Suitcase
Creator(s)
- Flora Wertheim (Subject)
- Carl Wertheim (Subject)
Archival History
The suitcase was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Flora Wertheim, the wife of Carl Wertheim.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Flora Wertheim
Scope and Content
Suitcase used by Carl and Flora Wertheim to escape Nazi Germany in September 1938 to come to the United States.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Block shaped; bears "D.R. patent Simbox, serial number 22269, INTIMUS model," a stamp, "Cabin 500" and the boarding pass (which is indecipherable)
Genre
- Object
- Containers
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