Father Christmas doll
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm)
Archival History
The doll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Barbara, C. Richard and G. Robert Miller.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara, C. Richard, and G. Robert Miller, in loving memory of their mother Dorothy Jones Miller
Scope and Content
Father Christmas doll dressed in a red suit made from a Nazi flag. The doll used to have a walking stick and a small bag of gifts. Father Christmas was the bringer of gifts to the children in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. This doll was made in 1945 in Mitterteich, Germany
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Cloth doll with a penciled in face, dressed in a red and white suit and hat.
Genre
- Toys
- Object
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