Ellen Fass Zilka family collection

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Collection Summary: The collection consists of a belt, blanket, bracelet, card game, case, set of garters, handkerchief, spoon, 2 towels, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ellen Ruth Fass before the Holocaust in Germany, during the Holocaust in England, and after the Holocaust in the United States, and an armband, Star of David badge, and documents relating to Marie Goerlich, Ellen’s great aunt, who was interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Ellen Zilka.
Date: 1920-1991

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Date: inclusive: 1920-1991
Geography: manufacture: Germany
received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: emigration: 1939 July 25
Geography: manufacture: Ravensburg (Germany)
Date: manufacture: approximately 1935
Geography: received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: received: 1935
Geography: use: Edge (England)
Date: use: approximately 1939 July-1946 May
Geography: received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: emigration: 1939 July 25
Geography: received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: emigration: 1939 July 25
Geography: received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: emigration: 1939 July 25
Geography: received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: emigration: 1939 July 25
Geography: received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: emigration: 1939 July 25
Geography: received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: emigration: 1939 July 25
Geography: received: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
Date: use: approximately 1943 March 18-1945 May 09
Geography: received: Berlin (Germany)
Date: emigration: 1939 July 25
Geography: issue: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
Date: issue: 1943 January 01
Geography: issue: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
Date: issue: 1943 January 01
Geography: issue: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
Date: issue: 1943 January 01
Geography: received: Caputh (Germany)
Date: use: 1941 September 01-1945 May 09
: Record last modified: 2023-05-05 13:26:20
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Ellen Fass Zilka family collection

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Ellen Fass Zilka papers

Silver serving spoon with modern poliert pattern carried by a Kindertransport refugee

Deutsches Land boxed card deck carried by a Kindertransport refugee

Plastic amber bead bracelet worn by a Kindertransport refugee

Blue and green plaid belt for a school uniform worn by a Kindertransport refugee

Pink ribbon garter owned by a Kindertransport refugee

Pink ribbon garter owned by a Kindertransport refugee

White blanket with purple border used by a Kindertransport refugee

Blue striped white damask handkerchief used by a Kindertransport refugee

White tea towel with yellow stripes used by a Kindertransport refugee

White tea towel with green stripes used by a Kindertransport refugee

Theresienstadt armband worn by a Jewish inmate

Brown alligator leather holder used by Kindertransport refugee

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, acquired by an inmate

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, acquired by an inmate

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, acquired by an inmate

Unused Star of David badge owned by a German Jewish woman

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