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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Storage trunk owned by a German Jewish family in hiding

    1. Max Amichai Heppner family collection

    Storage trunk used by the Heppner family to haul possessions in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. Albert and Irene Heppner fled Berlin, Germany to Amsterdam, Netherlands, after Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. Albert reestablished his art dealership, and their son, Max, was born later that year. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and established a civilian administration run largely by the SS. The occupying administration gradually tightened control on the residents, and required Jews to register their business assets. Albert’s...

  2. Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jood, belonging to a German Jewish refugee

    1. Max Amichai Heppner family collection

    Factory-printed Star of David badge worn by a member of Max Heppner’s family in Amsterdam, Netherlands, after the occupying Nazi administration mandated them on April 28,1942. Max was living with his German parents, Albert and Irene, in Amsterdam, when Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. The new civil administration run by the SS gradually tightened control on the residents, and required Jews to register their business assets. Albert’s work permit was rescinded in 1940, but he continued dealing illegally on a small scale. In 1942, the authorities raided their home for valuables on...

  3. Eva and Otto Pfister papers

    1. Eva and Otto Pfister collection

    The Eva and Otto Pfister papers consist of diaries and immigration files documenting German Jewish refugee Eva Pfister’s experiences in France and New York, her efforts on behalf of her non-Jewish German refugee husband, Otto Pfister, and their socialist colleagues, and the anti-Nazi work of the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). Eva’s four diaries document her teenage years in Goldap, her life as a refugee in France separated from Otto, interned in Gurs, waiting in Montauban for her opportunity to emigrate, her escape over the Pyrénées to Lisbon, and her immigration to the Un...

  4. Identification tag with name and birthdate issued to a Jewish refugee child

    1. Vera Lechtman collection

    Identification tag issued to four-year-old Marcel Lechtman in 1944 while in the care of a children’s home in Switzerland run by Margaret Locher, after escaping France with his mother, Tonia, and sister, Vera. The tag is engraved with his name and birthdate, the name of his foster parent, and the address of the home. Marcel was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France, to Russian and Polish parents, who had immigrated to France from Palestine as a result of being forced out for their communist activities. His father, Sioma, fought for the Communist International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, ...

  5. Identification tag with name and birthdate issued to a Jewish refugee child

    1. Vera Lechtman collection

    Identification tag issued to six-year-old Vera Lechtman in 1944 while in the care of a children’s home in Switzerland run by Margaret Locher, after escaping France with her mother, Tonia, and brother, Marcel. The tag is engraved with her name and birthdate, the name of her foster parent, and the address of the home. Vera was born in Paris, France, to Russian and Polish parents, who had immigrated to France from Palestine as a result of being forced out for their communist activities. Her father, Sioma, fought for the Communist International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, and was subseque...

  6. British ordnance box given to a German Jewish family in hiding

    1. Max Amichai Heppner family collection

    Metal ordnance box gifted to the Heppner family by Scottish soldier, Charlie Fraser, following the September 1944 liberation of the southern Netherlands. Eleven-year-old Max Heppner became a mascot for the British soldiers that occupied the area near the farm where he had been in hiding. Max wanted an ammunition box that he could use as a lunchbox, but translation miscommunication led Charlie to bring him one that had contained much larger shells. The family used it to store possessions instead. Max was living with his German parents, Albert and Irene, in Amsterdam, when Germany occupied th...

  7. Rucksack used by a German Jewish family going into hiding

    1. Max Amichai Heppner family collection

    Rucksack used by a member of the Heppner family while fleeing from Amsterdam and in hiding in the southern Netherlands, from August 1942 until summer 1945. Six-year-old Max Heppner was living with his German parents, Albert and Irene, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, when Nazi Germany invaded in May 1940. The occupying administration gradually tightened control on the residents, and required Jews to register their business assets. Albert’s work permit was rescinded in 1940, but he continued dealing illegally on a small scale. In 1942, the authorities raided their home for valuables on multiple oc...

  8. HIAS identification tag made for a German Jewish refugee girl

    1. Susan Hilsenrath Warsinger collection

    Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) ID tag issued to 12 year old Susi Hilsenrath in September 1941 for her voyage on the ship, Serpa Pinto, from Lisbon, Portugal, to the United States. It has her name and travel information typed on the front in English and French. Susi, her parents Israel and Annie, and younger brother Joseph lived happily in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, until the Nazi dictatorship took power in 1933. Life got increasingly difficult as Jewish businesses were boycotted and anti-Jewish laws were enacted. During Kristallnacht on November 9-10, their home was vandalized by Nazi sup...

  9. Book

    1. Louis J. Walinsky collection

    Short history of ORT activities in the displaced persons camps in the US occupation zone in Germany co-written by and owned by Louis Walinsky, ORT Director of vocational schools in displaced persons camps in Europe in 1947. The other author, Jacob Olejski, was a German Jew and survivor of Stutthof and Dachau concentration camps. Jacob became an official in dp camps in the American occupation zone of Germany and remained with World ORT Union, after 1955, in Israel. Olejski and Walinsky met working in dp camps. After the war ended in May 1945, ORT opened vocational training schools in dp camp...

  10. Leather pouch for a dog tag given to a Danish resistance member

    1. Knud Dyby collection

    Leather pouch used to hold a German military dog tag acquired by Knud Dyby while he was a member in several Danish underground resistance organizations during World War II. The dog tag and pouch originally belonged to one of five German Wehrmacht soldiers who surrendered their uniforms, weapons, and identification tags to Dyby in 1944 or early 1945. These men were originally international circus artists who wished to become refugees in Sweden rather than fight the Soviets during the winter along the Eastern Front. They and Dyby agreed that the uniforms could be useful to the resistance move...

  11. German military identification tag given to a Danish resistance member

    1. Knud Dyby collection

    The German military dog tag was acquired by Knud Dyby while he was a member in several Danish underground resistance organizations during World War II. The dog tag originally belonged to one of five German Wehrmacht soldiers who surrendered their uniforms, weapons, and identification tags to Dyby in 1944 or early 1945. These men were originally international circus artists who wished to become refugees in Sweden rather than fight the Soviets during the winter along the Eastern Front. They and Dyby agreed that the uniforms could be useful to the resistance movement. The tag has a row of thre...

  12. Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman papers

    Contains photographs and documents relating to Vera Lechtman's parents, Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman, before World War II in Vienna, Austria, and in Łódź, Poland; their immigration to Palestine in 1936; and their subsequent immigration to Europe in 1938. Includes photogaphs of Sioma Lechtman in the Gurs concentration camp in France, where he was interned after fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

  13. Silk matzah holder with a handpainted fruit and floral design for Passover created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp

    1. Leopold Schein collection

    Silk matzoh holder with pockets and a hand painted harvest design painted by Poldek (Leopold) Schein in 1948, when he was living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. It is made from parachute silk as a gift for his uncle Jacob who sponsored his immigration. It has an inscription to "Our beloved aunt and uncle Pepi and Leib Schein Belzen 1948." The paints were sent to him by hin uncle from the United States. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939. Nineteen year old Poldek lived in Krakow with his parents Abraham and Mania, three brothers, Joseph, Herman, and Jacob, and t...

  14. Silk scarf with a handpainted clown and an inscription created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp

    1. Leopold Schein collection

    Silk scarf with a design painted by Poldek (Leopold) Schein for his future wife Pepi on November 14, 1946, when he was living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. The scarf features a jack-in-the-box jester with a book and best wishes from Poldek and his best friend Romek. On December 25, 1947, Pepi and Poldek had a double wedding with Romek and Pepi's adopted sister Madelaine. Romek died of a hernia in the DP camp in 1949. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939. Nineteen year old Poldek lived in Krakow with his parents Abraham and Mania, three brothers, Joseph, Herman,...

  15. Challah cover with a handpainted crest of lions with a crown with a Star of David created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp

    1. Leopold Schein collection

    Silk hallah cover with a design painted by Poldek (Leopold) Schein in 1948 when he was living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. The cover is made from parachute silk and has an image of two golden lions holding a gold crown topped with a Star of David, with red flower clusters in each corner. The paints were sent to him by his uncle in the United States. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939. Nineteen year old Poldek lived in Krakow with his parents Abraham and Mania, three brothers, Joseph, Herman, and Jacob, and two sisters Esther and Helena. Leopold, his father a...

  16. Floral evening dress with purple slip worn to the Celebration Ball on the ill-fated voyage of the MS St. Louis

    1. Liesl Joseph Loeb collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn512916
    • English
    • a: Height: 52.750 inches (133.985 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) b: Height: 50.500 inches (128.27 cm) | Width: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm)

    Evening gown worn by Lilly Joseph on board the MS St. Louis for the Celebration and Ball on June 13, 1939. She had the gown made for the voyage, and she wore it only once, for the Celebration held the evening the passengers learned that they did not have to return to Nazi Germany. During the Kristallnacht pogrom, November 9-10, 1938, vandals broke into the Joseph home in Rheydt, Germany. Lilly and her 10 year old daughter, Liesl, hid on the third floor and her husband Joseph was arrested. He was released on the condition that he leave the country. The family sailed on the Hamburg-Amerika lu...

  17. Albert Dov Sigal watercolor painting of men seated in a tent in a detention camp created during his imprisonment

    1. Albert Dov Sigal collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn3279
    • English
    • 1948
    • overall: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm) pictorial area: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)

    Watercolor by Albert Dov Sigal made in 1948 while he was imprisoned with his wife, Rozi, and son, Daniel, in a British detention camp in Cyprus waiting for permission to enter Palestine. The painting shows a group of men sitting inside a tent with the wire fence of the detention camp in the background. Palestine was ruled by the British under a United Nations mandate and the postwar immigration policy was very restrictive. Ships attempting to bring unauthorized refugees to the country were stopped and the passengers were interned. In 1939, Sigal was arrested by the fascist, antisemitic Roma...

  18. Albert Dov Sigal multicolored lithograph of a young woman, holding an infant, with her family on a golden road, based upon his experience as a refugee

    1. Albert Dov Sigal collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn3280
    • English
    • 1948
    • overall: Height: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)

    Artist's proof print for a lithograph based on a drawing created by Albert Dov Sigal based upon the experiences of his family as newly arrived emigrants to Palestine on February 22, 1948. It depicts the artist and his family as they arrive in their new home. It is an image of a man carrying bags being followed by two woman: one holds an infant, the other carries a sack, as they walk along a seaside road with a small village in the background. See 1990.242.4 and 1992.113.14 for other versions of this scene. Palestine was ruled by the British under a United Nations mandate and the postwar imm...

  19. Albert Dov Sigal etching of 2 men at the detention camp fence created from a drawing done during his imprisonment

    1. Albert Dov Sigal collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn3281
    • English
    • 1948
    • overall: Height: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 5.380 inches (13.665 cm)

    Artist's proof for an etching based on a drawing created by Albert Dov Sigal in 1948 while he was imprisoned with his wife, Rozi, and young son, Daniel, in a British detention camp in Cyprus waiting for permission to enter Palestine. The print depicts 2 men conversing next to a seated woman with a woman and infant standing in the background near the barbed wire fence. Palestine was ruled by the British under a United Nations mandate and the postwar immigration policy was very restrictive. Ships attempting to bring unauthorized refugees to the country were stopped and the passengers were int...

  20. Albert Dov Sigal monochrome sepia etching of a young woman, holding an infant, with her family near the seaside based upon his experience as a refugee

    1. Albert Dov Sigal collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn3282
    • English
    • 1948
    • overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)

    Artist's proof for an etching based on a drawing created by Albert Dov Sigal based upon the experiences of his family as newly arrived emigrants to Palestine on February 22, 1948. It depicts the artist and his family as they arrive in their new home. It is an image of a man carrying bags being followed by two woman: one holds an infant, the other carries a sack, as they walk along a seaside road with a small village in the background. See 1990.242.2 and 1992.113.14 for other versions of this scene. Palestine was ruled by the British under a United Nations mandate and the postwar immigration...