Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Marsha's spoon from the Jewish Hospital in Krakow.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Betty Pantirer Schwartz
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Flatware
- Object Type
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Spoons (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Metal body; oval bowl; handle engraved at end.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The spoon was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Betty Pantirer Schwartz, a friend of Marsha and Robert Kreuzman.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-08-22 09:43:53
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn676046
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Also in Marsha and Robert Kreuzman collection
Documents and photographs related to Marsha G. Kreuzman (nee Grunberg) and Robert Kreuzman. Also includes Marsha's spoon from the Jewish Hospital in Krakow; and Robert Kreuzman's leather bracelet with metal prisoner number ID tag (#86778) from Mauthausen.
Marsha and Robert Kreuzman papers
Document
The collection consists of documents and photographs regarding the Holocaust experiences of Marsha (née Grünberg) and Robert Kreuzman, both of whom survived the Krakow ghetto and several camps including the Mauthausen concentration camp. Documents include Marsha’s parent’s wedding announcement; certificates and recommendations regarding Marsha’s work as a nurse in Mauthausen and the Bindermichl DP camp, 1945-1947; identification cards, and a copy of a letter sent to Senator Richard Russell on Marsha’s behalf regarding her immigration to the United States. Photographs include pre and post war depictions of family and friends, Marsha, Robert with his sister Mary, and Joseph Barbella, a United States Army soldier who brought Marsha to a hospital after she was liberated at Mauthausen.
Bracelet
Object
Prisoner identification bracelet issued to Robert Kreuzman at Mauthausen concentration camp. It is stamped with his prisoner number 86778.
