Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Two separate pieces of iron alloy held together by a hinge. On front is a relief of a lion with a sword between two castles above a brick pattern with stylized tree at center bottom. Suspended from leather strap with hinged iron alloy hook and buckle at far end.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ela Weissberger
Physical Details
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Metalwork
- Object Type
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Metalware (aat)
- Physical Description
- Two separate pieces of iron alloy held together by a hinge. On front is a relief of a lion with a sword between two castles above a brick pattern with stylized tree at center bottom. Suspended from leather strap with hinged iron alloy hook and buckle at far end.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 1.060 inches (2.692 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, leather
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The object was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Ela Weissberger.
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- 2023-09-01 08:36:21
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Also in Ela Weissberger collection
The Ela Weissberger collection consists of photocopies of materials related to cultural activities at Theresienstadt including a Purim play and Brundibár, poetry about Theresienstadt, a map of Theresienstadt and hand-colored coat of arms of Theresienstadt, and biographical materials and correspondence documenting Walter Weiss’s imprisonment in Theresienstadt. Weiss was a cousin of Ela Weissberger. The collection also includes a metal item: two separate pieces of iron alloy held together by a hinge. On front is a relief of a lion with a sword between two castles above a brick pattern with stylized tree at center bottom. Suspended from leather strap with hinged iron alloy hook and buckle at far end.
Date: 1941-1945
Ela Weissberger papers
Document
The Ela Weissberger papers consist of photocopies of materials related to cultural activities at Theresienstadt including a Purim play and Brundibár, poetry about Theresienstadt, a map of Theresienstadt and hand‐colored coat of arms of Theresienstadt, and biographical materials and correspondence documenting Walter Weiss’s imprisonment in Theresienstadt. Weiss was a cousin of Ela Weissberger. His biographical materials include a vaccination card, a pass, two receipts documenting requests for passes, a tag bearing his identification number 646, an invitation to a soccer game and concert, an order to report for transport, and ration tickets. His correspondence consists of postcards he sent to or received from his mother Ruzenka (Rosa) Weiss and his aunt Marie Kral during his imprisonment in Theresienstadt.
