Emilie Boit collection

Identifier: irn85073
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85073

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Emilie Boit.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of items made and used at the Gurs internment camp.

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Displaying items 1 to 9 of 9

Handmade raffia bags made by a Jewish refugee woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn976
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Handmade raffia bag made by a Jewish refugee woman at the Coteau Fleuri during the war and given to Emilie Boit when the woman left Le Chambon.
Handmade raffia bags made by a Jewish refugee woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn977
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Handmade raffia bags made by a Jewish refugee woman at the Coteau Fleuri during the war and given to Emilie Boit when the woman left Le Chambon.
Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn978
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.
Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn979
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.
Jacket
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn980
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Jacket made by Jewish refugees made from a gray blanket from the Gurs internment camp.
Handkerchief made by Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn981
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Corsage made by Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn982
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Brooch made by Jewish refugees
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn983
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Stove from the Gurs internment camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn984
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Small portable cooking stove brought back from the Gurs internment camp by one of the refugee families. The rectangular metal stoves had a grill on top, a receptacle to make the fire in, a small drawer underneath for the ashes and a little chimney pipe.