Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Bag sent to Ernie Haas in the Kaiserwald concentration camp in Riga from his mother Frieda Steinberger Haas while she was in the Strassdenhof concentration camp, a sub-camp of Kaiserwald. Although they did not have contact and not able to see each other, Frieda was able to have this delivered to Ernie via another prisoner who was with a labor Kommando in Strassdenhof. In the little bag were two pieces of bread from her daily rations.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ernest Haas
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Bags
- Object Type
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Sacks (generic containers) (aat)
- Physical Description
- Cloth bag open at top end.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, ink
- Inscription
- name "Ernie Haas" written in ink on both sides of the bag.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The bag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Ernie Haas.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:08:34
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Photographs and letter illustrating the experiences of the Haas family surrounding the Holocaust: pre-war images of Semi Haas and his wife Frieda Steinberger Haas and their children Walter, Ilse and Ernst (donor) in Neumarkt, Germany and after 1938 in Fürth. Also included are pre-war photographs of extended family members and post-war photographs of Ernst in Germany after his liberation from Riga and Stutthof concentration camps. Letter to Walter in Brooklyn, New York in 1941 from Semi, Frieda, Ernst and Ilse and Fürth, Germany. Frieda, Semi and Ilse did not survive. Post-war documents issued to Ernst Haas; Atlas given to Ernst Haas on the occasion of his 15th birthday. Bag sent to Ernie Haas in the Kaiserwald concentration camp in Riga from his mother Frieda Steinberger Haas while she was in the Strassdenhof concentration camp, a sub-camp of Kaiserwald. Although they did not have contact and not able to see each other, Frieda was able to have this delivered to Ernie via another prisoner who was with a labor Kommando in Strassdenhof. In the little bag were two pieces of bread from her daily rations.
Ernie Haas papers
Document
Photographs and letter documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of the Haas family. Photographs include pre-war depictions of Semi Haas and his wife Frieda Steinberger Haas and their children Walter, Ilse, and Ernst in Neumarkt, Germany and after 1938 in Fürth. Also included are pre-war photographs of extended family members and post-war photographs of Ernst in Germany after his liberation from Riga and Stutthof concentration camps. Letter to Walter in Brooklyn, New York in 1941 from Semi, Frieda, Ernst and Ilse and Fürth, Germany. Frieda, Semi and Ilse did not survive. Post-war documents issued to Ernst Haas.
