Schlesinger family collection

Identifier: irn515506
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Gail S. Zimmerman and Adele Schlesinger.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 20 documents, consisting of certificates, a repatriation card, registrations of residence, a note, correspondence, and one object used during and after the Holocaust by the Schlesinger family, particularly Erna Seidner Schlesinger [donor's mother]. See accession file for detailed numbered list.

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Schlesinger family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515507
- English
- 1945-1960
- folder 1
- Updated 9 months ago
The papers consist of certificates, a repatriation card, registrations of residence, a note, and correspondence used during and after the Holocaust by the Schlesinger family, particularly Erna Seidner Schlesinger [donor's mother]. See accession file for detailed numbered list.
Sanitary napkin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515508
- English
- 1940-1945
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
The sanitary napkin was worn by Erna Seidner Schlesinger donor's mother while she was interned in a labor camp in Poland during the Holocaust

Schlesinger family collection

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Schlesinger family papers

Sanitary napkin