Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Silver plated fork brought by Rywa Manski when she left Lida, Poland with her three children, traveling via Japan, and arriving in Seattle, WA on May 7, 1941.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David Manski, in memory of his parents Saul and Manya Manski
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Flatware
- Object Type
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Serving forks (aat)
- Physical Description
- Large silver-plated metal fork with four prongs.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, silver
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The fork was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by David Manski, grandson of Izak and Rywa Manski.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-08-15 08:37:04
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn552669
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Also in Izak and Rywa Manski and Gitl Rozenzweig families collection
The collection consists of a fork, knife, spoon, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Izak and Rywa Manski and their three children during the Holocaust when they left Lida, Poland, and via Japan, finally reaching Seattle, Washington, on May 7, 1941, and documents, a photograph, and a prayer book relating to the experiences of Gitl Rozenzweig in Lida, Poland, and Israel.
Date: approximately 1931-1941
Silver plated serving spoon brought with a Jewish Polish refugee family
Object
Silver plated serving spoon brought by Rywa Manski when she left Lida, Poland with her three children, traveling via Japan, and arriving in Seattle, WA on May 7, 1941.
Gold plated dinner knife brought with a Jewish Polish refugee family
Object
Gold plated table knife brought by Rywa Manski when she left Lida, Poland with her three children, traveling via Japan, and arriving in Seattle, WA on May 7, 1941.
Manski and Rozenzweig families papers
Document
Contains a passport; marriage certificate; train ticket; passenger list from the "SS Batory"; correspondence relating to Izak Manski (donor's paternal grandfather); documents relating to Gitl Rozenzweig's (donor's maternal grandmother) death in Israel; and a photograph bearing New Year wishes from Samuel, Mira and Saul Manski in Lida, Poland, c. 1931.
