Twelve black wooden tiles and box for a game brought to the US by a young German Jewish girl 2013.495.4 e top

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States

Game box with twelve numbered wooden tiles brought with 8 year old Anneliese Centawer when she and her parents James and Recha fled Nazi Germany in July 1938. The tile numbers range from 1 to 15, but there is no number 2, 7, or 11. It is similar in appearance to some versions of a game called fifteen puzzle, but there is no board or platform to contain the loose tiles and the box base seems too high to use for this purpose. 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.

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Title: Twelve black wooden tiles and box for a game brought to the US by a young German Jewish girl 2013.495.4 e top
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-m. This game includes 12 identical tiles numbered 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15. There are no tiles numbered 2, 7, 11. a. Small, square, black painted wooden tile with an engraved white painted Arabic numeral 1 within a white painted square outline. b. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 3. c. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.), with a 4. d. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 5. e. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 6. f. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 8. g. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 9. h. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 10. i. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 12. j. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 13. k. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 14. l. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 15. m. Square, cardboard telescope box lid for base (n.) with red paper adhered to the exterior and embossed German Suetterlin script in silver ink on the top. It has 1 detached side panel. n. Square, cardboard telescope box base for lid (m.) with red paper adhered to the exterior sides. A square of brown paper with a pencilled inscription is adhered to the underside. The torn sides have stapled corners., a-m. This game includes 12 identical tiles numbered 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15. There are no tiles numbered 2, 7, 11. a. Small, square, black painted wooden tile with an engraved white painted Arabic numeral 1 within a white painted square outline. b. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 3. c. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.), with a 4. d. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 5. e. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 6. f. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 8. g. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 9. h. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 10. i. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 12. j. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 13. k. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 14. l. Small, black wooden tile, like (a.) with a 15. m. Square, cardboard telescope box lid for base (n.) with red paper adhered to the exterior and embossed German Suetterlin script in silver ink on the top. It has 1 detached side panel. n. Square, cardboard telescope box base for lid (m.) with red paper adhered to the exterior sides. A square of brown paper with a pencilled inscription is adhered to the underside. The torn sides have stapled corners.