Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Leather wallet with plastic sleeves inside that originally housed identification illustrating the Bier family who resided in Berlin and family that fled from Nazi Germany. Particularly documented in the collection is Siegfried Bier who fled to France and then the UK where he was interned as an enemy alien, and eventually then to the US.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Serafina Bier
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
- Leather wallet with plastic sleeves inside. Metal snap closure. Above measurements are of wallet closed.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.940 inches (10.008 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, plastic, 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 wallet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Serafina Bier.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:16:43
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn564378
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Also in Bier family collection
The collection consists of documents, correspondence, identification in wallet, papers and photographs illustrating the Bier family who resided in Berlin and family that fled from Nazi Germany. Particularly documented is Siegfried Bier (donor's husband's uncle) who fled to France and then the UK where he was interned as an enemy alien, and eventually then to the US.
Bier family papers
Document
The collection contains correspondence, identification papers, and a photograph documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of the Bier family, originally of Berlin, Germany, including Siegfried Bier, who fled Germany to France and then to England where he was interned as an enemy alien in the Sefton internment camp. Consists of pre-war family papers relating to Siegfried’s parents Julius and Lina Bier, wartime-era documents related to Siegfried’s brother Norbert and his wife Else, Siegfried’s internment in Sefton, and restitution claims. Also included is a postcard sent from Amalie Bier who was interned in Theresienstadt to Julius’s brother Eduard Bier in Berlin, 1944.
