Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Bouquet of paper flowers hand made by unknown concentration camp prisoner out of German stationary/forms; given to 1st Lt. Francis Fife, a member of the US Army 4th Infantry Division during their liberation of Haunstetten, a sub-camp of Dachau, in late April 1945.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nancy O'Brien
Physical Details
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Papercrafts
- Physical Description
- Bouquet of paper flowers made from stationary and forms, as well as crepe paper. Held together by string and by metal wire. Dimensions are approximate due to delicate nature of object.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, metal, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The bouquet was donated to the United Staes Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Nancy O'Brien, the widow of Francis Fife.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:09:09
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562173
Also in Francis Fife collection
The collection consists of a bouquet of paper flowers hand made by unknown concentration camp prisoner out of German stationery/forms given to 1st Lt. Francis Fife, a member of the US Army 4th Infantry Division during their liberation of Haunstetten, a sub-camp of Dachau, in late April 1945; Copy prints and images of 1st Lt. Francis Fife during his military service during WWII.
Francis Fife photographs
Document
Contains photographs of 1st Lt. Francis Fife during his military service during World War II.
