Rivka Ribak collection

Identifier: irn560279
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn560279

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Genia Reznic.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a fragment of embroidered curtain and a scarf relating to the experiences of Rivka Ribak during the Holocaust in the Warsaw ghetto in German occupied Poland.

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Embroidered curtain remnant from a Jewish Polish home
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561906
- English
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Remnant of a hand embroidered curtain from the home of Rivka Ribak's family in Warsaw, Poland.
Chiffon scarf used as a veil in a wartime Polish Jewish wedding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561907
- English
- overall: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 26.250 inches (66.675 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Chiffon scarf saved by Rivka Ribak that was used in Warsaw Ghetto as a veil by her sister Stella for her wedding on May 5, 1942.

Rivka Ribak collection

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Embroidered curtain remnant from a Jewish Polish home

Chiffon scarf used as a veil in a wartime Polish Jewish wedding