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Luggage tag for the US used by a Jewish refugee from Vienna

Object | Accession Number: 2015.175.2
2015.175.2 front Luggage tag for the US used by a Jewish refugee from Vienna Click to enlarge 2015.175.2 back Luggage tag for the US used by a Jewish refugee from Vienna Click to enlarge

Luggage tag used by Egon Feldmann, who fled Vienna in 1939 with his first wife Elsie and then continued on the the United States. It is for the French Line Transatlantique, 3rd class, from Le Havre to New York via Southhampton.

Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Labels
Object Type
Luggage tags (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Harriet Feldmann

About This Object

Physical Description
Oval shaped paper tag with a white flag in the center of a black field, with lettering in red, black and white. A fragment of string is attached. The back has handwritten information filled in under "Paquebot" and "Cabine No."
Dimensions
overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, metal, string

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The luggage tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Harriet Feldmann, the widow of Egon Feldmann.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 21:51:19
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Also in This Collection

Egon Feldmann collection

Document

Consists of photographs, correspondence, identity cards, and documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Egon Feldmann and his mother, Sofie. Includes passports; Egon Feldmann's school documents (including medical school); tax documents from Vienna; material related to his immigration to Basel, Switzerland with his first wife, Else in 1939; correspondence between Sofie and the German Jewish Aid Committee in London in 1939; and Egon's life in the United States.

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