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Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of three dish towels, three spoons, a tallit bag, correspondence, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt (after 1942, Fred and Juliana Silversmith) during the Holocaust when they fled Germany in 1939 for the Netherlands, leaving there in 1940 for the United States.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012, 2014, and 2015 by Peter Silversmith, son of Fred and Juliana Silversmith.
Date: approximately 1927-1939

Geography: publication: Heilbronn (Germany)
Date: publication/distribution: 1913
Geography: publication: Berlin (Germany)
Date: publication/distribution: 1933
Geography: received: Cologne (Germany)
Date: received: 1933
Geography: received: Cologne (Germany)
Date: received: 1933
Geography: received: Cologne (Germany)
Date: received: 1933
Geography: received: Cologne (Germany)
Date: received: 1933
Geography: manufacture: Germany
Date: emigration: 1939
Geography: manufacture: Germany
Date: emigration: 1939
Geography: manufacture: Germany
Date: emigration: 1939
Geography: creation: Zeeburgerdijk detention center; Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Date: creation: after 1939 September
: Record last modified: 2023-05-05 13:26:14
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