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Edith Simon Rosenthal papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518080
- English
- 1923-1946
- folder oversize box 1 1
- Updated 8 months ago
The collection includes a family photograph album and Edith Simon Rosenthal's birth, vaccination, and naturalization certificates documenting the lives of the Simon family from Leipzig, Germany before World War II and their immigration to the United States.
Floral and lion patterned needlepoint table covering saved by a German Jewish refugee family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518092
- English
- 1937
- overall: Height: 60.000 inches (152.4 cm) | Width: 59.130 inches (150.19 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Bed or table covering brought in a steamer trunk by 13 year old Edith Simon when she, her parents, Willy and Greta, and her sisters, Lotte and Gerda, emigrated from Leipzig, Germany, to the United States in 1937. The needlepoint covering was made in the early years of the 20th century by Hedwig Maerker, Edith's grandmother, who was killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Handthrown ceramic vase with relief design of birds used by a German Jewish refugee family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518093
- English
- 1937
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Vase brought in a steamer trunk by 13 year old Edith Simon when she, her parents, Willy and Greta, and her sisters, Lotte and Gerda, emigrated from Leipzig, Germany, to the United States in 1937. The vase was a family heirloom, orignally owned by Hedwig Maerker, Edith's grandmother, who was killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942.
Large, gold painted tin camelback trunk used by a German Jewish refugee family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518094
- English
- 1880
- overall: Height: 31.750 inches (80.645 cm) | Width: 38.625 inches (98.108 cm) | Depth: 22.125 inches (56.198 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Large, intricately designed camelback trunk used by 13 year old Edith Simon when she, her parents, Willy and Greta, and her sisters, Lotte and Gerda, emigrated from Leipzig, Germany, to the United States in 1937. The trunk was originally owned by Edith's grandmother, Hedwig Maerker, who was killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Edith Simon Rosenthal collection

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Edith Simon Rosenthal papers

Floral and lion patterned needlepoint table covering saved by a German Jewish refugee family

Handthrown ceramic vase with relief design of birds used by a German Jewish refugee family

Large, gold painted tin camelback trunk used by a German Jewish refugee family