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  1. Brass Hanukiah carried by a German Jewish family who immigrated to Ecuador

    1. Hess, Spier and Steinberg family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn555474
    • English
    • 1937
    • a: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Depth: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) b: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)

    Hanukiah that belonged to Ruth Spier’s husband Alfred and was carried by his family when they emigrated from Germany in March 1939, to escape persecution. The Hanukiah is lit during the festival of Hanukkah. It has eight candles in line with each other with a ninth candle at a different height that is lit first and then used to light the others. Ruth and her husband Alfred lived in Hannover, Germany, where he taught at a Jewish school. Alfred unexpectedly died of a fever in 1937, leaving behind two young daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah, and Ruth a widow. As part of Kristallnacht, on Novembe...

  2. Morris and Lucy Breitbart papers

    The Morris and Lucy Breitbart papers contain documents and photographs concerning Morris Breitbart of Szczakowa, Poland and his wife, Lucy Gliklich of Nisko, Poland, whom he married at the Rosenheim displaced persons camp after World War II in 1949. Included in the collection is a diary written by Morris while he was in hiding in Poland from 1943 until 1944, postwar documents regarding his credentials as a dentist, immigration to the United States, and restitution claims against the German government. Photographs in this collection depict the Gliklich family before the war in Nisko, Poland,...

  3. Beatrice Muchman papers

    1. Beatrice Muchman collection

    The Beatrice Muchman papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, diary and poetry books, a memoir, photographs, and a prayer book documenting the Westheimer family of Berlin, their flight to Brussels, Beatrix Westheimer’s survival in hiding in Ottignies, her parents’ deportations to Auschwitz and deaths, and her immigration to the United States to rejoin her surviving relatives. Biographical materials include birth and marriage certificates, vaccination records, identification papers, report cards, petition of adoption, and citizenship and immigration papers documenting Beatri...

  4. Pair of silver candlesticks with floral engraving recovered in postwar Germany

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn36115
    • English
    • 1945
    • a: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) b: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)

    Candlesticks given to 25 year old Lotte Cohen in Germany after she relocated there following her liberation in January 1945 from Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. The candlesticks were given to her by a shopkeeper who told her that they were taken from the home of a Jewish family after they were deported. Lotte never spoke of her own experiences during the Holocaust. But she used these candlesticks for every holiday and always told her family the story of their recovery. Lotte, her parents, and her 7 siblings were deported from the Netherlands to Auschwitz. Lotte, one brother, and her...

  5. Great Rebirth of Germany Book with stereoscopic glasses and photos celebrating the Anschluss

    1. Abraham Saifer collection

    Propaganda book containing stereo-optic glasses and 120 double imaged photographs to be viewed with the glasses. The book and photographs deal with Hitler's conquest of Austria; text written by Karl Bartz, forward by Hermann Goerring and photographs taken by Heinrich Hoffman; published by the NSDAP.

  6. Max and Dorothy Folk papers

    The collection documents the post-war experiences of Max and Dorothy Folk, both of whom survived the Holocaust and married in Landsberg am Lech, Germany after the war. The collection primarily consists of biographical and identification papers from Landsberg, documents regarding their respective Holocaust experiences, papers related to their immigration to the United States in 1950, and restitution paperwork. Biographical material primarily documents the Max and Dorothy’s post-war lives as refugees in the Landsberg am Lech DP camp area. Papers of Max include identification cards; documents ...

  7. 1918 bank note brought to the United States by a Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany

    1. Natalie Taubmann Tortolani family collection

    Banknote acquired by the Taubmann family, valued at 250 rubles. The note was issued between 1918 and 1920, by the government of the Don Cossack province in Russia, prior to the Bolshevik occupation. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia became embroiled in civil war, fought largely between the Bolshevik Red Army and the oppositional White Army. The area of Ukraine, including Kiev, became a heavily-contested area. During the war, these notes were accepted currency among allies of the White Russians. The war and widespread antisemitism caused many Jews to emigrate from Russia during this time. Benjam...

  8. Records of Jewish communities and institutions of Peru Legajos de Comunidades e Instituciones Judías del Perú

    Records from the Jewish community in Lima and several Jewish institutions in Peru, including the "Asociación de Sociedades Israelitas del Perú," "Colectividad Israelita del Perú," the German-Jewish community in Peru "La Asociación Judía de 1870," "Unión Israelita del Perú," "Colegio León Pinelo," "Hanoar Hatzioní," "Asociación Fraternal Israelita de Lima," and others. Includes correspondents, name lists, circulars, financial records, list of members of the Sephardic Charity Society, list of students of the Colegio León Pinelo, Lima, photographs of students, bulletins, publications and perio...

  9. Monogrammed silver napkin rings owned by a German Rabbi

    1. Rabbi Georg and Martha Wilde collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn619190
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)

    Pair of silver napkin rings, engraved with the initials of Martha and her husband Rabbi George Wilde, who fled Germany in 1939. Rabbi Dr. Georg Wilde attended the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), and received a doctorate in 1901. He married Breslau-born Martha Spitz, and the couple moved to Magdeburg. In 1906, Georg began serving as rabbi for the largest of Magdeburg’s three congregations, the Synagogen-Gemeinde zu Magdeburg. During World War I, Georg served as a field rabbi and presided over both Jewish and interfaith burials. While in Magdeburg, Georg...

  10. White, monogrammed tablecloth belonging to the family of a German Rabbi

    1. Rabbi Georg and Martha Wilde collection

    Finely woven, linen tablecloth, embroidered with the initials of Martha Wilde, wife of Rabbi Georg Wilde, who fled Germany in 1939. Rabbi Dr. Georg Wilde attended the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), and received a doctorate in 1901. He married Breslau-born Martha Spitz, and the couple moved to Magdeburg. In 1906, Georg began serving as rabbi for the largest of Magdeburg’s three congregations, the Synagogen-Gemeinde zu Magdeburg. During World War I, Georg served as a field rabbi and presided over both Jewish and interfaith burials. While in Magdeburg, G...

  11. Herman Taube papers

    The Herman Taube papers consist of articles, manuscripts, poetry, presentations, and translations by Herman Taube, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, as well as correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Taube's career as a writer, journalist, and educator, which was often influenced by his own Holocaust experiences in Łódź, Siberia, and the Second Polish Army. The collection also includes biographical materials documenting Taube's wife's Czech stepmother, Marie Koreffová, who survived Auschwitz, Theresienstadt, and Flossenbürg, as well as translations of evidence presented ...

  12. Felmore Art Deco cigarette case owned by German Jewish emigre and US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Engraved sterling silver Felmore cigarette case with gilt interior owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army from 1943 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 104th Infa...

  13. Engraved cigarette case given to a German Jewish emigre

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Engraved cigarette case owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army from 1943 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 104th Infantry, the Timberwolf Division. As the unit ...

  14. US Army 104th Infantry shoulder sleeve Timberwolf patch worn by a soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    US Army 104th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve Timberwolf 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 Lt. 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, a...

  15. World War II Victory ribbon bar awarded to German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    World War II Victory ribbon bar issued to Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army from 1943 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 104th Infantry, the Timberwolf Division. As ...

  16. Replacement watch crystal in packaging owned by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn542964
    • English
    • a: Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)

    Replacement watch crystal in storage packet 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 T...

  17. U.S. Infantry service lapel pin worn by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Infantry service lapel pin belonging to 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 104th Infantry, the Timberwolf ...

  18. U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant's insignia pin worn by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Second Lieutenant's insignia pin 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 Lt. In May 1936, unable to return to Frankfurt, 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...

  19. Bear, a stuffed koala bear, with modern covering, carried by a German Jewish girl on a Kindertransport

    1. John and Gisela Marx Eden collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn609624
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) b: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm)

    Stuffed koala bear named Bear, with cover knitted by Gisela in 2001, carried by Gisela Marx, 14, on a Kindertransport from Dulken, Germany, to Great Britain in August 1939. The Nazi regime, in power since 1933, persecuted the Jewish population. Leopold, a former diplomat and WWI veteran, and Erna, a member of a wealthy, landowning family, thought their status would protect them, but in 1939, they decided to send Gisela to safety. The friend paid to care for her never showed up, and she was sent to live with an Orthodox rabbi, and then to boarding school. In 1941, Gisela had to perform milit...

  20. Wristwatch with red band and a red pouch taken by a German Jewish girl on a Kindertransport

    1. John and Gisela Marx Eden collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn149054
    • English
    • a: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm)

    Wristwatch with a red band and a red cloth case brought by 14 year old Gisela Marx on a Kindertransport from Dulken, Germany, to Great Britain in August 1939. Gisela’s parents, Erna and Leopold, purchased the watch for Gisela’s journey. The Nazi regime, in power since 1933, persecuted the Jewish population. Leopold, a former diplomat and WWI veteran, and Erna, a member of a wealthy, landowning family, thought their status would protect them, but in 1939, they decided to send Gisela to safety. The friend paid to care for her never showed up, and she was sent to live with an Orthodox rabbi, a...