Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of two change purses relating to the experiences of Johanna Hirsch following her deportation from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Gurs internment camp in France during the Holocaust.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Johanna Hirsch Liebmann.
Browse 2 Items In This Collection
Straw purse with crocheted trim acquired in Gurs internment camp by a German Jewish prisoner
Object | Accession Number: 1990.57.1
received: Gurs (Concentration camp); Gurs (France)
Blue crocheted change purse made in Gurs internment camp for a German Jewish prisoner
Object | Accession Number: 1990.57.2
received: Gurs (Concentration camp); Gurs (France)
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