Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of a portrait drawing, a silhouette, a shop sign, three pairs of capmaker’s scissors, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Salomon Mentkewicz, his family, and the Haar family before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and Krakow, Poland, and to the emigration of David and Regina Haar Mentkewicz (later Mentken) and their sons, Edgar and Robert, to the United States in 1938.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Robert Mentken.
Browse 7 Items In This Collection
Mentkewicz (Mentken) family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2004.704.1
Pencil portrait of his father brought to the US by a Jewish refugee from Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.2
Small silhouette of his father brought to the US by a Jewish refugee from Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.3
Small brass sign from the family capmaking business brought to the US by a Jewish refugee from Vienna
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.4
Very large Henckels fabric shears from the family capmaking business brought to the US by a Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.5
Large black painted fabric shears from the family capmaking business brought to the US by a Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.6
Small black painted scissors from the family capmaking business brought to the US by a Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2004.704.7
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