Barbara Rein collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515243
• English
• overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Diameter: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Unused, Ideal brand face powder with a cockatoo on the lid manufactured in the large Nikola Chilova chemical plant in Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, between the 1920s and the 1940s. The powder color, Rachel, is stamped on the bottom and references Eliza Rachel Felix (1821- 1858), a popular Jewish, French stage actress from the mid-1800s. She performed under the stage name Rachel and was well-known as a beautiful, talented, and graceful performer. At the time, most proper woman did not wear cosmetics, but it was common practice for actresses, especially as stages were becoming better lit and their fa...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515244
• English
• overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Diameter: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Unused, Regina brand face powder with an art deco design and crown logo on the lid manufactured by K. A. Chavdarov in Sofia, Bulgaria, in approximately 1940. The powder color, Rachel, is stamped on the bottom in purple ink and references Eliza Rachel Felix (1821- 1858), a popular Jewish, French stage actress from the mid-1800s. She performed under the stage name Rachel, was well-known in Europe, Russia, and the United States as a beautiful, talented, and graceful performer. At the time, most proper woman did not wear cosmetics, but it was common practice for actresses, especially as stages ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515245
• English
• 1916-1943
• overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Unused, Germandrée brand face powder with a tax stamp manufactured by Mignot-Boucher in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 1916 and 1943. Mignot-Boucher was a French company founded in 1818, and bought in 1916, by the Jewish Bulgarian Arié family. The company became a driving economic force, growing the family’s prestige and wealth as it improved the nation’s manufacturing power. In 1941, Bulgaria joined the Axis alliance and increased the systematic persecution of Jews, including an official boycott of Jewish goods. In 1943, the owners of the company were arrested under the pretense of stealing from...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515252
• English
• 1942-1943
• overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Unused, Germandrée brand face powder with a Jewish product stamp manufactured by Mignot-Boucher in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 1942 and 1943. Mignot-Boucher was a French company founded in 1818, and bought in 1916, by the Jewish Bulgarian Arié family. The company became a driving economic force, growing the family’s prestige and wealth as it improved the nation’s manufacturing power. In 1941, Bulgaria joined the Axis alliance and increased the systematic persecution of Jews, including an official boycott of Jewish goods. In 1942, stamps indicating that an item was a Jewish product were added t...