Weissner family collection

Identifier: irn515145
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515145

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Nachman Salic.

Scope and Content

Two wool blankets or "cergi" typical of Maramures region, formerly Transylvania; milk strainer used by Weissner family; circa 1945

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Blanket
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515148
- English
- overall: Height: 82.000 inches (208.28 cm) | Width: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Wool blanket or "cergi" typical of Maramures region, formerly Transylvania composed of dark brown and light brown stripes. Blankets were taken to Auschwitz with Abraham Weissner (donor's wife's grandfather) and his daughter Gizela Naday. Abraham died of starvation in Auschwitz and Gizela took both blankets to an airplane factory in Mittelstein and to Weisswasser where she was liberated. She returned to Baia Mare after the war. The shorter blanket belonged to Abraham
Blanket
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515149
- English
- overall: Height: 78.000 inches (198.12 cm) | Width: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Wool blanket or "cergi" typical of Maramures region, formerly Transylvania composed of dark brown and light brown stripes. Blankets were taken to Auschwitz with Abraham Weissner (donor's wife's grandfather) and his daughter Gizela Naday. Abraham died of starvation in Auschwitz and Gizela took both blankets to an airplane factory in Mittelstein and to Weisswasser where she was liberated. She returned to Baia Mare after the war. The shorter blanket belonged to Abraham
Metal milk strainer used by a farm family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515150
- English
- overall: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Milk strainer used by the Weissner family, circa 1945.

Weissner family collection

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Blanket

Blanket

Metal milk strainer used by a farm family