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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. Second Lieutenant's bullion patch worn by a Jewish German US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Second Lieutenant's bullion patch worn by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army from 1943 to June 1946, from 1945-1946 as a 2nd Lieutenant. 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 In...

  4. 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...

  5. German Eastern Front medal red, blue, and white striped ribbon acquired by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Red, blue, and white striped ribbon, likely for a German Eastern Front Medal, 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 Ostmedaille, Eastern Front Medal, was issued from May 26, 1942 - September 4, 1944, to recognize German soldiers for participation in the first winter of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England, Sichel went to the US. In April 1943, he enlisted in the army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligenc...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. Second Lieutenant's bullion patch worn by a Jewish German US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Second Lieutenant's bullion patch worn by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army from 1943 to June 1946, from 1945-1946 as a 2nd Lieutenant. 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 In...

  9. Bedcover used by a Jewish girl in a displaced persons camp

    1. Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection

    Ruffled bedcover with straps owned by Chana Matlowsky (later Helen Matlow) and used by her daughter, Fruma (later Fran Matlow), as a baby in Eggenfelden displaced persons camp in Germany, from 1948 to 1949. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Chana, her parents, Aaron and Dwora, her brother, Moshe, and their extended family lived in Zdzieciol (Dziatlava, Belarus). In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Poland. In December, Chana’s brother, Moshe, was sent to work in a forced labor camp in Dworzec (Dvarėts (Hrodzenskaia voblasts', Bela...

  10. Embroidered floral smock worn by a Jewish girl in prewar Poland

    1. Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection

    Colorful, embroidered peasant blouse given to Chana Minuskin (later Helen Matlow) by her maternal aunt in Zdzieciol, Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), in 1935. Chana, wearing the blouse, is pictured in a photograph with her aunt, her cousin and her mother, Dwora (2003.193.1), taken in their hometown in 1935. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Chana, her parents, Aaron and Dwora, her brother, Moshe, and their extended family lived in Zdzieciol. In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Poland. In December, Chana’s brother, Moshe, was sent to ...

  11. Blue velvet tefillin pouch found in a shallow grave by a Jewish American soldier

    1. Walter Fried collection

    Blue embroidered tefillin storage pouch found by Walter Fried, an American soldier and Jewish Austrian refugee, near Regensburg, Germany circa April 1945. Walter found the pouch with a tefillin set (1988.118.g-l) on the body of a concentration camp inmate who died on a forced march and was buried in a shallow grave along a road near Regensburg. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. The Army arranged the re-burial of the bodies in a makeshift cemetery at a road crossing near Reg...

  12. Trudy Katzer papers

    1. Trudy Katzer collection

    The Trudy Katzer papers contain documents relating to Trudy Katzer and her grandfather, Levi Katz. Included in the papers are memoirs and family histories written by Levi Katz, his refugee card, and his correspondence. Other material includes Trudy’s letters to the family that sheltered her through the war, some photographs of her, and news clippings. The Trudy Katzer papers contain material created by Trudy Katzer and her grandfather, Levi Katz. Most prominent in the collection are four memoirs written by Levi Katz, concerning the history of his life and family. His correspondence contains...

  13. Michael Garber photograph collection

    1. Michael M. Garber collection

    The collection primarily consists of photographs documenting Michael Garber and his family, originally of Warsaw, Poland. Included are depictions of Michael Garber, his parents, Aron and Frajda Pentman Garber, and his sister, Bronia, in Warsaw, Poland, before and during World War II.

  14. Henry Schmelzer papers

    1. Henry Schmelzer collection

    The papers are related to Henry Schmelzer's journey from Austria to England via Kindertransport in 1938 and his stay in England during World War II.

  15. Ernest Wachtel collection

    The Ernest Wachtel collection consists of 37 photographs depicting Ernest Wachtel, a Jewish Austrian refugee, and his experiences in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. The photographs also include liberation photographs of the Dachau concentration camp which include images of victims’ corpses, camp survivors, a building, and survivors viewed behind a barbed wire fence. There is also a set of group photographs which likely include the three survivors from the Dachau concentration cared for by Ernest, and other soldiers. The collection also includes articles regarding Ernes...

  16. Porges family papers

    The collection consists of documents and photographs regarding the Holocaust-era experiences of the Porges family of Vienna, Austria. Includes pre-war family photographs, identification documents, and paperwork related to immigration to the United States in 1946.

  17. Prejzerowicz family papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Prejzerowicz, originally of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Included is a postcard sent from Niche Prejzerowicz in Częstochowa, Poland, in 1940 to her brother, Josek Prejzerowicz, in Milan, Italy; photographic postcards depicting Berisch, Rachel, Niche, and Sara Prejzerowicz, and other relatives who perished during the Holocaust; and a family book ("Deutsches Einheits Familien Stammbuch") issued to Josek and Erna Prejzerowicz in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

  18. Elsa and Selmar Biener papers

    The Elsa and Selmar Biener papers consists of immigration documents, correspondence, photographs, and financial materials related to the emigration of Elsa and Selmar Biener aboard the MS St. Louis, their disembarkation in England, and their internment on the Isle of Man. The correspondence includes letters and telegrams to / from Selmar and Elsa Biener, their family, and various Jewish aid societies, dated 1929-1968, and undated. The papers also includes receipts for sending registered postal packages, 1940, and a collection of messages written and received by members of the Friedler famil...

  19. Renée Lang papers

    1. Renee Konstandt Lang collection

    The Renée Lang papers contain biographical materials, correspondence, and photocopies of restitution paperwork documenting Renée Konstandt Lang’s family, their experiences in Austria and in various concentration camps after the Anschluss, the deaths of Lang’s parents and brother in Łódź, Dachau, Schwarzenberg, and possibly Auschwitz and Lang’s efforts to obtain restitution. Biographical materials document the lives of Hugo, Olga, and Raoul Konstandt and Renée Lang and include birth certificates, marriage certificates, citizenship records, passports, certificates of deportation, and a member...

  20. Necklace of found materials made in a camp by an Austrian Jewish woman

    1. Renee Konstandt Lang collection

    Necklace created by Renee Konstandt, 18, from materials she saved while imprisoned in Auschwitz and other camps during and immediately after the war ended in May 1945. The ID tag used in the necklace was given to her by a friend in Auschwitz. In October 1941, Renee's parents were deported from Vienna, Austria, to the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Due to a clerical error, Renee and her older brother, Raoul, 20, were not put on the transport. They were deported in January 1941 to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp. In May 1944, they were sent to Auschwitz, where they were separated. Renee was ...