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  1. Dr. Paula Birkenfeld photograph collection

    The collection consists of five copy negatives and one copy print depicting scenes from different Jewish ghettos during World War II.

  2. Book, "Festschrift fur Walter Hubner"

    Book published by Erich Schmidt Verlag.

  4. Star of David pin made from a Dutch coin worn to protest the German occupation and persecution of the Jews

    Star of David pin worn in the Netherlands during World War II. It was a symbol of patriotism, support for the persecuted Jewish populace, and of protest and resistance to the German occupation of May 10, 1940 - May 5, 1945. The pin suggests the yellow Star of David badge that Jews were ordered to wear on April 29, 1942. Men often wore them as stickpins, women as lapel pins or pendants. It is made a from prewar Dutch coin called a dubbelje, the smallest coin in circulation, worth about 10 cents, and features the profile of Queen Wilhelmina. The Germans replaced the currency in 1941.

  7. Barbie Trial -- Day 13 -- Witness testifies

    The President, André Cerdini, enters and the session begins. Witnesses present at this time are called from the viewing public and brought out of the court room to a separate chamber. The session is temporarily suspended as the witnesses exit. The President enters and the session restarts. The bailiff reads the charges being filed against Klaus Barbie. The President then introduces Mme. Sabina Zlatin (maiden name Chwast). She describes her activity as a nurse in 1939, where she worked in a hospital in Argentan and then in Montpellier. She assisted with the movement and placement of children...

  8. Drawing

  9. Photograph of Dachau shoes

    Consists of one photograph of large piles of the shoes of victims who perished in the Dachau concentration camp. The photograph was taken by United States Army Aircorps member George Donaldson in May 1945.

  10. Selected records from the Archives Départementales des Côtes d'Armor

    Contains information pertaining to the persecution of Jews, Freemasons, Communists, and French Resistance fighters in the area in and around the Côtes d'Armor. Also contains information on post war memorials.

  11. Emily Bordin papers

    The papers consist of a death certificate and two photographs that document the experiences of Emilie Bordin who was purportedly killed in 1940 in the Sonnenstein über Pirna Institute in Germany, which practiced euthanasia during World War II.

  12. Gold hoop earrings worn by a hidden child in Poland

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn522825
    • English
    • 1939-1945
    • a.: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) b.: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 0.190 inches (0.483 cm)

    Gold hoop earrings worn by Sophia Kerpholz while she lived in hiding as a child from 1942-1944 in Poland. In early 1942, 9-year-old Sophia and her parents, Natan and Sarah, were imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto in Trembowla, Poland (Terebovlia, Ukraine) by the occupying German authorities. Sophia’s mother had to turn the earrings over to the Gestapo, but they were returned because they were too small and not valuable enough to take. When Sophia emigrated to Israel she was told that she was a new immigrant because she had earrings. Her father had escaped to Lvov, but ended up in the ghetto th...

  13. Chester Aaron papers

    The collection consists of seven photographs taken by Chester Aaron while serving in the United States Army depicting the liberation of Dachau concentration camp and two programs for musical performances for the American troops.

  14. Marcia Cyviner letters

    The Marcia Cyviner letters consist of postcards and letters written to Marcia from family and friends in Maków Mazowiecki, Poland, during the German occupation of that country in World War II, and from friends working in a labor camp in the Soviet Union. The majority of the letters are written by Marcia’s mother, Sara and contain messages from aunts, uncles, and cousins. The letters describe life in Poland during the German occupation, between 1940 and 1945, and discuss struggles to stay in touch, to stay in good health and to keep spirits up. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Mar...

  18. Strauss/Lehmann family collection

    Consists of one box of documents, questionnaires, forms, and correspondence (mostly from the 1950s and 1960s) regarding the Holocaust restitution claims for Adolph and Bella Lehmann Strauss and their daughter Hilde, originally of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Also includes information about the extended Lehmann family. The restitution claims include family information and information about their Holocaust experiences.

  19. Barbie Trial -- Day 15 -- Two civil parties testify

    17:22 President Cerdini calls the next civil party, Mr. Isidore Friedler, to the stand; Mr. Friedler presents himself to the court 17:23 The civil party testifies; Mr. Friedler was living in Belgium with his extended family when the Nazis invaded in 1940; they fled for the French free zone, but he was arrested and sent to the Agde work camp before volunteering to go to Germany as a laborer; he worked in Poland as a translator before being allowed to return to France; upon his return to France, he sought to gain entry into the Resistance, and was arrested by the French police and sent to Com...

  20. Barbie Trial -- Day 14 -- Witnesses testify

    13:42 President Cerdini calls the session to order; asks that the accused present himself; Barbie refuses to appear; Cerdini calls on the bailiff to compel the accused to appear 13:43 The bailiff reads the names of the witnesses scheduled to give testimony in the session 13:45 Cerdini suspends the session while the bailiff goes to Barbie to compel him to appear 14:12 Cerdini calls the session to order; the bailiff reads Barbie's statement, explaining that he refuses to appear; one of the witnesses scheduled to appear has not responded to contact attempts, and is not present 14:16 President ...