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Embroidered white handkerchief with crochet border brought with a Polish Jewish emigre

Object | Accession Number: 2009.117.7

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    Embroidered white handkerchief with crochet border brought with a Polish Jewish emigre

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Handkerchief with a crocheted border and her name embroidered owned by Ella Brecher Lieberman when she emigrated with her husband and 9 year old daughter, Hanna, from Stanislawow, Poland (Sasiv, Ukraine), to Palestine in 1939.
    Date
    emigration:  1939
    Geography
    received: Sasiv (Ukraine)
    en route: Palestine
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hanna Levi
    Contributor
    Subject: Ella Lieberman
    Subject:
    Biography
    Ella Brecher was born in 1905 in Olomuac, Czech Republic, Austro-Hungary. Ella married Benedykt Lieberman (1896-1950), an economist. The couple first lived in Olomuac and then settled in his hometown, Stanislawow, Poland (now Sasiv, Ukraine). Benedykt's father owned a yeast and alcohol factory there. They had one daughter, Hanna, born in 1930. Ella opened a primary school with Hanna's nanny in the 1930s. Most of the Lieberman family immigrated to Palestine from late 1935-1939, where they operated a farm near Nahariya. In 1939, Ella, Benedykt, and Hanna also immigrated to Palestine. Ella, 38, committed suicide in 1943.

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Dress Accessories
    Category
    Handkerchiefs
    Object Type
    Handkerchiefs (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    White cloth handkerchief with crocheted border and an inner border of fagoting. The name “Elly” is embroidered in white thread onto one corner.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm)
    Materials
    overall : cloth, thread
    Inscription
    corner, embroidered, white thread : Elly

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The handkerchief was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Hanna Levi, the daughter of Ella Brecher Lieberman.
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 21:51:05
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