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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. Circumcision knife with a glass and metal handle with a black wooden case used by a mohel

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7120
    • English
    • 1938
    • a: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) b: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)

    Ritual circumcision [milah] knife and case used by Isaac Ossowski, a highly respected mohel who left Berlin because of the targeted persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. A mohel is a person qualified to perform the brit (bris) milah, the ritual circumcision of a male, Jewish child. The training includes both the medical procedures and extensive knowledge of Jewish laws and traditions. Rabbi Ossowski was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin. He was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor ...

  4. Pair of Sabbath candlesticks with wax reservoirs owned by a Jewish refugee

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7118
    • English
    • 1938
    • a: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) b: Height: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) c: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) d: Height: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)

    Pair of Shabbat candleholders that belonged to Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin who left Germany because of the targeted persecution of Jews by the Nazi government. Rabbi Ossowski was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin. He was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor or musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions were enacted against Jews. The Ossowski family was repeatedly quest...

  5. Pocket knife with leather case carried by a Jewish refugee

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7119
    • English
    • 1910-1938
    • a: Height: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Width: 0.870 inches (2.21 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) b: Height: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)

    Folding knife and case that belonged to Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin who left Germany because of the targeted persecution of Jews by the Nazi government. Rabbi Ossowski was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin. He was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor or musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions were enacted against Jews. The Ossowski family was repeatedly questioned b...

  6. Electric Ner tamid [Eternal light] with a table mount issued by Yad Vashem

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7124
    • English
    • 1939
    • a: Height: 5.620 inches (14.275 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.370 inches (6.02 cm) b: Height: 2.620 inches (6.655 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)

    Eternal light lamp issued by Yad Vashem and acquired by Sol Oster around the time the Hall of Remembrance, the first commemorative site at Yad Vashem, was built in 1961. Sol lived in Berlin, Germany, with his family during the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship following the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933. Sol’s father, Isaac Ossowski, was a prominent member of the Jewish community and the family was repeatedly questioned by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) who gathered intelligence on opponents of the Nazi state and policed racial purity. Fourteen year old Sol ...

  7. Calligraphy of a graveside Kaddish created by a sofer [scribe]

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Calligraphy with the text of a graveside prayer created by Isaac Ossowski, which was originally framed and displayed in his home. A Kaddish prayer comes in many forms, but all praise God and sanctify his name. This is a more expressive version of the Kaddish than that which is commonly used today. Mourners would stand near the grave and face Jerusalem while reciting the graveside or burial Kaddish. Rabbi Ossowski was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin. He was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor, mu...

  8. Prayer book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Siddur with special prayers for Shavout and Hashanoh Rabah from the library of Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. It is a narrative of the culture, history, and traditions of the Hasidic movement. Rabbi Ossowski was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor or musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly seve...

  9. Book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7114
    • English
    • 1938
    • a: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Width: 58.000 inches (147.32 cm) | Diameter: 2.050 inches (5.207 cm) b: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Diameter: 2.120 inches (5.385 cm)

    Book of Esther scroll or Megillat Esther handwritten by an unknown sofer for Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. Rabbi Ossowski was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer, and hazan [cantor or musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions were enacted against Jews. The Ossowski family was repeatedly questioned by the S...

  10. Prayer book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Prayer book for Tisha B'Av, a day of communal mourning, from the library of Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. The prayers in the book commemorate the destruction of the first and second temples in Jerusalem. An additional section includes pre-lamentory prayers. Rabbi Ossowski was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and Hazan [cantor, a musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]...

  11. Prayer book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Sider Theilas Jsrael (sic) , a miniature prayer book from the library of Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. Rabbi Ossowski was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practitioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions were enacted against Jews. Isaac was repeatedly questioned by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squ...

  12. Prayer book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Prayer book from the library of Sol Oster. The book was given to him as a present by his maternal great-uncle, Shalom Dantziger who had used the book for years himself. Dantziger was a mohel in Berlin, Germany, in the early 20th century. In 1933, Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany and by the summer, the Nazi dictatorship was firmly established. Increasingly severe sanctions were placed upon Jews. Sol’s father, Isaac, was a prominent member of a major synagogue in Berlin and the family was targeted repeatedly by the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons.) Fourteen year old Sol told h...

  13. Prayer book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Prayer book for the last 2 days of Passover from the library of Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. It is a narrative of the culture, history, and traditions of the Hasidic movement. Rabbi Ossowski was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practitioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor, musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions we...

  14. Book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Book of Esther scroll or Megillat Esther handwritten by an unknown sofer for Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. Rabbi Ossowski was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer, and hazan [cantor or musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions were enacted against Jews. The Ossowski family was repeatedly questioned by the S...

  15. Prayer book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Siddur concerned with the laws of Passover, one volume from a set of 60 titles, from the library of Sol Oster. The book was given to him as a present by his maternal great-uncle, Shalom Danziger who had used the book for years himself. Danziger was a mohel in Berlin, Germany, in the early 20th century. Shalom Dantziger was Sol Oster's great uncle and gave him the Siddur. In 1933, Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany and by the summer, the Nazi dictatorship was firmly established. Increasingly severe sanctions were placed upon Jews. Sol’s father, Isaac, was a prominent member of a major ...

  16. Prayer book

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Comprehensive prayer book for daily and holiday prayers from the library of Isaac Ossowski, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin, Germany, who emigrated in 1938 to avoid the increasing persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. Rabbi Ossowski was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practitioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and hazan [cantor, musical prayer leader] at the Alte Shul [Old Synagogue]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, increasingly severe sanctions were enacted against Jews. Isaac was repeatedly questioned by the SS (Sch...

  17. Maccabi sports club patch with a blue Star of David and Aachen worn by a Jewish youth

    1. Edward Isidor Gross collection

    White sleeve badge worn by Isidore (later Edward) Gross as a teenager when he played soccer with the Maccabi Sports Club in Aachen, Germany. He lived with his parents, Markus and Ida, and two younger siblings in Aachen, Germany. His parents had been born in Poland, but had lived in Aachen since 1920. Since the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in1933, Jew were increasingly persecuted in Germany. In fall 1938, Markus was deported back to Poland by the German authorities. Following Kristallnacht on November 9-10. Isidore, age 17, and his maternal uncle Jacob were arrested. Isidore was re...

  18. Two-sided drawing of railroad tracks and women carrying a bucket by a German Jewish internee

    1. Lili Andrieux collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn75
    • English
    • 1940
    • a: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) b: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)

    Two ink drawings, one of railroad tracks, the other of woman carrying a bucket in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, a German Jewish internee. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became...

  19. Two-sided drawing of women awaiting transport and at Gurs internment camp by a German Jewish internee

    1. Lili Andrieux collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn84
    • English
    • a: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) b: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)

    Two-sided pencil drawing of women at Alençon transit center and women at Gurs internment camp, drawn by Lili Andrieux, a German Jewish internee. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became ...

  20. Sketch of women in their barracks by a German Jewish internee

    1. Lili Andrieux collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn74
    • English
    • 1940
    • overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)

    Ink drawing of women relaxing inside their barracks at Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, a German Jewish internee. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. After surrendering to Nazi Germany in June 1940, France was divided into two zones: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for J...