Elisabeth Orsten family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a five piece silver cutlery set, a miniature ivory penknife, a silver locket, a miniature mother of pearl compass, an autograph book, biographical materials, correspondence, a diary, photographs, printed materials, and school records relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001, 2002, 2007, and 2008 by Elizabeth M. Orsten.
Date: approximately 1936-1953

Date: inclusive: circa 1936-1953
Geography: received: Vienna (Austria)
Date: emigration: 1939 January
Geography: manufacture: Vienna (Austria)
received: New York (N.Y.)
Date: emigration: 1940 September
Geography: received: New York (N.Y.)
manufacture: Vienna (Austria)
Date: emigration: 1940 September
creation: approximately 1928 October
Geography: received: New York (N.Y.)
manufacture: Vienna (Austria)
Date: emigration: 1940 September
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