Small silver curtain ring worn as a wedding ring by an Austrian Jewish refugee
- Date
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use:
1938 December 30
- Geography
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use:
London (England)
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Fasteners
- Object Type
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Curtain rings (aat)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of Lewis Victor Koves and Helena Koves
Small silver curtain ring worn as a wedding ring by 27 year old Helena Koves in London, England, where she married Victor Koves on December 30, 1938. Helena was living in Vienna when it was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Victor had already left Vienna and settled in London and they decided that Helena should join him. In the early 1940s, they left for Shanghai by way of Canada, but were able to obtain US visas in Canada and emigrated to New York.
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Record last modified: 2022-06-13 13:41:18
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