Luggage tag used by a Jewish girl during a Kindertransport

Object | Accession Number: 1998.102.1

Date: 1938 November (use)
Language: German
English
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Labels
Object Type: Luggage tags (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Berta Hertz

Physical Description: Recto: color image of sailor with white beard, arms outstretched, above map showing travel between Hoek v. Holland, Vlissingen, and Harwich; "Kontinent-England" printed above image; leather strap attached; verso: name and address handwritten, "Bertel/Rosenhein [donor]/Leipzig W32/Eschocherschstr. 87 II l." handwritten at bottom in black ink: "PROJECT C./SHIPMENT 14"
Leipzig, Germany
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The luggage tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Berta Hertz.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:25:42
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