Overview
- 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.
Browse 11 Items In This Collection
Silberschmidt Family Collection
Document | Accession Number: 2012.485.1
German book
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.2
Haggadah
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.3
Red checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.4
Red checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.5
Black checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.6
Black checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.7
Silver oak patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.8
Silver fiddle patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.9
Silver fiddle patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.10
Leather tallit pouch made by an inmate in a Dutch detention center
Object | Accession Number: 2012.485.11
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