Holocaust Documentation and Education Center 3D Collection
Florida Holocaust Documentation and Education Center 3D Collection digitized by USF's Institute for Digital Exploration.
Related Publication: M. Kraft, S. Hassam, P. Trapani, K. Kingsland, D. Calderone, S. Hismiogullari, D. Tanasi 2024, Memory, Commemoration and Remembrance: The Holocaust in the Digital Age, The Historian 86:1, pp. 50-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/00182370.2024.2436308
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4th Armored Division Liberator Technical Sergeant Uniform
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A uniform of a technical sergeant part of the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion in the 4th Armored Division, that spearheaded General Patton’s Third Army in the European theater of World War II. From 1941 to the end of the conflict, the soldiers of the 4th fought in France and Belgium where their intervention was critical to defeat the Germans at Bastogne. After crossing the Main river and advancing into Germany, on April 4th 1945, the 4th Armored Division liberated the forced labor and concentration camp of Ohrdruf in Gotha (Thuringia), the first Nazi camp ever liberated by U.S. troops.
Permanent collection of the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center https://hdec.org/
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Alb with Amice
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
An alb with an amice. The alb was a basic ceremonial garment worn in Western Christian traditions. The dark rectangular panel across the chest is an amice.
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Armband for Member of the Jewish Council of Elders in the Ghetto Community of Vilijampolė, Lithuania
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
An armband for a member of the Jewish Council of Elders in the neighborhood ghetto of Vilijampolė, Lithuania. Today, Vilijampolė is part of the city of Kaunas. It held the Kovno Ghetto from 1941 to 1943 and the Kaunen concentration camp from 1943 to 1944.
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Badge of Jewish Police
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A badge for a member of the Jewish Ghetto Police. The text around the badge reads "Ordnungsdienst Sluzba Porzadkowa" or "Order Service" in German and Polish.
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Book of Sermons in Hebrew
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A brown leather book of sermons in Hebrew.
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Children's Leather Shoes
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A pair of black and brown leather shoes for a child.
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Children's White Leather Shoes from Before
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A pair of white leather shoes for a child.
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Commemorative Badge, Grunwald, Berlin, 1937
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A commemorative badge for an event in Berlin in 1937. It is most likely related to either the Battle of Grunwald (1410) or the Battle of Tannenberg (1914).
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Concentration Camp Dress, Beige
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A beige dress or gown worn by a concentration camp detainee.
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Concentration Camp Dress, Striped
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A grey striped dress or gown worn by a concentration camp detainee.
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Concentration Camp Pants, A
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A pair of grey-and-white striped pants for a concentration camp detainee.
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Concentration Camp Pants, B
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A pair of grey-and-white striped pants for a concentration camp detainee.
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Concentration Camp Shirt
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A grey-and-white striped shirt for a concentration camp detainee. The shirt has a red triangle with a yellow band above it indicating the detainee was a political prisoner as well as a Jew. This style of insignia was only used after 1944.
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Decorative Plate with Temple Menorah
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A decorative plate with the Temple menorah and two lions.
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Eugene Labowitz's Torah Scroll
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A Torah scroll with atzei chaim (the Torah rollers). This copy of the Torah was owned by Rabbi Eugene Labowitz, the chairman of the Greater Miami Rabbinical Association.
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Hitler Youth Knife
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A knife introduced to the Hitler Youth in 1933. It has the words "Blut und Ehre" (Blood and Honor) etched onto the blade. The etching places this knife as manufactured between 1933 and 1938. This particular knife was manufactured by Paul Seilheimer, Solingen, as indicated by the M7/38 designation.
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Iron Cross, 2nd Class, 1939
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
An Iron Cross from the German Army from 1939. The ribbon indicates it is an Iron Cross, 2nd Class.
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Karlsruhe Railcar
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A red railcar used to transport detainees from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka death camp.
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Knife Sheath
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
A black leather knife sheath. It is possible this is a sheath for a Hitler Youth Knife.
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Leon Heller's Uniform Hat, 141st Infantry Regiment, Company A
USF Institute for Digital Exploration
Since September 9, 1943, the 141st Infantry Regiment experienced 361 days of combat 137 days in Italy, 204 days in France, 17 days in Germany and 4 days in Austria. The Regiment sustained more than 6,000 casualties in World War II, including 1,126 killed, approximately 5,000 wounded and over 500 missing in action. This was Pvt. Leon Heller's hat.
Permanent Collection of the Dania Beach Holocaust Documentation and Education Center (gifted by Leon Heller)
