Frank Meissner family collection
Collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of artifacts and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Franz Meissner and his family in Czechoslovakia before and during the Holocaust, and of Franz's experiences after escaping to Denmark, then Sweden, and Great Britain, where he joined the Royal Air Force, for the duration of World War II.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Margit Meissner, the widow of Frank Meissner.
- Date
- approximately 1939-1946
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- Geography
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received:
Trest (Czech Republic)
- Date
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emigration:
1939 October
- Geography
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received:
Trest (Czech Republic)
- Date
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emigration:
1939 October
- Geography
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use:
United States
- Date
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emigration:
1939 October
- Geography
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use:
Denmark
- Date
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emigration:
1939 October
- Geography
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received:
Trest (Czech Republic)
- Date
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emigration:
1939 October
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Record last modified: 2019-12-05 22:27:03
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Striped silk tallit, green velvet bag and white liner used by a Czech Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.1 a-c
Pair of tefillin with an embroidered green velvet bag used by a Czech Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.2 a-c
Blue striped tallit with embroidered Hebrew text used by a Czech Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.4
Red and black plastic cigarette holder used by a Czech Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.5
Belt for a kittel [ceremonial robe] saved by a Czech Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2009.147.6
![Belt for a kittel [ceremonial robe] saved by a Czech Jewish refugee](https://www.ushmm.org/media/emu/get?irn=37632&mm_irn=15560&file=thumb "Belt for a kittel [ceremonial robe] saved by a Czech Jewish refugee")
