Notebook cover used by a Kindertransport refugee girl

Identifier
irn524794
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.512.3
  • 2017.634
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524794

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)

Archival History

The cover was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Alice Ebserstark Masters.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alice Masters

Scope and Content

Notebook cover belonging to Alice Ebserstark who, with her sisters Ella and Josephine, escaped Czechoslovakia in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England arranged by Nicholas Winton.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Dark red velvet notebook cover with a metal closure and several dry leaves inside.

Subjects

  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Czechoslovakia--Biography.

Genre

  • Containers
  • Object
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