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Language of Description: German
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  1. RKWiÖst:

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Auswärtiges, Kolonial- und Besatzungsverwaltung
    4. Reichskommissar für die Wiederver. Österreichs m. d. Dt. Reich

    I. RKWiÖst: Innerpolitische Maßnahmen in Österreich, Kontakte mit Ungarn, Juni 1938-Oktober 1939 [EAP 106/1], unter anderem: 1) Geheime Korrespondenz Reichsjustizministerium - Stellvertreter des Führers - RKWiÖst, 08.-25. Juli 1938: Aufrechterhaltung der Schuschnigg-Amnestie für politische Delikte, mit Entwurf (Abschrift) eines entsprechenden Führer-Erlasses, 10.249-62; 2) Zweite Anordnung (Entwurf) vom [10. Juni 1938]: Anmeldung jüdischer Vermögen, Ausschließung von Juden aus den Genossenschaften, Bildung der Wirtschaftsbefriedungs-Abteilung im Reichswirtschaftsministerium, 10.267-75; 3) G...

  2. Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Star of David badge worn by Moritz or Hildegard Henschel who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in June 1943. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eventually forced to assist with deportations. ...

  3. Watercolor of flowers given to German Jewish couple in camp

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn544004
    • English
    • overall: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) 1 book,

    Colorful watercolor of flowers given to Moritz and Hildegard Henschel while interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president of the Berlin Jewish Community. In January 1943, Moritz ...

  4. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at for 20 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich be...

  5. Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Star of David badge worn by Moritz or Hildegard Henschel who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in June 1943. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eventually forced to assist with deportations. ...

  6. Star of David badge imprinted Jude worn by a German Jew

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Star of David badge worn by Moritz or Hildegard Henschel who were deported from Berlin to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in June 1943. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eventually forced to assist with deportations. ...

  7. WWI Red Cross medal ribbon awarded to German Jewish woman

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Rothe Kreuz [For Merit in the Red Cross] medal ribbon awarded to Hildegard Alexander for her service as a nurse in World War I (1914-1918). See 2003.361.8 for the Rothe Kreuz medal she was also awarded. Her husband, Moritz Henschel, had been decorated for his service in the German Army during the war. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Associati...

  8. Moritz and Hildegard Henschel papers

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Moritz and Hildegard Henschel papers consist of documents, poems, photographs, correspondence, clippings, articles, and sheet music pertaining to Moritz Henschel’s role as director of the “Freizeitgestaltung,” in Terezin and his wife Hildegard Henschel’s experiences during this same time period. Moritz and Hildegard Henschel biographical and Theresienstadt materials include birth and marriage certificates, Red Cross correspondence, employment records, awards, medical records, poems, music, reports, identification papers, personal narratives, and clippings documenting Moritz and Hildegard He...

  9. Drawing of woman scrubbing floor given to German Jewish inmate

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Color drawing of a woman washing the floor given to Hildegard Henschel while she and her husband Moritz were imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association was eve...

  10. Portrait of a Theresienstadt inmate drawn by another inmate

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Portrait drawing of Moritz Henschel by Myra Strauss Rutenberg given to Moritz while he and his wife Hildegard were imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, created by the Nazi government in February 1939 to organize Jewish affairs. The Association w...

  11. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 100 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich becam...

  12. Gestapa

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Polizei und SS
    4. Gestapa/Gestapo

    I. Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt/ II a: Abwehrmaßnahmen gegen Kommunismus 1938: 9399-9479; 1) Gestapa (Best) an Stapostelle, 25. Januar 1938: Bedeutung der Russlandrückkehrer als Quelle für militärische Nachrichten, Sorgfältige Überwachung der Rückkehrer wegen kommunistischer Gefahr; 9401-9403; 9414; 2) Gestapa (Best) an Stapostelle vom 05. Februar 1938: Überwachung des Flugverkehrs zwischen Ost und Westeuropa, Genaue Passprüfung bei unvorhergesehenen Zwischenlandungen; 9405-946; 3) Gestapa an Stapostellen 28. Januar 1938: Überwachung der Korrespondenz der "deutschen Freiheitspartei"; 9407; 4) ...

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

    1. George Pick family collection

    Small brown suitcase used by ten year old Gyorgy Pick and his parents Margit and Istvan to carry family photos and food while they were living 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 early 1943, Hungary sought a separate peace. In March 1944, Germany invaded Hungary. The next ...

  14. Hersh Smolar - Minsk ghetto

    Hersh Smolar, was the editor of a Yiddish daily newspaper. After the war began, he became a leading member of the resistance in the Minsk ghetto and the commissar of a partisan group operating in the Belorussian forests. He discusses conditions in the ghetto and resistance activities. FILM ID 3376 -- Camera Rolls #1-3 -- 01:00:07 to 01:30:17 Hersh Smolar was an editor of a Yiddish daily paper in Bialystok and left for Minsk by foot in June/July 1941 to get out. [The Germans advanced into Minsk on June 28, 1941, blocking all roads for evacuation]. He found Minsk abandoned by the Russian gove...

  15. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 50 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich became...

  16. Außenpolitisches Amt

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. NSDAP und angeschlossene Verbände
    4. Reichsleitung
    5. Außenpolitisches Amt

    I. Außenpolitisches Amt (APA)/ Amt Osten: Deutsch-Russische Handelsbeziehungen 1934-1935 [EAP 250-d-18-15/8], unter anderem: 1) Wortlaut der deutsch-russischen Vereinbarungen vom 09. April 1935 über den Waren- und Zahlungsverkehr, 28 S.; *2) Vertrauliches Rundschreiben des Russland-Ausschusses der deutschen Wirtschaft, 03. Dezember 1934-27. August 1935 (mit Anlage, zum Teil Abschrift): Russische Handelspolitik und Wirtschaftslage; Erwartungen und Schwierigkeiten der deutschen Industrie im Russland-Geschäft; Das deutsch-russische Lieferbedingungsabkommen vom 20. März 1935; Erklärung Reichswi...

  17. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 2 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich became ...

  18. Small, hand drawn wooden wagon used by a Sinti family

    1. Gabriel Reinhardt and Theresia Winterstein families collection

    Small wagon used by Rita Prigmore when she was a child in Wurzburg, Germany, and after World War II, to cart bricks from the rubble of bombed buildings to help build a new home for the family. The Winterstein family were Sinti. They had traveled widely in Western and Central Europe until the Nazi regime restricted Sinti migrations in the 1930s. Rita's parents, Theresia Winterstein and Gabriel Reinhardt, met in 1941 when they both worked at the Stadttheater in Wurzburg. Persecution of the Sinti was escalating. They were no longer allowed to work at the theater. Several members of Theresia's ...

  19. Brown burlap covered trunk used postwar by a young German Jewish refugee

    1. Dorit Isaacsohn family collection

    Brown burlap covered plywood trunk used by 16 year old Dorit Isaacsohn and her mother Gertrud during their November 1949 emigration from Berlin, Germany, to the United States. By the late 1930’s, Dorit’s parents had lost their livelihood because of the anti-Semitic policies of the Nazi regime. Dorit, age 6, was sent to Brussels on a Kindertransport in 1939. Germany invaded Belgium in May 1940 and Dorit was returned to her parents in Berlin in 1941. On February 27, 1943, Dorit and her family had to separate to go into hiding. Dorit stayed with a family friend, a cousin, and her father Julius...

  20. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 5 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich became ...