Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Remnant of a hand embroidered curtain from the home of Rivka Ribak's family in Warsaw, Poland.
- Geography
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use:
Warsaw (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Genia Reznic
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Household linens
- Object Type
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Draperies (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular curtain remnant embroidered in yellow thread with three leaves and stems.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm)
- Materials
- overall : thread, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The curtain fragment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Genia Reznic.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-17 09:15:15
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn561906
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Also in Rivka Ribak collection
The collection consists of a fragment of embroidered curtain and a scarf relating to the experiences of Rivka Ribak during the Holocaust in the Warsaw ghetto in German occupied Poland.
Date: approximately 1942
Chiffon scarf used as a veil in a wartime Polish Jewish wedding
Object
Chiffon scarf saved by Rivka Ribak that was used in Warsaw Ghetto as a veil by her sister Stella for her wedding on May 5, 1942.
