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  10. Letter sent by the refugee Shlomo Shmidt in Lithuania to the New York Forverts editorial board requesting help from members of his community, 02 January 1941

    1. O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951

    Letter sent by the refugee Shlomo Shmidt in Lithuania to the New York Forverts editorial board requesting help from members of his community, 02 January 1941 In the letter the refugee expresses that the content published requesting help will be addressed to members of his community in the United States.

  11. Postcard sent by the refugee Abraham Pshevisman in Kobe to the New York Forverts editorial board requesting financial assistance, 03 April 1941

    1. O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951

    Postcard sent by the refugee Abraham Pshevisman in Kobe to the New York Forverts editorial board requesting financial assistance, 03 April 1941 In the postcard the refugee expresses his wish that the letter will be published in the United States to receive financial assistance.

  12. Documentation from an American source dealing with the Holocaust of the Jews of Europe, rescue attempts, the bombing of Auschwitz, the War Refugee Board, the Emergency Committee to Save Jews and more

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documentation from an American source dealing with the Holocaust of the Jews of Europe, rescue attempts, the bombing of Auschwitz, the War Refugee Board, the Emergency Committee to Save Jews and more

  13. World Congress of Esperanto medallion with an image of woman and a view of Budapest owned by a Czech Jewish refugee

    1. Kovary and Neuhaus families collection

    Commemorative medal from the World Congress of Esperanto in Budapest, Hungary, in 1929, attended by Tom (Tibor) Kovary with his family. 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...

  14. Prayer book of the Language (Word) of Truth Israelite prayer book Israelitisches Gebetbuch Hebrew prayer book, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish refugee family

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    Siddur S'fat Emet book, owned by a member of Ilse Brilling’s family, and carried from Germany to Ecuador in the late 1930s. Following Adolf Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees and persecution made life in Germany increasingly difficult. In 1939, Ilse Brilling left Rastenburg, Germany and immigrated to Chambo, Ecuador with her parents, Hedwig and Isidor, and older sister, Hilde. Ilse’s father died that same year, and the family moved to Quito, where she met Horst Abraham. Horst immigrated to Ecuador from Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, after hearing ...

  15. Israelitisches Gebetbuch mit Berücksichtigung der Jugend Prayers of the Sons of Israel Hebrew prayer book, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    Tefilot B'nei Yisrael book, owned by Horst Abraham and carried from Germany to Ecuador in the late 1930s. Following Adolf Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees and persecution made life in Germany increasingly difficult. Horst Abraham immigrated to Ecuador from Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, after hearing a rumor that he might be arrested. Horst's parents, Nanette and David, and one of his two brothers, Kurt, joined him there later. In 1942, Horst met Ilse Brilling, who immigrated to Chambo, Ecuador in 1939 with her parents, Hedwig and Isidor, and ol...

  17. Correspondentie met de Emigration Department van het Jewish Refugee Committee in Londen en HICEM in Parijs over vacatures voor specialistische beroepe...

    1. Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen
    2. Hulpverlening vluchtelingen
    3. Emigratie

    Correspondentie met de Emigration Department van het Jewish Refugee Committee in Londen en HICEM in Parijs over vacatures voor specialistische beroepen met emigratiemogelijkheden voor vluchtelingen, 1935-1936. Chronologisch geordend. Engels- en Franstalig.

  18. Pair of tan and white wool knit tweed patterned 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
    • irn515753
    • English
    • a: Height: 18.250 inches (46.355 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) b: Height: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)

    Pair of tan 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. Refugee, a honey brown teddy bear with a pink robe, owned by a young Jewish girl who had lived in hiding as a Catholic

    1. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

    Small, golden teddy bear named Refugee received by eight year old Zofia (Selma) Scharzwald from her mother as a birthday or Christmas present after the war ended in May 1945. Her aunt crocheted a coat for it. Zofia named it Refugee because she thought its uneven eyes made it look " a little down and out." Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefly in Krakow, then moved to Busko Zdroj. Selma attended Catholic school and had h...