American Friends Service Committee ID badge worn by a rescued Jewish child
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Identifying Artifacts
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Labels
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Name tags (lcsh)
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1 folder
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- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elfriede Schloss
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.
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Record last modified: 2023-06-13 16:15:14
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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.
