Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Gold colored metal case containing a lipstick case as well as a built-in cigarette holder, mirror, music box, and makeup powder container. The case was invented by the donor's father, Bernhard Wiesenfeld (Bernard Wesson).
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Putzi Wesson Hirshberg
Physical Details
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Smoking paraphernalia
- Object Type
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Cigarette cases (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Gold colored metal case with carrying strap, containing a lipstick case as well as a built-in cigarette holder, mirror, music box, and makeup powder container.
- Dimensions
- a: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 3.880 inches (9.855 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Diameter: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) - Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The cigarette case was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Vivian "Putzi" Wesson Hirshberg, the daughter of Bernhard Wiesenfeld (Bernard Wesson).
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:11:17
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Also in Bernhard Wiesenfeld Collection
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs from Bernhard Wiesenfeld (father of donor) and his family, dating from his youth in Galicia, through his years in Austria, his immigration to England, and his subsequent immigration to the United States. Documents include letters sent while he was interned at Camp Kitchener in England in 1939, and designs for inventions he created in the United States after his immigration in 1940. The collection also includes a cigarette lighter and a compact that he invented.
Date: 1904-approximately 2015
Bernhard Wiesenfeld papers
Document
The Bernhard Wiesenfeld papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and papers related to the engineering career of Bernhard Wiesenfeld (1907-1994) in Vienna, Austria and his status as a refugee in the Kitchener refugee camp in Richborough, Kent, England where he fled after the Nazi annexation of Austria. Included are photographs and correspondence related to his personal life, travels, and career in Vienna, Austria. There are also numerous letters received while in the Kitchener refugee camp in 1939. The biographical materials include identification papers, school papers, emigration documents, and material relating to his sister Adele Wiesenfeld and her husband Hermann Fass. The correspondence primarily consists of letters Wiesenfeld sent and received while in the Kitchener refugee camp. Letters sent by him describe his life in the camp. Letters received often give news of his friends and family as well as discuss logistics in his planned move to London. Other correspondence in the series includes personal letters written to him from friends and family along with postcards sent from his travels in Austria, Croatia, Turkey, Montenegro, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. There is also correspondence The papers regarding Wiesenfeld’s engineering career include correspondence regarding his employment in Vienna in the 1930s, his patents, and his attempts to find work as an engineer in London in 1939 and in the United States in 1940. There is also patent paperwork, business brochures for companies he was involved with, and a scrapbook of clippings, patents, and other printed material related to his designs. The printed material primarily consists of postcards collected by Wiesenfeld from his travels in Austria, Croatia, Turkey, Montenegro, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. The photographs consist of prints and negatives of Wiesenfeld, his family and friends, and his travels. There are numerous dated and undated photographs from ski and beach trips. The photographs of the Wiesenfeld family include Bernhard’s sister Adele and his mother Pini. Some of the photographs of Adele and her husband are from Santschursk, Russia. All negatives are housed separately from the prints. There are five photograph albums related to the same topics, many with similar or duplicate photographs. The family photograph albums are annotated, and contain pictures of his parents, sister, and relatives. Please ask for assistance in handling the albums as they are in fragile condition.
