Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- Geography
-
use:
Riga (Latvia)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Blanka Bori Berger Winkler
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Blanka B. Winkler
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Neckwear
- Object Type
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Kerchiefs (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 16.610 inches (42.189 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cotton
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The kerchief was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Blanka Bori Berger Winkler.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:33
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn4383
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