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  1. Red wool felt cap with stick figure silhouettes worn by a young Austrian Jewish refugee to the US

    1. Doriane Kurz collection

    Red felt decorated beret worn by 10 year old Doriane Kurz when she emigrated from Sweden to the United States in July 1946. Doriane and her family fled Vienna, Austria, in early 1939 after the annexation with Nazi Germany the previous year. They went to the Netherlands which was occupied by Germany in May 1940. Her father, Meilach, was deported to Auschwitz death camp in August 1942. Doriane, her mother Klara, and her 7 year old brother Alfred, were deported to Bergen Belsen in February 1944. The camp was evacuated in spring 1945 and the prisoners were liberated en route by the Soviet Army....

  2. Kodak Retina handheld folding camera and leather case taken out of occupied Poland by a Jewish refugee

    1. Mark Asch collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41845
    • English
    • a: Height: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) b: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)

    Kodak 35mm Retina camera and leather case with adjustable straps that belonged to 26 year old Mark Asch, when he escaped German occupied Kutno, Poland in 1940 with his parents, Yankev and Itta, and his siblings, Roma, Golda, and Adam. At the time of invasion, Yankev was in London, England. In February1940, Itta bribed a German official and escaped with the children to Warsaw. Another bribe procured false travel visas and they traveled to Italy and separated; Itta left to join Yankev and the children went to Lisbon, Portugal. They sailed on the Serpa Pinto and arrived in the United States on...

  3. Souvenir pin with the words HIAS and Bremen and two boxes given to a young Jewish Polish refugee

    1. Harold Minuskin family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn42512
    • English
    • 1946
    • a: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) c: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)

    Pin inscribed HIAS Bremen 1946 with a display case and a cardboard box given to 8 year old Henikel Minuskin in 1946 when he emigrated from Germany to the United States with his family on board the Marine Marlin. After his hometown, Zhetel, Poland, was occupied by Germany in June 1941, he and his family lived with partisans in the Lipichanski forest in Poland (Bialowieza Forest (Poland and Belarus) from 1942-1944. His father, Shlamke, was a member of the Lenin Partisan Brigade and Henikel, his mother, Shanke, and his baby brother, Kalmanke, lived with the group. The area was liberated by the...

  4. Documentation regarding the transfer of help to the Jews in Europe by the JDC, the Red Cross organization and the War Refugee Board, 1942-1948

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Documentation regarding the transfer of help to the Jews in Europe by the JDC, the Red Cross organization and the War Refugee Board, 1942-1948 - Correspondence [apparently by Saly Mayer] with Robert Guggenheim - Agudat Israel chairman in Switzerland, in Lucerne, regarding the transfer of help to religious Jews, 1942-1945; - Issue of the "Ha-Magid" publication; - Documentation regarding Jewish refugee children staying with non-Jewish families; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Max Huber - chairman of the Red Cross organization, regarding Mayer's request to appoint a permanent represent...

  5. Bar Kochba Jewish Sports Club (BKB) stickpin with blue enamel decoration owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

    Pin from the Bar Kochba Jewish sports club (BKB) , in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, received by Tom T. Kovary, prior to emigration. On September 2, 1939, nineteen year old Tibor Kovari and his twenty year old brother, Erno, were attacked on the street for being Jewish by Nazi sympathizers in Bratislava. They fought back, put their attackers in the hospital, and were arrested, along with their father, Olivio. The incident received such widespread publicity that the authorities advised them to flee for fear of retaliation. They illegally crossed the border into Hungary, where they obtained visa...

  6. Bar Kochba Jewish Sports Club stickpin (BKB) with blue enamel decoration owned by a Czech Jewish refugee to the US

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

    Stickpin from the Bar Kochba Jewish sports club in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, received by Tom (Tibor) Kovary, prior to his emigration to the United States. On September 2, 1939, nineteen year old Tibor Kovari and his twenty year old brother, Erno, were attacked on the street for being Jewish by Nazi sympathizers in Bratislava. They fought back, put their attackers in the hospital, and were arrested, along with their father, Olivio. The incident received such widespread publicity that the authorities advised them to flee for fear of retaliation. They illegally crossed the border into Hungar...

  7. US Army American Campaign Medal and ribbon bar with presentation box awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn39891
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • a: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) b: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) c: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm)

    Bronze medal with ribbon, ribbon bar, and presentation box issued to Tom (Tibor) Kovary for service in the United States Army from 1943-1946. On September 2, 1939, 19 year old Tibor Kovari and his 20 year old brother, Erno, were attacked on the street for being Jewish by Nazi sympathizers in their hometown, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. They fought back, put their attackers in the hospital, and were arrested, along with their father, Olivio. The incident received such widespread publicity that the authorities advised them to flee for fear of retaliation. They illegally crossed the border into...

  8. Bar Kochba Jewish Sports Club metal plaque with a Star of David owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

    Commemorative plaque from the Bar Kochba Jewish sports club awarded to Tom T. Kovary in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, on January 9, 1938. On September 2, 1939, nineteen year old Tibor Kovari and his twenty year old brother, Erno, were attacked on the street for being Jewish by Nazi sympathizers in Bratislava. They fought back, put their attackers in the hospital, and were arrested, along with their father, Olivio. The incident received such widespread publicity that the authorities advised them to flee for fear of retaliation. They illegally crossed the border into Hungary, where they obtaine...

  9. US Army Good Conduct Medal, 3 ribbon bars, and 3 ribbons awarded to a Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn39915
    • English
    • 1943-1946
    • a: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) c: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) d: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) e: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) f: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) g: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)

    Good Conduct Medal, three red and white ribbon bars, and 3 replacement ribbons issued to Tom (Tibor) Kovary for service in the United States Army from 1943-1946. On September 2, 1939, 19 year old Tibor Kovari and his 20 year old brother, Erno, were attacked on the street for being Jewish by Nazi sympathizers in their hometown, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia). They fought back, put their attackers in the hospital, and were arrested, along with their father, Olivio. The incident received such widespread publicity that the authorities advised them to flee for fear of retaliation. They il...

  10. World Congress of Esperanto stickpin with an image of soldier upon a green star owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

    Commemorative pin from the World Congress of Esperanto in Vienna, Austria, in 1924, owned by Tom (Tibor) Kovary. On September 2, 1939, nineteen year old Tibor Kovari and his twenty year old brother, Erno, were attacked on the street for being Jewish by Nazi sympathizers in their hometown, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. They fought back, put their attackers in the hospital, and were arrested, along with their father, Olivio. The incident received such widespread publicity that the authorities advised them to flee for fear of retaliation. They illegally crossed the border into Hungary, where the...

  11. Brown leather wallet with laced edges used by a Czech Jewish refugee during his service in the US Army

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

    Wallet and passport cover used by Tom T. Kovary while a soldier in the United States Army from 1943-1946. On September 2, 1939, nineteen year old Tibor Kovari and his twenty year old brother, Erno, were attacked on the street for being Jewish by Nazi sympathizers in Bratislava. They fought back, put their attackers in the hospital, and were arrested, along with their father, Olivio. The incident received such widespread publicity that the authorities advised them to flee for fear of retaliation. They illegally crossed the border into Hungary, where they obtained visas for the US, arriving i...

  12. Engraved silver trophy cup won by a Polish Jewish refugee in a sports tourney at Bergen-Belsen DP camp

    1. Isaac Kraicer collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn13924
    • English
    • a: Height: 16.250 inches (41.275 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Depth: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) b: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm)

    Engraved trophy awarded to 21 year old Icek Krajcer in 1946 in the displaced persons camp on the site of the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. He won the high and long jump event in an athletic competition for which the Jewish Brigade, a Palestinian unit within the British Army, issued trophies to the Hebrew Youth of Bergen Belsen. After Germany occupied Poland in September 1939, Icek, his parents, Lejzor and Golda, and his younger brothers, Michal and Szyja Fawel, were forced into the sealed Jewish ghetto in Gostynin. Icek was rounded up twice for forced labor, and escape...

  14. Jewish Refugee Committee, Londen / Agudas Jisroel, Frankfurt / Agoedas Jisroel, Enschede / Agoedas Jisroel, Rotterdam / Comité voor opleiding van kind...

    1. Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen
    2. Contacten met hulporganisaties en overheidsinstanties
    3. Hulporganisaties
    4. Correspondentie met joodse Hachscharah-organisaties (voor Palestina-pioniers)

    Jewish Refugee Committee, LondenAgudas Jisroel, FrankfurtAgoedas Jisroel, EnschedeAgoedas Jisroel, RotterdamComité voor opleiding van kinderen in Palestina, AmsterdamVereniging tot Vakopleiding van Palestina-Pioniers, AmsterdamDath Waärets, HaarlemVereniging tot Vakopleiding van Palestina-Pioniers, Deventer

  15. Pair of Amstutz spring ski bindings with cloth straps brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Carl Weiler and Mina Kaufmann Weiler families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn515796
    • English
    • a: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) b: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)

    Pair of Amstutz spring ski bindings brought by Karl Weiler from Nazi Germany to the United States in December 1937. The springs are used for downhill skiing and secure the heel to the ski. Karl lost his position as an assistant judge in March 1933 when the new Nazi government purged the civil service of Jews and passed a law to that effect April 7 with the first Aryan only qualification clause. Karl rejoined the family agricultural firm in Brakel. Anti-Jewish pressures increased and, in May 1936, the firm’s board of directors was forced to sell the business at a loss to a Nazi approved buye...

  16. Long sleeved Henley undershirt with a name tag brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Carl Weiler and Mina Kaufmann Weiler families collection

    Long sleeved undershirt brought by Karl Weiler to the United States when he left Nazi Germany in December 1937. It was originally owned by Karl’s father, Friedrich (Fritz) Weiler. Karl lost his position as an assistant judge in March 1933 when the new Nazi government purged the civil service of Jews and passed a law to that effect April 7 with the first Aryan only qualification clause. Karl rejoined the family agricultural firm in Brakel. Anti-Jewish pressures increased and, in May 1936, the firm’s board of directors was forced to sell the business at a loss to a Nazi approved buyer. In Dec...

  17. Pair of gray wool knit knee high ribbed socks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Carl Weiler and Mina Kaufmann Weiler families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn515758
    • English
    • a: Height: 22.375 inches (56.833 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) b: Height: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm)

    Pair of gray wool knit socks brought by Karl Weiler to the United States when he left Nazi Germany in December 1937. Karl lost his position as an assistant judge in March 1933 when the new Nazi government purged the civil service of Jews and passed a law to that effect April 7 with the first Aryan only qualification clause. Karl rejoined the family agricultural firm in Brakel. Anti-Jewish pressures increased and, in May 1936, the firm’s board of directors was forced to sell the business at a loss to a Nazi approved buyer. In December 1937, Karl left for the US. After the war ended in May 19...

  18. Pair of light brown cotton knee high socks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Carl Weiler and Mina Kaufmann Weiler families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn515757
    • English
    • a: Height: 15.375 inches (39.053 cm) | Width: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) b: Height: 16.125 inches (40.958 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)

    Pair of light brown cotton socks brought by Karl Weiler to the United States when he left Nazi Germany in December 1937. Karl lost his position as an assistant judge in March 1933 when the new Nazi government purged the civil service of Jews and passed a law to that effect April 7 with the first Aryan only qualification clause. Karl rejoined the family agricultural firm in Brakel. Anti-Jewish pressures increased and, in May 1936, the firm’s board of directors was forced to sell the business at a loss to a Nazi approved buyer. In December 1937, Karl left for the US. After the war ended in Ma...

  19. Pair of gray and white wool knit socks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Carl Weiler and Mina Kaufmann Weiler families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn515756
    • English
    • a: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) b: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm)

    Pair of gray and white wool knit socks brought by Karl Weiler to the United States when he left Nazi Germany in December 1937. Karl lost his position as an assistant judge in March 1933 when the new Nazi government purged the civil service of Jews and passed a law to that effect April 7 with the first Aryan only qualification clause. Karl rejoined the family agricultural firm in Brakel. Anti-Jewish pressures increased and, in May 1936, the firm’s board of directors was forced to sell the business at a loss to a Nazi approved buyer. In December 1937, Karl left for the US. After the war ended...

  20. Pair of brown and white wool knit kneesocks brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Carl Weiler and Mina Kaufmann Weiler families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn515755
    • English
    • a: Height: 18.250 inches (46.355 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) b: Height: 17.875 inches (45.403 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)

    Pair of brown and white wool knit socks brought by Karl Weiler to the United States when he left Nazi Germany in December 1937. Karl lost his position as an assistant judge in March 1933 when the new Nazi government purged the civil service of Jews and passed a law to that effect April 7 with the first Aryan only qualification clause. Karl rejoined the family agricultural firm in Brakel. Anti-Jewish pressures increased and, in May 1936, the firm’s board of directors was forced to sell the business at a loss to a Nazi approved buyer. In December 1937, Karl left for the US. After the war ende...