Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Watch face worn and used by Riquetta (nee Simha) Bourla [Irene's mother] and through her hiding experience in Athens, Greece with her husband Isaac [Irene's father].
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dina Modianot-Fox
Physical Details
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Timepieces
- Object Type
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Wrist watches (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Wrist watch with a circular, gold-colored metal case with a glass cover, and black leather band.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 0.938 inches (2.383 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, metal, glass
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The watch was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Dina Modianot-Fox, the daughter of Irene Bourla Modianot.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-21 11:29:55
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn564920
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Watch face worn and used by Riquetta (nee Simha) Bourla and through her hiding experience in Athens, Greece with her husband Isaac. Photographs of Isaac and Riquetta Bourla, dated early 20th century, and a photgraphic portrait mounted on porcelain.
Photographic portrait printed onto a porcelain frame
Object
Photographic portrait of a young man printed onto an oval porcelain frame with a gold paint border. The Agfa storage box and shredded fiber packing material are also included.
Irene Bourla Modianot photographs
Document
Contains photographs of Isaac and Riquetta Bourla, dated early 20th century.
