Maud Michal Beer family collection

Identifier: irn47133
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47133

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 and 2015 by Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer, the wife of Shimon Beer.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a sewing box, two pillowcases, six tablecloths, correspondence, documents, photographs, and a siddur relating to the experiences of Käthe Steiner Stecklmacher, her daughters, Maud and Karmela, and her family before the Holocaust in Prostejov, Czechosloavakia, during the Holocaust in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp, as well as to the experiences of Shimon Beer and his family in Brno and Prostejov and his service in the Jewish Brigade before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Displaying items 1 to 11 of 11

Red leather sewing box recovered postwar by a Czech Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50399
- English
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Red leather sewing box made for Käthe Stecklmacher by her father Max Steiner and preserved by her daughter Maud. Max and his brother Josef operated a custom leather goods business started by their father. Käthe gave the box to non-Jewish neighbors for safekeeping before her July 1942 deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, to Ghetto Theresienstadt. She recovered the box when she returned to Prostejov in May 1945. On July 2, 1942, Käthe, her husband Fritz, her two daughters, Maud, 13, and Karmela, 8, her parents Max and Steffi Steiner, and her uncle and cousin, Josef and Gustav Steiner, ...
Deutsche Gebete zum Gebrauche bei der häuslichen und öffentlichen Andacht [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530307
- English
- 1936
- Updated 1 year ago
German prayer book inscribed for Maud Stecklmacher, 14, by her father Fritz in February 1943 when the family was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. It includes a photograph with black tape to mark his death in May 1943. On July 2, 1942, Maud, her parents, Fritz and Käthe, her younger sister Karmela, 8, her grandparents Max and Steffi Steiner, and her uncle and cousin, Josef and Gustav Steiner, were sent from Prosjetov to Thereseinstadt. On July 28, Gustav, 16, and Josef were deported to Baranowicze, Poland, and murdered upon arrival. Max died o...
White lace pillowcase returned to Czech Jewish concentration camp inmates postwar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530309
- English
- overall: Height: 29.000 inches (73.66 cm) | Width: 38.000 inches (96.52 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pillowcase originally from the home of Josef Steiner that was returned to Maud Stecklmacher, his maternal great niece, after the war by their non-Jewish neighbors Muzikant and Sevcik to whom he had entrusted it before his July 1942 deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several linens saved and recovered (2005.342.5). Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Maud, 13, her parents Fritz and Käthe, her sister Karmela, 8, her grandparents Max and Steffi Steiner, and Josef and his son Gustav, 16, were sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-lab...
White pillowcase with lace and an MS monogram returned to Czech Jewish concentration camp inmates postwar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530310
- English
- overall: Height: 30.500 inches (77.47 cm) | Width: 38.000 inches (96.52 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pillowcase originally from the home of Josef Steiner that was returned to Maud Stecklmacher, his maternal great niece, after the war by their non-Jewish neighbors Muzikant and Sevcik to whom he had entrusted it before his July 1942 deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several linens saved and recovered (2005.342.4). Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Maud, 13, her parents Fritz and Käthe, her sister Karmela, 8, her grandparents Max and Steffi Steiner, and Josef and his son Gustav, 16, were sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-lab...
Circular white tablecloth saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530312
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 33.000 inches (83.82 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, 2012.342.6-11, preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.
Rectangular white tablecloth saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530313
- English
- overall: Height: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm) | Width: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, 2012.342.6-11, preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.
White cotton tablecloth with floral motifs saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530314
- English
- overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 40.750 inches (103.505 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, (2012.342.6,7, 9-11), preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.
Square white tablecloth with floral motifs saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530315
- English
- overall: Height: 30.000 inches (76.2 cm) | Width: 31.000 inches (78.74 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, 2012.342.6-11, preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.
Square white cotton tablecloth saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530316
- English
- overall: Height: 31.000 inches (78.74 cm) | Width: 32.000 inches (81.28 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, (2012.342.6-9,11), preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.
Square white cotton tablecloth saved by a by Czech Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn530317
- English
- overall: Height: 43.000 inches (109.22 cm) | Width: 44.000 inches (111.76 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White linen tablecloth used by Shimon Beer's family in prewar Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was one of several tablecloths, (2012.342.6-10), preserved by his aunt Bertl in Great Britain. Brno was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. Shimon, 19, left in December 1939 for Palestine, where he joined the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. His parents, Julius and Hildegarde, were deported to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor, and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where they were murdered. His brother Pavel survived both camps.
Maud Michal Beer papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn58779
- English
- box oversize box 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains photographs, identity documents from Israel, correspondence, and a memoir related to Simon Beer, originally of Brno, Czechoslovakia, and his extended family.