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Cup

Object | Accession Number: 2002.157.2
2002.157.2 front Cup Click to enlarge 2002.157.2 back Cup Click to enlarge 2002.157.2 right Cup Click to enlarge 2002.157.2 left Cup Click to enlarge

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
1941 May 21
Language
French
Yiddish
Classification
Household Utensils
Category
Drinking vessels
Object Type
Drinking cups (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Annette Krygier

About This Object

Materials
overall : tin
Contributor
Albert Groner

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:15:31
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Also in This Collection

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.

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