Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The cup was created by Albert Groner donor's brother while in Pithiviers concentration camp in France. It is engraved with an inscription and an image of a flying bird carrying an envelope in its beak. Albert gave the cup to his family when his sister, Rosa Groner, held her wedding at Pithiviers.The cup was hidden by a French woman during World War II
- Date
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1941 May 21
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Annette Krygier
- Contributor
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Albert Groner
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Drinking vessels
- Object Type
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Drinking cups (lcsh)
- Materials
- overall : tin
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates as artists--France.
- Corporate Name
- Pithiviers (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The cup was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Annette Krygier, the sister of Albert Groner.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:28:22
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Also in Annette Krygier collection
The collection consists of documents, photographs, and a three-dimensional object relating to Annette and Leon Krygier donor and donor's husband and their experiences in France during the Holocaust
Date: 1941-1949
Annette Krygier papers
Document
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Annette Krygier (née Groner) and her husband Leon Krygier, both originally of Nowe Miasto, Poland. Included are identification papers, false-identity documents, family records, immigration papers, and photographs taken while Annette was in hiding in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
