Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The skirt was worn by a German Romani of the Sinti group.
- Date
-
use:
1920-1929
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Melanie Keck Spitta
Physical Details
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Women's clothing
- Object Type
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Skirts (lcsh)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Romanies--Germany.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The skirt was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Melanie Keck Spitta.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:29:36
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521471
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Also in Melanie Keck Spitta collection
The collection consists of two skirts and a pair of shoes that were worn by a German Romani of the Sinti group before and during the Holocaust as well as 5 photographs depicting German Romanies.
Date: 1920-1939
Shoes
Object
The shoes were worn by a German Romani of the Sinti group before and during the Holocaust.
Melanie Keck Spitta papers
Document
The Melanie Keck Spitta papers consists of photographs of German Romanies belonging to the Sinti group.
