Ticket

Object | Accession Number: 1991.50.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Ticket from a Swedish ferryboat given to Sientje (Cissie) Rabbie (Raynor), on the trip between Denmark and Malmoe, Sweden when she and other young women were exchanged by the Nazis for war material through the Count Volke Bernadotte of Sweden Action. As head of the Swedish Red Cross, Bernadotte received permission from Himmler for the transfer and rescue of 40,000 prisoners from from February 19, 1945 until May 8, 1946.
Date: received: 1945-1946
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Maurice Raynor
Contributor: Subject: Sientje Raynor

Language: Swedish
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Tickets
Object Type: Transportation Tickets (lcsh)
Physical Description: Black ink print on yellowed white paper; three punched holes; 2-1/2" tear from above center left to right, below center; number 27177 Ser. 184."
Dimensions: overall: Height: 5.200 inches (13.208 cm) | Width: 2.010 inches (5.105 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The ticket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Maurice Raynor, the son of Sientje (Cissie) Rabbie.