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lettersLetters and birthday card sent  by Hochster family members in Roth, Germany to Erwin Hochster in Johannesberg, South Africa in 1937.

CapCap worn by Jewish concentration camp inmate

KennkarteKennkarte issued to Jonas “Israel” Fingerhut, January 16, 1939

Einsatz ArmbandArmband worn by member of einsatzgruppen, a Nazi mobile killing squad

CurrencyGhetto currency used in Theresienstadt

Currency Document identifying a pharmacist as Jewish

Currency Patch worn by Saul Tyrkeltaub of Lodz, Poland in a Nazi concentration camp.

Currency Yellow Star-of-David issued in Bulgaria, 1942.

Currency Flag used by the German American Bund, a Nazi support organization.  Circa 1937.

Ukranian posterUkrainian poster announcing Jews to be expelled

Irish Plate “Help Wanted:  No Irish Need Apply” sign. Circa September, 1915.

Application for the Klu Klux Klan Application for membership in the Ku Klux Klan, Easthampton, MA 1929

Japanese Evacuation ordersNotice ordering all people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes and report to a Civil Control Station

Gruenwald letter from GermanyLetter sent to Hanna Gruenwald's father explaining steps necessary for immigration to the United States

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