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  1. Pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a German Jewish man

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn562522
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) c: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) d: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)

    A pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a male member of Ilse Brilling or Horst Abraham’s family, and carried from Germany to Ecuador in the late 1930s. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. 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 Quito, Ecuador, from Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, after hearing a rumor that he might be arrested. His parents, Nanette and David, ...

  2. Tallit owned by a German Jewish man

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    A tallit owned by a male member of Ilse Brilling or Horst Abraham’s family, and carried from Germany to Ecuador in the late 1930s. A tallit is a specialized shawl worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. 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. His parents, Nanette and David, and one of his two brothers, Kurt, joined him there later. In 1939, Ils...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Prayer book for the First and Second Day of Passover with the Ashkenazi translation Prayers for the Passover with German translation Gebete für das Pessachfest mit deutscher Uebersetsung Hebrew prayer book, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish refugee family

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    Machzor l'Yom Rishon v'Sheni shel Pesach im tirgum ashkenazi book, owned by a member of Ilse Brilling or Horst Abraham’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. Horst Abraham immigrated to Ecuador from Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, after hearing a rumor that he might be arrested. His parents, Nanette and David, and one of his two brothers, Kurt, joined him there later. In 1939, Ilse Brilling left Rastenburg, Germa...

  5. ha-Torah v'ha-Lashon The Torah and the Language Prayer Hebrew prayer book, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish refugee Das erste Buch Moses The first book of Moses Sefer Breishit The Book of Genesis

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    Die Thora und die Sprache 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, an...

  6. 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...

  7. Prayer book for Prayers for the Year Gebetbuch für die neue Synagoge in Berlin Prayer book for the new synagogue in Berlin Hebrew prayer book, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish refugee family

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    Siddur Tefilot Kol ha-Shanah book, owned by a member of Ilse Brilling or Horst Abraham’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. 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 1939, Ilse Brilling left Rastenburg, Germany and immigrated to Chambo,...

  8. The Psalms of David German prayer book, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish refugee family

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    Die Psalmen Davids book, owned by a member of Ilse Brilling or Horst Abraham’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. Horst Abraham immigrated to Ecuador from Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, after hearing a rumor that he might be arrested. His parents, Nanette and David, and one of his two brothers, Kurt, joined him there later. In 1939, Ilse Brilling left Rastenburg, Germany and immigrated to Chambo, Ecuador with ...

  9. Passport holder, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish woman

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    Passport case belonging to Hedwig Brilling and carried from Rastenburg, Germany to Ecuador in 1939. Following Adolf Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees and persecution made life in Germany increasingly difficult. Early in 1939, Isidor acquired visas for the family to immigrate to Uruguay. Shortly thereafter, their house, accounts, and assets were seized by the government, and they lost the crates of belongings they had shipped to South America. Shortly before leaving, however, they were notified that their visas were forgeries. After several we...

  10. Wooden toy bus owned by a Czechoslovakian Jewish girl

    1. Pollatschek family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn551457
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) b: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)

    Wooden toy bus given to Renate Pollatschek (later Renata Polt) by her parents in the 1930s when they were living in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia. The bus is a German toy with “Eilkraftwagen” painted on the sides, rather than “Autobus.” The new word was likely created by the Nazi party to replace foreign words like “Autobus” in the German language. Renate lived with her parents, Friedrich and Elisabeth, her older brother, Hans, and her paternal grandmother, Henriette. She was less than a year old when Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. Friedrich, was concerne...

  11. Woodcut portrait of Leo Baeck owned by a Jewish Polish girl

    1. Julie Keefer family collection

    Woodcut portrait of Leo Baeck, owned by Julie Keefer, a Jewish Polish girl who was in hiding during the Holocaust with her grandfather. Baeck was a Rabbi and intellectual theologian who emerged as an important symbolic and political leader of German Jewry before and during World War II. Baeck helped other Jews emigrate from Germany and fought for Jewish rights. In 1943 he was deported to Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto labor camp, where he gave lectures on philosophy and religion and became a leader among the camp’s Jews. In June 1941, when Julie was two months old, her hometown, Lvov, Pola...

  12. Passover Prayer Book, German translation Book

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    1832 German translation of a Passover prayer book recorded in Hebrew owned by Norbert Müller (later Norman Miller), a 15 year old German Jewish refugee who came to London, England in September 1939. The front cover is inscribed by Norbert’s maternal great grandmother, Sara Jacobs. 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, Norbert, managed to leave Germany for London, with a Kindertransport [C...

  13. My Struggle Wedding edition of Mein Kampf with slipcase confiscated by a British soldier and German Jewish emigre

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn555443
    • English
    • 1939
    • a: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)

    Wedding presentation edition of Hitler's Mein Kampf with slipcase acquired by Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller), a German Jewish refugee, during his service in the British Army from 1944 to 1947. 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, Norbert, managed to leave Germany for London, with a Kindertransport [Children's Transport] two days prior to the start of World War II. Norbert was ...

  14. Allied Military currency for France, 100 franc bank note owned by a Hungarian Jewish concentration camp inmate

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    Allied Military currency, 100 franc note, that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. The currency was issued jointly by the US and Great Britain prior to the invasion of France in June 1944. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), when it was annexed by Hungary in fall 1938. In 1942, Ladislav was conscripted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion. He was sent to Nagybana labor camp, and, in 1944, to the Ukraine and Balf labor camp. In January 1945, Ladislav was transported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, and in March, via death march to G...

  15. Norman A. Miller family papers

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    Correspondence, diary, and documents, belonging to Norman A. Miller (Norbert Müller), and documenting his family's life in Nürnberg, Germany; the effects of Nazi persecution during the 1930s, Miller's immigration to England via a Kindertransport, his service with the British Army during World War II, and his post-war life. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence Miller received from his family in Nürnberg between 1939 and 1941, describing their experiences, conditions there, and attempt to emigrate. Also included is a pocket diary that Miller began in 1939, postwar corresponde...

  16. 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...

  17. Embroidered Fürth patch saved by a British soldier and Kindertransport refugee

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    Embroidered, blue green patch belonging to Norbert Müller (later Norman Miller) a 15 year old German Jewish refugee who came to London, England in September 1939. The patch is likely related to the large Jewish High School he attended in Fürth, Germany. He lived in Nuremberg, but was required to take a streetcar to school in Fürth once Jewish children were banned from German public schools. 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 l...

  18. XXX Corps patch worn by a British soldier and Kindertransport refugee

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    British Army XXX Corps patch worn by Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller), a German Jewish refugee, during his service in the British Army from 1944 to 1947. The XXX Corps was attached to the 21st Army Group and participated in D-Day landings at Normandy and the invasion of Europe, known as Operation Overlord. 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, Norbert, managed to leave Germany fo...

  19. Royal Welch Fusiliers shoulder patch worn by a British soldier and Kindertransport refugee

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    Royal Welch Fusiliers shoulder patch worn by Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller), a German Jewish refugee, during his service in the British Army from 1944 to 1947. 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, Norbert, managed to leave Germany for London, with a Kindertransport [Children's Transport] two days prior to the start of World War II. Norbert was able to exchange letters with his...

  20. Intelligence Corps cap badge worn by a British soldier and Kindertransport refugee

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    Intelligence Corps cap badge worn by Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller), a German Jewish refugee, during his service in the British Army from 1944 to 1947. 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, Norbert, managed to leave Germany for London, with a Kindertransport [Children's Transport] two days prior to the start of World War II. Norbert was able to exchange letters with his family ...