Handmade traffic board game and instructions brought to the US by a young German Jewish girl 2013.495.5 a front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Board game made from brightly colored cut construction paper brought with 8 year old Anneliese Centawer when she and her parents James and Recha fled Nazi Germany in July 1938. It includes several pages of instructions handwritten in English and German. 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.
Board game made from brightly colored cut construction paper brought with 8 year old Anneliese Centawer when she and her parents James and Recha fled Nazi Germany in July 1938. It includes several pages of instructions handwritten in English and German. 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: Handmade traffic board game and instructions brought to the US by a young German Jewish girl 2013.495.5 a 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 Centawer Marx., The game was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Anneliese Centawer 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. Handmade game constructed of 3 fiberboard panels covered with glossy, white paper and joined with white cloth tape. Hand cut pieces of brightly colored construction paper are adhered to the board to create pathways, buildings, signs, and named and numbered spaces along which one travels from start to stop around the board. A player can travel by bicycle, car, foot, or train. One moves by rolling dice, which are not included. Start is a blue rectangle in the bottom right corner. 3 pathways made from connected paper rectangles extend from START, a blue rectangle in the lower right corner, around the board to STOP, a red rectangle in the upper right corner. The paths have colored paper circles with glued on numbers 1 through 38. The pink train path has blue circles with white numbers; the green car path has purple circles with white numbers; the blue bicycle path has light blue circles with pink numbers. Pedestrians share the pink and green paths. Each path has several different colored circles to mark spaces where dice rolls can be added or taken away. They correspond with scenery symbols, including a petrol station, mountain, lake, meadow, inn, and a train station. Several gameboard pieces have detached and are missing; some are stored as (b.) b. 18 small pieces of hand cut construction paper that have detached from gameboard (a). The measurement is for the largest piece. c. Handsewn notebook with 8 pages of offwhite, blue lined paper with game instructions handwritten in cursive in black ink in opposing columns, one English, one German. Pages 1-2 have instructions for the pink railway, 3-5 for the green motorcar path, and 6-8 for the blue bicycle path, and 9-10 for the pedestrian, which shares the pink and green path. The last 6 pages are blank., a. Handmade game constructed of 3 fiberboard panels covered with glossy, white paper and joined with white cloth tape. Hand cut pieces of brightly colored construction paper are adhered to the board to create pathways, buildings, signs, and named and numbered spaces along which one travels from start to stop around the board. A player can travel by bicycle, car, foot, or train. One moves by rolling dice, which are not included. Start is a blue rectangle in the bottom right corner. 3 pathways made from connected paper rectangles extend from START, a blue rectangle in the lower right corner, around the board to STOP, a red rectangle in the upper right corner. The paths have colored paper circles with glued on numbers 1 through 38. The pink train path has blue circles with white numbers; the green car path has purple circles with white numbers; the blue bicycle path has light blue circles with pink numbers. Pedestrians share the pink and green paths. Each path has several different colored circles to mark spaces where dice rolls can be added or taken away. They correspond with scenery symbols, including a petrol station, mountain, lake, meadow, inn, and a train station. Several gameboard pieces have detached and are missing; some are stored as (b.) b. 18 small pieces of hand cut construction paper that have detached from gameboard (a). The measurement is for the largest piece. c. Handsewn notebook with 8 pages of offwhite, blue lined paper with game instructions handwritten in cursive in black ink in opposing columns, one English, one German. Pages 1-2 have instructions for the pink railway, 3-5 for the green motorcar path, and 6-8 for the blue bicycle path, and 9-10 for the pedestrian, which shares the pink and green path. The last 6 pages are blank.
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