Ruth Olesker Geary collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn710808
• English
• a: Height: 7.630 inches (19.38 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Depth: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Teapot, part of a tea service illustrating the experiences Osias and Seril Olesker in Vienna, Austria, and their children, Ruth and Martha, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria. Ruth and Martha were able to flee May 31, 1939, with the support of Henry Turkel, a cousin, and documents show he then tried to secure visas for Osias and Seril, who never left. They were deported to Opole, Poland, in February 1941, where they were likely killed. The tea set was entrusted to Ruth by her mother and brought to the United States when Ruth immigrated.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn710809
• English
• 1917-2017
• folders oversize folder 6 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The Ruth Olesker Geary papers include photographs, family research, identification papers, correspondence, immigration records, remittances, and tracing records documenting the Olesker family of Vienna, Austria. Photographs depict the Oldesker family. Family research includes family stories, copies of records from various archives, and printed material describing Ruth Olesker Geary. Identification papers include birth and employment certificates and travel papers. Correspondence consists of letters from Osias and Seril Olesker in Vienna to their daughters Ruth and Martha in America and one ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn734646
• English
• overall: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Creamer, part of a tea service illustrating the experiences Osias and Seril Olesker in Vienna, Austria, and their children, Ruth and Martha, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria. Ruth and Martha were able to flee May 31, 1939, with the support of Henry Turkel, a cousin, and documents show he then tried to secure visas for Osias and Seril, who never left. They were deported to Opole, Poland, in February 1941, where they were likely killed. The tea set was entrusted to Ruth by her mother and brought to the United States when Ruth immigrated.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn734647
• English
• overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Sugar bowl, part of a tea service illustrating the experiences Osias and Seril Olesker in Vienna, Austria, and their children, Ruth and Martha, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria. Ruth and Martha were able to flee May 31, 1939, with the support of Henry Turkel, a cousin, and documents show he then tried to secure visas for Osias and Seril, who never left. They were deported to Opole, Poland, in February 1941, where they were likely killed. The tea set was entrusted to Ruth by her mother and brought to the United States when Ruth immigrated.