Overview
- Description
- Contains materials documenting the experiences of donor's mother, Margarete (Gretl) Schwarz, and other family members who fled Vienna. Includes a photograph of her father, handwritten cookbooks, and emigration documents.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Miller
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Cookbooks.
- Extent
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1 folder
1 oversize box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Vienna (Austria)--Emigration and immigration.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:33:12
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn597326
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Also in Margarete Schwarz collection
The collection consists of artifacts documenting the experiences of Margarete (Gretl) Schwarz and other family members who fled Vienna. Includes photograph of her father in a frame, handwritten cookbooks, cigarette case, sewing case and crochet, embroidery tools, emigration documents, doily, prayer books, and a small hope chest.
Cigarette case
Object
Silver cigarette case inscribed inside with the name "Lilli" and the date of December 24, 1915.
Framed photograph
Object
Wood frame inlaid with silver with a photographic portrait of Jakob Schwarz. The date of June 29, 1935 is written on the back of the frame.
Fabric sewing pouch containing sewing supplies
Object
Fabric drawstring sewing pouch containing sewing supplies.
Hope chest
Object
Prayer book
Object
German and Hebrew book of prayers published by the Kultusgemeinde Wien in 1928 The book belonged to Margarete Schwarz.
Prayer book
Object
Hebrew and English language prayer book for use during Rosh Hashanah, published in Vienna
Box containing crochet and embroidery tools
Object
Wooden box handpainted with the words "Splendid Baby", containing numerous crochet and embroidery tools.
