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  1. Star of David badge printed with Jude worn to identfiy a Jew in Vienna

    1. Sig Feiger collection

    Judenstern badge issued to a member of Sig Feiger's family in Vienna, Austria, in 1939. Jews were required to wear the badges displayed on their clothing at all times, to mark them as undesirable members of society. The Feiger family, Isadore and Frida, and their three sons, sixteen year old Sig, and his younger brothers, Alfred, and Harry, were an observant Jewish family living in Vienna when it was absorbed into Nazi Germany in March 1938. Isadore was arrested during Kristallnacht that November and released in January on the condition that he leave the country with his family. They were n...

  2. Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of Valor) medal and presentation box awarded to a Jewish conscript in the Soviet Army

    1. Kalman and Pauline Barakan collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn37886
    • English
    • 1944
    • a: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)

    Krzyz Walecznych (Cross of Valor) medal with striped ribbon awarded to Kalman Barakan by Poland for his service in the Soviet Army in 1944. When Germany invaded Poland in June 1941, Kalman Barakan was a 30 year old lawyer in Bialystok. His home was destroyed and he had to move into a Jewish ghetto and do rough manual labor. He escaped in 1943 and lived in hiding, constantly on the move. In August 1943, the ghetto was destroyed; Kalman’s entire family was murdered in a death camp. In July 1944, the Soviet Army liberated the area and Kalman was forced into army service until the end of the wa...

  3. Selected records from the State Archives in Radom Wybrane materiały z Archiwum Państwowego w Radomiu

    Selected records of the various units of municipal offices in Radom city and its district, the Radom District Court, School Inspectorate, Association of Polish Teachers, and the banks and credit unions. Included is also the private collection of documents of Lejbuś, Judek Perl. Records of the municipal offices in Radom city and district consists of correspondence, German announcements, statistics of people from Polish territories incorporated into the Reich including the number of displaced Jews, records on the forced work of Polish population, cases of Polish POWs, lists of people murdered...

  4. Wooden ammunition box with German paper labels recovered in the Ukraine

    1. The Yahad-In Unum Collection at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    Wooden ammunition box acquired ca. 2005 by Yahad-In Unum from a mass execution and grave site in Ukraine uncovered by their research into atrocities committed by Nazi Germany against the Jewish population during WWII. In September 1939, following Germany's invasion of Poland, areas of eastern Poland, now in Ukraine, were occupied by the Soviet Union pursuant to the terms of the German-Soviet Pact. In late June 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a surprise attack on Russia. The military assault was coordinated with killing squads whose goal was the Final Solution, the elimination o...

  5. Wooden ammunition box with German paper labels recovered in the Ukraine

    1. The Yahad-In Unum Collection at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    Wooden ammunition box acquired ca. 2005 by Yahad-In Unum from a mass execution and grave site in Ukraine uncovered by their research into atrocities committed by Nazi Germany against the Jewish population during WWII. In September 1939, following Germany's invasion of Poland, areas of eastern Poland, now in Ukraine, were occupied by the Soviet Union pursuant to the terms of the German-Soviet Pact. In late June 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a surprise attack on Russia. The military assault was coordinated with killing squads whose goal was the Final Solution, the elimination o...

  6. World War I soldiers and families travel to Wesel for an SA march and celebration

    Decorated title in German: "Vereinsfilm aufgenommen durch Fr. Jasper Text von H. Vosskamp" followed by the main title card: "Kameradschaft Duisburg der ehem. Angehoerigen des 3 Oberelsäss. Inftr.-Regiments 172 FAHRT INS BLAUE mit dem Salondampfer 'Deutschland' am Sonntag, dem 13 August 1933 vorm 7:10 Uhr ab Mühlenweide, Ruhrort". Another title card indicating the program, whereby guests will depart from Muehlenweide at 7:30 AM on a "Journey into the Blue" and debark for a march of SA men to the fortifications [in Wesel]. Comic illustration of an early rise from bed at 5 AM. Man opens apartm...

  7. Asriel and Mascha Berkmann papers

    The collection contains documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to Asriel and Mascha Berkmann’s experiences in concentration camps during the Holocaust, and in Munich, Germany after the war. Included are identification documents; immigration papers; documents regarding Asriel’s involvement with the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria and the Jewish Committee Munich; correspondence; an affidavit signed by 30 prisoners at Dachau concentration camp stating that Asriel was also there and worked to help his fellow prisoners; a document stating that no paperwork exists rega...

  8. Kiki the monkey puppet used by a young US soldier to entertain children in a liberated internment camp

    1. Eldon G. Nicholas collection

    Monkey hand puppet named Kiki used by 23 year old US Army private, Eldon G. Nicholas, to entertain children in September 1944 at the recently liberated Vittel internment camp in France. The Germans established the Vittel camp in 1940 to imprison citizens of neutral or enemy countries for possible exchange with German prisoners. However, over 100 Jewish inmates were deported from the camp and killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The camp was liberated by the 3rd Army on September 9, 1944. Private First Class (Pfc.) Nicholas served as an ambulance driver for the 548th Medical Ambulance Co...

  9. Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail

    1. Henry F. Kahn collection

    The Henry F. Kahn collection of Holocaust-era mail primarily consists of envelopes, letters, postcards, and philatelic materials Kahn collected between approximately 1945 and 1985. The materials document mail systems in and around Holocaust-era ghettos and concentration camps and, by extension, the survivors and victims who passed through them or perished in them. Kahn arranged the materials in three annotated scrapbooks, providing context and history for the ghettos, camps, and mail systems. Most of the materials date from the 1930s and 1940s while the reproductions and commentary date fro...

  10. Halina Olomucki drawing

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract image of a group of standing men, women and children huddled together, three military figures in right background, mounted on cardboard

  11. Halina Olomucki drawing

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract image of standing military figure in green with orange-red flames, other figures in background

  12. Halina Olomucki painting

    1. Halina Olomucki collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn519888
    • English
    • overall: Height: 11.880 inches (30.175 cm) | Width: 15.880 inches (40.335 cm) Height: 19.880 inches (50.495 cm) | Width: 24.380 inches (61.925 cm)

    Abstract image of a group of figures in the center holding opened bags and military figures in green on either side, mounted on cardboard and framed

  13. Halina Olomucki drawing

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract image of group of walking figures, military figures in green uniforms at front and back, thick black lines

  14. Halina Olomucki painting

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract image of groups of people surrounded by military figures dressed in green and carrying guns, orange-red color below and blue-green color above, very thick paint layer, on stretcher (poor condition- canvas torn on edge).

  15. Halina Olomucki drawing

    1. Halina Olomucki collection

    Abstract iamge of two groups of figures on the left and right, military figure in green standing with each group, building in background

  16. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of female Danish rescuer

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41812
    • English
    • 1993
    • overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.380 inches (33.985 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman of Karen Lykke Poulsen, a rescuer active in the Communist underground in Denmark. Karen arranged for hundreds of Jews to be safely sent from Zealand to Sweden. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and began to face military setbacks, a Danish resistance movement developed. On August 29, 1943, the Germans declared martial law and began to address t...

  17. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who hid and ferried Jews to safety

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41829
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm) | Width: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Jens Moller, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Jens met a large group of Jews at the train station and brought an old couple and young couple with twins home. Neighbors brought food and it was 3 days before Jens found a boat that could transport them. He continued to rescue Jews and transport them on his own boat. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the Germans invaded the Soviet U...

  18. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who helped take Jews to safety

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41826
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm) | Width: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Neils Sorenson, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Neils and his father helped 2 people escape.They took them on their boat, covered them with nets, and left in the morning. German boats patrolled the waters and the fishing boat reached a blockade but was not stopped. They continued into the harbor and the Jews were lowered into a dinghy and pushed to safety. Neils and his father continued their rescue efforts. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. ...

  19. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who ferried Jews to safety

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41824
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in Gilleje, Denmark, in 1992 of Frede Svendsen, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Frede used his boat to ferry Jews to Sweden. A rumor that a boat was leaving at 10pm resulted in hundreds trying to gain passage. There was a false alarm that the Gestapo was coming and as his boat left the dock, a man came running and at the last minute was pulled aboard. After the war, he returned to thank his rescuers. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not moles...

  20. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish fisherman who took Jews to safety across the Oresund

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41827
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.120 inches (33.325 cm) | Width: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Jens Moller, a Danish fisherman and rescuer. Jens met a large group of Jews at the train station and brought an old couple and young couple with twins home. Neighbors brought food and it was 3 days before Jens found a boat that could transport them. He continued to rescue Jews and ferried them across the Oresund to Sweden on his own boat. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the G...