Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Knife, molded with "U.S." on the handle, was issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany
- Date
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approximately 1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Esther Flam
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Flatware
- Object Type
-
Table knives (aat)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 0.886 inches (2.25 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
- Inscription
- "U.S."
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Refugees--Germany--Emden.
- Geographic Name
- Emden (Germany : Refugee camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The knife was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Esther Flam.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-10-07 11:10:34
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521998
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Also in Esther Flam collection
The collection consists of photographs taken at displaced persons camps in Schauenstein and Peppendorf, Germany, and two "temporary travel documents" issued to Esther Zoberman donor and Raisl Zoberman by the military government for Germany. Also included are a food knife and blanket issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany.
Date: 1946-1948
Esther Flam papers
Document
The papers consist of photographs taken at displaced persons camps in Schauenstein and Peppendorf, Germany, and two "temporary travel documents" issued to Esther Zoberman donor and Raisl Zoberman by the military government for Germany. The photographs are identified on the reverse in Yiddish.
Green wool blanket received at postwar dp camp
Object
Blanket issued at the displaced persons camp in Emden, Germany
