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Commemorative ceramic tile with the message "Thanks Eisenhower"

Object | Accession Number: 2006.400.2
2006.400.2 front Commemorative ceramic tile with the message "Thanks Eisenhower" Click to enlarge

Hand painted tile acquired by Mevrouw Marijke Moulijn’s father after the end of World War II in May 1945. It depicts a scene with a Bavarian town and 2 planes flying overhead, with the words: Thanks Eisenhower! April 29, 1945. This may be a reference to the liberation of Dachau concentration camp which occurred on that date. The Moulijn family was not Jewish and they lived in their home in German occupied Belgium throughout the war. The tile was displayed on the wall in her father's study in The Hague.

Date
received:  approximately 1950
commemoration:  1945 April 29
Geography
manufacture: Maastricht (Netherlands)
use: Hague (Netherlands)
Language
English
Classification
Decorative Arts
Category
Ceramics
Object Type
Ceramic tiles (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mevrouw M. Moulijn

About This Object

Physical Description
Square ceramic tile with a hand painted image of a town with 2 planes flying overhead and painted text in English. It has a yellow background and a border of red and black wavy lines. The scene features red and yellow buildings, including a tall, turreted tower, with 1 plane in the foreground and another in the background. The reverse is white, with textured lines, and a circular maker's mark at the center with an outline of a sphinx.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
Materials
overall : ceramic, paint, pressure-sensitive tape
: ink
Markings
front, bottom, black paint : Thanks Eisenhower! / 29 april 1945
maker's mark, back, within a circle with sphinx : SPHINX / MADE IN HOLLAND
back, lower right corner within oval : 3 228
Contributor
Manufacturer: De Sphinx (v/h Petrus Regout & Co)
Subject: Mevrouw M. Moulijn
Biography
Mevrouw Marijke Moulijn was born in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1941. Her family survived the German occupation and World War II in their own home; her father was not Jewish. Her maternal grandfather, Eleazer Eijl, who was Jewish, though his wife was not, was arrested in the Hague in 1942 and sent to Westerbork transit camp. At the end of January 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp where he was killed.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The tile was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Mevrouw Marijke Moulijn.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2022-05-17 10:52:45
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41794

Also in Mevrouw Moulijn family collection

The collection consists of an artifact, correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the experiences of Eleazer Eijl and Mevrouw Moulijn and her family in the Netherlands before, during, and after the Holocaust.

Eleazer Eijl papers

Document

Consists of one book containing copies of photographs, documents, and correspondence related to the life and Holocaust experiences of Eleazer Eijl, originally of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Eijl and his wife, who was not Jewish, moved to the Hague before the war. In 1942, Eijl was arrested and sent to Westerbork, and from there, was deported at the end of January, 1943, to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he perished. The book includes copies of Eijl's letters from Westerbork, including one in which he states that he will be deported the next day.

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