Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Wool blanket or "cergi" typical of Maramures region, formerly Transylvania composed of dark brown and light brown stripes. Blankets were taken to Auschwitz with Abraham Weissner (donor's wife's grandfather) and his daughter Gizela Naday. Abraham died of starvation in Auschwitz and Gizela took both blankets to an airplane factory in Mittelstein and to Weisswasser where she was liberated. She returned to Baia Mare after the war. The shorter blanket belonged to Abraham
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nachman Salic
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Household linens
- Object Type
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Blankets (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 82.000 inches (208.28 cm) | Width: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wool
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Salic, Nachman.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The blanket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Nachman Salic.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-10-17 08:45:06
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Object
Wool blanket or "cergi" typical of Maramures region, formerly Transylvania composed of dark brown and light brown stripes. Blankets were taken to Auschwitz with Abraham Weissner (donor's wife's grandfather) and his daughter Gizela Naday. Abraham died of starvation in Auschwitz and Gizela took both blankets to an airplane factory in Mittelstein and to Weisswasser where she was liberated. She returned to Baia Mare after the war. The shorter blanket belonged to Abraham
