Handmade paper bag with a drawstring owned by Gerd and Alice Fischl Gerstmann
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
Archival History
The bag 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
Handmade, paper bag with a yarn drawstring, owned by Gerd and Alice Fischl Gerstmann. The bag 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
Handmade bag constructed from pink, crepe-textured paper with a rectangular base panel. The bag has a blue, yarn, drawstring closure with a yellow bow on the front. A small twig is stuck in the drawstring.
Corporate Bodies
- Wizo
Subjects
- Emigration and immigration.
- Czechoslovakia
- Palestine.
- Germany.
Genre
- Containers
- Object