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  1. Drawing of a yellow field done in hiding by a Dutch Jewish man

    1. Abraham Rijksman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn47212
    • English
    • pictorial area: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) overall: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Width: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)

    Colored pencil drawing of a yellow field beside a Dutch family’s farmhouse near Genum (Ginnum), Netherlands, created by Abraham Rijksman while in hiding on January 10, 1944. Abraham and his family lived in Amsterdam when German forces occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. His family members were all arrested and deported between October 1942 and May 1943. Abraham was arrested in August 1943, and escaped twice from transport trains to Westerbork transit camp. The second time, he escaped with a pregnant woman, whose friend gave Abraham money to travel north to Friesland. In October, Abraham w...

  2. Drawing of a man at a spinning wheel done in hiding by a Dutch Jewish man

    1. Abraham Rijksman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn47222
    • English
    • pictorial area: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) overall: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Width: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)

    Colored pencil drawing of Mr. de Lintrekker working at a spinning wheel in a Dutch family’s farmhouse near Genum (Ginnum), Netherlands, created by Abraham Rijksman while in hiding on January 10, 1944. Abraham and his family lived in Amsterdam when German forces occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. His family members were all arrested and deported between October 1942 and May 1943. Abraham was arrested in August 1943, and escaped twice from transport trains to Westerbork transit camp. The second time, he escaped with a pregnant woman, whose friend gave Abraham money to travel north to Fries...

  3. Drawing of farmhouse and trees done in hiding by a Dutch Jewish man

    1. Abraham Rijksman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn47226
    • English
    • pictorial area: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) overall: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Width: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)

    Colored pencil drawing of a Dutch family’s farm near Genum (Ginnum), Netherlands, created by Abraham Rijksman while in hiding on January 6, 1944. Abraham and his family lived in Amsterdam when German forces occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. His family members were all arrested and deported between October 1942 and May 1943. Abraham was arrested in August 1943, and escaped twice from transport trains to Westerbork transit camp. The second time, he escaped with a pregnant woman, whose friend gave Abraham money to travel north to Friesland. In October, Abraham was forced to flee his first ...

  4. Wooden comb and handmade paper case given to a prisoner by a friend in Kaiserwald concentration camp

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn47061
    • English
    • a: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)

    Wooden comb and paper case given to 21 year old Esther Dykman by a friend on December 27, 1944, when they were slave laborers in an AEG Factory in Kaiserwald concentration camp in Riga, Latvia. The friend found the comb on the side of the road and made the holder from materials taken from the factory where she and Esther worked. Germany invaded Soviet controlled Poland in June 21,1941, and three days later occupied Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania) where Esther lived with her parents and 8 year old sister Cyla. By July, they enacted policies to persecute the Jews. German mobile killing units, aide...

  5. Nazi Party Labor Day pin given to a US soldier by Hermann Göring

    Nazi Party Labor Day 1934 pin, likely given to Lieutenant Jack Wheelis by Herman Göring during his imprisonment at Nuremberg from 1945-1946. Labor Day (also known as May Day) takes place on May 1 to celebrate laborers and the working classes. In April 1933, after the Nazi party took control of the German government, May 1 was appropriated as the “Day of National Work,” with all celebrations organized by the government. On May 2, the Nazi party banned all independent trade-unions, bringing them under state control of the German Labor Front. Soon after the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945,...

  6. Pair of white leather Masonic gloves with button cuffs owned by a Hungarian Jewish emigre

    1. Peter Veres family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn47172
    • English
    • a: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) b: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)

    White leather ceremonial gloves that originally belonged to Vilmos Deutsch. They were acquired through his membership in the Freemason society. White kid gloves were presented to newly initiated members; a man's pair for the member and a woman's pair for his wife or betrothed. They were symbolic and not intended for use and represented the ideal that the work of his hands should be pure and spotless. Vilmos, who died in 1935, was from a large, Orthodox Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. The gloves were inherited by his daughter, Lenke. In March 1944, Hungary was occupied by Nazi Germany. L...

  7. WWI Hungarian War Supporter copper watch fob acquired by a Jewish army veteran

    1. Peter Veres family collection

    World War I Hungarian War Supporter copper watch ornament originally owned by Bela Krausz, issued for contributions to military aid for the year 1915/16. Bela, an Orthodox Jew and WWI veteran, was arrested in Budapest on May 31, 1944, following the occupation of Hungary by Nazi Germany on March 19. He was deported in July to an unknown concentration camp where he was killed. In November, his wife Lenke went into hiding with their daughter Kati and her children, and her son-in-law’s family. The city was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. Lenke brought the watch fob with her when she...

  8. Ritual slaughter instrument set: 3 knives, 3 cases, 2 whetstones, a bag, a band, and 4 cloths used by a shochet

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7129
    • English
    • 1938
    • a: Height: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) b: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) c: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) d: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) e: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 29.000 inches (73.66 cm) f: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 8.120 inches (20.625 cm) | Depth: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) g: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Depth: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm) h: Height: 29.000 inches (73.66 cm) | Width: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) i: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 7.880 inches (20.015 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) j: Height: 29.880 inches (75.895 cm) | Width: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm) k: Height: 10.880 inches (27.635 cm) | Width: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) l: Height: 7.380 inches (18.745 cm) | Width: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) m: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm) n: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 7.880 inches (20.015 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)

    Set of 14 instruments used for shehitah [ritual slaughter]by Isaac Ossowski, the head shochet for the Alte Shule in Berlin who left Germany with his family in 1938 because of the targeted persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. This set includes 3 knives of different sizes with wooden cases, 2 whetstones to sharpen the knives, and one bag and 4 cloths used to wipe and cover the instruments. A shochet performs shehitah, the Jewish religious and humane method of slaughtering animals and poultry. It requires years of training in the laws and procedures of shehitah, as well as th...

  9. Klapholz and Schlesinger family papers

    Contains birth certificates, passports and identification cards bearing photographs, and marriage certificates pertaining to Erna Meier (later Schlesinger Summerfield) and her daughter Irene Schlesinger's (later Woods Hofstein) lives in Germany and their immigration to the United States in 1939.

  10. Set of scale weights brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee

    1. Isidor Muschel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn562199
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) b: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Depth: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) c: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) d: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) e: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) f: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) g: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) h: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) i: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)

    A set of 7 metric, silver and brass colored metal apothecary weights in a fitted wooden box brought with master furrier Isidor Muschel, his wife, Ida, and their daughter, Dorit, when they left Vienna, Austria, for the United States in 1938. The weights were used to measure small quantities of bulk goods on a balance scale. On March 13, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. New legislation was created that quickly restricted Jewish life. Not long after, Isidor was publically humiliated in the street and later, he was arrested and taken to the train station where he escaped before he was deported. I...

  11. Rittershausen fur sewing machine brought with an Austrian Jewish refugee

    1. Isidor Muschel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn519158
    • English
    • 1911-1938
    • a: Height: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Depth: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) b: Height: 26.750 inches (67.945 cm) | Width: 35.750 inches (90.805 cm) | Depth: 19.875 inches (50.483 cm) c: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm) | Depth: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm)

    Rittershausen furrier’s sewing machine and table brought with master furrier Isidor Muschel, his wife, Ida, and their daughter, Dorit, when they left Vienna, Austria, for the United States in 1938. This durable sewing machine was designed to join several heavy animal pelts into a garment using thick, treated thread and a heavy duty, horizontal needle. On March 13, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. New legislation was created that quickly restricted Jewish life. Not long after, Isidor was publically humiliated in the street and later, he was arrested and taken to the train station where he esca...

  12. Single tefillin with covers and pouch owned by a British soldier and Kindertransport refugee

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn555437
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) c: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)

    Single tefillin with covers and a navy blue velvet storage pouch owned by Norbert Müller (later Norman Miller) a 15 year old German Jewish refugee who came to London, England in September 1939. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Norbert shared with his parents, Sebald and Laura, younger sister, Suse, and grandmother, Clara Jüngster, was ransacked by local men with axes. In late August 1939, Norber...

  13. Regina and Samuel Spiegel papers

    1. Regina and Samuel Spiegel collection

    Contains documents related to the postwar experiences of Sam Spiegel and Regina Gutman in Wolfratshausen, Germany, and their immigration to the United States in 1947. Includes a marriage certificate, an identification card issued to Samuel Spiegel enabling him to ride the Stuttgart tram, and an affidavit statement of support issued by Samuel Kreps supporting their immigration efforts.

  14. Ostwald family collection

    The Ostwald family collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, diaries and memoirs, photographs, photo albums, and negatives related to the Ostwald family of Dortmund, Germany; the Strauss family; the Tendlau family; and the Weinberg family. The biographical materials series includes genealogy materials, family trees, and research files regarding various branches of the Ostwald family. The file on August Niemeyer (1887-1938), Martin Ostwald’s favorite Latin teacher, includes Niemeyer’s obituary and copy prints of the Dortmund school Martin attended. Materials relating to ...

  15. Felix and Flory Van Beek correspondence

    Collection of documents, correspondence, receipts and papers relating to Holocaust survivors Felix Levi and his wife Flory (later known as Felix and Flory Van Beek) in Rotterdam, Netherlands to friends and family including Felix's brother Hugo and Theo in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and New York; bound in binder; dated 1946-1948; in German, Dutch and English.

  16. Public transport pass and identification tag issued to a Roman Catholic Polish youth

    1. Hermanowski family collection

    Leather tag with an identification card and public transport pass for July 1944, issued to Wojciech Hermanowski. Wojciech was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, Jan and Stanislawa, and his older brother, Andrzej, in Warsaw, Poland, when the German army invaded on September 1, 1939. Wojciech was no longer allowed to go to school, so he began attending trade school and took general classes in secret. In February 1943, Andrzej was arrested as part of the underground resistance, and later transported to Auschwitz concentration camp. On August 1, 1944, the city’s underground resistanc...

  17. Envelope fragment with two stamps acquired by a Roman Catholic Polish youth

    1. Hermanowski family collection

    Envelope fragment with two stamps issued in 1943 by the Polish government-in-exile, while based in London, England, and acquired by Wojciech Hermanowski. These are two of the eight second-issue stamps, which were only valid in friendly and neutral nations, such as Great Britain. The stamps helped raise money for the Ministry of Finance, and were used as propaganda to remind the public that the Polish military was still fighting, even while their territory was occupied by Germany. Wojciech was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, Jan and Stanislawa, and his older brother, Andrzej, i...

  18. Head tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man

    1. Edward Smolarz collection

    Head tefillin given to Idek Smolarz, 25, while recovering in a hospital in Wels, Austria, after his liberation on May 5, 1945. Idek received a tefillin set from another patient, a Czech boy who kept the tefillin with him while working for the Germans digging fox holes. In May 1942, Idek and his oldest brother Solomon were sent to Krakow-Kostrze labor camp, and then to Krakow-Płaszów, where they were joined by their father Meyer. Their mother and siblings were rounded up in Skala, Poland. In summer 1943, Meyer died of typhus. In early 1944, Idek and Solomon were sent to Auschwitz I. In March...

  19. Hand tefillin worn by a Polish Jewish man

    1. Edward Smolarz collection

    Hand tefillin given to Idek Smolarz, 25, while recovering in a hospital in Wels, Austria, after his liberation on May 5, 1945. Idek received a tefillin set from another patient, a Czech boy who kept the tefillin with him while working for the Germans digging fox holes. In May 1942, Idek and his oldest brother Solomon were sent to Krakow-Kostrze labor camp, and then to Krakow-Płaszów, where they were joined by their father Meyer. Their mother and siblings were rounded up in Skala, Poland. In summer 1943, Meyer died of typhus. In early 1944, Idek and Solomon were sent to Auschwitz I. In March...

  20. Brown leather belt secretly made by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate

    1. Edward Smolarz collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7290
    • English
    • a: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)

    Brown leather belt secretly made and worn by Idek Smolarz, 23, while imprisoned in Auschwitz I concentration camp from January to March 1944. Idek cut two leather straps off a German machine gun stand and his brother Solomon riveted them together to make him a belt. In May 1942, Idek and his oldest brother Solomon were sent to Krakow-Kostrze labor camp, and then to Krakow-Płaszów, where they were joined by their father Meyer. Their mother and siblings were rounded up in Skala, Poland. In summer 1943, Meyer died of typhus. In early 1944, Idek and Solomon were sent to Auschwitz I. In March, t...