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Pink child's sweater and bonnet set knit by Cila Knaster and worn by Mirka Knaster

Object | Accession Number: 2018.206.6 a-b

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    Pink child's sweater and bonnet set knit by Cila Knaster and worn by Mirka Knaster
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    Brief Narrative
    Matching, pink child's sweater and bonnet made by Cila Hausman Knaster for her daughter, Mirka Knaster, to wear in Bari Transit camp from 1947 to 1949. Cila and her husband, Baruch Knaster's, families perished during the Holocaust. He was imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp, and Mauthausen concentration camp, where he was later liberated. The couple met in a displaced persons camp and married in August 1946. Their daughter, Mirka, was born in May 1947, in a DP camp in Bari, The Knaster family immigrated to the United States in November 1949.
    Date
    creation:  approximately 1947
    use:  after 1947 May
    Geography
    use: Bari (Displaced persons camp); Bari (Italy)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rebecca Knaster
    Contributor
    Subject: Cila Knaster
    Creator: Cila Knaster
    Subject: Mirka Knaster
    Original owner: Mirka Knaster
    Biography
    Cila Knaster (1908-2007) was born Esther Cila Hausman on December 22, 1908 in Jasionowka, Poland. In 1942, Cila’s mother Merka Levine Hausman (1883-1942), her husband Jossel Radzi (Yossl Radzi, 1909-1942), and their two children Razel Radzi (1935-1942) and Sholomas Radzi (1939-1942) were taken away and likely shot by Nazis. Cila Knaster survived the Holocaust.
    After the war, Cila met Baruch Knaster in a displaced persons camp and they married on August 20, 1946. Their daughter, Mirka Knaster, was born on May 11, 1947 in a DP camp in Bari, Italy. Their second daughter is Rebecca Knaster. The Knaster family immigrated to the United States aboard the SS Marine Jumper, arriving on November 21, 1949. Baruch Knaster died in 2001. Cila Knaster died on December 20, 2007.

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Clothing and Dress
    Object Type
    Sweaters (lcsh)
    Genre/Form
    Sweaters. Bonnets.
    Physical Description
    a: Handknit, light pink child's sweater with long sleeves, a low collar, and a full-height, metal zipper closure. The edging along the collar, cuffs, and bottom edge are rib stitched. The body is stockinette stitched, the upper chest and shoulders are rib stitched, and the zipper edging is reverse stockinette stitched.
    b: Handknit, light pink child's bonnet with a round, yarn pompom and long, ties at the neck. The body of the hat is stockinette stitched and squared-off in shape, with a rounded back point where the pompom is attached. The band around the front of the bonnet is rib stitched. The band along the bottom is reverse stockinette stitched and continues into two long, rectangular ties to fastener the bonnet.
    Dimensions
    a: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 30.000 inches (76.2 cm)
    b: Height: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
    Materials
    a : yarn, metal, cloth, thread
    b : yarn, thread

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The sweater and bonnet set was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Rebecca Knaster, the daughter of Baruch and Cila Knaster and the sister of Mirka.
    Record last modified:
    2023-03-02 14:19:30
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