Klick-Klack handheld pinball game with box brought to the US by a young German Jewish girl 2013.495.3 a-b front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Klick Klack, a handheld pinball game brought with 8 year old Anneliese Centawer when she and her parents James and Recha fled Nazi Germany in July 1938. After Hitler and the Nazi regime's seizure of power in 1933, the Jewish population was subjected to increasingly harsh persecution. In 1936, Anneliese's family was forced to move from their home in Nuremberg when their block was declared Judenfrei (Free of Jews.) Anneliese was beaten up on the street by a Hitler Youth who accused the freckled, red haired girl of trying to pass for German. In July 1938, with sponsorship from Recha's half-siblings in the US, the family arrived in New York.
Klick Klack, a handheld pinball game brought with 8 year old Anneliese Centawer when she and her parents James and Recha fled Nazi Germany in July 1938. After Hitler and the Nazi regime's seizure of power in 1933, the Jewish population was subjected to increasingly harsh persecution. In 1936, Anneliese's family was forced to move from their home in Nuremberg when their block was declared Judenfrei (Free of Jews.) Anneliese was beaten up on the street by a Hitler Youth who accused the freckled, red haired girl of trying to pass for German. In July 1938, with sponsorship from Recha's half-siblings in the US, the family arrived in New York.
- Title: Klick-Klack handheld pinball game with box brought to the US by a young German Jewish girl 2013.495.3 a-b front
- Location: Emigration and immigration--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Emigration and immigration--United States--Biography., Emigration and immigration--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Emigration and immigration--United States--Biography.
- Provenance: The game was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Anneliese Marx., The game was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Anneliese Marx.
- Subject Keywords: Games--Specimens. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Nuremberg--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Jewish refugees--United States--Biography. Jews--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Popular culture--Germany--History--20th century., Games--Specimens. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Nuremberg--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Jewish refugees--United States--Biography. Jews--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Popular culture--Germany--History--20th century.
- Type: Toys, Toys
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: a. Arch shaped, brown and red streaked, molded plastic, handheld pinball game with downward sloping sides and a recessed game board covered by a yellow tinted plastic sheet riveted to the outer edges. The game board has 11 ridge lined pockets with recessed, gold painted numbers. Along the bottom and right is a channeled shooter lane for 11 gold colored metal balls. A thin, silver colored metal panel is screwed across the exterior bottom edge; this is the plunger that pulls back, and when released, launches the balls up into the sloped playing field. The back has a deep, hollow outer rim to support the game surface and embossed patent information. b. Rectangular, cardboard, straight tuck end box covered with brown paper with a torn off, missing lid. The front is printed with the game description in 4 languages and the back has instructions in German text., a. Arch shaped, brown and red streaked, molded plastic, handheld pinball game with downward sloping sides and a recessed game board covered by a yellow tinted plastic sheet riveted to the outer edges. The game board has 11 ridge lined pockets with recessed, gold painted numbers. Along the bottom and right is a channeled shooter lane for 11 gold colored metal balls. A thin, silver colored metal panel is screwed across the exterior bottom edge; this is the plunger that pulls back, and when released, launches the balls up into the sloped playing field. The back has a deep, hollow outer rim to support the game surface and embossed patent information. b. Rectangular, cardboard, straight tuck end box covered with brown paper with a torn off, missing lid. The front is printed with the game description in 4 languages and the back has instructions in German text.
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