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  1. SSB blue enamelled badge with a snowflake acquired by a US soldier

    1. Harold B. Goldberg collection

    Enameled SSB badge with a white snowflake on a blue field brought back from Germany by Harold Goldberg, a Jewish American soldier who served in Europe. The acronym SSB stands for Schwabian Skiverband, a regional ski association in the Swabian region of southern Germany. The badge was manufactured by Mayer & Wilhelm, a metalware factory in Stuttgart, Germany. The factory was founded in 1865 and still produces medals and metalware today. Harold B. Goldberg lived in New York City where he attended City College and worked as mail carrier prior to being drafted into the U.S. Army as a privat...

  2. Personal papers of Erich A. Hausmann Nachlass Erich A. Hausmann

    Contains personal papers of Erich A. Hausmann, the Swiss-Jewish educator and pedagogue. Papers consist of his biographical materials and documentation on helping Jewish refugee children and youth during and after the war. Erich A. Hausmann worked with many organizations as the Schweizer Hilfswerk für Emigrantenkinder (SHEK), Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Fürsorgen (VSJF), Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), Jüdisches Lehrerseminar Basel, and the Jüdische Schule Zürich (JSZ).

  3. Brown leather pouch brought with a Jewish Hungarian refugee

    1. Paul Zilczer family collection

    Brown leather pouch brought with Paul Zilczer when he left Budapest, Hungary, for the United States, in May 1939. Paul, a physicist, and his wife Margit lived in Budapest, when in 1938, the fascist Hungarian government passed laws restricting the rights of Jews. In 1939, Paul and Margit both traveled to England. On May 17, Paul sailed to New York City where he lived with his cousin Emil and his family. Margit returned to Budapest. In November 1940, Hungary entered World War II as a German ally. In March 1944, Germany invaded Hungary to ensure Hungary's continued involvement with the war eff...

  4. Helen Kulka Fanta collection

    The Helen Kulka Fanta collection contains material related to Helen Kulka Fanta, a Jewish secretary from Prague who was deported to Theresienstadt by the German authorities in 1942. She was later imprisoned at Auschwitz, Neuengamme, and Bergen-Belsen before being liberated in 1945. The collection consists primarily of identification forms, references, and other forms of verification documenting Helen Kulka as a refugee and concentration camp survivor. A diary written during her time at Bergen-Belsen is included as well. Other material includes poems collected and written, notes, and music s...

  5. Antisemitic Nazi propaganda leaflet mimicking a US silver certificate

    1. Harold B. Goldberg collection

    Anti-Jewish and anti-American Nazi propaganda leaflet resembling a US dollar bill brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. This type of leaflet was dropped from planes over Paris in late 1943, as part of a German propaganda campaign to raise suspicions against the United States and its part in the worldwide Jewish conspiracy which threatened the safety of France and all of Europe. The streets would appear to be littered with real dollar bills. After picking one up, a person would discover that it ...

  6. The Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum papers

    1. Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum collection

    Contains documents acquired by Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum. Edward Tenenbaum (donor’s husband) was a 1st Lieutenant in the OSS and the US Army and author of the Buchenwald Report. He was the first American officer to enter the Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation and also participated in the liberation of Ohrdruf. His father, Joseph Tenenbaum, was one of the organizers of an early boycott in the United States against Nazi Germany.

  7. Rudolph Hess's Nuremberg war crimes trial headphones

    1. IBM Corporation collection

    Headset used by Rudolph Hess during the Nuremberg war crimes trials.

  8. Agfa Billy I automatic 6 x 9 cm format camera

    1. Early 20th century Germany business equipment collection

    Billy I self-erecting camera with bellows made by AGFA [Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation] from 1930-1931. This was one of the first AGFA automatic box cameras with rollfilm, and the basis for a long-running series. The film manufacturing company began producing cameras under its own logo from the mid-1920’s, including the first Billy series model. In December 1925, AGFA merged with 5 German companies, including BASF, Bayer, and Hoechst, to form IG Farben, the largest chemical manufacturer in the world. In February 1933, IG Farben contributed 400,000 reichsmarks to the new Nazi gov...

  9. Arthur Szyk sketch

    1. Joseph and Alexandra Braciejowski collection

    Drawing of satirical subject matter relating to Second World War created in the United States

  10. Arthur Szyk drawing

    1. Joseph and Alexandra Braciejowski collection

    Drawing of satirical subject matter relating to Second World War created in the United States.

  11. Small Nazi Party Rally banner with an image of Hitler acquired by a US soldier

    1. Harold B. Goldberg collection

    Small Nazi Party red cloth banner with an image of Adolf Hitler brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. The banner was made for the September 1934, 6th annual Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg, Germany.

  12. German State criminal police and a Gestapo warrant badge on a chain acquired by a US soldier

    1. Harold B. Goldberg collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn84939
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)

    Two warrant discs [Dienstmarken], silver for the Gestapo [Geheime Staatspolizei], the secret state police, and bronze for the State criminal police [Kriminalpolizei] in Nazi Germany brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. After Himmler centralized the police forces in the German Reich in the mid-1930s, these became the official identification badges for the Gestapo and the state criminal police. They are stamped with individual officer's numbers and were generally suspended from a chain. They had...

  13. NSV, National Socialist People's Welfare Organization 1938 membership badge acquired by a US soldier

    1. Harold B. Goldberg collection

    National Socialist (Nazi) People's Welfare Organization [NSV: Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt] 1938 lapel pin badge brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. The NSV began in 1932 as a local welfare organization and mainly provided money to poor, deserving families in Berlin. This was a forceful propaganda tool for the Nazi Party which soon centralized and administered the NSV. By 1938, it was one of the largest organizations in Germany. It offered child care, health, and medical services, an...

  14. Luftwaffe M1935 Schirmmutze without visor acquired by US soldier

    1. Bernard B. Cohen collection

    Luftwaffe [German Air Force] M1935 Schirmmutze without a visor brought back from the war by Bernard B. Cohen, a soldier with the United States Third Army as it fought its way across Europe from the fall of 1944 through the end of the war in May 1945.

  15. Luftwaffe ground crew overseas cap with eagle acquired by US soldier

    1. Bernard B. Cohen collection

    Luftwaffe ground crew overseas or garrison cap with a 1st pattern Luftwaffe eagle patch brought back from the war by Bernard B. Cohen, a American soldier. This patch, with the drop tailed, spread winged eagle in right profle clutching a swastila in 1 talon, was produced ca. 1935-1937; the hat ca. 1938. Bernard was with the United States Third Army as it fought its way across Europe from the fall of 1944 through the end of the war in May 1945.

  16. Wehrmacht M1936 belt and embossed buckle acquired by US soldier

    1. Bernard B. Cohen collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn11
    • English
    • 1941
    • a: Height: 36.625 inches (93.028 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)

    Wehrmacht [German Armed Forces] M1936 belt with concealed tongue and removable buckle brought back from the war by Bernard B. Cohen, a soldier with the United States Third Army as it fought its way across Europe from fall 1944- through the end of the war in May 1945.

  17. Luftwaffe M1935 Schirmmutze with visor acquired by US soldier

    1. Bernard B. Cohen collection

    Luftwaffe [German Air Force] M1935 Schirmmutze with visor brought back from the war by Bernard B. Cohen, a soldier with the United States Third Army as it fought its way across Europe from the fall of 1944 through the end of the war in May 1945.

  18. Luftwaffe M1942 helmet taken from a German soldier by US soldier

    1. Bernard B. Cohen collection

    German Luftwaffe M1942 helmet brought back from the war by Bernard B. Cohen, a soldier with the United States Third Army. Cohen took this helmet from a fifteen year old German soldier who had tried to shoot him. The helmet was made by a hot stamping steel process and this style was mass produced until late 1944-early 1945 when the factory was overrun by Allied troops. The Reichsadler [Imperial eagle] decal was discontinued ca. 1943 as an efficiency measure and to improve concealment in the field. Cohen was in combat with the Third Army from fall 1944 through the end of the war in May 1945.

  19. Luftwaffe ground crew overseas cap with eagle acquired by US soldier

    1. Bernard B. Cohen collection

    Luftwaffe ground crew overseas or garrison cap with a 1st pattern Luftwaffe eagle patch brought back from the war by Bernard B. Cohen, a American soldier. This patch, with the drop tailed, spread winged eagle in right profle clutching a swastila in 1 talon, was produced ca. 1935-1937; the hat ca. 1938. Bernard was with the United States Third Army as it fought its way across Europe from the fall of 1944 through the end of the war in May 1945.

  20. Luftwaffe Waffenrock dress uniform jacket acquired by US soldier

    1. Bernard B. Cohen collection

    Luftwaffe Waffenrock dress uniform jacket with gold piping, shoulder boards, and gorgets brought back from the war by Bernard B. Cohen, a soldier with the United States Third Army as it fought its way across Europe from the fall of 1944 through the end of the war in May 1945.