Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Pajama top and pants, and bag belonging to Alice Ebserstark who, with her sisters Ella and Josephine, escaped Czechoslovakia in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England arranged by Nicholas Winton.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alice Masters
Physical Details
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Women's clothing
- Object Type
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Pajamas (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Cotton pajama top with vertical white and dark red stripes and a striped pocket on the left breast with the letter A.
b. Cotton pajama pants with vertical white and dark red stripes.
c. White cotton bag
d: white button detached from bag - Dimensions
- a: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm)
b: Height: 35.000 inches (88.9 cm) | Width: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm)
c: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) - Materials
- a : cotton
b : cotton
c : cotton
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Czechoslovakia--Biography. Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Czechoslovakia--Biography. Refugee children--Great Britain--Biography. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Personal narratives.
- Personal Name
- Winton, Nicholas, 1909-2015.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pajama set was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Alice Ebserstark Masters.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-02 08:58:02
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Also in Alice and Peter Masters collection
The collection consists of pajamas, an autograph book, correspondence, documents, drawings, and photographs relating to the experiences of Alice Ebserstark and her family during the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia and Great Britain and after the war in Great Britain and the United States. It also contains documents on the German Army collected by Peter Masters when he served in the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in the UK and 3rd Troop 10th Commando in France and Germany. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Date: 1938-1974
Notebook cover used by a Kindertransport refugee girl
Object
Notebook cover belonging to Alice Ebserstark who, with her sisters Ella and Josephine, escaped Czechoslovakia in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England arranged by Nicholas Winton.
Alice Masters collection
Document
Collection of documents, correspondence, photographs, autograph books, notebooks, clippings, writings, envelopes, certificates, and other materials that document the experiences of Alice Ebserstark (donor) and her family during theHolocaust. Alice and her sisters Josephine and Ellie were sent on the Kindertransport from Czechoslovakia to England on transports arranged by Sir Nicholas Winton. Also includes documents and information on the German Army collected by Peter Masters (donor’s husband) when he served in the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in the UK and 3rd Troop 10th Commando in France and Germany, including detailed descriptions of German uniforms, insignia, weapons, and tanks, written and illustrated in English.
