Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Trunk that accompanied Erwin Jacobowitz (later Jacobs) when he left Berlin, Germany, during the first week of August 1939. Erwin had a work permit for employment with an engineering firm in Birmingham, England, which allowed him to leave Germany. Erwin met Lore Gotthelf (later Jacobs) at the Birmingham Refugee Club held at the Singers Hill synagogue. The couple later married, and used the trunk again when the family immigrated to Canada in 1953.
- Date
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use:
1939 August
use: 1953
- Geography
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use:
Germany
use: England
use: Canada
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lore Gotthelf Jacobs
- Contributor
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Original owner:
Erwin H. Jacobs
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Luggage
- Object Type
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Trunks (Luggage) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, brown cloth covered wooden trunk with a lid attached to base by metal hinges and clasps. It has light brown leather piping and metal footing along the edges. Four wooden support boards are attached by leather straps and metal nails on all sides. There are two leather handles attached to the left and right sides. Three black rectangular designs are painted on all sides. The interior is covered by green striped cloth. There are two removable bins with wooden frames covered with green striped cloth fabric with green canvas and metal straps.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 43.750 inches (111.125 cm) | Width: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm) | Depth: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, cloth, paper, metal, paint, adhesive, leather
- Inscription
- lid, top, black paint : L.J. / 11
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Refugees, Jewish--Great Britain.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The trunk was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Lore Gotthelf Jacobs, the wife of Erwin Jacobs.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-10-06 15:06:21
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514075
Also in Erwin and Lore Gotthelf Jacobs collection
The collection consists of two steamer trunks, one of which was sent to Lore Gotthelf (later Jacobs) who left Frankfurt-am Main, Germany, on the Kindertransport to England, and the other was used by her husband, Erwin Jacobowitz (later Jacobs), when he immigrated to England in 1939 from Berlin, Germany.
Date: approximately 1939
Trunk sent to Lore Gotthelf, a Kindertransport refugee, in England
Object
The trunk was sent to Lore Gotthelf (later Jacobs) from her parents, Sigmund and Gertrud Gotthelf, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. They had sent Lore to England via the Kindertransport. The trunk contained many household items, like table cloths, with the hope that her parents would be able to join her when their quota number came through. Lore met Erwin Jacobowitz (later Jacobs) at the Birmingham Refugee Club held at the Singers Hill synagogue. The couple later married, and used the trunk again when the family immigrated to Canada in 1953.
