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Language of Description: English

  1. Poster announcing travel restrictions for Jews in German occupied Chelmno

    Order (Anordnung) concerning use of public transportation by Jews in area inside the district of Cholm (Chelmno).

  2. Poster announcing housing regulations for Jews in German occupied Chelmn

    House order (Hausordnug) concerning the mandatory method of house maintenance within the ghetto in Chelm, Poland.

  3. ANNOUNCEMENT/Despite public warnings and the threat of execution... Ghetto announcement issued for the District of Lublin, Poland.

    Ghetto announcement (Obwieszczenie) issued for the District of Lublin, Poland.

  4. Labor Bureau for Jews Watercolor

  5. Scale model of Block 5 men's barracks at Theresienstadt made by a former Jewish Czech inmate

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn855
    • English
    • a: Height: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Depth: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) b: Height: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Depth: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) c: Height: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Depth: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) d1-d15: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) e1-e5: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) f: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) g: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) h: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) i: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) j: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) k: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) l: Height: 7.125 inches (18.098 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) m1: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) m2: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) m3: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) m4: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) m5: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) m6: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) m7: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) m8: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) m9: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) m10: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) m11: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) m12: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) m13: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) m14: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) m15: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) m16: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) m17: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) p1-6: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) q1-2: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) r1-5: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) s1-7: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)

    Scale model, 1:10 ratio, of Block 5, men's barracks, at Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp made by Jiri Lauscher after the war. It was based upon his experiences as an inmate of the camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from December 1942 - May 1945. Even while in the camp, Jiri was concerned with preserving memories of the prisoner's experiences. He remained dedicated to this memorial work for the rest of his life. Jiri was from Prague which was invaded in March 1939 by Germany. He was fired from his job because he was Jewish. In September 1941, Heydrich, the SS chief, became Reich Protecto...

  6. Work for Jews Watercolor

  7. Komárno (Komárom) County III Komárňanská župa III

    Hungarian anti-Jewish measures and regulations carried out in Komárno (Komárom) County by the Office of the Main Chief of the Country and the Office of the Deputy Chief, including the expropriation of Jewish businesses and properties, the internment of Jews, reports on Jewish forced labor battalions, investigations of Jews, a census of Jewish workers in the county, and other records. Also features confidential correspondence received from the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior in Budapest and decisions concerning the Central Office of Autonomous Orthodox Jewish Religious Communities.

  9. Map of Łódź published during the German occupation

    Map of the city of Łódź, renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans, printed during the Nazi occupation of Poland.

  10. Scrapbooks of German news clippings

    Contains four volumes of scrapbooks compiled by Siegfried Wenzel, as a child or adolescent while living in Germany, between 1939 and 1943, consisting of clippings from German newspapers of the era, reporting on wartime events. Consisting of four separate numbered volumes, titled "Kriegstagesbuch," with handwritten annotations added by Wenzel from that time, the volumes report on German military advances from the invasion of Poland in September 1939 through the battle of Stalingrad in early 1943.

  11. David Reisfeld papers

    Documents pertaining to the efforts of David Reisfeld of New York City, who working with an American aid organization, the Humane Refugee Aid Society, Inc., sought to facilitate the immigration of several Jewish refugees from Austria to the United States in 1938-1939. Includes documentation about efforts to assist Karl Friedenthal (Vienna), Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hornstein (Vienna), and Hermann Singer (originally of Vienna, writing from Kitchener Camp, England).

  12. Tageschronik (Chronicle of the Łódź Ghetto), selected entries

    Four separate typescript entries of the "Chronicle of the Łódź Ghetto," or "Tageschronik," covering the dates of 2 November 1942 (Nr. 182), 17 November 1942 (Nr. 197), 9 March 1943 (Nr. 53), and 1 August 1943 (Nr. 197). The Department of the Archives, of the Eldest of the Jews in the Łódź ghetto, produced the daily chronicle from 12 January 1941 until 30 July 1944. Until 1 September 1942, the chronicle was written in Polish and titled "Biuletyn Kroniki Codziennej," and from 1 September 1942 onward it was published in German and titled "Tageschronik," although editions in both languages ...

  13. Czuczka family correspondence

    Consists of letters written by members of the Czuczka family of Vienna, Austria, between 1939-1941. The majority of the letters were written by Artur Czuczka and detail his attempts to emigrate from Austria and join his brother's family in the United States. The letters were written from Vienna and, after Artur's February 1941 deportation to Opole, from Poland.

  14. Kurt (Chaim) Flaschner papers

    Correspondence sent to Kurt (Chaim) Flaschner, following his emigration to Palestine (1939-1942), from his parents in Vienna, Josef and Regina Flaschner, who were subsequently deported to Maly Trostinec and perished there. Also includes other related correspondence sent to Kurt Flaschner, dating from approximately 1940-1950, from relatives in Czechoslovakia and Austria, and friends in Palestine. Contains news from family members in Austria, descriptions of conditions in Vienna in the months following Kristallnacht, discussions of acquaintances who had emigrated from Austria, and efforts to ...

  15. Righteous Among the Nations medal awarded to a Hungarian rescuer

    Righteous Among the Nations medal and presentation box awarded to a non-Jewish woman by Yad Vashem in recognition of her saving a Jewish mother and son in Hungary during the Holocaust.

  16. Nazi Party swastika armband

  17. Flag

  18. Pair of leather boots given to a US liberator by a concentration camp inmate

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn85711
    • English
    • a: Height: 14.125 inches (35.878 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 11.375 inches (28.893 cm) b: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Depth: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm)

    Leather boots given to Captain James Keegan, US Army, by a prisoner whom he befriended following the liberation of Landsberg concentration camp in Germany. The inmate made the boots while a shoemaker at the camp. He explained how he had used matchsticks to attach the soles because there were few nails. 2nd Lt. Keegan, 411th Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division, deployed to France in fall 1944 and was a front line officer throughout the war. On April 27, 1945, James's company was one of the first to reach and liberate Landsberg, a Dachau subcamp. His unit was assigned to provide aid to the inma...

  19. S.L. Shneiderman papers

    Contains writings and research notes of S.L. Shneiderman (Samuel Lajb Shneiderman) for a book with the working title "Jews in Communist Poland." The writings and notes regard Jews in the Soviet Union who wanted to serve in the Polish Army of General Władysław Anders (often referred to as Anders' Army) and the reasons why they were denied. Also includes a typed manuscript sent to Shneiderman by Dr. Salomon Leder in Israel in the late 1950s titled "Memoirs of a Young Political Prisoner in the USSR" (in Polish, 278 pages).

  20. Postwar painting of a Polish Jewish female survivor

    Painting created by Ita Bullard based upon a war-time photograph of her aunt Tola Lewenkron who survived the Holocaust in Poland.