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Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of badges, luggage tags, purse, suitcase, storybook, prayer book, and documents relating to the experiences of Ruth Danzig before, during, and after the Holocaust as a Kindertransport refugee from Munich, Germany, to the United Kingdom, and her 1944 emigration to the United States.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012, 2013, and 2014 by Steven Frank, the cousin of Ruth Danzig Rauch.
Date: 1939 June-1951 June

Date: inclusive: 1938-1993
bulk: 1938-1956
Date: use: 1939 June
Geography: received: Munich (Germany)
Date: received: 1939 June
Date: emigration: 1939 June
Geography: manufacture: London (England)
Date: received: after 1939 June-before 1944
Geography: received: New York (N.Y.)
Date: received: approximately 1945-approximately 1950
Geography: received: Vienna (Austria)
Date: use: 1939 June
Geography: received: Vienna (Austria)
Date: use: 1939 June
Geography: received: Vienna (Austria)
Date: use: 1939 June
Geography: publication: London (England)
Date: publication/distribution: 1906
: Record last modified: 2023-05-05 13:26:08
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