Blouse
Object | Accession Number: 1990.210.4
- Geography
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use :
Majdanek (Concentration camp);
Lublin (Poland)
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Women's clothing
- Object Type
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Blouses (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eve Rich Blumberg
The nuns gave this blouse to Eva Rich after they could no longer hide her. They sought to make her appear to be a Polish peasant rather than a Jew. She wore the blouse under her clothes while in Majdanek. Given to Eve Rich by nuns who had hid her during the Holocaust.
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Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:25:18
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Nuns put it on Eva Rich's neck and told her that it would save her life. Given to Eve Rich by a group of nuns.
