Margaret Gruenbaum family collection

Identifier: irn518555
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 2006 and 2018 by Michael Gruenbaum, the son of Margaret Gruenbaum.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of six handcrafted metal artifacts, documents, a memory book, and a scrapbook album related to the experiences of Margaret Gruenbaum and her children, Marietta and Michael, in Czechoslovakia before and during the Holocaust. The collection also includes a photocopy of a Terezin diary written in German by an unknown woman and a two-page description of a transport to Theresienstadt. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Michael Gruenbaum collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36819
- English
- 1940-1945
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Collection consists of a large scrapbook with a burlap cover, small memory book, and several documents. Consists of one album created by Margaret Gruenbaum, mother of the donor, while imprisoned in Terezin. Includes cloth badges, receipts, notifications, flyers, stamps, artwork and other documents collected in wartime Terezin. Also includes one memory book, entitled "Pamatnik" created by Michael Gruenbaum and friends while living in Room 7, Building L 417 in Terezin. Includes translations of the memory book, of poetry written by Michael and the other children, and loose documents from Terezin.
Horse-shaped metal pin made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36843
- English
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pin given to Margarete Grünbaum (later Margaret Gruenbaum) in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp by a fellow inmate who worked with her in the camp’s Arts Department between November 1942 and May 1945. Before Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in 1939, Margarete lived in Prague with her husband, Karel, and their children, Marietta and Michael. In October 1941, Karel was arrested by the Gestapo and detained in Pankrác prison in Prague. On December 3, Karel was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he was killed on the 18th in the Small Fortress. On November 20, 1942, Margarete, M...
Metal flower pin made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36844
- English
- overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pin given to Margarete Grünbaum (later Margaret Gruenbaum) in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp by a fellow inmate who worked with her in the camp’s Arts Department between November 1942 and May 1945. Before Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in 1939, Margarete lived in Prague with her husband, Karel, and their children, Marietta and Michael. In October 1941, Karel was arrested by the Gestapo and detained in Pankrác prison in Prague. On December 3, Karel was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he was killed on the 18th in the Small Fortress. On November 20, 1942, Margarete, M...
Miniature picture frame pendant made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36845
- English
- overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pendant given to Margarete Grünbaum (later Margaret Gruenbaum) in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp by a fellow inmate who worked with her in the camp’s Arts Department between November 1942 and May 1945. Before Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in 1939, Margarete lived in Prague with her husband, Karel, and their children, Marietta and Michael. In October 1941, Karel was arrested by the Gestapo and detained in Pankrác prison in Prague. On December 3, Karel was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he was killed on the 18th in the Small Fortress. On November 20, 1942, Margaret...
Cut-out landscape scene made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36846
- English
- overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Miniature metalwork given to Margarete Grünbaum (later Margaret Gruenbaum) in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp by a fellow inmate who worked with her in the camp’s Arts Department between November 1942 and May 1945. Before Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in 1939, Margarete lived in Prague with her husband, Karel, and their children, Marietta and Michael. In October 1941, Karel was arrested by the Gestapo and detained in Pankrác prison in Prague. On December 3, Karel was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he was killed on the 18th in the Small Fortress. On November 20, 19...
Golem pendant made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36847
- English
- overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pendant given to Margarete Grünbaum (later Margaret Gruenbaum) in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp by a fellow inmate who worked with her in the camp’s Arts Department between November 1942 and May 1945. Before Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in 1939, Margarete lived in Prague with her husband, Karel, and their children, Marietta and Michael. In October 1941, Karel was arrested by the Gestapo and detained in Pankrác prison in Prague. On December 3, Karel was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he was killed on the 18th in the Small Fortress. On November 20, 1942, Margaret...
Round Star of David pendant made by a Jewish prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36848
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pendant given to Margarete Grünbaum (later Margaret Gruenbaum) in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp by a fellow inmate who worked with her in the camp’s Arts Department between November 1942 and May 1945. Before Czechoslovakia was occupied by Germany in 1939, Margarete lived in Prague with her husband, Karel, and their children, Marietta and Michael. In October 1941, Karel was arrested by the Gestapo and detained in Pankrác prison in Prague. On December 3, Karel was sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, where he was killed on the 18th in the Small Fortress. On November 20, 1942, Margaret...
Michael Gruenbaum collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn634846
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Photocopy of Terezin diary written in German by unknown woman and 2 page description of a transport to Theresienstadt.