Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Information tag worn by Elfriede Meyer during her voyage to America from France with other orphaned Jewish children, sent with the assistance of the American Friends Service Committee.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elfriede Schloss
- Markings
- front and back, black ink : The American Friends Service Committee / MEYER Elfriede / 59
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
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Name tags (lcsh)
- Extent
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1 folder
- Physical Description
- Rectangular paper tag with printed text in a plastic holder. There are 2 holes at the top and 1 at the bottom of the tag through which a black cloth cord is threaded.
- Materials
- overall : paper, plastic, cloth, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Elfriede Schloss.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-13 16:15:14
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn533660
Also in Elfriede Schloss collection
The collection consists of a tag and documents relating to the experiences of Elfriede Meyer during the Holocaust when she was placed in a Jewish orphanage in France and eventually emigrated to the United States along with other orphaned children with the assistance of the American Friends Service Committee.
Date: 1939-1980
Elfriede Schloss papers
Document
The Elfriede Schloss papers contain Elfriede’s travel visa and identification tag, and various news clippings concerning her and other orphans’ arrival to the United States. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) photocopies includes copied correspondence and documents from the AFSC archives related to the immigration of the one hundred orphans from France, of which Elfriede was included.
