Apron bag used given to a concentration camp survivor by a Sinti woman
- Date
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approximately 1950-1959
(received)
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Bags
- Object Type
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Pockets (costume accessories) (aat)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Melanie Spitta
Apron style patchwork pocket given to Mrs. Keck, the mother of Melanie Keck Spitta, during the 1950s by a Sinti (Gypsy) girlfriend frm Germany. Mrs. Keck was a survivor of Bergen Belsen and other concentration camps.
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Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:22:57
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