Fabric embroidered with the name Edna owned by Gerd and Alice Fischl Gerstmann
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
Archival History
The embroidered fabric was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Nina Gerstmann Glasner.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Nina Glasner
Scope and Content
Small piece of fabric embroidered with the name "Edna" owned by Gerd and Alice Fischl Gerstmann. The embroidery is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Alice Fischl Gerstmann, Gerd Gerstmann, and their families in Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Palestine before, during, and after the Holocaust. Alice Fischl, who fled from Czechoslovakia, and Gerd Gerstmann, who fled from Germany, both immigrated to Palestine where they met and married.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Small, irregular, rectangular piece of gauzy fabric with the name “Edna” satin-stitched in the lower quadrant.
Corporate Bodies
- Wizo
Subjects
- Germany.
- Czechoslovakia
- Emigration and immigration.
- Palestine.
Genre
- Decorative Arts
- Object