Reischsalder (imperial eagle) with swastika embroidered in yellow thread on green cloth

Unused, triangular, grey felt badge with downward pointing chevron in gold ribbon

Unused, triangular, dark blue felt badge with double chevrons in gold felt

Kicking at the Darkness was created in tandem with the exhibition, Canada Responds to the Holocaust, 1944 – 1945 produced by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. The comic tells the story of the Canadian army that fought in Europe in the Second World War and how they discovered the darkness of the Holocaust when encountering the Nazi camps.

Unused, triangular, dark blue felt badge with double downward pointing chevrons in silver ribbon

Yellow fabric armband with embroidered text in black thread

Recruitment poster produced by the Nationaal-​Socialistische Beweging Nederland

United Nations passport belonging to John Herbert.

Travel document belonging to Heinz Herbert Karpowitz, officially declaring him a concern of the International Committee on Refugees.

Red rectangular flag with swastika patch sewn onto centre. One edge sewn into tube with tassels along other side.

Unused, triangular, dark blue felt badge with downward pointing chevron in gold braid with diamond embroidered motif in centre

Item is a forged identity card used by Marianne Stein while in hiding in Apeldoorn. Dated June 4, 1944.

Item is a birth announcement for Amalia Pauline van Kreveld.

Item is a birth registration document for Amalia Pauline van Kreveld, issued in 1956 in Leewarden by the civil registry office.

Poster announcing compulsory registration in The Hague, Netherlands, of people with "entirely or partially Jewish blood."