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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Beaded hat with a floral pattern brought by a Jewish German refugee

    1. Fritz and Thea Lowenstein Klestadt family collection

    A child sized, handmade stocking cap with a beaded floral design, given to Thea Löwenstein Klestadt by her mother, Erna, in Dusseldorf, Germany before 1938. Thea passed the hat down to her daughter Julie after her adoption in 1955. In 1935, Thea married Fred Klestadt in Düsseldorf. In September, the Nazis announced the Nuremberg Laws which excluded Jews from German citizenship. The laws defined a Jew as a person who had 3 or more grandparents that were Jews, regardless of their religious practice. Jews were also barred from holding civil service positions, practicing law, teaching and many ...

  2. 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...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Baal T'Fillah or The Practical Prayer, 4th edition Prayer book for Passover days 1 and 2 owned by a British soldier and German Jewish emigre

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    The Baal t'fillah oder Der practische Vorbeter is one of five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their children, Norbert and Suse, and mother-in-law, Clara ...

  5. Bible and Talmud Treasure, A book for the Jewish family Bible and Talmud book returned to a family after being confiscated during the war

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    The Bibel-und Talmudschatz is one of five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. The book is inscribed by Sebald to his mother, Bertha, on the occasion of her husband, and his father, Nathan’s death. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartm...

  6. Jewish Folksongs: for a voice with piano Book of Jewish folksongs returned to a family after being confiscated during the war für eine Singstimme mit Klavier

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    The Jüdische Volkslieder: für eine Singstimme mit Klavier is one of five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their children, Norbert and Suse, and mother-in-...

  7. The Jewish Sheet Music Catalog. The most important works of Jewish composers Catalog of the works of Jewish composers returned to a family after being confiscated during the war

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection

    The Der jüdische Musikalien-Katalog is one of five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. The book is inscribed Müller. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their children, Norbert and Suse, and m...

  8. Song of Solomon. Chazzanut (especially after the traditional ways) for the whole liturgical year. Jewish religious song book returned to a family after being confiscated during the war

    1. Norman A. Miller family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn548014
    • English
    • 1901
    • a: Height: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm) | Width: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) b: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)

    The Song of Solomon, Chasonus, and sheet music are among five books from the personal collection of Sebald Müller that were confiscated by the Nazi regime and added to Julius Streicher's Library of Judaica in the 1930s. After the war, the books were placed in the collection of the Stadt-Bibliothek Nuremberg [Nuremberg City Library], which returned them to Sebald’s son, Norman Miller (previously Norbert Müller) in 2011. The book is inscribed Müller and Jacob Heinfeldt. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht in Nuremberg, Germany, the apartment Sebald shared with his wife, Laura, their chi...

  9. Doll's white cotton sleeveless slip given to a young girl by a friend in Theresienstadt ghetto

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection

    Doll's white cotton slip with buttoned shoulder straps given to 9 year old Inge Auerbacher by her 9 year old friend Ruth Abraham in September 1944 when they were both prisoners in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, shared a room with Ruth and her parents at the camp. Ruth was just a few months older than Inge and the girls had identical dolls. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Terezin. In September 1944, Inge's father was told to report...

  10. Doll's colorful crocheted tassel hat given to a young girl after her release from Theresienstadt

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection

    Baby doll's multicolored crocheted wool hat owned by Inge Auerbacher, probably acquired after the war. It was worn by her doll Marlene, 1992.4.1a, that she kept with her while imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from 1942-1945. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Theresienstadt. When the family arrived at the camp, all of their belongings were taken away, except Inge's doll which had been given to Inge around 1935 by her grandmother, who was deported to Riga, Latvia, i...

  11. Doll's offwhite hand knit wool sweater and pants with red flowers made by a young girl after her release from Theresienstadt

    1. Inge Auerbacher collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn6908
    • English
    • a: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm) b: Height: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)

    Doll's offwhite hand knit snowsuit with a long sleeved top and pants made by 9 year old Inge Auerbacher after her liberation from Theresienstadt ghetto/labor in May 1945. It was worn by her doll Marlene, 1992.4.1a, that Inge kept with her while imprisoned in Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia from 1942-1945. Seven year old Inge and her parents, Berthold and Regina, were deported from Goppingen, Germany, in August 1942 to Theresienstadt. When the family arrived at the camp, all of their belongings were taken away, except Inge's doll, which had been given to Inge around 1935 by ...

  12. Prayer book

    1. George Pick family collection

    Imakonyv, a prayer book for women, with a clasp and a slipcase, used by Gyorgy Pick's maternal great aunt, Gizella, during the war when she lived in a Swedish protected house in Budapest, Hungary. Ten year old Gyorgy and his parents lived in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, from November 1944-January 1945. Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany and adopted similar anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. Istvan, an engineer, lost his job in May 1939 because he was Jewish. He was conscripted into Hungarian labor battalions in 1940, 1943, and 1944. After German setbacks in the war against the Soviet Union in ...

  13. Book

    1. George Pick family collection

    Memorial book, Kegyelet, received by Malvina Kornhauser at the funeral for her husband Samu Kornhauser, who died July 19, 1935, in Budapest, Hungary. The book contains an obituary for Samu, as well as mourner's prayers for various family members. Malvina used the book to press flowers (1999.282.3.1) from his funeral, between pages 10 and 11, the widow's prayer. The book was preserved during the war by Malvina, her daughter Margit Pick and Margit's husband Istvan and son Gyorgy. Malvina, ten year old Gyorgy, and his parents lived in hiding in Budapest, Hungary, from November 1944-January 194...

  14. Embroidered dress worn by a Polish Jewish girl in hiding

    1. Lola and Walter Kaufman collection

    Embroidered dress made for Lola Rein by her mother Dvoire in the ghetto and worn while she was in hiding near Czortkow, Poland, from approximately May 1943 to March 1944. In September 1939, the Soviet Union occupied Czortkow. Germany invaded in June 1941. Lola’s father Yidl died in the ghetto in 1942. On March 21, 1943, her mother was shot and killed while going to work. In May, Lola’s maternal grandmother Ekka sent Lola to hide with a Ukrainian woman. In August, the woman’s son-in-law threatened to turn Lola in to the Gestapo, so she took Lola to her sister’s farm. Lola and three other Jew...

  15. Small leather suitcase used by a Hungarian Jewish family while living in hiding

    1. George Pick family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn514721
    • English
    • a: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm) | Depth: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) b: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)

    Small leather case used by Malvina Kornhauser from November 1944 until January 1945 while she was staying in a Swedish protected building and then in the Budapest ghetto in German occupied Hungary. The suitcase was purchased by her son-in-law Istvan Pick during the 1930s for use in his job as a traveling sales engineer for grape presses for the Rokk Istvan Machine factory. Before November, Malvina lived with her daughter Margit Pick, her husband Istvan, and son Gyorgy. Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany and adopted similar anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. Istvan, an engineer, lost his job in...

  16. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    The Felix and Flory Van Beek papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, a personal narrative, photographs, and printed materials documenting a German-Dutch couple, their thwarted efforts to escape Europe on the SS Simon Bolivar, their survival in hiding with two separate Dutch families, their liberation, their immigration to the United States, and the deaths of their family members in the Holocaust. Many documents are accompanied by Flory Van Beek's annotations. Biographical materials primarily document Felix and Flory Van Beek and include certificates, correspondenc...

  17. Geometric patterned leather wallet made by a Dutch Jewish couple in hiding

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Geometric patterned brown leather wallet made by Flora and Felix Levi while they were in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flory Cohen met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by German mines. They were rescued by the British military and taken to a hospital in England. After recuperating for six months, they had to leave because Felix, a German, was considered an enemy alien. In May 19...

  18. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Theresienstadt scrip, valued at 20 (zwanzig) kronen, acquired by Flory Cohen Levi, who survived in hiding in her native Netherlands during the war. This type of scrip was distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp from May 1943-April 1945 in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by German mines. They were rescued by the British military and taken to a hospital...

  19. Brown burlap pouch used to carry money by a hidden Dutch Jewish woman

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Small burlap pouch used by Flora Cohen to store Dutch currency while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flora intended to send it to her mother Alijda, but Flora could not find her, so she always kept the pouch with her. Flora's mother Alidja had been deported to Auschwitz in September where she was killed. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by German mines. They w...

  20. Netherlands, 1 gulden silver voucher, kept by a Dutch Jewish woman in hiding

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Dutch 1 (een) gulden silver voucher kept by Flory Cohen Levi in her pouch, see 1990.23.191, while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. Flora intended to send it to her mother Alijda, but Flora could not find her, so she always kept the pouch with her. Flora's mother Alidja had been deported to Auschwitz in September where she was killed. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was...