Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- Date
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use:
approximately 1939 July
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:
Lore G. 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 trunk constructed of brown, textile-covered wood with a hinged lid. Clasps secure the lid. Four wooden support bards are nailed on each side, and there is metal footing along all edges. A leather handle is attached at the center on both the left and right ends. The interior is covered by biege paper and contains attached, blue canvas and metal straps. There are markings painted on the lid in black paint. All fittings are made of brass-colored metal.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 39.000 inches (99.06 cm) | Width: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm) | Depth: 19.250 inches (48.895 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, cloth, paper, metal, paint, adhesive, leather
- Inscription
- lid, top, black paint : L.J. / 12
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-06-27 12:31:51
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514076
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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 used by Erwin Jacobowitz when he emigrated from Germany
Object
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.
