Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Lapel pin that belonged to Sidney Lindenheim of Vienna, Austria, who, at age fifteen, left for the United States in March 1939. His parents Eva and Jacob arrived in February 1940.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Victor Lindenheim, in memory of Jacob and Eva Lindenheim
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewelry
- Category
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Pins (Jewelry)
- Object Type
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Lapel pins (aat)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Victor Lindenheim, the son of Sidney Lindenheim.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-28 09:37:37
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Also in Sidney Lindenheim family collection
The collection consists of a pin, documents, a notebook, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Siegfried (later Sidney) Lindenheim and other family members before and during his immigration to the United States in 1939.
Date: 1939
Sidney Lindenheim papers
Document
The Sidney Lindenheim papers consist of German passports for Sidney, Jacob, and Eva Lindenheim, an immigration registration receipt for Chaskel, Gitta, and Amos Lindenheim, and an address book, notebook, and photograph taken aboard the SS Queen Mary documenting Sidney Lindenheim’s immigration to the United States in 1939. The address book and notebook contain addresses of friends and relatives in Europe and America as well as minimal notes about Lindenheim’s immigration.
