Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Issued to Ellen Wall in Frankfurt am Main, Germany before her deportation to Theresienstadt.
- Geography
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issue:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Ellen Wall
- Markings
- front, center, black ink : Jude [Jew]
- Contributor
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Subject:
Ellen Wall
- Biography
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Ellen Wall (1921-1995) was born Ellen Wertheimer in Frankfurt am Main to Max (1879-1965) and Betty (nee Stern, 1895-1971) Wertheimer. Max Wertheimer was imprisoned in Buchenwald for two weeks following Kristallnacht. On September 16, 1942, the Wertheimer family was deported to Theresienstadt, where they remained until its liberation in May 1945. They returned to Frankfurt in July and immigrated to the United States in May 1946 aboard the Marine Flasher, the first ship to sail from Europe to the United States under President Truman’s directive on Displaced Persons.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Star of David badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Yellow cloth badge in the shape of a 6 pointed Star of David stitched to green felt backing. The star outline is formed from 2 overlapping, dyed triangles and has German text in the center.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.740 inches (9.5 cm) | Width: 3.070 inches (7.798 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, dye, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Star of David badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Ellen Wall.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 12:18:54
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn4317
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Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center
Object
Issued to Ellen Wall in Frankfurt am Main, Germany before her deportation to Theresienstadt.
Armband badge worn in Theresienstadt
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Ellen Wall papers
Document
The Ellen Wall papers include identification papers, passes, and ration card documenting the imprisonment of the Wertheimer family from Frankfurt am Main in Theresienstadt from 1942 to 1945 and maps, name lists, poems, and reports documenting the Theresienstadt concentration camp and its survivors. Biographical materials include identification cards, work cards, vaccination cards, passes, and ration cards documenting the imprisonment of Betty, Ellen, and Max Wertheimer in Theresienstadt form 1942 to 1945. Theresienstadt materials include a name list of Theresienstadt survivors, a statistical report about those survivors, a report about the camp by Ludwig Stern, Leo Baeck’s announcement of the camp’s liberation, poems and songs written about the camp, maps of the camp, postcards depicting the town before the camp’s establishment, and ration tickets and a money order in the name of two Theresienstadt prisoners.
