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Pair of hinged hoop earrings owned by Cila Knaster

Object | Accession Number: 2018.206.3 a-b

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    Pair of hinged hoop earrings owned by Cila Knaster

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Hinged hoop earrings owned by Cila Hausman Knaster when she, her husband, Baruch Knaster, and their oldest daughter, Mirka Knaster, immigrated to the United States in November 1949. Cila and Baruch's families perished during the Holocaust. He was imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp, and Mauthausen concentration camp, where he was later liberated. The couple met in a displaced persons camp and married in August 1946. Their daughter, Mirka, was born in May 1947, in a DP camp in Bari, Italy.
    Date
    emigration:  approximately 1949
    Geography
    emigration: Europe
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rebecca Knaster
    Contributor
    Subject: Cila Knaster
    Original owner: Cila Knaster
    Biography
    Cila Knaster (1908-2007) was born Esther Cila Hausman on December 22, 1908 in Jasionowka, Poland. In 1942, Cila’s mother Merka Levine Hausman (1883-1942), her husband Jossel Radzi (Yossl Radzi, 1909-1942), and their two children Razel Radzi (1935-1942) and Sholomas Radzi (1939-1942) were taken away and likely shot by Nazis. Cila Knaster survived the Holocaust.
    After the war, Cila met Baruch Knaster in a displaced persons camp and they married on August 20, 1946. Their daughter, Mirka Knaster, was born on May 11, 1947 in a DP camp in Bari, Italy. Their second daughter is Rebecca Knaster. The Knaster family immigrated to the United States aboard the SS Marine Jumper, arriving on November 21, 1949. Baruch Knaster died in 2001. Cila Knaster died on December 20, 2007.

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Jewelry
    Category
    Earrings
    Object Type
    Earrings (lcsh)
    Genre/Form
    Earrings.
    Physical Description
    a: Circular, brass-colored metal hoop earring with a thin, flattened body and a wide base that tapers up towards narrower sections the top of the hoop. The earring would be suspended from a stiff, curved wire forming the top segment of the hoop when in use. The wire is fixed to a hinge at the front and aligns with a small, C-shaped catch at the back to secure it.

    b: Circular, brass-colored metal hoop earring with a thin, flattened body and a wide base that tapers up towards narrower sections the top of the hoop. The earring would be suspended from a stiff, curved wire forming the top segment of the hoop when in use. The wire is fixed to a hinge at the front and aligns with a small, C-shaped catch at the back to secure it.
    Dimensions
    overall: | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
    Materials
    overall : metal

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The earrings were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Rebecca Knaster, the daughter of Baruch and Cila Knaster.
    Record last modified:
    2023-03-02 14:18:54
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