Lace netting baby bonnet worn during bris in prewar Vienna

Identifier
irn514294
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.57.11 b
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

The baby bonnet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Julia Schor, the stepdaughter of Herbert Mauthner.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Julia Schor

Scope and Content

Bonnet worn by Herbert Mauthner, during his circumcision in Vienna, Austria. Julia Schor was born Betty Julia Ensel on April 4, 1937,to a non-Jewish German mother, Rose Marie Schink, and a Jewish father, Guy Weinberg, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. During World War II, Rose Marie Schink hid 12 Jews in the attic of her house in Blaricum, Netherlands, and was in contact with the Dutch resistance movement. Julia attended school under her mother's maiden name in order to avoid suspicion about her Jewish ancestry. Julia, her mother, and all of the Jews hiding in their house were liberated in May 1945.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

White, lace baby bonnet.

Subjects

  • Berit milah.
  • Judaism--Customs and practices.

Genre

  • Clothing and Dress
  • Object
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