Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alice Masters
- Collection Creator
- Alice Masters
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Autograph books. Letters.
- Extent
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1 box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Great Britain.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Alice Masters.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 15:22:05
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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
Pajama set owned by a Czech Jewish girl who escaped on a Kindertransport
Object
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.
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.
