Green handkerchief case used by a German Jewish emigre
- Date
-
emigration:
1936
- Language
-
English
- Classification
-
Dress Accessories
- Category
-
Carried dress accessories
- Object Type
-
Pouches (Containers) (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Molly Kis
Green case stamped handkerchiefs owned by Heinz Kis, which he might have brought with him to Palestine when he emigrated from Eisenach, Germany in 1936. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany and anti-Jewish laws were implemented. In 1936, Heinz, 22, and his brother Alfred, 15, secured a visa from the British government, which governed Palestine under a United Nations mandate. The visa did not cover their parents Samuel and Frieda. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and Heinz lost contact with his parents and relatives in Germany. In May 1942, Heinz’s parents were deported to Belzyce ghetto in Poland and perished.
-
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 08:55:22
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521843
Also in This Collection
Henry Kis papers
Document
Contains approximately 100 letters and postcards, dated 1936-1939, from relatives and friends addressed to Heinz Kis, living in Palestine. Much of the correspondence is from his parents in Eisenach, Germany.