Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Part of a telegraph instrument from a post office in Toulouse, France, circa 1960s, acquired by Arlette Benichou. It reminded Arlette of the one she used at the Post Office in Tunis, then part of the French Protectorate of Tunisia. She worked there sending and receiving telegraphs before and during the early years of World War II, before Jews were banned from civil service jobs.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Arlette Benichou
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Electrical equipment
- Object Type
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Telegraph--Equipment and supplies (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Black metal machine part with portion of plastic tubing protruding from part
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, plastic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The telegraph part was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Michèle Sztal, the daughter of Arlette Benichou.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:13:44
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn601106
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