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  1. Poster with a barbed wire Star of David for the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors received by an attendee

    1. Herbert and Ursula Cohn Lichtenstein family collection

    Poster for the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors acquired by Herbert Lichtenstein at the first meeting held in Jerusalem in June 1981. In January 1939, 22 year old Herbert was arrested in Oberwesel, Germany, and sent to a forced labor camp. In August 1941, he was transferred to Bielefeld forced labor camp. In January 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp and marked with prisoner number 105483. In January 1945, as the Soviet Army approached, Herbert was transported to Buchenwald and given prisoner number 117482. In April 1945, he was transferred to Theresienstadt whic...

  2. Brown cloth bag with a red, white, and blue stripe carried by a hidden Dutch Jewish woman

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Brown bag with a Dutch flag stripe used by Flora Cohen to store her false papers while she was in hiding in Amersfoort, Netherlands, from June 1942 to May 1945. 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 in England. After recuperating for six months, they had to leave because Felix, a German, was considered an enemy alien. In May...

  3. 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...

  4. White leather wrist length left hand Masonic glove with side vent owned by a Hungarian Jewish emigre

    1. Peter Veres family collection

    White leather ceremonial left hand Masonic glove that originally belonged to Laszlo Danos, born Deutsch. It was acquired through his membership in the Freemason society. White kid gloves were presented to newly initiated members; a man's pair for the member and a women's pair for his wife or betrothed. They were symbolic and not intended for use; they represented the ideal that the work of his hands should be pure and spotless. Laszlo, who died of a heart attack in 1934, was part of a large, Orthodox Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. His wife gave the glove to his sister Lenke. In March 1...

  5. Peter Veres family papers

    1. Peter Veres family collection

    The Peter Veres family papers consist of family records, photographs, genealogical materials, immigration documents, and reparations records documenting the history of a Jewish family in Budapest, their experiences with labor camps, hiding, and deportations during World War II and the Holocaust, and their immigration to New York in 1949. The Kato Krausz Veres materials include birth and marriage certificates, identification papers, an account book, education records, health records, an obituary, and other material documenting Kati’s childhood in Budapest, experiences in Hungary during the 1...

  6. Ritual slaughter knife with a wooden case used by a shochet

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7123
    • English
    • 1938
    • a: Height: 8.880 inches (22.555 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm) b: Height: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)

    Shechita [ritual slaughter] knife and case used by Isaac Ossowski, the head shochet for the Alte Shule in Berlin who left the country because of the targeted persecution of Jews by the government of Nazi Germany. A shochet is specially trained in the laws and procedures of shehitah, the Jewish religious and humane method of slaughtering animals and poultry. It requires years of study in the laws of shechita, as well as animal anatomy and pathology. Rabbi Ossowski was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Berlin. He was head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual c...

  7. Ritual circumcision set with 2 knives, a case, 2 shields, a suction tube, and scissors used by a mohel

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7128
    • English
    • 1938
    • a: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 8.120 inches (20.625 cm) | Depth: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) b: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) c: Height: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm) | Width: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm) d: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm) e: Height: 5.120 inches (13.005 cm) | Width: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm) f: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm) g: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm)

    Brit milah set with 7 items: 2 mila knives, 2 guides (Mogen or shields), a glass suction tube, scissors, 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 head shochet [ritual slaughterer], mohel [practioner of ritual circumcision], sofer [scribe], and haza...

  8. Mezuzah in a copper metal case used by a Jewish refugee family

    1. Isaac Ossowski family collection

    Mezuzah and case that belonged to 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. According to the Torah, every doorpost in a Jewish home should display a mezuzah, a small parchment scroll inscribed with two chapters from Deuteronomy, including the Shema, a central prayer of Judaism and the source of this law. The scroll is enclosed in a case so that it can be affixed to the right doorpost. It serves as a reminder of the covenant of faith and a notice that this...

  9. Cesia Ritter papers

    The papers consist of 53 photographs of Cesia Ritter (née Honig) as a child before World War II and post-war photograph of her rescuers; an employment certificate for her father Naftali Honig in "Deutsche Dachpappenfabrik - Papapol" in Tarnow, Poland, in 1942; and identification card for Cesia Honig issued by ORT in Anvers, Belgium, in 1947; a copy of a letter written to Cesia's uncle in Palestine after the war; and a newspaper article from the New York Post on August 31, 1987.

  10. Striped tallit and red velvet pouch used by a prewar German Jewish emigre

    1. Arthur Cohn and Leo Nast collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn73190
    • English
    • a: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 66.875 inches (169.863 cm) b: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm)

    Blue striped tallit with a maroon velvet storage bag used by Dr. Leo Nast, a chemical engineer who left Hamburg, Germany, for the United States in July 1934. A tallit is a prayer shawl worn by observant Jewish men during morning services. Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Leo had long opposed the politics of Hitler and the Nazi Party and Leo and his wife Bertha decided to leave Germany. Their immigration was sponsored by the Catalin Corporation, a plastics company that employed Leo after his arrival in the US. The Nazi dictatorship enacted anti-Jewish laws and the persecut...

  11. Tefillin set with a dark red velvet pouch used by a prewar German Jewish emigre

    1. Arthur Cohn and Leo Nast collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn73099
    • English
    • 1899
    • a: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) b: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) c: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm)

    Pair of tefillin with a burgundy velvet storage pouch used by Dr. Leo Nast, a chemical engineer who left Hamburg, Germany, for the United States in July 1934. Tefillin are small boxes with leather straps used by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Leo had long opposed the politics of Hitler and the Nazi Party and Leo and his wife Bertha decided to leave Germany. Their immigration was sponsored by the Catalin Corporation, a plastics company that employed Leo after his arrival in the US. The Nazi dictatorship enacted anti-Jewish la...

  12. Mezuzah with an embossed rising sun used by a prewar German Jewish emigre to the US

    1. Arthur Cohn and Leo Nast collection

    Gold colored embossed mezuzah used by Dr. Leo Nast, a chemical engineer who left Hamburg, Germany, for the United States in July 1934. According to the Torah, every doorpost in a Jewish home should display a mezuzah klaf, a small parchment scroll inscribed with two prayers. The scroll is enclosed in a case so that it can be affixed to the right doorpost. It serves as a reminder of the covenant of faith and a notice that this is an observant Jewish home. Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Leo had long opposed the politics of Hitler and the Nazi Party and Leo and his wife Ber...

  13. Pencil drawing of a landscape near an internment camp created by a young German Jewish internee

    1. Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann family collection

    Pencil sketch created by 10-year-old Manfred Wildmann, depicting Gurs internment camp, where he and his family were held between October 25, 1940 and March 10, 1941. Before the Holocaust, Manfred lived in Philippsburg, Germany, with his parents, Heinrich and Rebecca, his siblings, Laure, Margot, and Hugo, and his maternal grandparents, Moritz and Nanette. On November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Heinrich was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for five weeks. On October 22, 1940, German authorities deported the Jews of Philippsburg, including the Wildmann fami...

  14. Side-by-side drawings of an interior heating stove and an exterior water tower created by a young German Jewish internee

    1. Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann family collection

    Pencil sketch created by 10-year-old Manfred Wildmann, depicting Gurs internment camp, where he and his family were held between October 25, 1940 and March 10, 1941. Before the Holocaust, Manfred lived in Philippsburg, Germany, with his parents, Heinrich and Rebecca, his siblings, Laure, Margot, and Hugo, and his maternal grandparents, Moritz and Nanette. On November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Heinrich was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for five weeks. On October 22, 1940, German authorities deported the Jews of Philippsburg, including the Wildmann fami...

  15. Drawing of an internment camp latrine created by a young German Jewish internee

    1. Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann family collection

    Pencil sketch created by 10-or-11-year-old Manfred Wildmann, depicting Rivesaltes internment camp, while he was held there with his family between March 11, 1941 and February 1942. Before the Holocaust, Manfred lived in Philippsburg, Germany, with his parents, Heinrich and Rebecca, his siblings, Laure, Margot, and Hugo, and his maternal grandparents, Moritz and Nanette. On November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Heinrich was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for five weeks. On October 22, 1940, German authorities deported the Jews of Philippsburg, including th...

  16. Drawing of internment camp barracks created by a young German Jewish internee

    1. Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann family collection

    Pencil sketch created by 10-or-11-year-old Manfred Wildmann, depicting Rivesaltes internment camp, while he was held there with his family between March 11, 1941 and February 1942. Before the Holocaust, Manfred lived in Philippsburg, Germany, with his parents, Heinrich and Rebecca, his siblings, Laure, Margot, and Hugo, and his maternal grandparents, Moritz and Nanette. On November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Heinrich was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for five weeks. On October 22, 1940, German authorities deported the Jews of Philippsburg, including th...

  17. Double-sided pencil drawing of internment camp prisoners and a toy dog created by a young German Jewish internee

    1. Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann family collection

    Pencil sketch created by 10-year-old Manfred Wildmann, depicting Gurs internment camp, where he and his family were held between October 25, 1940 and March 10, 1941. Before the Holocaust, Manfred lived in Philippsburg, Germany, with his parents, Heinrich and Rebecca, his siblings, Laure, Margot, and Hugo, and his maternal grandparents, Moritz and Nanette. On November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Heinrich was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for five weeks. On October 22, 1940, German authorities deported the Jews of Philippsburg, including the Wildmann fami...

  18. Drawing of an internment camp laundry shed created by a young German Jewish internee

    1. Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann family collection

    Pencil sketch created by 10-year-old Manfred Wildmann, depicting Gurs internment camp, where he and his family were held between October 25, 1940 and March 10, 1941. Before the Holocaust, Manfred lived in Philippsburg, Germany, with his parents, Heinrich and Rebecca, his siblings, Laure, Margot, and Hugo, and his maternal grandparents, Moritz and Nanette. On November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Heinrich was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for five weeks. On October 22, 1940, German authorities deported the Jews of Philippsburg, including the Wildmann fami...

  19. Pencil drawing of an internment camp barrack created by a young German Jewish internee

    1. Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann family collection

    Pencil sketch created by 10-or-11-year-old Manfred Wildmann, depicting Rivesaltes internment camp, while he was held there with his family between March 11, 1941 and February 1942. Before the Holocaust, Manfred lived in Philippsburg, Germany, with his parents, Heinrich and Rebecca, his siblings, Laure, Margot, and Hugo, and his maternal grandparents, Moritz and Nanette. On November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Heinrich was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for five weeks. On October 22, 1940, German authorities deported the Jews of Philippsburg, including th...

  20. Drawing of the internment camp kitchen shed created by a young German Jewish internee

    1. Manfred and Sylvia Wildmann family collection

    Pencil sketch created by 10-year-old Manfred Wildmann, depicting Gurs internment camp, where he and his family were held between October 25, 1940 and March 10, 1941. Before the Holocaust, Manfred lived in Philippsburg, Germany, with his parents, Heinrich and Rebecca, his siblings, Laure, Margot, and Hugo, and his maternal grandparents, Moritz and Nanette. On November 10, 1938, during the Kristallnacht pogrom, Heinrich was arrested and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for five weeks. On October 22, 1940, German authorities deported the Jews of Philippsburg, including the Wildmann fami...