Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Ellen Ehrlich
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Carried dress accessories
- Object Type
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Wallets (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, light brown, textured leather bi-fold wallet
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 6.625 inches (16.828 cm) | Width: 9.756 inches (24.78 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, cloth, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The wallet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Ellen Goldschmidt Ehrlich, the niece of Edith Steinberg.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:59:39
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713010
Also in Edith Steinberg collection
THe collection consists of a letter, two page, from Werner Samuel [and others unidentified] to Edith Steinberg, donor’s aunt. The letter, dated October 18, 1945, explains the fate of Edith’s husband, Siegfried, who was liberated in April 1945, transferred to Sweden to recuperate and died and buried in Sweden on June 6, 1945. Edith and Siegfried Steiberg were deported from Hannover, Germany to Riga, Latvia. From Riga, Edith was deported to Stutthof concentration camp in Poland and was liberated in April, 1945. Wallet, tan, in which letter has been housed [unknown origin].
Edith Steinberg letter
Document
Contains a two-page letter from Werner Samuel [and others unidentified] to Edith Steinberg (donor’s aunt). The letter, dated October 18, 1945, explains the fate of Edith’s husband, Siegfried, who was liberated in April 1945, transferred to Sweden to recuperate and died and buried in Sweden on June 6, 1945. Edith and Siegfried Steiberg were deported from Hannover, Germany to Riga, Latvia. From Riga, Edith was deported to Stutthof concentration camp in Poland and was liberated in April, 1945.
