Gustav Steiner collection

Identifier: irn73117
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73117

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Maud Michal Beer, the cousin of Gustav Steiner, who received it from his former neighbor, Emil Varecka.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a set of toys relating to the experiences of Gustav Steiner who was deported from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, and killed during the Holocaust, and to the postwar experiences of his cousin, Maud Michal Beer.

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Disappearing ball and magic cup trick returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77073
- English
- 1990
- a: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) c: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) d: Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Disappearing ball and magic cup trick that originally belonged to 16 year old Gustav Steiner. He entrusted it to his non-Jewish friend and neighbor, Emil Varecka, in July 1942 prior to his deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, to Ghetto Theresienstadt. The ball vase trick was recovered by Gustav's second cousin, Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer, when she visited Prostejov in 1990. She met Emil, who offered her the toy that he had kept since 1942. Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Gustav and his father, Josef, along with Josef's brother Max...
Red wooden ball returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77077
- English
- 1990
- overall: | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Red wooden ball that originally belonged to 16 year old Gustav Steiner. He entrusted it to his non-Jewish friend and neighbor, Emil Varecka, in July 1942 prior to his deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, to Ghetto Theresienstadt. The ball was recovered by Gustav's second cousin, Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer, when she visited Prostejov in 1990. She met Emil, who offered her the toy that he had kept since 1942. Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Gustav and his father, Josef, along with Josef's brother Max and his wife Steffi, and Max's d...
Black wooden ball returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn77079
- English
- 1990
- overall: | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Black wooden ball that originally belonged to 16 year old Gustav Steiner. He entrusted it to his non-Jewish friend and neighbor, Emil Varecka, in July 1942 prior to his deportation from Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, to Ghetto Theresienstadt. The ball was recovered by Gustav's second cousin, Maud Michal Stecklmacher Beer, when she visited Prostejov in 1990. She met Emil, who offered her the toy that he had kept since 1942. Prostejov was annexed and occupied by Nazi Germany in March 1939. On July 2, 1942, Gustav and his father, Josef, along with Josef's brother Max and his wife Steffi, and Max's...

Gustav Steiner collection

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Disappearing ball and magic cup trick returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust

Red wooden ball returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust

Black wooden ball returned after 50 years to the cousin of a Jewish youth killed during the Holocaust