Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Nameplate: for fishing vessal STJERNEN [The Star] that was pressed into service to move Jewish refugees from Denmark to Sweden over a route established between the Danish isle of Moen and southern Sweden. Some years after the war, the boat was laid up and dismantled for scrap. Because of its historic role in 1943, the nameplate was saved.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alice Netter
Physical Details
- Language
- Danish
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
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Nameplates (aat)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular wooden sign with the name STJERNEN painted on the front.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 40.000 inches (101.6 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The nameplate was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Alice Netter.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-08-14 09:29:21
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn537125
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