Susan Hilsenrath Warsinger collection

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HIAS identification tag made for a German Jewish refugee girl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512921
- English
- overall: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) ID tag issued to 12 year old Susi Hilsenrath in September 1941 for her voyage on the ship, Serpa Pinto, from Lisbon, Portugal, to the United States. It has her name and travel information typed on the front in English and French. Susi, her parents Israel and Annie, and younger brother Joseph lived happily in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, until the Nazi dictatorship took power in 1933. Life got increasingly difficult as Jewish businesses were boycotted and anti-Jewish laws were enacted. During Kristallnacht on November 9-10, their home was vandalized by Nazi sup...