Wrist watch with cloth strap worn by Albanian rescuers
- Geography
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use:
Korce (Albania)
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Timepieces
- Object Type
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Wrist watches (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edmond Panariti
Wrist watch worn by Isuf and Niqi Panariti during the war when they helped Mari and Eli Kuonne, and their daughter Frida, Greek Jews from Thessaloniki, escape illegally into Korce, Albania. The Kuonnes lived with Isuf and Niqi until Eli Kuonne joined the partisans. Mari and Frida then moved to a remote village to stay with Niqi's family. The Kuonnes returned to Greece after liberation. The Panaritis were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 2014.
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Record last modified: 2022-12-09 13:51:18
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Also in Panariti and Kuonne families collection
The collection consists of a a necklace, two watches, and copy prints relating to the experiences of the Panariti and Kuonne families in Greece, and then Albania during the Holocaust.
Date: approximately 1944
Linked band wrist watch worn by Albanian rescuers
Object
Wrist watch worn by Isuf and Niqi Panariti during the war when they helped Mari and Eli Kuonne, and their daughter Frida, Greek Jews from Thessaloniki, escape illegally into Korce, Albania. The Kuonnes lived with Isuf and Niqi until Eli Kuonne joined the partisans. Mari and Frida then moved to a remote village to stay with Niqi's family. The Kuonnes returned to Greece after liberation. The Panaritis were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 2014.
Pearl necklace given to her rescuers by a Greek Jewish girl
Object
Pearl necklace worn by Frida Kuonne during World War II and given to Isuf and Niqi Panariti. The Panaratis helped Frida and her parents Mari and Eli Kuonne, Greek Jews from Thessaloniki, escape illegally into Korce, Albania. The Kuonnes lived with Isuf and Niqi until Eli Kuonne joined the partisans. Mari and Frida then moved to a remote village to stay with Niqi's family. The Kuonnes returned to Greece after liberation. The Panaritis were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 2014.
Panariti and Kuonne family photographs
Document
Copy prints relating to the experiences of the Panariti and Kuonne families in Albania before, during, and after the Holocaust. Mari and Eli Kuonne, along with their daughter Frida, were Greek Jews from Thessaloniki who were smuggled to Korce, Albania by Iusf Panariti (donor's uncle). The Kuonnes lived with Isuf and his wife Niqi (donor's aunt), but when Eli Kuonne joined the partisans, Mari and Frida moved to a remote village to stay with Niqi's family. The Kuonnes returned to Greece after liberation and the Panaritis were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 2014. Copy prints depict wartime images of Frida Kuonne (later Matalon), Isuf and Niqi Panariti, and the car used to smuggle the Kuonnes across the border.
