Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The shorts are constructed of off-white fabric with a drawstring closing at top (string missing). Casimir Biebers donor wore these shorts as a child while begging for food in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, and while in hiding during the Holocaust
- Date
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approximately 1942
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Casimir Biebers
Physical Details
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Children's clothing
- Object Type
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Shorts (Clothing) (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The shorts were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Casimir Biebers.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-10-03 11:04:50
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510974
Also in Casimir Biebers collection
The collection consists of photographs and three-dimensional objects relating to Casimir Biebers' donor life in the ghetto of Warsaw, Poland, during the Holocaust
Date: approximately 1942
Wallet
Object
The wallet is rectangular and is made of brown leather. The photographs included in the Casimir Biebers collection (2002.141.1) were kept in this wallet by the donor
Sock
Object
The sock is made of beige fabric with a vertical, geometric pattern and has a border along the top opening. The sock has been patched because of holes. Casimir Biebers donor wore this sock as a child while begging for food in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, and while in hiding during the Holocaust
Sock
Object
The sock is made of beige with a vertical, ribbed pattern and a ribbed border along the top opening. Gray fabric is sewn along the bottom. Casimir Biebers donor wore this sock as a child while begging for food in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, and while in hiding during the Holocaust
Bieberstein family photographs
Document
The collection consists of three wartime photographs depicting the Bieberstein family, including Kazimierz Bieberstein (later Casimir Biebers), his brother Tadeusz Bieberstein, and his mother Irena Bieberstein. The photographs were taken around the time the family was forced into the Warsaw ghetto and were intended for false identification papers that would enable the family to leave Poland, but the images were never used for that purpose.
