Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The blanket was used by the Borenstein family while residing in Lampertheim DP Camp from 1946-1949.
- Date
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use:
1946-1955
- Geography
-
use:
Lampertheim (Displaced persons camp);
Lampertheim (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rosa Borenstein
- Contributor
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Subject:
Rosa Borenstein
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Household linens
- Object Type
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Blankets (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Blanket with light green and gray woven leaf pattern, name tag with "Rose Borenstein" sewn in one corner of blanket added in 1954-1955.
- Materials
- overall : cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The blanket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Rosa Borenstein, the daughter of Abram and Ida Borenstein.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-10-17 08:55:54
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516200
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