Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

Identifier: irn45191
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn45191

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012, 2014, and 2015 by Peter Silversmith, son of Fred and Juliana Silversmith.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three dish towels, three spoons, a tallit bag, correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt (after 1942, Fred and Juliana Silversmith) during the Holocaust when they fled Germany in 1939 for the Netherlands, leaving there in 1940 for the United States.

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Displaying items 1 to 11 of 11

German book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn161050
- English
- 1913
- Updated 1 year ago
Novel brought with Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt when they escaped Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. It was among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Cologne. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities.
Die Haggadah des Kindes Haggadah (Children's services, Silbermann). German & Hebrew. Haggadah
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn161063
- English
- 1933
- Updated 1 year ago
Child's Hagadah brought with Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt when they escaped Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. It was among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Cologne. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities.
Black checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn167853
- English
- 1933
- overall: Height: 29.750 inches (75.565 cm) | Width: 23.375 inches (59.373 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Black windowpane checked dish towel monogrammed ES received as a wedding gift by Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt in 1933. It was one of a pair, and they received a matching red set as well. These towels were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled Cologne in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were det...
Black checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn167854
- English
- 1933
- overall: Height: 30.250 inches (76.835 cm) | Width: 23.375 inches (59.373 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Black windowpane checked dish towel monogrammed ES received as a wedding gift by Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt in 1933. It was one of a pair, and they received a matching red set as well. These towels were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled Cologne in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were det...
Silver oak patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn167859
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver oak leaf patterned spoon, one of three spoons brought with Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt when they escaped Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. These spoons were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Cologne. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled to Amsterdam in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were detained as enemy aliens. Fritz was interned at Zeeburgerdijk q...
Silver fiddle patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn167864
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver spoon with a fiddle thread pattern, one of three spoons brought with Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt when they escaped Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. These spoons were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Cologne. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled to Amsterdam in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were detained as enemy aliens. Fritz was interned at Zeebu...
Silver fiddle patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn167887
- English
- 1939
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver spoon with a fiddle thread pattern, one of three spoons brought with Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt when they escaped Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. These spoons were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Cologne. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled to Amsterdam in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were detained as enemy aliens. Fritz was interned at Zeebu...
Red checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607458
- English
- 1933
- overall: Height: 29.875 inches (75.883 cm) | Width: 21.625 inches (54.928 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Red windowpane checked dish towel monogrammed ES received as a wedding gift by Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt in 1933. It was one of a pair, and they received a matching black set as well. These towels were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled Cologne in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were det...
Red checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607459
- English
- 1933
- overall: Height: 30.375 inches (77.153 cm) | Width: 22.750 inches (57.785 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Red windowpane checked dish towel monogrammed ES received as a wedding gift by Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt in 1933. It was one of a pair, and they received a matching black set as well. These towels were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled Cologne in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were det...
Silberschmidt Family Collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607901
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains documents, photographs, and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Julianne Elise and her husband Fritz Silberschmidt, who fled Germany in 1939, leaving behind extended family. Included in the correspondence are a number of letters from Selma and Rudolf Silberschmidt, mother and brother of Fritz. Rudolph was deported and did not survive; Selma survived in hiding in the Netherlands. Also included are military documents issued to Selma's husband, a veteran of WWI who passed away in 1927, as well as documents illustrating efforts of Fritz and Julianne to leave in 1939.
Leather tallit pouch made by an inmate in a Dutch detention center
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn610215
- English
- overall: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Leather tallit bag made by Fritz Silberschmidt in Zeeburgerdijk quarantine center in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in fall 1939. Fritz looked after an elderly orthodox rabbi who was ill and dying. The rabbi entrusted Fritz with his tallit, the prayer shawl that was his only possession and had been in his family for generations. Fritz saved and used the tallit for High Holidays for the rest of his life, and was buried in it upon his death in 1991. Fritz made shoes in the camp and secretly sewed this pouch from leather scraps he saved from work. It was pig leather, but Fritz felt since it was the o...