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1. The Fake Diamond Ring That Helped Save Three Lives

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later able to use the fake diamond ring to ensure his survival as well as the survival of two other Jews ... of the broken pieces and asked a jeweler to make him a ring. Bumek was later able to use the fake

2. Fake diamond ring bartered to save the life of a Jewish family

Finger ring made by Abraham (Bumek) Gruber in 1942 using crystal and nickel to simulate a diamond ... mind and decided to save them. Bumek had made a false diamond ring and warned of an upcoming Aktion

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3. The Diamond and the Cow

diamond. Now he offered this ring to the Sawinskis as a payment for hiding him. Mr. Sawinski was going to ... sell the ring to buy a cow. Because the ring was a fake, Bumek could not let that happen so he ... never knew the ring was a fake. He also helped one of their sons get a job in the meat-processing

4. Naki Touron-Fais

’s ring with a big diamond and gave it to me. “This is not mine,” I said. He laughed. “Do you really ... made it very clear, “If they find anything hidden, they will kill you.” I gave my small ring. Two ... were leaving, I turned to the German officer and said, “Wait a minute, I had a ring and they took it ... be natural and believable. He looked at me and opened a drawer full of rings. He picked a man

5. Schächter family papers

the family her fur coat and diamond ring, but after one night, they made her leave. Janina took Basha ... Janina gave the family her fur coat and diamond ring, but after one night, they made her leave. Janina ... Ukraine were not very good fakes. Aware that the Germans were conscripting non-Jewish Polish persons for ... forgeries Filip had made in Ukraine were not very good fakes. Aware that the Germans were conscripting non

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6. Pencil portrait of a former Jewish Polish hidden child done in DP camp

the family her fur coat and diamond ring, but after one night, they made her leave. Janina took Basha ... Janina gave the family her fur coat and diamond ring, but after one night, they made her leave. Janina ... Ukraine were not very good fakes. Aware that the Germans were conscripting non-Jewish Polish persons for ... forgeries Filip had made in Ukraine were not very good fakes. Aware that the Germans were conscripting non

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7. Child's blue striped sweater vest worn by a former hidden child on her arrival to the US

the family her fur coat and diamond ring, but after one night, they made her leave. Janina took Basha ... Janina gave the family her fur coat and diamond ring, but after one night, they made her leave. Janina ... Ukraine were not very good fakes. Aware that the Germans were conscripting non-Jewish Polish persons for ... forgeries Filip had made in Ukraine were not very good fakes. Aware that the Germans were conscripting non

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8. Bottle of red stamp ink and original packaging used by Gerry van Heel to forge identification documents

them into the hospital, Dora for tuberculosis, and Jacob, in a fake cast, for a broken leg. Dora ... pilots, and Dutch officers frequently took refuge at the van Heel house; three short rings of the door ... diamond border : TALENS (&) ZOON / N.V. / APELDOORN / HOLLAND ... within a red diamond shape.

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9. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR ... of David. The reverse has a diamond latticework background with a pale orange center streak

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10. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR ... of David. The reverse has a diamond latticework background with a pale orange center streak

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11. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR ... of David. The reverse has a diamond latticework background with a pale orange center streak

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12. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR ... of David. The reverse has a diamond latticework background with a pale orange center streak

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13. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR ... of David. The reverse has a diamond latticework background with a pale orange center streak

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14. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS ... David. The reverse has a rectangle with a background of interlocked diamonds overprinted with the

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15. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS ... David. The reverse has a rectangle with a background of interlocked diamonds overprinted with the

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16. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS ... David. The reverse has a rectangle with a background of interlocked diamonds overprinted with the

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17. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS ... David. The reverse has a rectangle with a background of interlocked diamonds overprinted with the

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18. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen, owned by a former Czech Jewish inmate

ring for extra bread and at times bought food on the black market. She worked 12 hour shifts, 6 nights ... IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS ... David. The reverse has a rectangle with a background of interlocked diamonds overprinted with the

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