Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Gela Jane Benton
Physical Details
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- German World War I military medal
- Dimensions
- Height: 8.270 inches (21.006 cm) | Width: 11.420 inches (29.007 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by the Estate of Gela Jane Benton, via Glen R. Bernfield.
- Record last modified:
- 2025-01-02 11:09:47
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/bookmarks/irn7216
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Arthur Leiser message
Document
Arthur Leiser sent this coded message to his daughter Gela Jane Benton, wife of Erich Benton, in the USA from Berlin, Germany. Leiser and his daughter had prearranged that he would send this message if he was in danger. Leiser and his wife Toni were deported in 1942 to Theresienstadt where they died. Handwritten message reads (in translation): "The doll's father Peter said [words in shorthand] We are going far away. Greetings, Father."
