U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum textile conservator Cynthia Hughes carefully handles a concentration camp uniform that had been worn by a Holocaust survivor. The museum embarked on a national tour this year to commemorate its 20th anniversary. Curators were on hand to review and collect artifacts.
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum textile conservator Cynthia Hughes carefully handles a concentration camp uniform that had been worn by a Holocaust survivor. The museum embarked on a national tour this year to commemorate its 20th anniversary. Curators were on hand to review and collect artifacts.
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Postcards were among the artifacts donated during the Holocaust Museum's 20th-anniversary tour.
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Postcards were among the artifacts donated during the Holocaust Museum's 20th-anniversary tour.
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Dasha Tucker donated documents, a diary and correspondence from her family at the event in Boca Raton, Florida. She was born in the Sered labor camp in Slovakia in 1943.
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Dasha Tucker donated documents, a diary and correspondence from her family at the event in Boca Raton, Florida. She was born in the Sered labor camp in Slovakia in 1943.
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Holocaust survivor Ronand Nachum donated his parents' German passports during the stop in Los Angeles.
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Holocaust survivor Ronand Nachum donated his parents' German passports during the stop in Los Angeles.
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Famliy photos were also donated to the museum throughout the tour.
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Famliy photos were also donated to the museum throughout the tour.
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Holocaust survivor Eva VonAncken donated two stuffed animals saved from her childhood.
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Holocaust survivor Eva VonAncken donated two stuffed animals saved from her childhood.
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Film archivist Lindsay Zarwell examines original negatives donated by George Timothy Gross in Los Angeles.
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Film archivist Lindsay Zarwell examines original negatives donated by George Timothy Gross in Los Angeles.
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