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  1. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, acquired by an inmate

    1. Ellen Fass Zilka family collection

    Scrip, valued at 5 [funf] kronen likely acquired by Marie Goerlich who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from March 18, 1943, to May 9, 1945. Inmates were not allowed to have currency and the SS ordered the Jewish Council to design scrip for use only in the camp. Produced in 7 denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, it was issued to create a false appearance of normalcy in the camp. There was nothing to obtain with the scrip. Marie later gave the scrip to her great niece, Ellen Ruth Fass, who was sent from Berlin to England on a Kindertran...

  2. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, acquired by an inmate

    1. Ellen Fass Zilka family collection

    Scrip, valued at 50 [funfzig] kronen likely acquired by Marie Goerlich who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from March 18, 1943, to May 9, 1945. Inmates were not allowed to have currency and the SS ordered the Jewish Council to design scrip for use only in the camp. Produced in 7 denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, it was issued to create a false appearance of normalcy in the camp. There was nothing to obtain with the scrip. Marie later gave the scrip to her great niece, Ellen Ruth Fass, who was sent from Berlin to England on a Kinder...

  3. Prayer book

    1. Stephan H. Lewy collection

    Prayer book given to Heinz Stephan Lewy for his 14th birthday by his friend Gerhard Rosenzweig (later Gerry Gerhard) when both youths were living in Quincy, France. They had arrived there on July 4, 1939, Kindertransport from Berlin, Germany, organized to save Jewish children from persecution by the Nazi dictatorship. They had previously lived in the Auerbach orphanage in Berlin. After Germany invaded France in May 1940, the boys and the other refugees fled south, but returned to Quincy after encountering German soldiers. In fall 1940, Quaker aid workers took them to Chateau de Chabannes in...

  4. Pin commemorating a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor’s receipt of the Congressional Medal of Honor

    1. Rubin and Huntly families collection

    Pin-backed button commemorating Tibor Rubin's receipt of the United States Congressional Medal of Honor on September 23, 2005. He received the award 55 years after first being nominated by fellow soldiers. Tibor earned the medal for extraordinary heroism in battle, and his efforts to help save the lives of 40 fellow prisoners of war during the Korean War (1950-1953). Tibor’s actions during four months of battle and 30 months of imprisonment were shaped, in part, by his experiences as a Holocaust survivor. In November 1940, when Hungary became an official German ally, 11-year-old Tibor lived...

  5. Leon and Rebeka Ilutovich collection

    1. Leon and Rebeka Ilutovich collection

    The Leon and Rebeka Ilutovich collection focuses on the wartime experiences of Leon Ilultovich in Poland, Lithuania, Japan, and Shanghai, China. Materials in the collection include correspondence, visas, travel documents, medical records, identification records, newspapers, printed notices, ephemera, photographs, and photograph albums. The collection also includes photographs of the Ilutovich, Lindenbaum, and Landau families in Poland. The collection contains extensive biographical materials relating to Leon Ilutovich. These materials include identification documents, school records, medica...

  6. Large plastic doll named Marlene brought by a young Jewish girl to the Theresienstadt ghetto

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection

    Large, celluloid baby doll with several broken pieces that 7 year old Inge Auerbacher took with her when she and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. In the collection center, the SS took the doll's head off and searched it, then let her keep it. When the family arrived at the camp all of their belongings were taken away, except Inge's doll, named Marlene after the actress Marlene Dietrich. Inge promised her doll that she would protect it and the doll comforted Inge when...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. Pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a German Jewish man

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn562522
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) c: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) d: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)

    A pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a male member of Ilse Brilling or Horst Abraham’s family, and carried from Germany to Ecuador in the late 1930s. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Following Adolf Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees and persecution made life in Germany increasingly difficult. Horst Abraham immigrated to Quito, Ecuador, from Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, after hearing a rumor that he might be arrested. His parents, Nanette and David, ...

  10. Tallit owned by a German Jewish man

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    A tallit owned by a male member of Ilse Brilling or Horst Abraham’s family, and carried from Germany to Ecuador in the late 1930s. A tallit is a specialized shawl worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Following Adolf Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees and persecution made life in Germany increasingly difficult. Horst Abraham immigrated to Ecuador from Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, after hearing a rumor that he might be arrested. His parents, Nanette and David, and one of his two brothers, Kurt, joined him there later. In 1939, Ils...

  11. Mezuzah and tombstone pendants on a necklace made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp

    1. Izy Freudenreich collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn512920
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) b: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) c: Height: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm)

    Mezuzah and tombstone metal pendants on a chain necklace made and worn by Izy Freudenreich after the war in Landsberg displaced persons camp, Lager 7, in Germany, May-June 1945. Izy made the headstone in memory of his father Leib who died in Kaufering VII slave labor camp on February 2, 1945. It is engraved with his name and that date. In February 1940, several months after Germany occupied Poland, Izy, 20, and his parents, Leib and Tauba, were forced into Łódź ghetto. Izy developed a relationship with Irma Herzfeld, 23. Following mass deportations in summer 1944, Izy’s parents arranged a h...

  12. Cigarette holder made by a former concentration camp inmate in a DP camp

    1. Izy Freudenreich collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn512919
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) c: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)

    Green plastic case with cigarette holder and case made and used by Izy Freudenreich after the war in Landsberg displaced persons camp, Lager 7, in Germany, May-June 1945. In February 1940, several months after Germany occupied Poland, Izy, 20, and his parents, Leib and Tauba, were forced into Łódź ghetto. Izy developed a relationship with Irma Herzfeld, 23. Following mass deportations in summer 1944, Izy’s parents arranged a hiding place for them, but could not secure a place for Irma’s sister Ruth. Irma refused to go without her, so they all stayed and, in August, were sent to Auschwitz. O...

  13. First lieutenant dress jacket, medals and shirt worn by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn46743
    • English
    • a: Height: 32.625 inches (82.868 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) b: Height: 30.000 inches (76.2 cm) | Width: 17.750 inches (45.085 cm)

    Olive drab dress uniform jacket with shirt and medals 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 Infant...

  14. Justophot light meter and suede pouch used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn46793
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)

    Justophot light meter with suede pouch 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 Timber...

  15. 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 ...

  16. 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.

  17. 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 ...

  18. Sam Rafel visits his hometown of Gombin in 1937

    1937 trip to Gombin, Poland (123 km northwest of Warsaw) filmed by Sam Rafel at the request of Nathan Zolna Solomon, who had emigrated from Gombin to Newark NJ and provided Sam Rafel with the camera. The first shot is a grainy, dark interior shot of a crowd of people. This might be the crowd that assembled for Sam Rafel's 1937 visit. He wrote, "the affair took place in the Firemen's Hall, in the presence of three thousand people, virtually the whole Jewish population of Gombin." The quality is much improved in the next scenes, which are street portraits, where Rafel posed people in groups a...

  19. Silver vermeil cake server received as a wedding gift by a Jewish woman in prewar Germany

    1. Berg and Hermanns families collection

    Silver vermeil serving knife received as a wedding gift by Selma Herz upon her marriage to Hugo Pauly, circa 1927, in Eilendorf, near Aachen, Germany. It was a gift from Abraham Hollander, Anne Frank's maternal grandfather, who was a first cousin of Selma's mother, Caroline Menken Herz. The knife may have been a family heirloom that originally belonged to Rosa'a mother. Soon after the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933, the Herz family businesses were boycotted because they were Jewish. In early 1936, Selma and Hugo emigrated to Palestine with their 5 year old son, Kurt. They th...

  20. William Begell papers

    1. William Begell collection

    The William Begell papers consist of a military ID certificate, death announcements, and forty-nine photographs relating to the experiences of William Begell (born Wilhelm Beigel) and his family, namely his father Ferdinand Beigel, before and during the Holocaust. There are eighteen photographs in the collection that depict the donor and his family’s pre-war experiences, including photos of William’s parents and some uncles and aunts, eleven photographs taken in the Vilna ghetto, eleven post-war photographs of the donor in Gailingen, six photos of the Marine Marlin and some of its passenger...