Metal pin attached to a note owned by Gerd and Alice Fischl Gerstmann
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
Archival History
The pin and note were 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
Metal pin attached to a handwritten, Hebrew note owned by Gerd and Alice Fischl Gerstmann. The pin and note are 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, metal pin attached to a folded piece of thin paper bearing a handwritten note in Hebrew.
Corporate Bodies
- Wizo
Subjects
- Czechoslovakia
- Germany.
- Palestine.
- Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Object
- Identifying Artifacts