Adler typewriter with fitted case used by a Jewish family in a displaced persons camp

Object | Accession Number: 1999.174.1 a-b

Overview

Brief Narrative: Adler typewriter with gray case purchased by Shaya Yurfest from a local German while the family was living in Windsheim displaced persons camp in 1946. The family used it to assist other refugees with their paperwork.
Date: received: 1946
Geography: manufacture: Germany
received: Windsheim (Displaced persons camp); Windsheim (Germany)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Perla Yurfest Kohs
Contributor: Distributor: Adler Schreibamaschinen

Classification: Office Equipment and Supplies
Category: Writing materials
Object Type: Typewriters (lcsh)
Physical Description: a. Typewriter with ADLER in metal letters across the top.
b. Black cloth covered cardboard case with a hinged lid and metal latch fitted for typewriter (a).
Dimensions: overall: Height: 14.750 inches (37.465 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Depth: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
Materials: overall : metal, cardboard, cloth, ink

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The typewriter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Perla Yurfest Kohs, the daughter of Shaya Yurfest.