B/W photograph of Ben Goldwater walkling with his father Samuel Goldwater (Szmuel Jakob Goldwasser) in Mons, Belgium, October 1942. In the background, a German soldier is walking in the opposite direction.
B/W photograph of Ben Goldwater and his father Samual Goldwater (Szmuel Jakob Goldwasser) in the same location as 2019.24.2, Mons, Belgium, 1946. In the background, a British soldier is walking in the opposite direction.
B/W photograph of Ben Goldwater holding the hands of Josephine [left] and her daughter, Denise, Mons, Belgium. Reverse notes this photo was taken after an argument over whether to turn Ben over to the Gestapo.
B/W passport photo of Samuel Goldwater (Szmuel Jakob Goldwasser), circa 1948. Goldwater was a member of the Belgian underground in Mesierre, Belgium. He wears an insignia pin on his lapel of the Belgian Underground.
B/W photograph of Samuel Goldwater (Szmuel Jakob Goldwasser), marching with the Secret Belgian Army (Armee Secrete), circa 1944 or1945, Mesierre, Belgium. Goldwater is identified by arrow.
B/W photograph of Ben Goldwater and possibly his sister Mariette Goldwater Mangialardo in Belgium after liberation.
Poster freaturing Belgian Resistance fighters (Armee Secrete) from 1940 to 1945. Ben Goldwater's father Szmuel Jakob Goldwasser appears six rows from the bottom on the left side of the poster.
Paper WWII German SS Concentration Camp money, 1 Reich Mark with the number 79089. There is nothing on the back. The money is mostly blue in color with the word "AuBenkommando" in diagonal across the center. At the top are the words "SS-Standort-Kantine / Buchenwald." There is a german stamp on the right side.
Small black suitcase made of leather, wood, and metal- dating Pre-World War II. It was used by the Goldwater (Goldwasser) family when they immigrated from Belgium to the U.S. It has three 'Cunard White Star, Tourist Class, G' stickers; and brown, leather reinforcement banding on the exposed corners. The interior is red with a pocket on the top and two leather straps on the bottom.
Large brown suitcase made of leather, wood, and metal- possibly dating Pre-World War II. It was used by the Goldwater (Goldwasser) family when they immigrated from Belgium to the U.S. in 1949. It has gold colored adornments and a brown metal handle. Two stamps near the handle read: 'Deco, Futura, Brevete' and 'BREVETES B. 482.730 LUX.29.065'.
Brown suitcase made of leather, wood, and metal- dating pre-1949. It was used by the Goldwater (Goldwasser) family when they immigrated from Belgium to the U.S. It has four gold colored latches- two on top and one on each side- with no hinges.