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  1. Ruth Danzig Rauch papers

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    The Ruth Danzig Rauch papers primarily contain biographical materials, correspondence, and emigration and immigration materials related to Ruth Danzig’s escape from Munich, Germany to Great Britain on the Kindertransport in 1939, her immigration to the United States in 1944, and the Danzig and Frank family’s life in Munich from 1939-1942. The biographical materials include documents from the International Tracing Service about Emanuel and Gerda Danzig, archival research on the fates of members of the Bravmann, Winter, and Danzig families in Germany, and school records for Ruth Danzig Rauch....

  2. Red leather purse used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    Red leather shoulder bag given to 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig by her mother Gerda before she was sent from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Pastern...

  3. Brown leather luggage tag used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    Leather luggage tag used by 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Pastern...

  4. Brown leather luggage tag used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    Leather luggage tag used by 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Pastern...

  5. Leather luggage tag used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    Leather luggage tag used by 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Pastern...

  6. Book

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    Religion, Natural and Revealed, a book given to 12 year old Ruth Danzig by her foster family in England upon her departure for the US in October 1944. There is a handwritten inscription on the inside cover. When Ruth was 6, her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939,...

  7. Jewish families pose for camera; street scenes in Humenne

    Reel 2. Shows families (the Sommers, the Kleins, the Grosmans) in Humenne. Man greets the camera. Girls at play, dancing in a circle, including Zuzana Sermerova (b. 1924). Family group poses. CU sign, "Garage." Two men peel potatoes. Roof of garage building. Family members pose in front of gate. CU Judith Klein (sister of Bernard and Emery) in a baby carriage. Group of kids wave and walk to camera, CUs. Men walk to camera, one takes off suspenders, walks towards camera. Bernard and Emery sit in the grass with the movie camera case. CU, Judith in carriage. Family in garden; in front of house...

  8. Levi, Kronthal, and Eis families papers

    1. Max and Ruth Levi Eis family and the Kronthal family collection

    The Levi, Kronthal, and Eis family papers document the family of Sali Levi, last rabbi of the old Jewish community of Mainz, as well as the families of his wife Margarete Levi, nee Weissmann, his sister-in-law Rosa Kronthal, his son Hans Levi, and his son-in-law Max Eis. The collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, subject files, photographs, sermons, writings, speeches, and books documenting the lives of the Kronthal, Levi, and Eis families as they were forced to flee Germany and immigrate to the United States during the Holocaust. Biographical materials date from 1867-c...

  9. Painted tin container base owned by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Tin container, missing the lid, that belonged to Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder who fled Germany in 1939 for Shanghai, China. A ring traveller was a device used with textile spinning looms. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They went to Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obta...

  10. Japanese propaganda resembling a Farmers Bank of China 10 cent note, acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Safe conduct pass resembling Chinese currency acquired postwar by Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder. The Japanese occupation authority created these passes to closely resemble actual currency. This version uses currency issued in 1937 by the Farmers Bank of China. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were re...

  11. Million cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Million cigarette package label collected and traded by Ralf Harpuder in Shanghai, China. This wrapper features a large dollar sign logo. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obtain, but Ralf was able to stay in...

  12. Golden Circles cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Golden Circles cigarette package label collected and traded by Ralf Harpuder in Shanghai, China. This wrapper features an image of a boardwalk with a city skyline. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obtain, bu...

  13. Chesterfield cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Chesterfield cigarette package label collected and traded by Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder in Shanghai, China. The wrapper features a crown and scepter design. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They went to Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and, as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obtain, but Ralf was a...

  14. Japanese propaganda matchbox cover with a bayonet with a Japanese flag dominating the world acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Japanese matchbox cover acquired postwar by Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder. This cover features an image of red sunbeams and a bayonet with the Japanese Rising Sun flag surrounding the earth. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely diff...

  15. Central Bank of China paper currency note, 5000 yuan, acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Chinese bank note, 5000 yuan, acquired postwar by Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder. It was issued by the Republic of China and this issue was in circulation circa 1945. It features a portrait of Sun Yat-sen and a Pailou style gate. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. F...

  16. Chinese paper currency note, 1000 yuan, acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Chinese, possibly bank note acquired postwar by Ralph Harpuder. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and, as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obtain, but Ralf was able to stay in school because they waived his tuition. The city was liberated by the US...

  17. Blue laced tan leather billfold with an oval image of a man pullling 2 women in a rickshaw acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Decorated leather bifold walllet acquired postwar by Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder. This wllet has the same painted image as 2010.7, except it is set within an oval. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obtain, but Ralf...

  18. Red laced brown leather billfold with an image of a man pulling 2 women in a rickshaw acquired by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Decorated leather bifold wallet acquired postwar by Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obtain, but Ralf was able to stay in school because they waived his tuition. The city was liberated...

  19. Japanese propaganda matchbox with a caricature of FDR acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Japanese propaganda matchbox acquired postwar by Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder. This box features a caricature of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obtain, but Ralf was able to sta...

  20. Japanese propaganda matchbox with a Japanese plane bombing the US and British flags acquired postwar by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Ralph Harpuder family collection

    Japanese matchbox acquired postwar by Ralph (Ralf) Harpuder. This box features an image of a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the United States and British flags. Four year old Ralf, his parents, Hans and Gerda, and his 14 year old sister, Ursula, left Berlin, Germany, following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938. They left for Shanghai because it was an open port with no visa required and arrived in March 1939. Shanghai was controlled by the Japanese military and as the war intensified, they were relocated to the Hongkew ghetto. Food and supplies became extremely difficult to obtain, bu...