Ruth Mondschein Zimbler collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 and 2011 by Ruth Mondschein Zimbler.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of three handkerchiefs, a cloth case, three children's books, Jewish prayer books, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ruth Mondschein and her family in Vienna, Austria, and as a Kindertransport refugee in the Netherlands with her younger brother before the Holocaust, as well as the family's separate journeys to the United States in 1939.
Genre
- Collection