Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of a patch, a pouch, three drawings, a prayer book, clippings, correspondence, notes, and photocopies relating to the experiences of Elsie Ragusin during World War II, when, in 1939, on a visit from the United States to Italy with her family, Elsie and her father were arrested as political spies, and Elsie was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps, and after the war when, after liberation, she was taken to Sweden to recover, and returned to the United States in December 1945.
- Provenance
- The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016, with an accretion in 2017.
Browse 7 Items In This Collection
Elsie Ragusin Azzinaro papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.468.1
bulk: 1944-1961
Red triangle patch embroidered USA worn by an American concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2016.468.2
Monogrammed red pouch used by an American concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2016.468.3
Book
Object | Accession Number: 2016.468.4
Drawing of a tree by an American concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2016.468.5
Drawing of the Virgin Mary by an American concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2016.468.6
Drawing of book, heart with cross, and altar by American concentration camp inmate
Object | Accession Number: 2016.468.7
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