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Suitcase

Object | Accession Number: 1990.243.1
1990.243.1 front Suitcase Click to enlarge 1990.243.1.1-.13 front Suitcase Click to enlarge

Suitcase used by Carl and Flora Wertheim to escape Nazi Germany in September 1938 to come to the United States.

Date
use:  1938 September
Classification
Containers
Category
Luggage
Object Type
Suitcases (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Flora Wertheim

About This Object

Physical Description
Block shaped; bears "D.R. patent Simbox, serial number 22269, INTIMUS model," a stamp, "Cabin 500" and the boarding pass (which is indecipherable)
Materials
overall : plastic, ink
Contributor
Subject: Flora Wertheim
Subject: Carl Wertheim

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The suitcase was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Flora Wertheim, the wife of Carl Wertheim.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:21:22
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The collection consists of 2 suitcases used by Carl and Flora Wertheim when they emmigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938.

Date: 1938

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Suitcase used by Carl and Flora Wertheim to escape Nazi Germany in September 1938 to come to the United States.

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