Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Brown leather wallet brought with Drs. Hildegard and Johannes Bielski, who left for the United States, with their daughter Mation, in November 1939. In July 1938, the Drs. Bielski were forbidden to practice medicine because they were Jewish. With assistance from a family friend, they received US visas. Marion later married Herbert Boxer who fled Nazi-occupied Europe with his parents, arriving in the US in 1940.
- Date
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emigration:
1939 November
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lori Stevens
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Carried dress accessories
- Object Type
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Wallets (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Brown leather bifold wallet with two compartments and an orange cloth lining.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The wallet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Lori Stevens, the daughter-in-law of Marion Bielski and Herbert Boxer.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 11:46:03
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