Fanny and Leo Englard collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35762
• English
• box 1
• Updated 1 year ago

Documents, correspondence and photographs regarding Fanny Dominitz, who survived several concentration camps, and her husband Leo Englard, who served in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35766
• English
• overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 7.120 inches (18.085 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Wallet that belonged to Leo Englard when he served as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II. The British Army established the group in September 1944. It included more than 5000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit served in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer of 1946. Leo remained in Palestine and married Fanny Dominitz, a German Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Palestine in 1947. The couple had known each othe...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35767
• English
• overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Metal piece that belonged to Leo Englard, who served as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II. The British Army established the group in September 1944. It included more than 5000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit served in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer of 1946. Leo remained in Palestine and married Fanny Dominitz, a German Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Palestine in 1947. The couple had known each ot...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35768
• English
• overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Shoulder title patch worn by Leo Englard when he served as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II. The British Army established the group in September 1944. It included more than 5000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit served in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer of 1946. Leo remained in Palestine and married Fanny Dominitz, a German Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Palestine in 1947. The couple had known each...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35769
• English
• overall: Height: 2.120 inches (5.385 cm) | Width: 2.120 inches (5.385 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Military arm patch worn by Leo Englard when he served as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II. This patch is modeled on the emblem previously adopted by the Jewish Agency during the British Mandate in Palestine that became the national emblem following the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The British Army established the Jewish Brigade Group in September 1944. It included more than 5,000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit served in combat during the final battles for the liberation ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35770
• English
• overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.620 inches (6.655 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Chevron patch worn by Leo Englard when he served as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II. The British Army established the group in September 1944. It included more than 5,000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit served in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer of 1946. Leo remained in Palestine and married Fanny Dominitz, a German Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Palestine in 1947. The couple had known each other...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35771
• English
• overall: Height: 2.620 inches (6.655 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Uniform patch worn by Leo Englard when he served as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II. The British Army established the group in September 1944. It included more than 5,000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit erved in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer of 1946. Leo remained in Palestine and married Fanny Dominitz, a German Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Palestine in 1947. The couple had known each other ...