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  1. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

    1. Igor Belousovitch collection

    1 mark note receipt from the Łódź ghetto, one of 5 pieces of scrip given to Igor Belousovitch, a US soldier, in early April 1945 by a refugee walking west on the same road Igor's unit was taking east across Germany near Leipzig. As Igor was looking at the line of refugees, one looked over at him and they made eye contact. The man, emaciated and dressed in rags, walked over to Igor, reached in his pocket, pulled out several bills, and gave them to Igor. They exchanged a few words and then both continued on their way. The scrip was created in the Łódź ghetto, renamed Litzmannstadt, in German ...

  2. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

    1. Igor Belousovitch collection

    5 mark note receipt from the Łódź ghetto, one of 5 pieces of scrip given to Igor Belousovitch, a US soldier, in early April 1945 by a refugee walking west on the same road Igor's unit was taking east across Germany near Leipzig. As Igor was looking at the line of refugees, one looked over at him and they made eye contact. The man, emaciated and dressed in rags, walked over to Igor, reached in his pocket, pulled out several bills, and gave them to Igor. They exchanged a few words and then both continued on their way. The scrip was created in the Łódź ghetto, renamed Litzmannstadt, in German ...

  3. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 [zehn] mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

    1. Igor Belousovitch collection

    10 [zehn] mark note receipt from the Łódź ghetto, one of 5 pieces of scrip given to Igor Belousovitch, a US soldier, in early April 1945 by a refugee walking west on the same road Igor's unit was taking east across Germany near Leipzig. As Igor was looking at the line of refugees, one looked over at him and they made eye contact. The man, emaciated and dressed in rags, walked over to Igor, reached in his pocket, pulled out several bills, and gave them to Igor. They exchanged a few words and then both continued on their way. The scrip was created in the Łódź ghetto, renamed Litzmannstadt, in...

  4. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 20 mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

    1. Igor Belousovitch collection

    20 mark note receipt from the Łódź ghetto, one of 5 pieces of scrip given to Igor Belousovitch, a US soldier, in early April 1945 by a refugee walking west on the same road Igor's unit was taking east across Germany near Leipzig. As Igor was looking at the line of refugees, one looked over at him and they made eye contact. The man, emaciated and dressed in rags, walked over to Igor, reached in his pocket, pulled out several bills, and gave them to Igor. They exchanged a few words and then both continued on their way. The scrip was created in the Łódź ghetto, renamed Litzmannstadt, in German...

  5. Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 mark note, given to a US soldier by a refugee

    1. Igor Belousovitch collection

    50 mark note receipt from the Łódź ghetto, one of 5 pieces of scrip given to Igor Belousovitch, a US soldier, in early April 1945 by a refugee walking west on the same road Igor's unit was taking east across Germany near Leipzig. As Igor was looking at the line of refugees, one looked over at him and they made eye contact. The man, emaciated and dressed in rags, walked over to Igor, reached in his pocket, pulled out several bills, and gave them to Igor. They exchanged a few words and then both continued on their way. The scrip was created in the Łódź ghetto, renamed Litzmannstadt, in German...

  6. Moshe Aurbach photograph collection

    The collection consists of 22 photographs documenting the life and experiences of Moshe Aurbach and his family in Będzin, Poland, before, during, and after the Holocaust as well as his time spent in Gersfeld displaced persons camp near Fulda, Germany, after World War II.

  7. Aron Zolty photograph collection

    The Aron Zolty photograph collection consists of 39 photographs relating to the experiences of Aron Zolty in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, and in displaced persons camps in Hannover and Lübeck-Blankensee, Germany.

  8. David Kirszencwajg papers

    1. Kirszencwajg family collection

    The papers consist of letters and postcards written in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, by members of the Kirszencwajg family to Vilna, Poland, and Shanghai, China; documents relating to David Kirszencwajg and his life in Poland before World War II and his life in Shanghai, China, during the war; and photographs depicting David Kirszencwajg and his family in Warsaw, Poland, before World War II and later in Vilna, Poland, and Shanghai, China

  9. Chaim Ben Cyjon Cale photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of Chaim Ben Cyjon Cale donor in Łódź, Poland, before World War II and a photograph of Holocaust survivors, Cale among them, at the Bad Nauheim displaced persons camp in Germany after the war.

  10. Elaine Zaks papers

    The papers consist of twelve photographs depicting Leah and Phillip Zaks Zakuska and their son, Michael in a DP camp in Florence, Italy, after World War II; seven photographs of unknown persons with Yiddish inscriptions on the verso; and one letter written to Ann Fonaroff of the United Service for New Americans, Enc. on November 2, 1948, on behalf of Philip, "Lisa", and "Moses" Zaks and concerning their immigration to the United States. Leah and Philip Zaks were from Poland. They made their way to Italy probably in 1945. Their son, Michael, was born in a displaced persons camp in Florence, ...

  11. Frank Meissner papers

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    The Frank Meissner papers contain material related to Frank Meissner, a student and member of a Zionist youth group who fled Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) and attended school in Denmark, Sweden, and England during World War II. The majority of the papers are correspondence from Frank’s parents, living in his hometown of Třešť, and later Theresienstadt concentration camp. In addition, the collection includes school, financial, and identification documents. The photographs in the collection are of Frank and his family, the town of Třešť, and various moments during his time as a student in E...

  12. Enameled stickpin for the Studiosorum World Congress owned by a former Czech Jewish soldier

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    Red and blue enameled stickpin acquired by Frank Meissner during the 1946 Studiosorum Congress in Prague. It features the logo design of a globe, open book, and flaming torch that symbolize youth's persisent quest for knowledge. This was the founding congress of the International Student Union created to promote democracy and education among students of all nations. At the age of 16, Frank left Trest, Czechoslovakia, in 1939 to avoid the increasingly harsh Nazi persecutions of Jews. He went to Denmark with Youth Aliyah to attend agricultural school. In fall 1943, when the Germans decided to...

  13. Czech lion coat of arms cap badge owned by a Jewish veteran of the Czech Air Force in exile

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    Tinnie, or pressed tin pincap badge owned by Frank Meissner, who served in the Czech Air Force from 1944-1945 for the Czech government in exile. It features the Czech coat-of-arms with the rampant split-tailed lion of Bohemia. At the age of 16, Frank left Trest, Czechoslovakia, in 1939 to avoid the increasingly harsh Nazi persecutions of Jews. He went to Denmark with Youth Aliyah to attend agricultural school. In fall 1943, when the Germans decided to deport all Jews from Denmark, Frank was smuggled on a fishing boat to Sweden. During his exile, he received weekly letters from his family, e...

  14. Czech Air Force pilot badge issued to a Jewish veteran

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    Czech Air Force pilot badge issued to Frank Meissner for his service in the Czech Air Force from 1944-1945 for the Czech government in exile in Great Britain. It may be an observers badge. At the age of 16, Frank left Trest, Czechoslovakia, in 1939 to avoid the increasingly harsh Nazi persecutions of Jews. He went to Denmark with Youth Aliyah to attend agricultural school. In fall 1943, when the Germans decided to deport all Jews from Denmark, Frank was smuggled on a fishing boat to Sweden. During his exile, he received weekly letters from his family, even after their deportation to Theresi...

  15. Wreath shaped badge owned by a Jewish veteran of the Air Force for the Czech government in exile

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    Wreath shaped pin with a fish owned by Frank Meissner who served in the Czech Air Force from 1944-1945 for the Czech government in exile. At the age of 16, Frank left Trest, Czechoslovakia, in 1939 to avoid the increasingly harsh Nazi persecutions of Jews. He went to Denmark with Youth Aliyah to attend agricultural school. In fall 1943, when the Germans decided to deport all Jews from Denmark, Frank was smuggled on a fishing boat to Sweden. During his exile, he received weekly letters from his family, even after their deportation to Theresienstadt ghetto. The letters stopped in 1943. In the...

  16. 1st Anniversary commemorative pin for the victims of Theresienstadt acquired by a Czech Jewish survivor

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    First anniversary commemorative pin for the May 12, 1945, liberation of Theresienstadt concentration camp acquired by Frank Meissner, whose family had been imprisoned in the ghetto/labor camp in Czechoslovakia. On September 16, 1945, there was a public ceremonial burial for 601 victims exhumed from six mass grave sites uncovered at the Small Fortress. From 1940-1945, the Small Fortress served as the prison at the Terezin camp. At the age of 16, Frank left Trest, Czechoslovakia, in 1939 to avoid the increasingly harsh Nazi persecutions of Jews. He went to Denmark with Youth Aliyah to attend ...

  17. Lichtenstein family photograph collection

    1. Israel Lichtenstein collection

    The collections consists of seven photographs documenting the experiences of Israel Lichtenstein and his family in the Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp and at the Masgelier children's home in France during the Holocaust.

  18. Postcard with New Year's wishes and a drawing of a barracks sent from Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp

    1. Israel Lichtenstein collection

    Postcard sent by Menachem Mendel Lichtenstein to his family wishing BONNE ANNÉE 1942 [Happy New Year] with a drawing of his barracks at the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp in France. Menachem was imprisoned there from 1941-1942. When France declared war on Germany in 1939, Menachem volunteered for the French Army. Demobilized when France surrendered in May 1940, he returned to Paris, where he was arrested on May 14, 1941. He was sent to Beaune-la-Rolande, then to Auschwitz death camp on June 27, 1942, where he was killed. His 10 year old son, Israel, was sheltered through the early war ye...

  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. Heinz Loewy postcard

    The collection consists of a postcard received by Heinz Loewy (later Henry Long), who fled to Shanghai, China after surviving imprisonment in several German concentration camps from 1936-1939. The postcard was written by Siegmund "Israel" Meyersohn in Berlin, Germany and dated 17 April 1941.