Gold finger ring made from earrings saved by a non-Jewish neighbor
- Classification
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Jewelry
- Category
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Rings
- Object Type
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Gold rings (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Friedl Herzfeld Wollmerstedt
Finger ring made from gold earrings owned by Bertha Herzfeld. A non-Jewish German woman kept the earrings for the family during World War II. She returned them to Bertha's daughter Friedl after the war ended in May 1945.
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Also in Friedl Herzfeld Wollmerstedt collection
The collection consists of two rings, correspondence, documents, and a photograph album relating to the experiences of Friedl Herzfeld and her family in Germany before and during the Holocaust, as well as to the emigration of Friedl and her sister to Great Britain in 1939, and Friedl's postwar return to Germany and her efforts to gain restitution.
Gold finger ring made from earrings saved by a non-Jewish neighbor
Object
Finger ring made from gold earrings owned by Bertha Herzfeld. A non-Jewish German woman kept the earrings for the family during World War II. She returned them to Bertha's daughter Friedl after the war ended in May 1945.
Friedl Wollmerstedt papers
Document
The bulk of the collection is composed of correspondence and documents relating to Friedl Herzfeld Wollmerstedt and her family's life in prewar Germany, her immigration to England, restitution matters and life in Germany after her return to Germany, from 1916 to 1975. The photograph album contains images from the Herzfeld family's life in Germany prior to World War II.