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13 descriptions
item[Prior to 1939]
b&w, white border. Snapshot of man and woman behind counter, merchandise on counter and on shelves behind them Narrative: Salomon and Sara Heiss were the parents of the donor, Erika Bloom. The Heiss family fled Nazi-occupied Vienna in 1938, after Salomon was a…
itemOctober 1, 1920
1 page, double-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Blue fiscal stamp with red edging, value of 2 kronen, affixed at centre left. Printed on letterhead of J. Fiehl & Co., furrier company. Document is a certificate of apprenticeship, attesting t…
itemNovember 11, 1938
b&w, white border. Outdoor street scene showing a Jewish shop with broken windows on the day after the November pogrom (Kristallnacht). A crowd is standing in front of the broken shop windows with people looking in, some people are passing by. Above the shop w…
itemNovember 11, 1938
b&w, white border. Outdoor street scene showing a Jewish shop with broken windows on the day after the November pogrom (Kristallnacht). A crowd is standing in front of the broken shop windows with people looking in, some people are passing by. On top of the wi…
item[Prior to 1945-04-09]
1 square of paper, double-sided. Folded once vertically. Object is a currency note for the SS canteen of Mittelbau concentration camp. It had a value of 0.50 Reichmarks and is numbered 009591 on verso. Warning that counterfeiting is a criminal offense printed …
item[Later than 1937]
Single sided bill worth 3 Reich marks in Buchenwald concentration camp.
item1934
White border. Double sided rectangular card, with photograph on the recto, and black text on the verso. Outdoros, three grey cylindrical hollow pieces on the ground. In the background are two men in grey uniforms and helmets standing in front of a grey buildin…
item1938
Envelope with two holes punched on bottom, Carl Eichburg address printed on bottom, handwritten note, edges disintegrating. Belonged to Isaac Isselbächer. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Is…
itemNovember 30, 1939
Two page document written on fragile waxed paper, paragraphs have been numbered and passages noted or crossed out, names noted on back in red -Walter Paler (?) and Milton Valer (?), signed, and stamped with confirmation that this document was sworn to be true …
itemDecember 17, 1938-December 27, 1938
1 page, double-sided. Document is a typed letter from the mayor of Bayreuth, Germany to Dr. Linhart, the regional economic advisor for the NSDAP, requesting his opinion on 'the right of disposal of a Jewish fortune'. Letter outlines a case of Aryanization in w…
itemJanuary 12, 1939
1 page, single-sided. Document is a typed letter from the mayor of Bayreuth, Germany to Dr. Linhart, the regional economic advisor for the NSDAP, requesting his opinion on 'the right of disposal of a Jewish fortune'. Letter outlines a case of Aryanization in w…
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1 page, double-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document is an undated, unsigned letter to Georg L. Köstler, in Eger, regarding his request to open a department store there. Makes reference to an Aryanized department store in nearby Marktre…
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b&w, white border. Outdoors. Windows of a hat store with the word “Jude” painted in white three times. "Hut-Pressere?" is painted in white above the right shop window; above the door, the name "Charles Zygmuntowicz" is painted in small white letters. A man in …
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