Bernice, Morris, and Sarah Kirsch collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn36101
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection of materials relating to Morris and Bronia Kirsch (donor's parents) and their life in the displaced persons camps after their liberation. The collection includes a photograph of them in the DP camp.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn36102
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Ring given to Bronia Kirsch in 1946 on the occasion of the birth of her daughter, Sarah, while she was living in the displaced persons camp in Ansbach, Germany. The ring has a setting for a large stone, but it was already missing when Bronia received the ring. She believed the stone had been removed by the Germans. She met and married Morris Kirsch, also a displaced person from Poland, in 1945 in Feldafing, Germany. The family emigrated to the United States in 1950.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn36103
• English
• 1946
• overall: Height: 30.620 inches (77.775 cm) | Width: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Necklace given to Bronia Kirsch in 1946 on the occasion of the birth of her daughter, Sarah, while she was living in the displaced persons camp in Ansbach, Germany. She met and married Morris Kirsch, also a displaced person from Poland, in 1945 in Feldafing, Germany. The family emigrated to the United States in 1950.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn36105
• English
• 1945-1950
• a.: Height: 2.620 inches (6.655 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) b.: Height: 3.120 inches (7.925 cm) | Width: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) | Depth: 0.380 inches (0.965 cm) c.: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) | Depth: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) d.: Height: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm) e.: Height: 3.370 inches (8.56 cm) | Width: 0.630 inches (1.6 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) f.: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm) g.: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Sewing case, with a Parisian jeweler's plate, with a needle case, sewing needle, thimble, scissors, seam ripper, and darning needle received by Morris Kirsch while he was living in the displaced persons camp in Ansbach, Germany, after World War II. The kit was originally from France. In 1939, when the Germans occupied Łódź, Poland, Morris was assigned as forced labor in the ghetto making uniforms for the German army. In 1943, the Germans transferred him through a series of forced labor and concentration camps. He was liberated by American troops in April 1945. He was sent to the Feldafing d...