and the Altarac family fled that night to Pristina, which was un...

  6. Travel clock within a brown leather case used by the Altarac family while imprisoned

    1. Jaša and Enica Frances Altarac families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn520800
    • English
    • 1943-1944
    • a: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)

    Travel clock used by all the Jewish occupants of the "red house" in Kavajë, Albania, where the Altarac family was interned for several months. This was the only working clock. In September 1941, seven-year-old Jas̆a and his parents, Mayer and Mimi, fled Belgrade, Yugoslavia (later Serbia), for Skopje, Macedonia, following the German invasion in April. Yugoslavia had been dismembered by the Axis Alliance, and Skopje was now controlled by Bulgaria. A month later, Mayer encountered a man from Kosovo who recognized him as Jewish and the Altarac family fled that night to Pristina, which was und...

  7. Eyeglasses and case used Mayer Altarac whose family fled from German occupying forces

    1. Jaša and Enica Frances Altarac families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn520798
    • English
    • 1939-1948
    • a: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Height: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)

    Eyeglasses and case used by Mayer Altarac, who owned a stonework and construction business in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (later Serbia). In September 1941, he fled with his wife, Mimi, and seven-year-old son, Jas̆a, following the German occupation in April. They went to Skopje, Macedonia, which was under Bulgarian control because Yugoslavia had been dismembered by the Axis Alliance. A month later, Mayer encountered a man from Kosovo who recognized him as Jewish and the Altarac family fled that night to Pristina, which was under Italian control. There as a large Jewish refugee population there, as...

  8. Handkerchief bearing a two-headed eagle owned by the Altarac family who fled from German occupying forces

    1. Jaša and Enica Frances Altarac families collection

    White handkerchief emblazoned with a two-headed eagle, the symbol of Albania, owned by Jas̆a Altarac. Seven-year-old Jas̆a and his parents, Mayer and Mimi, fled Belgrade, Yugoslavia (later Serbia), for Skopje, Macedonia, in September 1941, following the German invasion in April. Yugoslavia had been dismembered by the Axis Alliance, and Skopje was now controlled by Bulgaria. A month later, Mayer encountered a man from Kosovo who recognized him as Jewish and the Altarac family fled that night to Pristina, which was under Italian control. There as a large Jewish refugee population there, as th...

  9. Nameplate from the home of the Altarac family who fled from German occupying forces

    1. Jaša and Enica Frances Altarac families collection

    Nameplate that originally hung on the outside of seven-year-old Jas̆a Altarac's family home in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (later Serbia), before he and his parents, Mayer and Mimi, fled to Skopje, Macedonia, in September 1941, following the German invasion in April. Yugoslavia had been dismembered by the Axis Alliance, and Skopje was now controlled by Bulgaria. A month later, Mayer encountered a man from Kosovo who recognized him as Jewish and the Altarac family fled that night to Pristina, which was under Italian control. There as a large Jewish refugee population there, as the Italians did not ...

  10. Knud Dyby papers

    1. Knud Dyby collection

    The Knud Dyby papers consist of correspondence, personal narratives, photocopied records, photographs, printed materials, resistance materials, and subject files documenting the German occupation of Denmark and Knud Dyby’s involvement in resistance work including rescuing Danish Jews and transmitting information. Correspondence includes notes and translations documenting Knud Dyby’s resistance work during the war and include a letter from journalist Leif Hendil, a letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower about Brotherhood Week, and Dyby’s own letter advocating for the collection and display of visu...

  11. Sailboat shaped picture frame with a red sail created for a labor camp inmate by a fellow inmate

    1. Leah Derera collection

    Picture frame in the shape of a sailboat made for 25 year old Leia Kreimer in 1944 when she was imprisoned in Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria. It was made by Lazar, who had been a fellow inmate, in Rabnita prison as a gift for Leia. It has a red sail to represent communism. He had it smuggled to her with other inmates released from jail and sent back to Vapniarka. The inmates in Rabnita were forced to make sailing type items that were then sold. Lazar was executed in Rabnita. In mid-1941, the Fascist, antisemitic government of Romania sent Leia and her husband, Mechel, to Dorne...

  12. Handcrafted miniature book of poetry created for a labor camp inmate by a fellow inmate

    1. Leah Derera collection

    Tiny leather book made for 24 year old Leia Kreimer in 1943 when she was imprisoned in Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria. It is dedicated to Leia by Sender, a fellow prisoner and poet whom Leia cared for before he died of tuberculosis on December 13, 1943. It has several pages of Ionesco influenced poetry. In mid-1941, the Fascist, antisemitic government of Romania sent Leia and her husband, Mechel, to Dornesti prison camp, where they were separated. In summer 1941, Leia was sent to a Jewish refugee camp in Zaleszczyki, Poland. In July 1942, she was deported to Swidowa labor camp...

  13. White cotton tallit katan used by a Polish Jewish elder

    1. Shlomo Schiller family collection

    Tallit katan worn by Shlomo Schiller who fled Warez, Poland, with his family to the Soviet Union after the German invasion on September 1, 1939. A tallit katan is a religious garment worn by Jewish men with their daily dress. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Shlomo, his wife, Henia, his 20 year old daughter, Ania, and his 15 year old twin daughters, Klara and Pola, were evacuated from Kherson to Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains. When Chelyabinsk expelled refugees as untrustworthy residents, the family moved to Kopeysk. Shlomo lost his sight due to starvation, and was ho...

  14. Large white wool tallit with blue stripes well-used by a Polish Jewish elder

    1. Shlomo Schiller family collection

    Blue striped tallit gadol carried by Shlomo Schiller when he and his family fled Warez, Poland, to the Soviet Union after the German invasion on September 1, 1939. He prayed in this tallit, a prayer shawl worn by Jewish men during morning services, every day of his life until his death in 1964. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Shlomo, his wife, Henia, his 20 year old daughter, Ania, and his 15 year old twin daughters, Klara and Pola, were evacuated from Kherson to Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains. When Chelyabinsk expelled refugees as untrustworthy residents, the family...

  15. Lucie Eisenstab papers

    1. Lucie Eisenstab Porges family collection

    The papers consist of four certificates from "Bibleschule," one photograph of Lucie Eisenstab (later Lucie Eisenstab Porges) with her parents Eisig and Jetta Eisenstab and sister Elfie in 1938 in Vienna, Austria; one photograph of Lucie with her father in Geneva, Switzerland after World War II; and one identification travel pass ("récépissé") issued to Lucie Eisenstab in 1942.

  16. Stolz and White families papers

    The Stolz and White families papers include biographical material, correspondence, school records, writings, restitution material, and photographs relating to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Erika Stolz and her parents, Leon and Rosa, originally of Vienna, Austria. At the beginning of the war Erika was sent on a Kinderstransport to Christian boarding school in England. Leon and Rosa were divorced in Austria before the war. During the war, Leon and his future-wife Hermine fled to Italy and then Shanghai, where they remained until the invasion of the Japanese Imperial Army. ...

  17. Netherlands, 1 gulden silver voucher, kept by a Dutch Jewish woman in hiding

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Dutch 1 (een) gulden note kept by Flory Cohen Levi in her pouch, see 1990.23.191, while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flora intended to send it to her mother Alijda, but Flora could not find her, so she always kept the pouch with her. Flora's mother Alidja had been deported to Auschwitz in September where she was killed. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by G...

  18. Netherlands, 1 gulden silver voucher, kept by a Dutch Jewish woman in hiding

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Dutch 1 (een) gulden silver voucher kept by Flory Cohen Levi in her pouch, see 1990.23.191, while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flora intended to send it to her mother Alijda, but Flora could not find her, so she always kept the pouch with her. Flora's mother Alidja had been deported to Auschwitz in September where she was killed. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was...

  19. Brown cloth bag with a red, white, and blue stripe carried by a hidden Dutch Jewish woman

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Brown bag with a Dutch flag stripe used by Flora Cohen to store her false papers while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by German mines. They were rescued by the British military and taken to a hospital in England. After recuperating for six months, they had to leave because Felix, a German, was considered an enemy alien. In May...

  20. Netherlands, 1 gulden silver voucher, kept by a Dutch Jewish woman in hiding

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Dutch 1 (een) gulden silver voucher kept by Flory Cohen Levi in her pouch, see 1990.23.191, while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flora intended to send it to her mother Alijda, but Flora could not find her, so she always kept the pouch with her. Flora's mother Alidja had been deported to Auschwitz in September where she was killed. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was...