Brown leather bag

Identifier
irn693816
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.505.2
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)

Archival History

The bag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Maud Michal Beer.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer

Scope and Content

Leather bag given to Maud for Hannukkah by her maternal grandparents, Max and Steffi Steiner in 1937. When the Prostejov Jews were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, Maud asked her parents to allow her to take this bag with her. She kept her treasures in the bag throughout her imprisonment in Theresienstadt concentration camp: July 4, 1942 until May 8,

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Brown leather bag

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.