Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Socks given to Mira Ryczke at Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Date
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found:
1945 January 18
- Geography
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acquired:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp);
Oświęcim (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mira Kimmelman
- Contributor
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Subject:
Mira Kimmelman
- Biography
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Genia Ryczke died in Treblinka in 1942. Benno Benjamin Ryczke died during a death march from Mauthausen concentration camp in April 1945. After the war, Moritz Ryczke immigrated first to the United States in 1949 and then to Israel in 1972 where he lived until his death in 1979. Mira Ryczke and Max Kimmelman both returned to Germany after the war where they met in 1946 and immigrated to the United States two years later. Max died in 1990. Natan Laznowski returned first to Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1951 where he lived until his death in 1972.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Footwear
- Object Type
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Socks (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Pair; green and gray yarn.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) | Width: 5.510 inches (13.995 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wool
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The socks were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Mira Ryczke Kimmelman.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:35
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