Search

Advanced query tips

There are several ways to be more specific in your search query:

"Phrase"
Search an exact match of your query, e.g. "Member lists"
+Phrase
Given word has to be in the result, e.g. +Gestapo
-Phrase
Exclude given word from search, e.g. -Gestapo

Use the following syntax to restrict the search to specific fields:

field:"phrase"
For instance, you can find all descriptions that have the phrase "Auschwitz Birkenau" in their titles by searching for title:"Auschwitz Birkenau".

The following fields are currently available:

  • identifier
  • title
  • creator
  • person
  • place
  • subject
  • address
Displaying items 8,861 to 8,880 of 10,510
Search result ordering
Item type: Archival Descriptions

  1. Postwar visionary painting commemorating the first deportation of Jews from Drancy by a Turkish Jewish woman who witnessed the event

    Mystical oil painting created by Louise Abouaf Starr in 2003 to commemorate March 27, 1942, the day she witnessed the first deportation of Jewish prisoners from Drancy via train from Paris. The colorful painting features train cars loaded with prisoners surrounded by symbolic images of angels, animals, and the Torah. On March 27, Louise, age 23, and her mother went to the station looking for her father and brother. They were warned not to go onto the platform, since German soldiers threatened to shoot unauthorized persons. They bought a ticket and snuck onto quay one and hid under a corner ...

  2. Orden Rada Sa Zlatnim Vencem awarded to a Macedonian Jewish partisan woman

    1. Jamila Kolonomos collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn43762
    • English
    • a: Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) c: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)

    Yugoslav Order of Labor (with the Golden Wreath) 2nd class awarded to Jamila (Zamila) Kolonomos for her contributions to the economy, production and building communism. The medal was awarded to citizens, collectives and military units. On April 6, 1941, the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria, invaded and partitioned Yugoslavia. The Macedonian region, including Bitola where Jamila and her family lived, was occupied by Bulgaria. Jamila worked with resistance groups to fight the occupation and was forced to hide at night for her safety. On March 9, 1943, from her hiding place, ...

  3. Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army

    1. Rabbi Judah Nadich collection

    Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1& 2, 1990.54.1-4, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other bad...

  4. Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army

    1. Rabbi Judah Nadich collection

    Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.1& 3, 1990.54.1-4, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other bad...

  5. Small handsewn stuffed brown and yellow dog brought by a German Jewish girl to Theresienstadt

    1. Janet Beasley collection

    Small stuffed dog brought by 8 year old Jutta Grybski to Theresienstadt ghetto labor-camp, where she was held from October 1944 to May 1945. It was given to Jutta by her maternal grandmother. Jutta had a Jewish mother, Kaethe, and a Catholic father, Hans, who divorced in late 1938 in Berlin, Germany. Hans enlisted in the German Army. His Aryan status and military service would protect Jutta and Kaethe from deportation, although their lives were restricted by anti-Jewish legislation. Jutta could not attend school or use public parks. Kaethe was forced to work in a commercial laundry. Jutta’s...

  6. Unused Star of David badge with Juif acquired by a Jewish chaplain, US Army

    1. Rabbi Judah Nadich collection

    Cloth rectangle with a Star of David badge imprinted Juif given to Rabbi Judah Nadich in Paris after liberation. Seeking out surviving members of the Jewish community, Nadich drove his jeep with his Jewish chaplain's insignia into the prewar Jewish neighborhood and soon a crowd gathered. Most had survived the war in hiding and Nadich was their first contact with the outside Jewish world. They gave him a batch of the yellow star badges that Jews in France had been forced to wear as a mark of humiliation from March 27, 1942. See 1988.39.2-3, 1990.54.1-4, and 1994.a.0250.2 for 7 other badges h...

  7. Handmade, moveable, wooden chicken toy purchased for a German Jewish girl after her liberation from Theresienstadt

    1. Janet Beasley collection

    Moveable wooden toy given to 9 year old Jutta Grybski after her liberation from Theresienstadt ghetto in May 1945. Soon after Soviet forces liberated the camp on May 9, a friend, Siegbert Einstein, who had also been a prisoner, went to the nearby town of Litomerice and brought the toy back for Jutta. Jutta had a Jewish mother, Kaethe, and a Catholic father, Hans, who divorced in late 1938 in Berlin, Germany. Hans enlisted in the German Army. His Aryan status and military service would protect Jutta and Kaethe from deportation, although their lives were restricted by anti-Jewish legislation....

  8. 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...

  9. Star of David badge with Jude worn by a German Jewish youth

    1. Fritz P. Gluckstein collection

    Star of David badge worn by Fritz Gluckstein, circa 1941-1945, in Berlin, Germany. On September 1941, the Nazi regime issued a decree that Jews must wear Judenstern at all times to mark them as outcasts from German society. Fritz's Hebrew class discussed the meaning, embarrassment, and consequences, such as arrest, if caught without it, and what to do if they were attacked. His mother prepared and applied the patches. They had to be sewn tightly on the left and officials would use pencils to try to get behind the star. Fritz was the son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother, Georg and H...

  10. Unused Star of David badge with Jude issued to a German Jewish youth

    1. Fritz P. Gluckstein collection

    Star of David badge preprared for but never worn by Fritz Gluckstein, circa 1941-1945, in Berlin, Germany. On September 1941, the Nazi regime issued a decree that Jews must wear Judenstern at all times to mark them as outcasts from German society. Fritz's Hebrew class discussed the meaning, embarrassment, and consequences, such as arrest, if caught without it, and what to do if they were attacked. The badge had to be sewn tightly on the left and officials would use pencils to try to get behind the star. Fritz was the son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother, Georg and Hedwig. After Hit...

  11. Belgian Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940-1945, ribbon and box awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn82332
    • English
    • 1940-1945
    • a-b: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) d: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)

    Medal de la Resistance Armee 1940 - 1945 (Belgian Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940-1945) awarded to Menachem Konkowksi, a Jewish resistance fighter in Belgium, during the German occupation. Belgium was conquered by Nazi Germany in May 1940. The Germans enacted anti-Jewish legislation to persecute the Jewish population. Beginning in late 1941, Menachem, under the alias, Moliere, organized a Jewish resistance group, also called Moliere, the 9th Brigade of the Belgian Nationalist Movement in Uccle, a civil resistance organization. His unit committed acts of sabotage against the German occupi...

  12. Medal of the Belgian Nationalist Movement 1940-1945, ribbon and box awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn82331
    • English
    • 1940-1945
    • a-b: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) d: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)

    Medaille du Mouvement National Belge 1940 - 1945 (Medal of the Belgian Nationalist Movement 1940-1945), ribbon and box awarded to Menachem Konkowski, a Jewish resistance fighter in Belgium, during the German occupation. Belgium was conquered by Nazi Germany in May 1940. The Germans enacted anti-Jewish legislation to persecute the Jewish population. Beginning in late 1941, Menachem, under the alias, Moliere, organized a Jewish resistance group, also called Moliere, the 9th Brigade of the Belgian Nationalist Movement in Uccle, a civil resistance organization. His unit committed acts of sabota...

  13. Polish Organization for the Struggle for Independence medal, ribbon and box awarded to a Jewish member of the Belgian resistance

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn82330
    • English
    • 1939-1945
    • a-b: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) d: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)

    Polska Organizacja Walki o Niepodleglosci (Polish Organization for the Struggle for Independence) medal awarded to Menachem Konkowski, orignally from Poland, who was a Jewish resistance fighter in Belgium, during the German occupation. Belgium was conquered by Nazi Germany in May 1940. The Germans enacted anti-Jewish legislation to persecute the Jewish population. Beginning in late 1941, Menachem, under the alias, Moliere, organized a Jewish resistance group, also called Moliere, the 9th Brigade of the Belgian Nationalist Movement in Uccle, a civil resistance organization. His unit committe...

  14. Medal of Remembrance of the War 1940- 1945, ribbon, and box awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn82329
    • English
    • 1940-1945
    • a-b: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) d: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)

    Medaille Commemorative de la Guerre 1940-1945 (Medal of Remembrance of the War 1940- 1945) awarded to Menachem Konkowski, a Jewish resistance fighter in Belgium, during the German occupation. Belgium was conquered by Nazi Germany in May 1940. The Germans enacted anti-Jewish legislation to persecute the Jewish population. Beginning in late 1941, Menachem, under the alias, Moliere, organized a Jewish resistance group, also called Moliere, the 9th Brigade of the Belgian Nationalist Movement in Uccle, a civil resistance organization. His unit committed acts of sabotage against the German occupi...

  15. Klaus Zwilsky papers

    1. Klaus Zwilsky family collection

    Collection of documents and photographs relating to the Zwilsky family's experiences in Berlin, Germany.

  16. Unser Kind

    1. Klaus Zwilsky family collection

    Contains an album entitled "Unser Kind" in which Ruth Harzberg Zwilsky documented major steps in her son's Klaus life; dated 1932-1946. The album contains photographs, scrip, documents and handwritten captions.

  17. Jewish children in Budapest; Skiing road trip; City Park

    Éva (János’s sister) plays with a shovel in City Park in summer. Excursion to the country, on a hillside. János carries the camera bag. (01:15) János, Andris Berkes, and Gyuri Quittner race each other on the park pathway and play-wrestle. Along with fathers Sandor Berkes and Emi Quittner in knickerbockers, they hike in the hills and play tag in the grass. (03:52) János, Éva, mother Erzsébet, and the nurse-maid walk along the street in Budapest. János rides a pony at the zoo. (04:30) HAS mountains and countryside. The Schiffers and relatives sit outside overlooking the mountains. (05:06) Ski...

  18. 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.

  19. 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...

  20. 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...