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When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, they forced all Polish Jews to wear identity badges. Selma was under the age of 6 and not understanding the situation, recalled feeling jealous that Edith wore a badge, but she did not.

When the Tennenbaums returned to their apartment in Złoczów, all that remained were the family's photographs, including a torn photograph of Leib Tennenabum (Samuel's father). Czech guards caught the family

When Doris was in England, a man named Dr. Sturges took great interest in helping orphaned and displaced children from the war. He gave Doris books, fueling her love for reading. On one occasion in 1943, she was gifted "Sir Percy Lead the Band" by…

A nine-branched candelabrum with eight candleholders and a shamash (a holder for the kindling candle) is used to light candles each night during the festival of Hanukkah. The holiday commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after…

When the Tennenbaums returned to their apartment in Złoczów, all that remained were the family's photographs, including a torn photograph of Leib Tennenbaum (Samuel's father). Czech guards caught the family when they attempted to cross into Germany…

When Doris left the children's home in Cornwall and returned to living with her parents, she occupied her time toward the end of the war with ephemera journals, which documented the advancement of the Allied troops with newspaper clippings. Displayed…

Austria, 1930s

In the fall of 1938, Nazi authorities required all Jews in Germany to carry identity cards stamped with the letter “J” for Jude (Jew). German Jews whose names did not instantly identify them as Jewish had to add the name “Sara” for women and…

After Kristallnacht, the Central British Fund for German Jewry (now World Jewish Relief) arranged with the British government for the rescue of about 4,000 Jewish men released from concentration camps. These refugees stayed in a former army base –…

Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels was the first to suggest a "general distinguishing mark" for German Jews in May 1938. German SS and police official Reinhard Heydrich reiterated the proposal idea on November 12, 1938, during a meeting with…