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  1. Portrait of her mother reading a book by a Jewish artist

    1. Ava Kadishson Schieber collection

    Pencil drawing of her mother, Beatrice Hegedish, drawn by Ava Hegedish, ca. 1942-1943, on one of their rare visits in Belgrade during the war after the family went into hiding in spring 1941. In April 1941, Nazi Germany and its Axis partners partitioned Yugoslavia. Belgrade was under German control. Ava's father Leo decided the family's best chance of survival was to separate and go into hiding. He returned to Novy Sad; her mother and her sister Susanna remained in Belgrade. Susanna's Greek Orthodox husband had Serbian relatives with a farm near Belgrade and they agreed to take in Ava, then...

  2. Self portrait with braids by a Jewish teenager in hiding

    1. Ava Kadishson Schieber collection

    Self portrait drawn by Ava Hegedish at the farm where she lived in hiding from spring 1941 to October 1944 near Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia.) In April 1941, Nazi Germany and its Axis partners partitioned Yugoslavia. Belgrade was under German control. Ava's father Leo decided the family's best chance of survival was to separate and go into hiding. He returned to Novy Sad; her mother and her sister Susanna remained in Belgrade. Susanna's Greek Orthodox husband had Serbian relatives with a farm near Belgrade and they agreed to take in Ava, then 15. She did farm labor and lived in this she...

  3. FFI Free French pin engraved 193476 awarded to a Jewish resistance member

    1. Yvonne Rothschild Redgis and Gertrude Fraenkel (Fränkel) family collection

    FFI (Forces Francaises de l'Interieur/ French Forces of the Interior) pin awarded to Yvonne Klug by the Committee of Liberation on July 7, 1946, for her acts of resistance against the German occupiers of France. Yvonne was imprisoned for her resistance activities in France and in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp from 1943-1945. FFI was a confederation of French resistance organizations. The pin is engraved with the number 193476 and features the double barred Cross of Lorraine, a symbol of the resistance. France surrendered to and was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1940. Yvonne was a...

  4. Yellow Star of David badge worn by a Belgian Jew

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection

    Yellow cloth Star of David badge with the letter J. worn by either Menachem or Ita Blinbaum Konkowski in Brussels, Belgium, from 1942-1944. Belgium was conquered by Nazi Germany in May 1940. The Germans enacted anti-Jewish legislation to persecute the Jewish population. In 1942, Jews were required to wear Judenstern on their outer clothing at all times to mark them as Jews and outcasts from Belgian society. 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 civi...

  5. Belgian Nationalist Movement enamel buttonhole pin with the golden lion emblem worn by a Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection

    Enamel buttonhole pin with emblems of the MNB (Mouvement National Belge) and BNB (Belgisch National Beweging) worn by 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 t...

  6. Pair of pinwheel shaped cuff links with ribbon covering owned by a Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn82324
    • English
    • a: Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) b: Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) c: Height: 1.230 inches (3.124 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)

    Set of ribbon covered pinwheel shaped metal cuff links owned by Menachem Konkowski, a Jewish resistance fighter in Belgium, during the German occupation. The cuff links are covered in the type of fabric used to make ties at the textile factory owned by his in-laws, Michael and Yechoved Blinbaum. They had to abandon their factory and go into hiding in 1942. Menachem had their stock and materials removed and hidden, which made it possible for them to immediately restart their business after the war. Belgium was conquered by Nazi Germany in May 1940. The Germans enacted anti-Jewish legislation...

  7. Single pinwheel shaped cuff link with ribbon covering owned by a Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection

    One ribbon covered pinwheel shaped cuff link owned by Menachem Konkowski, a Jewish resistance fighter in Belgium, during the German occupation. The cuff link is covered in the type of fabric used to make ties at the textile factory owned by his in-laws, Michael and Yechoved Blinbaum. They had to abandon their factory and go into hiding in 1942. Menachem had their stock and materials removed and hidden, which made it possible for them to immediately restart their business after the war. Belgium was conquered by Nazi Germany in May 1940. The Germans enacted anti-Jewish legislation to persecut...

  8. Belgian Nationalist Movement armband with an attached ribbon, BNB patch and star pin worn by a Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection

    Belgian Nationalist Movement white cloth armband with three attached insignia worn by Menachem Konkowski, a Jewish resistance fighter in Belgium, during the German occupation. Attached to the armband are a black, yellow, red striped ribbon, a shield shaped patch with an embroidered ribbon and lion, and a 6 pointed star pin. 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...

  9. Commemorative armband resembling the Belgian flag worn by a Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection

    Armband with the black, yellow, and red stripes of the Belgian flag worn by Menachem Konkowski, a Jewish resistance fighter, for a commemorative celebration in Brussels, Belgium, in 1957. During World War II, 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 ...

  10. Belgian Nationalist Movement patch with an embroidered lion emblem worn by a Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection

    White cloth badge embroidered MNB (Mouvement National Belge) and BNB (Belgisch National Beweging) with a rampant lion worn by 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 a...

  11. Self-portrait of a young woman looking sideways by a Jewish teenager in hiding

    1. Ava Kadishson Schieber collection

    Self portrait in pencil drawn by Ava Hegedish when, from age 15 to 18, she lived in hiding at the farm of a Serbian Christian peasant family near Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia.) In April 1941, Nazi Germany and its Axis partners partitioned Yugoslavia. Belgrade was under German control. Ava's father Leo decided the family's best chance of survival was to separate and go into hiding. He returned to Novy Sad; her mother and her sister Susanna remained in Belgrade. Susanna's Greek Orthodox husband had Serbian relatives with a farm near Belgrade and they agreed to take in Ava, then 15. She di...

  12. "Mijn oorlogsarchief" - Salomon-Vieyra family. Collection

    The collection is divided into six folders. KD_00104_0001 : This file contains documents from 1940 regarding the Salomon family flight to France, including the diary of father Hyman Salomon as a soldier during the Battle of Belgium and a give way allowing members of the Salomon family to cross the border into France. KD_00104_0002 : This file contains documents from 1940-1944 regarding the anti-Jewish measures in Belgium and the hiding and deportation of Salomon family members, including documents regarding the family business, family trees, letters from Salomon and Blits family members in ...

  13. Reichman-Lipschitz family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war class photograph of the Tachkemoni school ; pre-war wedding photos of the Reichman siblings and the Lipschitz siblings ; pre-war photos of the Reichman siblings and Lipschitz siblings with their spouses, children and friends ; a pre-war photo of Israel Lipschitz playing the violin ; wartime photos of Israel Lipschitz and his wife Rachel Mandel recta Kwadrat, including a photo of them wearing the yellow star ; a wartime photo of Jacob Marcovici, future husband of the donor, with the group of children he was hidden with ; wartime photos of Sam Lipschitz whi...

  14. Haganah War Ribbon bar awarded to a Belgian Jewish resistance fighter for his postwar support in Palestine

    1. Menachem and Ita Blinbaum Konkowski families collection

    Haganah War ribbon bar awarded to Menachem Konkowski, a World War II Belgian Jewish resistance fighter, between 1958 and 1966, for his support of Haganah during the fight for Independence in Palestine. During World War II, 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, part of the 9th Brigade of the Belgian Nationalist Movement in Uccle, a civil resistance organization. His unit committed act...

  15. Sketches of a fellow concentration camp inmate by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Three sketches of Masha Rolnikaite (Rolnik) drawn by Esther Lurie, ca. 1965, for the cover of Masha's memoir, Ikh muz dertseyin [I have to tell]. They reproduce the drawing of Masha that Esther made when both were prisoners in Leibisch slave labor camp. It was published in Esther's book, Jewesses in Slavery, in 1945. Masha, 17, was a deportee from Vilna, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania), and returned there after liberation. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania] in summer 1941, when it was occupied by German...

  16. Operation Annie - December 13, 1944

    1. Operation Annie broadcasts

    0:00: intro music 1:54: 1212 broadcasting, daily from 2 to 6. This is 1212 with news for the Rhineland. News from Front and Homeland for the citizens of the Rhineland and Saar-Pfalz. We will bring you the names of the villages that have been occupied by the enemy in the past 24 hours. 2:18: Front news: Pfalz-Front: As the fights are approaching the borders of the Pfalz, the citizens of Karlsruhe, Raststatt and Ettlingen are already hearing the cannon fire through the winter air. Not even 20 kilometers South, American troops are standing on the west shore of the Rhine, just across from Rasts...

  17. Rectangular yellow badge with Star of David and Ž kept by Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman

    1. Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman collection

    Rectangular badge printed with a Star of David and the letter Ž for Jew, kept by Teodora (Dorica) Basch (later Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman) while a hidden child from 1941-1945 in Ludbreg, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). The badge belonged to a member of her extended family and was kept in their home during the war. This type of patch was used only from April to June 1941 and was replaced by small metal, or sometimes paper, badges with the Ž. In April 1941, three-year-old Dorica was visiting her maternal grandparents, Rabbi Leopold and Katerina Deutsch in Ludbreg when Germany and its allies inv...

  18. Rectangular yellow badge with Star of David and Ž kept by Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman

    1. Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman collection

    Rectangular badge printed with a Star of David and the letter Ž for Jew, kept by Teodora (Dorica) Basch (later Theodora Basch Vrančić Klayman) while a hidden child from 1941-1945 in Ludbreg, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). The badge belonged to a member of her extended family and was kept in their home during the war. This type of patch was used only from April to June 1941 and was replaced by small metal, or sometimes paper, badges with the Ž. In April 1941, three-year-old Dorica was visiting her maternal grandparents, Rabbi Leopold and Katerina Deutsch in Ludbreg when Germany and its allies inv...

  19. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Jewish Latvian prisoner

    1. Beryl and Marian Miklin collection

    Blue and gray striped prisoner uniform cap worn by Ber (later Beryl) Miklin in Stutthof concentration camp from the fall of 1944 to early 1945. Ber, his wife, parents, two sisters, and two brothers were forced into the Riga ghetto in Latvia in September 1941 by the German occupying forces. Ber’s mother and wife died, and his youngest brother fled to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Ber and his elder brother were transported to the Riga-Kaiserwald concentration camp in August 1943, and were assigned to forced labor. Ber’s father, sisters, and his sisters’ families were also sent to Kaiserwald, but late...

  20. Wool blanket found by a Jewish Latvian concentration camp prisoner after escaping a death march

    1. Beryl and Marian Miklin collection

    One of two wool blankets found by Ber (later Beryl) Miklin, and used during and after a death march from Stutthof concentration camp in January 1945. Originally green, Ber dyed this blanket blue and used the other to make a pair of pants. Ber, his wife, parents, two sisters, and two brothers were forced into the Riga ghetto in Latvia in September 1941 by the German occupying forces. Ber’s mother and wife died, and his youngest brother fled to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Ber and his elder brother were transported to the Riga-Kaiserwald concentration camp in August 1943, and were assigned to forced...