Herman Silbiger collection

Identifier: irn724880
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn724880

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Julie Kaye, daughter of Herman Silbiger.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of personal documents, correspondence, a luggage tag and label, and Herman Silbiger's scrapbook within a school exercise book that features materials from his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945. It also includes the tin cigar box within which he kept the ephemera prior to compiling it into the scrapbook.

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Cigar tin used by a Dutch Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn734918
- English
- 1942-1945
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
A cigar tin Herman Silbiger used to collect and store materials from his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945. Herman's family referred to the tin as "Het Blikke Doosje," or "the little tin box." Materials, such as tickets and other items, kept in the tin were compiled into a scrapbook within a school exercise book.
Herman Silbiger papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn736819
- English
- folder oversize box 1 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Consists of documents, postcards, correspondence, and Herman Silbiger's scrapbook, within a school exercise notebook, that features materials from his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945.
Spanish Line luggage tag collected by a Dutch Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn736823
- English
- overall: Height: 2.630 inches (6.68 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
A luggage tag from the Spanish Line that was part of a collection kept by Herman Silbiger in a cigar tin, capturing his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945.
Hotel Continental Vigo luggage label collected by a Dutch Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn736824
- English
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
A Hotel Continental Vigo luggage label that was part of a collection kept by Herman Silbiger in a cigar tin, capturing his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945.

Herman Silbiger collection

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Cigar tin used by a Dutch Jewish refugee

Herman Silbiger papers

Spanish Line luggage tag collected by a Dutch Jewish refugee

Hotel Continental Vigo luggage label collected by a Dutch Jewish refugee