World War, 1939-1945
Found in 337 Collections and/or Records:
Gold Star Certificate, 1945 June 8
Framed gold star certificate for Ben Hoffman given by the B'nai B'rith Denver Lodge, Number One after the death of Ben Hoffman in World War II. Max Goldberg as President of the Denver Lodge signed the certificate. The certificate contains a passage from the Gettysburg address.
Group at a Social Event, 1943-1949
Black and white photograph of a group of men and women at a social event, likely a wedding from the white dress and veil the woman center left is wearing. Location, context and subjects are unknown.
Group of captives--frid03260, 1943
Group of captives, standing together. One with a bandage, one smoking.
Harry Pells Papers
Harry Pells was Jewish businessman in Denver, CO. He owned and operated an insurance agency and was an active marine. Harry Pells enlisted in the Army in both WWI and WWII. He was later involved in veterans’ organizations, such as the Jewish War Veterans and the American Legion where he organized a toy drive that sent over 50,000 toys to Europe. Collection contains personal papers, news clippings, pamphlets and, a newsletter related to Harry Pells from 1918 through 1986.
Hitler's Eagle Nest, after 1943
Black and white photograph of the Kehlsteinhaus (the Eagle's Nest), a building erected during the Third Reich used by the Nazi party for social events and meetings. Two figures are visible in the front of the photograph. Includes an inscription on the reverse: "Hitler's Eagle Nest"
Holocaust and World War II Photographs, 1942-1945
Hospital Tent, a Man Shaving a Soldier, c. 1940s
A pen and ink rendering of a soldier being shaved while lying on a table.
Hunger, 1945
Charcoal drawing on paper of young woman sitting on single bed (Maria Loewenstein's daughter Karin Steinberg. Her shoulders are hunched and her lower arms rest on the top her thighs. She looks off behind the artist’s right side with a vacant stare. The bed has a pillow and blanket but the rest of the area is bare. The drawing was done on wall paper with charcoal from bombed buildings in Berlin.
Individuals, 1962-1994
File contains newspaper clippings from 1962-1994 that are about individual people in the Jewish Denver community. The majority of the articles are from the early 1980s.
Jack Wikoff Reading Poetry, 1943 May 23
A pencil on a paper portrait of Jack Wikoff sitting on a stool wearing a widebrimmed hat and reading, titled lower right and dated May 23, 1943. Jack Wikoff was a fellow member of the 10th Mountain Division and an article was written about him by his son Nat Wikoff in the Lake Placid News in 2014.