Belt
- Date
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approximately 1941
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Belts (Clothing)
- Object Type
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Belts (Clothing) (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Margalit K. Harel
The belt is made of black wool fabric decorated with multi-colored flower appliques and has tie cords which are attached to metal loops
The belt belonged to a young girl who was killed in Transnistria, Ukraine, during the Holocaust. The girl's relative, Klara Hernes, gave the belt to the donor after World War II
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Record last modified: 2019-12-06 00:05:16
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Also in Margalit Katz Harel collection
Consists of documents issued to Mitzi Katz, the donor's mother, in the Mahiliou (Mogilev) ghetto in Belarus; photographs of Margalit Katz Harel as a child and of her relatives; and a belt belonging to a young girl who was killed in Transnistria, Ukraine, during the Holocaust
Margalit Katz Harel papers
Document
The papers consist of a document identifying Mitzi Katz [donor's mother] as a resident of the Mahiliou (Mogilev) ghetto in Belarus, a certificate allowing Mitzi Katz to reside in the Mahiliou ghetto, 3 original photographs that show the donor as a child before the Holocaust, an image of the donor's maternal grandfather, Chaim Simche, and a copy photograph of the donor's maternal grandmother, Yehudit Bartfeld Simche.
