Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Knitted in a labor camp near Riga by a fellow inmate of Blanka Winkler who found socks on the way to forced labor. She unraveled the yarn from the socks and knitted the sweater.
- Date
-
creation:
1944
- Geography
-
creation:
Riga (Latvia)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Blanka Bori Berger Winkler
- Contributor
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Subject:
Blanka B. Winkler
Physical Details
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Women's clothing
- Object Type
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Sweaters (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Blue, gray, and yellow wool.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 19.490 inches (49.505 cm) | Width: 27.240 inches (69.19 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wool
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The sweater was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Blanka Winkler.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:43:45
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn4382
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Kerchief
Object
Blue cotton kerchief worn by Blanka Winkler. One section of material, which was divided into four. Her mother and her sisters had the other three kerchiefs which they all wore in the camp.
