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Language of Description: German
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  1. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, issued to a German Jewish inmate

    1. Emma Jonas family collection

    Scrip receipt for 100 kronen issued to Emma Jonas when she was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from November 1944 to May 1945. Currency was confiscated upon entry and scrip was distributed per a 5-tier rating or received for conscript labor while in camp. Emma was deported from Berlin and imprisoned in Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia from November 1944 to May 1945. After Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, Emma, her husband Martin, and daughter Helga, 13, tried but failed to get visas for the family to leave Berlin. They then got Helga passage on a Kindertran...

  2. Violin bow used by a Sinti musician

    1. Gabriel Reinhardt and Theresia Winterstein families collection

    Violin bow owned by Rita Prigmore and originally used by her father, Gabriel Reinhardt, who played with his four brothers in a Sinti band in Germany before World War II. The Nazi regime restricted Sinti migrations in the 1930s. Gabriel met Theresia Winterstein in 1941 when they both worked at the Stadttheater in Wurzburg, Germany. Persecution of the Sinti was escalating. They were no longer allowed to work at the theater. Several members of both families were forced to agree to sterilization. Gabriel and Theresia decided to have a child, and when Theresia was called in for sterilization she...

  3. Life Saving Cross with a striped ribbon and presentation box awarded to a Lithuanian rescuer

    1. Bagriansky-Zerner family collection and Edwin Geist collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn106381
    • English
    • 1942-1944
    • a: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) boxes 6

    Zuvanciuju Gelbejimo Kryzius [Life Saving Cross] of Lithuania with fitted case awarded to Lidija Goluboviene and presented to Rosian Bagriansky Zerner, who as a 6 year old child, was hidden by Lidija, and also Natalija Fugaleviciue, Natalija Egorovna, Bronia Budrekaite, and Helene Holzman. The medal is awarded to those who, despite danger to themselves, perform acts of bravery that save the life of others. The medal was presented to Rosian at a 2009 ceremony in Lithuania. Lidija's sister Natalija Fugaleviciue was also honored with the award. After Germany invaded Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, ...

  4. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, issued to German Jewish inmate

    1. Emma Jonas family collection

    Scrip receipt for 2 kronen issued to Emma Jonas when she was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from November 1944 to May 1945. Currency was confiscated upon entry and scrip was distributed per a 5-tier rating or received for conscript labor while in camp. Emma was deported from Berlin and imprisoned in Theresienstadt in German occupied Czechoslovakia from November 1944 to May 1945. After Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, Emma, her husband Martin, and daughter Helga, 13, tried but failed to get visas for the family to leave Berlin. They then got Helga passage on a Kindertransp...

  5. OKW nach 08. Mai 1945

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Militär
    4. Zentrale Einrichtungen der Reichswehr und Wehrmacht
    5. Spitzenbehörden
    6. OKW/Wehrmachtsführungsstab

    I. [Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]: Gesetze und Anordnungen der Alliierten Besatzungsbehörden, 09.-23. Mai 1945 (hier auch: Gesetze Nr. 1, 2-6, 51-53, 76, 77, 161, 191, Proklamation Nr. 1, Verordnung Nr. 1, Allgemeine Genehmigungen Nr. 1-5 und Ausführungen Best. Nr. 1 zu Gesetz Nr. 52) (OKW/40), unter anderem: 1) Alliierte Militärregierung [Mai 1945]: Verordnungen betreffend Ablieferung von Waffen, Ausweise, Verbot der Benutzung von Fernrohren und Kameras, Tragen von Uniformen und Reisen, Einführung der doppelten Sommerzeit, Bl. 0830-0833, 0849, 0913, 0925, 0936, 0996-0997; 2) Alliierte Militä...

  6. 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...

  7. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  8. Operation Annie - December 15, 1944

    1. Operation Annie broadcasts

    TRACK 1 1:47: 1212 broadcasting, daily from 2 to 6 every full hour. This is 1212 with news for the Rhineland. News from Front and Homeland for the citizens of the Rhineland and Saar-Pfalz. We will bring you the names of the villages that have been occupied by the enemy in the past 24 hours. Front News: NOTE: this part of the sequence is the same sequence as 165-48.mp3 7:20: music and multiple cuts in audio 8:03: 1212 intro music 9:48: 1212 broadcasting, 1212 broadcasting, daily from 2 to 6 every full hour. This is 1212 with news for the Rhineland. News from Front and Homeland for the ci...

  9. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  10. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  11. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  12. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building, along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire ...

  13. Czechoslovakian commemorative Theresienstadt Memorial postage stamp, 50h, acquired by a former German Jewish inmate

    1. Irene and Henry Frank family collection

    Postage stamp commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Ghetto Memorial, acquired by Irene Silberstein Frank and Henry Frank, former inmates of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Originally called the National Suffering Memorial, it was established in 1947 by the newly reinstated Czechoslovakian government and was renovated in 1975. The stamp depicts the large, granite, 7-branched menorah in the Jewish cemetery outside the crematorium building,along with flames, the red flowers planted in the 1945 National Cemetery, and barbed wire u...

  14. 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...

  15. RSHA

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

    I. Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)/ IV E 5: Sammlung von dienstlichen Anordnungen und Verfügungen, 01. Februar-31. März 1940, Runderlasse und Rundschreiben RSHA/ IV, CdS u.a., (EAP 173-b-16-12/18), 3317-3609: 1) Rundschreiben RSHA/ IV vom 03. Februar 1940: Anwerbung von in Deutschland lebenden Schweizern für Spionagetätigkeit durch Schweizer Nachrichtendienst, 3327-3329; 2) Rundschreiben CdS/ S I V 1 (Dr. Best) vom 03. Februar 1940: Verlegung der Einwandererzentrale Nordost von Posen nach Lodz, 3332; 3) Rundschreiben RSHA/ I vom 05. Februar 1940: Umbenennung der Dienststelle "Kriminalpoliz...

  16. Besetzte Gebiete Ost

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. PERTINENZBESTÄNDE
    4. Besetzte Ostgebiete

    I. Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete (RMfdbO)/II 1 c: Grenzziehungen im Gebiet des Reichskommissariat Ostland, 1942-1944, [EAP 99/41a], 1-64: 1) Korrespondenz RMfdbO, Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) von Juni - September 1942: Aufgabe des Planes einer Polizeigrenze zwischen den ehemaligen baltischen Randstaaten und Weißruthenien aus Mangel an Polizeikräften, 1-16; 2) Korrespondenz RMfdbO, Lohse, Litzmann von Februar - April 1944: Abtrennung der Kreise Walk und Werro von Dorpat und Verbindung dieser mit Petschur aus militärischen Gründen, Widerspruch Lohses, 20-64; II. Dienstste...

  17. Journalist "Vertrauliche Informationsberichte" als Bonner Korrespondent, 1949-1969. – Originale, 21 Bände.

    1. Sammlungen
    2. Strobel, Robert (Vertraul. Berichte Bundespolitik Bonn)

    Vertrauliche Informationsberichte Januar-Dezember 1957: Nr. 1, 04. Januar 1957, 3 Bl.: Das geheim gehaltene Gespräch, Die Initiative des Kanzlers in der Deutschland-Frage, Heusingers zukünftige Stellung; Nr. 2, 05. Januar 1957, 2 Bl.: Der Handel mit der Sowjetunion; Nr. 3, 08. Januar 1957, 2 Bl.: Der schlecht informierte Lemmer, Drei CDU-Abgeordnete schwer erkrankt, Eckardt revoziert; Nr. 4, 11. Januar 1957, 3 Bl.: Oeftering soll Präsident des Bundesrechnungshofes werden, Gespräch mit Seebohm, Hellwege: Keine Fusion DP-FVP, Die Versteifung der Fronten, Dresbachs jüngste Rede, Personelles; N...

  18. Needlepoint wall hanging of a biblical scene from the office of a former concentration camp inmate and postwar aid worker

    1. John Fink collection

    Multi-color needlepoint picture with cross-stitched silk details that hung on the wall of John (Hans) Finke's office in the Blankensee Children's Home at the Warburg Institute in Hamburg, Germany, where he worked for the AJDC from July 1947 - March 1949. It features two richly dressed figures styled after Rembrandt's biblical, turbanned figures discussing an appeal from a plainly dressed old man kneeling before them. Hans was a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then for various...

  19. MA 172 / 1

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. PERTINENZBESTÄNDE
    4. Judenverfolgung

    Generalia und Spezialia betreffend Judenangelegenheiten, unter anderem: 1) Anfrage und Anweisung Regierungspräsident Hildesheim vom 22. Dezember 1931 an alle Polizeibehörden und Antworten der Ortspolizeibehörde Göttingen vom 30. März 1933: Schutz der Juden, 2 Seiten; 2) Richtlinien Regierungspräsident Hildesheim vom 31. März 1933 an alle Ortspolizeibehörden: Boykottbewegung gegen ausländische Greuelpropaganda; 3) Ortspolizeibehörde Göttingen an Regierungspräsident Hildesheim vom 01. April 1933: Ermittlung in Judenverfolgungen; 4) Funkspruch Kommandeur der politischen Polizei vom 08. Septemb...

  20. Alice and John Fink papers

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    The Alice and John Fink papers include biographical materials, photographs, printed materials, and subject files documenting Alice and John, their families in Germany, Alice’s nursing education and work in England, John’s survival in concentration camps during the Holocaust, and the couple’s work at the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp after the war. Biographical materials include identification, education, employment, displaced persons, and restitution papers documenting John and Alice Fink as well as their ketubah. John Fink materials include his Bar Mitzvah certificate, school report...