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1. Handkerchief

2015.563.4 front

Date:: inclusive: 1865-2001
bulk: 1901-1957

2. Iridescent plaid silk taffeta handkerchief brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.40 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

3. Lace bordered white handkerchief brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.32 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

4. Peach silk handkerchief hand embroidered with ribbons and flowers brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.39 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

5. Red plaid handkerchief used in the Warsaw ghetto

2008.228.5 front

Date:: use: 1940-1947

6. Silk circus print handkerchief brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.35 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17
manufacture: approximately 1935

7. White cotton lace handkerchief with a floral motif lace border brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.34 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

8. White handkerchief with a fan design carried by a Kindertransport refugee

2006.492.11 front

Date:: use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June

9. White handkerchief with an embroidered triangle patterned border brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.33 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

10. White handkerchief with a stitched border carried by a Kindertransport refugee

2006.492.9 front

Date:: use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June

11. White handkerchief with openwork flowers carried by a Kindertransport refugee

2006.492.10 front

Date:: use: 1939-1945
emigration: 1939 June

12. White silk handkerchief bordered with lace and pink flowers brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.37 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

13. White silk handkerchief with a drawing of 2 women on horseback brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.38 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17
creation: approximately 1925

14. White silk handkerchief with handmade floral lace design brought to the US by a Jewish family fleeing German occupied Poland

2009.376.36 front

Date:: emigration: 1940 April 20-1941 February 17

15. Yellow handkerchief with red dots owned by a young girl in German occupied Budapest

2008.337.3 front

Date:: received: 1944
use: 1940-1944

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