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  1. 1939-1945 Star Medal and ribbon awarded to an Austrian Jewish woman for service in the British Auxiliary Territorial Division

    1. Dorit B. Whiteman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41455
    • English
    • 1939-1945
    • a: Height: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) b: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)

    1939-1945 Star Medal and ribbon awarded to Lilly Feldmann by the British government for her military service in Palestine. In late 1938, 18 year-old Lilly felt forced to leave Vienna, Austria, because of anti-semitism and Nazi fervor. In her diary, she wrote: "It is a curse that I shall miss this home in spite of the fact that it hates and rejects me…I shall cry for you, you stupid, pitiful country.” She escaped to England where she joined the British Army and served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service Division.

  2. Auxiliary Territorial Service cap badge worn by an Austrian Jewish woman in the British Auxiliary

    1. Dorit B. Whiteman collection

    Auxiliary Territorial Service cap badge worn by Lilly Feldmann during her service in the British Military in Palestine during World War II. In late 1938, 18 year-old Lilly felt forced to leave Vienna, Austria, because of anti-semitism and Nazi fervor. In her diary, she wrote: “It is a curse that I shall miss this home in spite of the fact that it hates and rejects me…I shall cry for you, you stupid, pitiful country.” She escaped to England where she joined the British Army and served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service Division.

  3. Service recognition card for British commemorative medals and ribbons issued to an Austrian Jewish woman in the British Auxiliary

    1. Dorit B. Whiteman collection

    Entitlement card for medals awarded to Lilly Feldmann by the British government for her military service during World War II in Africa and Palestine. In late 1938, 18 year-old Lilly felt forced to leave Vienna, Austria, because of anti-semitism and Nazi fervor. In her diary, her heartbreak is clear: “It is a curse that I shall miss this home in spite of the fact that it hates and rejects me…I shall cry for you, you stupid, pitiful country.” She escaped to England where she joined the British Army and served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service Division.

  4. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of a Danish man who organized rescue efforts

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41822
    • English
    • 1993
    • overall: Height: 24.000 inches (60.96 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.380 inches (33.985 cm) | Width: 9.120 inches (23.165 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1993 of Dr. Ole Secher, a Danish rescuer. As a medical student, Ole organized rescue efforts for Jews hiding at Bispebjerg hospital. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and began to face military setbacks, a Danish resistance movement developed. On August 29, 1943, the Germans declared martial law and began to address the Jewish problem. A mas...

  5. Polish Consulate General in London Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Londynie (A.42)

    Contains selected records of the Polish Consulate General in London of the Polish Government in Exile relating to deprivation of the Polish citizenship 1938-1944, deserters (mainly Jews), passport matters, Polish citizens in foreign armies (Foreign Legion), polices towards Jews in different countries, major Jewish political and social organizations in UK. Includes list of recruits (many Jews), lists of Polish citizens including Jews interned or imprisoned by the British, copies of dispatches, correspondence with the Polish Jewish Refugee Found, correspondence with the Rabbi Union and the Co...

  6. Selected records from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors, Political and other Departments, General Correspondence before 1906, Great Britain and General (FO 83)

    Contains records from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to British Protection in the Ottoman Dominions, consular jurisdiction and protection in Turkey, and foreign Jews in Palestine, 1873-1899.

  7. Selected records from the Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Protocols of Treaties, United States of America (FO 93)

    Contains records from the Office of the Protocols of Treaties, United States relating to an exchange of notes to set up a joint Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine December 10, 1945.

  8. Selected Records from the Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulates, United States of America: General Correspondence (FO 115)

    Contains general correspondence from the Embassy and Consulates of the United States of America relating to Jews, the sale in Argentina of exit permits for Jews in Nazi Germany, the evacuation of Jewish refugees from occupied Europe in 1944, and illegal immigration.

  9. Selected records from the Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Belgium: General Correspondence (FO 123)

    Contains general correspondence from the Embassy and Consulates of Belgium relating to the possibility of Jewish refugees in Vichy France to be admitted to the Belgian Congo, 1942.

  10. Selected records from the Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulates, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Russian Empire): General Correspondence (FO 181)

    Contains general correspondence and reports from the British Embassy and Consulates in the former Soviet Union relating to Jews, including liquidation in Riga, the joint allied declaration condemning Nazi atrocities, settlement of Jews in Uzbekistan, and the situation of Jews in Russia.

  11. Selected records from the Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Embassy and Consulate, Sweden: General Correspondence (FO 188)

    Contains general correspondence and reports from the British Embassy and Consulate in Sweden relating to the persecution of Jews and forced labor in Norway, the position of Hungarian Jews, German propaganda in Sweden, Jewish refugees and Swedish assistance, and illegal immigration.