Cloth bag
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
Archival History
The bag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Ernie Haas.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ernest Haas
Scope and Content
Bag sent to Ernie Haas in the Kaiserwald concentration camp in Riga from his mother Frieda Steinberger Haas while she was in the Strassdenhof concentration camp, a sub-camp of Kaiserwald. Although they did not have contact and not able to see each other, Frieda was able to have this delivered to Ernie via another prisoner who was with a labor Kommando in Strassdenhof. In the little bag were two pieces of bread from her daily rations.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Cloth bag open at top end.
name "Ernie Haas" written in ink on both sides of the bag.
Genre
- Containers
- Object