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  1. Violin used by a Sinti musician

    1. Gabriel Reinhardt and Theresia Winterstein families collection

    Violin 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 was...

  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. Schriftgutverwaltung

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

    I. Reichsführer SS/ Persönlicher Stab (RFSS/ Pers. Stab): Personalia, (1937 und 1939) Juli 1942-März 1945 [Originalakte Nr. 212/1-25 [unvollständig]], 2 573 024-3 211, darin: 1) Korrespondenz SS-Personalhauptamt, RFSS/ Pers. Stab, Juli-September 1943: Bestrafung Untersturmführer Erwin Müller wegen Deckung gemeinschaftswidrigen Verhaltens einer moselländischen Bauernfamilie, 3 025-3 029; 2) Korrespondenz RFSS/ Pers. Stab, SS-Personalhauptamt, Willhaus, Februar-August 1943: Zurückweisung (nicht vorhandener) Leistungsbericht SS-Untersturmführer Willhaus über den Aufbau Zwangsarbeiterlager Lemb...

  4. RSHA

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

    I. (Polizeipräsidium Berlin]: Kommunistische Propaganda, 1930-1933; Kommunistische Zersetzungsschriften und Polizeiberichte, (EAP 173-b-16-05/398), 6732-7423: 1) Bericht (ohne Verfasser) vom 23. September 1930 über die Versammlung der NSDAP am 22. September 1930; Gemeinsame Aktionen von NSDAP und KPD beim Berliner Verkehrsstreik, 6735-6736; 2) hektographierte Schrift [KPD]/ Bezirksleitung Berlin, Dezember 1930: "Der kommunistische Agitator"; Vorwurf des Verrats an die Arbeiterklasse, die Nichteinhaltung von Wahlparolen gegen Hitler (Stimmenthaltung bei Abstimmung über Youngplan, Anbiederung...

  5. Tablespoon with scratched initials used by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate

    Stainless steel tablespoon with scratched initials used by Hans Finke while imprisoned in Auschwitz and several subcamps: Gleiwitz, Sachsenhausen, Flossenbürg, and Bergen Belsen. Hans carried the spoon, a crucial piece of property, in his shoe during transfers, including a death march, from March 1943 until liberation in Bergen-Belsen in April 1945. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship from 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, an electrician, was a slave laborer for Siemens when he was hospital...

  6. Wellisch and Auerbach families papers

    1. Kurt and Frieda Wellisch and Ignaz and Rosine Auerbach collection

    Biographical materials primarily document Ignatz and Rosine Auerbach and Kurt and Frieda Wellisch. Auerbach records include Rosine’s birth certificate and a transport list, Łódź ghetto records, and AJDC records documenting Rosine’s and Ignatz’s deportation from Vienna to Łódź. Wellisch records include records documenting Frieda’s education and employment, a copy of her Third Reich passport, a confirmation of her birth, a copy of Kurt’s and Frieda’s marriage certificate, and a copy of a photograph of the couple aboard the Rex en route to New York. This series also includes a 1925 letter from...

  7. Reichsministerium für die kirchlichen Angelegenheiten

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Das Reichsministerium für die kirchlichen Angelegenheiten (RKM) wurde durch Erlass des Führers und Reichskanzlers Adolf Hitler vom 16. Juli 1935(1) als oberste Reichsbehörde errichtet. Damit gingen die vom Reichs- und Preußischen Ministerium des Innern sowie die vom Reichs- und Preußischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung bearbeiteten kirchlichen Angelegenheiten auf das neu geschaffene Ministerium über.Die durch Gesetz vom 26. Juni 1935 beim Reichsministerium des Innern errichtete Beschlussstelle in Rechtsangelegenheiten der Evangelisc...

  8. 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...

  9. Small red glass beads used by a Dutch Jewish girl in hiding

    1. Louis de Groot family collection

    Small red glass beads used by Rachel “Chelly” de Groot from November 1942 to April 1944 and recovered by her brother Louis after the war. Chelly used the beads to make handicrafts. Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, and implemented anti-Jewish Semitic restrictions. The Germans began mass deportations in July 1942. On November 16, 1942, Chelly, 15, Louis, 13, and their parents Meijer and Sophia left Arnhem and went into hiding after the Dutch police warned them of a raid. Meijer and Sophia hid in Amsterdam while Chelly and Louis moved around to different locations. In summ...

  10. Tin candy container and lid used to store beads by a Dutch Jewish girl in hiding

    1. Louis de Groot family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn513934
    • English
    • a: Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) b: Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Diameter: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)

    Ebro candy tin used by Rachel “Chelly” de Groot from November 1942 to April 1944 and recovered by her brother Louis after the war. Chelly used the box to store small red glass beads that she used to make handicrafts. Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, and implemented anti-Jewish restrictions. In July 1942, the Germans began mass deportations. On November 16, 1942, Chelly, 15, Louis, 13, and their parents Meijer and Sophia left Arnhem and went into hiding after the Dutch police warned them of a raid. Meijer and Sophia hid in Amsterdam while Chelly and Louis moved around to...

  11. Small black, white, gold, and clear glass beads used by a Dutch Jewish girl in hiding

    1. Louis de Groot family collection

    Several tiny black, white, gold, and clear glass beads used by Rachel “Chelly” de Groot from November 1942 to April 1944 and recovered by her brother Louis after the war. Chelly used the beads to make handicrafts. Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, and implemented anti-Jewish restrictions. In July 1942, the Germans began mass deportations. On November 16, 1942, Chelly, 15, Louis, 13, and their parents Meijer and Sophia left Arnhem and went into hiding after the Dutch police warned them of a raid. Meijer and Sophia hid in Amsterdam while Chelly and Louis moved around to di...

  12. Unfinished red glass beadwork made by a Dutch Jewish girl in hiding

    1. Louis de Groot family collection

    Unfinished length of red glass beadwork made by Rachel “Chelly” de Groot from November 1942 to April 1944 and recovered by her brother Louis after the war. The beadwork may have been for a bracelet. Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, and implemented anti-Jewish restrictions. In July 1942, the Germans began mass deportations. On November 16, 1942, Chelly, 15, Louis, 13, and their parents Meijer and Sophia left Arnhem and went into hiding after the Dutch police warned them of a raid. Meijer and Sophia hid in Amsterdam while Chelly and Louis moved around to different locatio...

  13. Tin box used to store beads by a Dutch Jewish girl in hiding

    1. Louis de Groot family collection

    Günther Wagner tack box used by Rachel “Chelly” de Groot from November 1942 to April 1944 and recovered by her brother Louis after the war. Chelly used the box to store unfinished red glass beadwork and small glass beads that she used to make handicrafts. Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, and implemented anti-Jewish restrictions. In July 1942, the Germans began mass deportations. On November 16, 1942, Chelly, 15, Louis, 13, and their parents Meijer and Sophia left Arnhem and went into hiding after the Dutch police warned them of a raid. Meijer and Sophia hid in Amsterdam...

  14. Blue AJDC pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) blue enamel pin worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for relief organization after the end of World War II. He was 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 various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he ...

  15. AJDC bar patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) badge worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for the relief organization after the end of World War II. He was 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 various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was ho...

  16. Name tag worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    Name tag worn postwar by Hans Finke, a concentration camp inmate who became an aid worker after the war. He was 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 various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was hospitalized with appendicitis. On February 29, his parents...

  17. Embroidered, red UNRRA worn by a former concentration camp inmate and DP relief worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) bar patch worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for the United Nations as a store manager in postwar Germany. He was 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 various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer for Sie...

  18. Blue AJDC patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) patch worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for relief organization after the end of World War II. He was 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 various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was hospit...

  19. Globe-shaped UNRRA pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) globe shaped pin worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for the United Nations as a store manager in postwar Germany. He was 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 various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer ...

  20. Silver UNRRA pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) logo shaped pin worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for the United Nations as a store manager in postwar Germany. He was 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 various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer f...