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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Political cartoon depicting terrorism in Europe created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn617438
    • English
    • 1930-1943
    • overall: Height: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) | Width: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)

    Political cartoon depicting European terrorism as a giant, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while writing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1930-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). These policy changes pr...

  2. Political cartoon depicting world peace perched on a swastika created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn619027
    • English
    • 1930-1943
    • overall: Height: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm) | Width: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) pictorial area: Height: 14.125 inches (35.878 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)

    Political cartoon depicting world peace as a dove perched on a swastika, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while writing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1930-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). These pol...

  3. Political cartoon depicting King Christian X of Denmark created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting King Christian X of Denmark, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty ...

  4. Political cartoon depicting Joseph Goebbels created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting German Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcom...

  5. Political cartoon depicting Joseph Stalin created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while writing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1930–1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). These policy c...

  6. Vulcanized fiber suitcase owned by a member of the Frank family

    1. Ryan M. Cooper collection

    Vulcanized fiber suitcase owned by a member of the Frank family, likely Herbert. Herbert Frank was one of three children born to Michael and Alice Frank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He had three siblings, Robert, Otto, and Helene. Michael had founded a family banking business, which his wife and sons took over after his death in 1909. Helene moved to Basel, Switzerland, with her husband in 1931, and Herbert immigrated to France in 1932. After Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in January 1933, authorities quickly began suppressing the rights and personal freedoms of Jews, an...

  7. Kingmark gold, red, and white enamel pin with chains on a pinbar commemorating the 70th birthday in 1940 of King Christian X of Denmark

    1. Hedwig Kudesch and Robert Briscoe collection

    Commemorative 14 karat gold and red enamel men's emblem pin issued by the Georg Jensen Company to honor the 75th birthday of King Christian X of Denmark on August 21, 1945. Designed by Arno Malinowski, the pin features the King’s initials, the years 1870-1945, and the Danish flag. The German army occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940. Christian remained in Copenhagen and the emblem pin, popularly known as the Kingmark, became a popular symbol of Danish independence, patriotism, and solidarity against occupation. Germany permitted the democratic government to retain control over domestic affairs...

  8. Kingmark gold, red, and white enamel pin on a buttonhole back commemorating the 70th birthday in 1940 of King Christian X of Denmark

    1. Hedwig Kudesch and Robert Briscoe collection

    Commemorative 14 karat gold and red enamel women's emblem pin issued by the Georg Jensen Company to honor the 75th birthday of King Christian X of Denmark on August 21, 1945. Designed by Arno Malinowski, the pin features the King’s initials, the years 1870-1945, and the Danish flag. The German army occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940. Christian remained in Copenhagen and the emblem pin, popularly known as the Kingmark, became a popular symbol of Danish independence, patriotism, and solidarity against occupation. Germany permitted the democratic government to retain control over domestic affai...

  9. Tefillin set found on the body of a concentration camp inmate by a Jewish American soldier

    1. Walter Fried collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn205
    • English
    • b: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) c: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) d: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) e: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) f: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) g: Height: 22.125 inches (56.198 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) h: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) i: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) j: Height: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) k: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) l: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm)

    Tefillin set with arm and head tefillin covers and 5 removed prayer scrolls found by Walter Fried, an American soldier and Jewish Austrian refugee, near Regensburg, Germany circa April 1945. Walter found the tefillin with a pouch (1988.118.a) on the body of a concentration camp inmate who died on a forced march and was buried in a shallow grave along a road near Regensburg. 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. The Army arranged the re-burial of the bodies in a makeshift cemete...

  10. Green velvet monogrammed tallit pouch buried for safekeeping while owner in hiding

    Velvet tallit pouch buried for safekeeping with other religious items by Johanna Baruch Boas while she lived in hiding in Brussels, Belgium, from 1942-1944. A tallit is a prayer shawl worn by Jewish males for prayer services, It originally belonged to her husband, Bernhard, who died in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. She brought it with her when she fled Nazi Germany for Brussels in March 1939 with her daughter’s family. Germany occupied Belgium in May 1940 and soon there were frequent deportations of Jews to concentration camps. Johanna had a non-Jewish landlady who hid her in her attic. In Dece...

  11. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 10 haleru coin owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate

    1. Larry Gladstone family collection

    Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 10 haleru coin acquired by Ladislav Glattstein. The coin was minted in 1941 in the region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Nazi Germany on March 15, 1939. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), when it was annexed by Hungary in the fall of 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 m...

  12. Pair of wool mid-calf socks worn by a Yugoslavian man

    1. Gaon family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn596876
    • English
    • a: Height: 14.125 inches (35.878 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) b: Height: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)

    Pair of socks owned by Menachem Gaon in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust. The Gaon family, Menachem (Mento), his wife Lottie and their son Izzica, lived in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. Central Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Soon after occupation, Mento and Lottie were arrested and sentenced to fifteen days hard labor. Later that year, the family escaped to the city of Split in the Italian-occupied zone where they would be safe. The Italian authorities ...

  13. Wooden perfume bottle holder with recessed designs owned by a Yugoslavian family

    1. Gaon family collection

    Wooden perfume bottle holder owned by a member of the Gaon family in Yugoslavia, during the Holocaust. The Gaon family, Menachem (Mento), his wife Lottie and their son Izzica, lived in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. Central Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Soon after occupation, Mento and Lottie were arrested and sentenced to 15 days hard labor. Later that year, the family escaped to the city of Split in the Italian-occupied zone where they would be safe....

  14. Small coffeepot and bowl with embossed designs used by a Yugoslavian family

    1. Gaon family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn596821
    • English
    • a: Height: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Diameter: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)

    Coffeepot and bowl owned by a member of the Gaon family in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust. The Gaon family, Menachem (Mento), his wife Lottie and their son Izzica, lived in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. Central Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Soon after occupation, Mento and Lottie were arrested and sentenced to fifteen days hard labor. Later that year, the family escaped to the city of Split in the Italian-occupied zone where they would be safe. The I...

  15. Turkish coffee finjan used by a Yugoslavian family

    1. Gaon family collection

    Small finjan (also called a cevze) owned by a member of the Gaon family in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust. The Gaon family, Menachem (Mento), his wife Lottie and their son Izzica, lived in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. Central Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Soon after occupation, Mento and Lottie were arrested and sentenced to fifteen days hard labor. Later that year, the family escaped to the city of Split in the Italian-occupied zone where they woul...

  16. Small copper tray with a landscape scene owned by a Yugoslavian family

    1. Gaon family collection

    Small tray owned by a member of the Gaon family in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust. The Gaon family, Menachem (Mento), his wife Lottie and their son Izzica, lived in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. Central Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Soon after occupation, Mento and Lottie were arrested and sentenced to fifteen days hard labor. Later that year, the family escaped to the city of Split in the Italian-occupied zone where they would be safe. The Italian a...

  17. Small handmade wooden boot owned by a Yugoslavian family

    1. Gaon family collection

    Small, wooden shoe owned by a member of the Gaon family in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust. The Gaon family, Menachem (Mento), his wife Lottie and their son Izzica, lived in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. Central Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Soon after occupation, Mento and Lottie were arrested and sentenced to fifteen days hard labor. Later that year, the family escaped to the city of Split in the Italian-occupied zone where they would be safe. The I...

  18. Hand carved miniature wooden bucket owned by a Yugoslavian family

    1. Gaon family collection

    Small, wooden bucket owned by a member of the Gaon family in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust. The Gaon family, Menachem (Mento), his wife Lottie and their son Izzica, lived in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. Central Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Soon after occupation, Mento and Lottie were arrested and sentenced to fifteen days hard labor. Later that year, the family escaped to the city of Split in the Italian-occupied zone where they would be safe. The...

  19. Small metal coffeepot used by a Yugoslavian family

    1. Gaon family collection

    Small coffeepot owned by a member of the Gaon family in Yugoslavia during the Holocaust. The Gaon family, Menachem (Mento), his wife Lottie and their son Izzica, lived in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. Central Yugoslavia, including Sarajevo, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Soon after occupation, Mento and Lottie were arrested and sentenced to fifteen days hard labor. Later that year, the family escaped to the city of Split in the Italian-occupied zone where they would be safe. The Ital...

  20. Prayer Book - Prayers for Israel, German translation Prayer book owned by a Jewish Austrian musician and concentration camp inmate

    1. Morgenstern and Merkur families collection

    A 1913 compilation prayer book (Seder Tefillat Yisrael) owned by Herschel Herman Merkur in Vienna, Austria, before the Holocaust and brought with Adolf (later William), one of his 7 children, when he immigrated to Australia postwar. On March 13, 1938, Germany annexed Austria. New legislation was created that quickly restricted Jewish life. Two of Herman’s older children, Lise and Isak, emigrated. In November, following the Kristallnacht pogrom, Herman’s son Bernhard was arrested and imprisoned in Germany, and later emigrated. In fall 1939, Herman and his family were moved into the ghetto an...