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Mug owned by a family that fled Hungary

Object | Accession Number: 2012.492.4
2012.492.4 back Mug owned by a family that fled Hungary Click to enlarge 2012.492.4 front Mug owned by a family that fled Hungary Click to enlarge
Classification
Household Utensils
Category
Drinking vessels
Object Type
Mugs (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jane Tujak
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About This Object

Physical Description
Broken ceramic mug with an image of 3 infants on a boat. It is missing part of its body and the handle.
Dimensions
overall : 2.875 diam. x 3.500 in. (7.302 diam. x 8.89 cm.)
Materials
overall : ceramic, glaze, paint

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The mug was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Jane Tujak.
 
Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:24:13
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn530859

Also in Jane Tujak collection

The collection consists of a baby blanket, a medal, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Löw family before and during the Holocaust in Croatia and Italy.

Date: approximately 1941-approximately 1945

Excellent Worker of the Craftmen's Cooperative, Cloth Industry medal owned by a family that fled Hungary

Excellent Worker of the Craftmen's Cooperative, Cloth Industry medal owned by a family that fled Hungary

Object

Baby blanket owned by family that fled Hungary

Baby blanket owned by family that fled Hungary

Object

Jane Tujak collection

Document

Contains documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of the Löw family in Croatia and Italy and their flight. The collection includes two photographs of donor's uncles in Hungary.

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