Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Metal needle case with removable cap brought with Simon and Violet Lewin, their daughter Marion, and Violet's son, Rolf, who fled Berlin, Germany, in late December 1938 for the United States.United States.
- Date
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emigration:
1938 December
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lee Bland
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Sewing equipment and supplies
- Object Type
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Needle cases (aat)
- Physical Description
- a. Metal needle case
b. Screw-on cap for case. - Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Materials
- a : metal
b : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The needle case was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Lee Bland.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-02 14:46:24
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The collection consist of artifacts, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Simon and Violet Lewin, their daughter Marion, and Violet's son, Rolf, who fled Berlin, Germany, in late December 1938 for the United States.
Date: approximately 1938 December
Leather and metal box owned by German Jewish refugees
Object
Leather and metal box presumably brought with Simon and Violet Lewin, their daughter Marion, and Violet's son, Rolf, who fled Berlin, Germany, in late December 1938 for the United States.
Metal hand stamp monogram brought with a German Jewish refugee
Object
Hand stamp with the intertwined letters S and L brought with Simon Lewin when, with his wife Violet, their daughter Marion, and Violet's son, Rolf, fled Berlin, Germany, in late December 1938 for the United States.
Lewin and Levi family papers
Document
Contains documents, correspondence, and photographs illustrating the experiences of Simon and Violet Lewin and their daughter Marion as well as Violet's son, Rolf, who all fled Berlin, Germany in late December 1938 for the United States.
