Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Doll used by Esther Rosenfeld while in England; she was sent by her parents on the Kindertransport from Germany to Great Britain in June 1939.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Esther Rosenfeld Starobin
Physical Details
- Classification
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Toys
- Category
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Dolls
- Object Type
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Dolls (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Doll comprised of a painted paper composite head and arms. It is dressed in a red shirt, green dress, and knitted pink legs.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 15.500 inches (39.37 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
- Materials
- overall : composite material, textile, yarn, tape, paint, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The doll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Esther Rosenfeld Starobin.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-14 10:27:39
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The collection consists of a doll, luggage tags, artifacts, correspondence, documents and photographs relating to the experiences of Esther Rosenfeld who was sent by her parents on the Kindertransport from Germany to Great Britain in June 1939.
Date: approximately 1939
R.M.S. Queen Mary pin
Object
R.M.S. Queen Mary pin, part of a collection illustrating the experiences of Esther Rosenfeld, a German Jew, who was sent on the Kindertransport to the United Kingdom from Germany in 1939.
Rosenfeld family collection
Document
The Rosenfeld family collection consists of identification documents, restitution paperwork, correspondence, and photographs related to the Rosenfeld family of Adelsheim, Germany. The collection also relates to the Kindertransport experiences of Bertha, Edith, Ruth, and Esther Rosenfeld, and their lives in England during World War II. The identification documents includes Esther Rosenfeld and Bertha Rosenfeld’s travel documents, 1947; Esther Rosenfeld’s National Registration Identity Card, May 22, 1940 and her baggage tag, undated; and a probate court document related to Sol M. Alpher and the guardianship of Herman and Esther Rosenfeld, 1953. The correspondence consists of letters written to the Harrison family, the family who cared for Esther Rosenfeld, including a letter dated June 26, 1939 notifying the Harrisons that Esther arrived in London; a postcard written by Adolf Rosenfeld, Esther’s father; and a letter written by Katherine Rosenfeld, Esther’s mother, thanking the Harrison family for their care of Esther. The letter dated July 12, 1947 was written by Esther’s uncle, Sali Rosenfeld and relates the family’s appreciation for their care of Esther and the family’s desire to have the Rosenfeld siblings reunited in the United States. Also include are letters to the Rosenfeld siblings in England written by their mother Katherine Rosenfeld while she was held at Rivesaltes and/or Drancy transit camp, circa 1942. The restitution paperwork, dated 1940s-1990s, includes correspondence and financial documents relating to the claims of the five Rosenfeld siblings: Bertha Esenstad, Edith Kaye, Ruth Ezekiel, Herman Rosenfeld, and Esther Starobin. The photograph series includes photographs of the Rosenfeld family and friends in Germany and England before, during, and after World War II. The photographs depict Esther Rosenfeld with the Harrison family in England; Esther and her sisters in England, circa 1940s; and family photographs taken after the Rosenfeld siblings immigrated to the United States, circa 1950s-1960s. The untitled photograph album, 1932-1938, includes photographs of the Rosenfeld family and friends in various places in Germany including Frankfurt and Berlin.
