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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Print of the Zülz synagogue brought to the US by German Jewish refugees

    1. Donald H. Harter family collection

    Woodcut print of the Zülz synagogue made by artist Rudolf Kraft (formerly Kramarczyk, 1885-1945), and owned by the Hirschberg (later Harter) family, German Jewish refugees. The synagogue was located in the town of Zülz and built in 1774, after the previous one had burned down. At the time of construction, the new synagogue was one of the largest in Germany. However, the Jewish population began to decline, and by World War I (1914-1918) there were only a few Jews left in Zülz. The Hirschberg (later Harter) family included Harry, his wife Lenore, and children, Donald and Dorothy. They lived i...

  2. Deutsches Jungvolk; KdF parade; Rothkirch in Vienna; Czech border; Refugees; Invasion of Poland

    Deutsches Jungvolk [German youngsters in the Hitler Youth - DJ] Young boys aged 8-14 in training, laughing, bugle, outdoor drills, eating, tent camp with flags. 10:07:40 Boys return to city with rucksacks, hop on streetcars. 10:07:53 Crowds gather for DJ demonstration outdoors near Berlin, boys drumming, tents with DJ flags, family members observe the boys' activities, wrestling. 10:09:30 The boys prepare to march in a parade, bugles with DJ flag. 10:10:28 Count Rothkirch sets up ladder with film camera for demonstration in Berlin. Pan, Brandenburg Gate with banner: "Fuehrer befiel wir folg...

  3. 19th century illustration depicting scenes of Jewish refugees waiting to immigrate

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    Newsprint illustration, Judische Emigraten in Brody (Galizien), Jewish emigrants in Brody (Galicia) with 6 detailed, captioned vignettes of Jewish life in Brody, circa 1882, when it was a gateway to the west for thousands of Jews seeking to leave Eastern Europe. By May 1882, there were around 12,000 Jewish refugees in Brody. In 1772, Brody was annexed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire; from 1919-1939, it was part of Poland, and since the end of the war in 1945, it has been part of Ukraine. In 1880, Jews made up 75 percent of the population and it was an intellectual center and a thriving tradi...

  4. Wooden box owned by a Japanese aid coordinator for Jewish refugees in Shanghai

    1. Koreshige Inuzuka collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn522135
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Depth: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) b: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 14.125 inches (35.878 cm) | Depth: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) c: Height: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)

    Dark brown, telescoping, wooden box owned by Koreshige Inuzuka, a naval Captain who served as the head of the Japanese Imperial Navy’s Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs in occupied Shanghai, China, from 1939 to 1943. In 1937, Japan occupied Shanghai and began to enact new policies regarding the territory’s interaction with increasing numbers of European refugees, especially Jews. As one of the Japanese military’s “Jewish experts” Koreshige was consulted to assist with refugee policies. Early in his career, he was exposed to western anti-Semitism and false claims of a Jewish plan for world d...

  5. Folding Fan owned by a Japanese aid coordinator for Jewish refugees in Shanghai

    1. Koreshige Inuzuka collection

    Wooden folding fan with Japanese characters owned by Koreshige Inuzuka, a naval Captain who served as the head of the Japanese Imperial Navy’s Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs in occupied Shanghai, China, from 1939 to 1943. In 1937, Japan occupied Shanghai and began to enact new policies regarding the territory’s interaction with increasing numbers of European refugees, especially Jews. As one of the Japanese military’s “Jewish experts” Koreshige was consulted to assist with refugee policies. Early in his career, he was exposed to western anti-Semitism and false claims of a Jewish plan for...

  6. Metal identification tag used by Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to the US

    1. Gustav and Stefi Geisel collection

    Identification tag that was owned by Stefi and Gustav Geisel. They had emigrated separately to the United States in 1938 to escape the harsh persecutions of Jews in Nazi Germany. They met in Chicago and married in 1942. Stefi had lived in Mosbach, Germany, with her parents and younger brother, Walter. In 1938, 18 year old Stefi Siegel was sent to live with relatives in Chicago. Her parents left for England that year and arrived in the US in 1943. Walter had been sent to the Netherlands; after Germany occupied the country in 1940, he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp, then to Ber...

  7. Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war

    1. Emilie Boit collection

    Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.

  8. Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war

    1. Emilie Boit collection

    Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.

  9. Silver engraved candelabrum commemorating the Stolp synagogue saved by Jewish refugees

    1. Olga and Werner Leszynski collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn42970
    • English
    • 1895
    • overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) a: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Diameter: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) b: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) c: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 2.700 inches (6.858 cm) d: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) e: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)

    Silver engraved candelabrum that Olga and Werner Leszynski brought with them when they fled Nazi Germany in March 1939. It is one of a pair of candelabra dedicated on the 25th Anniversary of the synagogue in Stolp, Germany (Slupsk, Poland). The synagogue, built in 1901-1902, was set on fire and destroyed by Nazi supporters during Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938. In early 1939, the scientific journal for which Werner worked sent him to Prague. He then sent for Olga and their 3 year old daughter, Ruth, who arrived in March. The Bohemia and Moravia region of Czechoslovakia, where Prague was lo...

  10. Silver engraved candelabrum commemorating the Stolp synagogue saved by refugees from Nazi Germany

    1. Olga and Werner Leszynski collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn42971
    • English
    • 1895
    • overall: Height: 22.875 inches (58.103 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Depth: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) a: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Diameter: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) b: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) c: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) d: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) e: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Diameter: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)

    Silver engraved candelabrum that Olga and Werner Leszynski brought with them when they fled Nazi Germany in March 1939. It is one of a pair of candelabra dedicated on the 25th Anniversary of the synagogue in Stolp, Germany (Slupsk, Poland). The synagogue, built in 1901-1902, was set on fire and destroyed by Nazi supporters during Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938. In early 1939, the scientific journal for which Werner worked sent him to Prague. He then sent for Olga and their 3 year old daughter, Ruth, who arrived in March. The Bohemia and Moravia region of Czechoslovakia, where Prague was lo...

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- World War I memorial at Vimy; French refugees, Belgium

    Several Frenchmen, some of whom wear the uniforms of high-ranking officers and some of whom are in civilian dress, visiting the Canadian World War I memorial at Vimy, France. They survey a vast fortification system dug into the earth and lined with sandbags. The camera focuses on a sign reading "Canadian Front Line, 1917." The scene switches to show soldiers (French?) marching across a town square, then back to the men inspecting the fortification. The men approach a huge structure that serves as the memorial. 01:21:44 Various views of ruins of buildings in the Flanders region of Belgium. C...

  12. "Refugees and Rescuers in Fascist and Post War Italy (1933-1946)"

    Consists of one manuscript, 94 pages, entitled "Refugees and Rescuers in Fascist and Post War Italy (1933-1946)" by Donato Grosser, based on the recollections and documents of his father, Bernardo (Berl) Grosser. In the manuscript, Donato Grosser describes the experience of Italian Jews and Jewish refugees in Italy in the 1930s, including information about the 1938 emigration of his father, Bernardo Grosser, who was from Kamionki Wielkie, but emigrated by way of France. In Italy, Grosser became one of the secretaries of the Genoa office of DELASEM (the Delegazione per l'Assistenz agli Emigr...

  13. Letter, requesting assistance for refugees, addressed to the Finnish Consul General in Yugoslavia

    The handwritten letter in German was written by Robert Klueger, an Austrian Jew from Donji Lapac, Croatia, to Paul Berkes, the donor's husband and Honorary Consul General of Finland in Yugoslavia (later Croatia), requesting assistance.

  14. March of Time -- outtakes -- Refugees on the move in northern France and Belgium

    Refugees in northern France and Flanders. Refugees, mostly women and children sit in the backs of trucks, looking at the camera. A group of men and women stand with bicycles and wagons in front of the awning of a bar. Horse-drawn wagons drive off. French soldiers march through a town. A few spectators watch their progress and wave at the men. People with bundles strapped to bicycles stand on the street. A group of them move off down the street, watched by other people in the street. A nice shot of people wheeling their bundle-laden bikes past several destroyed buildings. Refugees on an open...

  15. March of Time -- outtakes -- French refugees, German prisoners, bombing of Paris

    The French army in action: tanks, soldiers shooting, dead horses by the side of the road. German prisoners behind barbed wire. Close-ups of individuals as they are questioned and registered by their French captors. Scenes of destroyed buildings shot from a moving vehicle; French soldiers attempt to shoot down a plane. Refugees traveling along a road. Women and children are helped from a truck. One woman is carried on a stretcher. Paris being bombed. Burning buildings, dead cows in a field. Badly destroyed houses, shops and cars. People pick their way through the rubble; a woman runs past a ...

  16. Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters) -- SS Aorangi arrives in Sydney with Jewish refugees

    63 Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria arrive at Sydney harbor in the ship SS Aorangi.

  17. Scourge of Humanity Poster of a giant Jew preparing to whip a line of refugees

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    This poster is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.

  18. British Pathé Newsreel -- Austrian and German refugees take part in an Americanization program at a Quaker camp

    RKO-Pathe News. Titles read: "HAVEN - QUAKERS ESTABLISH NY REFUGEE FARM". At West Park American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), several shots of Austrian and German refugees of various ages sitting on steps and chairs outside a building and learning about the American way of life in 'Americanization Classes'. Adults and children work together in picking fruit and vegetables in fields on the Quaker camp. Commentator says the program is designed to re-establish the refugees socially and spiritually. Several shots of young people diving into a lake and swimming about.

  19. Flight, a boxed set of 12 lithographs from the International Rescue Committee on the theme of refugees and rescue

    A portfolio of original art prints, limited edition 73 of 250, published in 1971 by the International Rescue Committee to raise funds for the organization's mission to aid and rescue refugees. In 1964, Varian Fry, IRC's founder, began to assemble a portfolio of works from artists whom he had helped bring to the United States during the Holocaust. The project, themed to reflect the plight of refugees, was completed in 1970, four years after Fry's death. Each work represents the artist's vision of the Greek warrior, Aeneas, as he flees the burning city of Troy, described by T.S. Eliot as: "th...

  20. U.S. soldiers stateside; providing first aid to German prisoners; war damage in France; refugees load carts; captured Germans; softball

    (b/w) Amphibious landing drill at Martha's Vineyard (1943). U.S. soldiers stand on a beach and load a small artillery piece and a jeep onto an amphibious transport. The jeep hood is marked with a star, and the transport is marked LCV68. The transport takes off. Another boat marked LCV92 comes to shore and soldiers step off. Camera pans across the beach as similar transports arrive. One very large transport, marked 494, lands and unloads trucks and larger artillery pieces. 01:02:07 (color) Military drill (1943). U.S. soldiers in uniform (not battle dress) stand at attention outside camp tent...