Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Medallion issued to Marta Hafner by the US Army. Marta Hafner was deported to Transnistria. She survived under the false identity Constantata Dumitrescu and worked at the Jagendorf Foundry. After the war she worked as a secretary for the US Army and married Cpl. Eugene Rothlauf in 1946. She came to the United States in 1947.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jessica Carroll
Physical Details
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals--United States (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Medallion; gold colored metal disc with the Great Seal of the United states at top of center; the supporter of the shield is a bald eagle with its wings outstretched ; with bundle of arrors in left talon anhd olive branch in right talon; eagle holds a banner in its mouth; round seal with 13 stars above eagle; "E E FARNSWORTH / COLONEL. GSC. / EXEC. OFF / 25" below eagle; "HO. U.S MILITARY REPRESENTATION - A.C.C / PERMANENT EMPLOYEE" medallion is mounted on red felt background; framed with a gold-painted wooden frame; brass plaque loose inside frame, engraved "APO 777 / BUCHAREST ROMANIA / 9-24-1945" frame is backed with brown paper; hanging wire attached to metal ring at either side of frame
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The medallion was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Jessica Carroll, the daughter of Marta Hafner.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:26:35
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Also in Marta Hafner collection
The collection consists of clippings, documents, photographs, and a medallion relating to the experiences of Marta Hafner in Romania during the Holocaust during which she was deported to Transnistria and during the postwar period when she worked for the United States Army. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Date: approximately 1942-1947
Marta Hafner papers
Document
Collection of documents, photographs, and clippings relating to Marta Hafner [donor's mother] and her experiences in Romania before, during, and after Holocaust. Includes newspaper clippings documenting her experiences; identification papers, including an ID identifying her as Jewish issued in Cernauti, 1942; and family photos. Marta Hafner was deported to Transnistria. She survived under the false identity Constantata Dumitrescu and worked at the Jagendorf Foundry. After the war she worked as a secretary for the US Army and married Cpl. Eugene Rothlauf in 1946. She came to the United States in 1947.
Marta Hafner papers
Document
Collection of documents relating to Marta Hafner (donor's mother) and her experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust. Marta Hafner was deported to Transnistria in 1939. She survived under the false identity Constanta Dumitrescu and worked at the Jagendorf Foundry. After the war she worked as a secretary for the US Army and married an American soldier. She came to the United States in 1947.
