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Gold finger ring made from earrings saved by a non-Jewish neighbor

Object | Accession Number: 2003.89.3
2003.89.3 front Gold finger ring made from earrings saved by a non-Jewish neighbor Click to enlarge

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.

Classification
Jewelry
Category
Rings
Object Type
Gold rings (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Friedl Herzfeld Wollmerstedt
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About This Object

Physical Description
Circular gold shank with hallmark stamped on inside that reads"10.6"; circular setting at top of shank
Dimensions
overall : 0.750 x 0.375 in. (1.905 x 0.953 cm.)
Materials
overall : gold
Contributor
Subject: Friedl H. Wollmerstedt
Biography
Friedl Herzfeld was born on December 9, 1915, in Kelsterbach, Germany. In May 1939, after the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, Friedl and her older sister, Martha, emigrated to Great Britain where they worked at several different jobs during World War II. Friedl later returned to Germany to marry a man named Wollmerstedt.

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The ring was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Friedl Herzfeld Wollmerstedt.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:07:11
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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.

Date: 1939-1960

Gold finger ring made from earrings saved by a non-Jewish neighbor

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 emigration 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.

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