Frank and Edith Sim collection

Identifier: irn597394
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn597394

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Susan Kajuch and Pavla Sim, daughters of Frank and Edith Sim.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an identification tag and commemorative medal relating to the experiences of Frank and Edith Sim during and after the Holocaust at Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia.

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Metal identification pendant belonging to a Czech Jewish ghetto-labor camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn615684
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small, metal identification tag that belonged to Frank (born Frantisek) Sim, who was imprisoned with his parents in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia between June 1942 and September 1944. It is engraved with his name, birth date, and birthplace, with a lock of hair looped around the string. Prior to the German occupation in 1939, Frank’s sister, Helen, decided to immigrate to England. In June 1942, Frank and his parents, Rudolf and Fredericka, were forcibly transported from Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, to Theresienstadt. There, Frank was assigned to a work group...
Medal presented to former inmates of the Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp during the 50th anniversary of its opening
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn615685
- English
- 1941
- a: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) b: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative medal and box for the children of Terezin, received by Frank and Edith Sim when they attended the 50th anniversary commemoration of the establishment of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in the Czech Republic (previously Czechoslovakia). In October 1991, the Terezin Initiative — an association of former prisoners of the ghetto — organized the 50th anniversary commemoration. In June 1942, Frank and his parents, Rudolf and Fredericka, were forcibly transported from Olomouc, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia There, he was assigned...

Frank and Edith Sim collection

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Metal identification pendant belonging to a Czech Jewish ghetto-labor camp inmate

Medal presented to former inmates of the Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp during the 50th anniversary of its opening