Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Found by Kurt Baum while working in a warehouse at Buchenwald DP camp, Germany. Used by Kurt Baum during his emigration to the United States, 1950.
- Date
-
use:
1950
- Geography
-
found:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kurt Baum
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Luggage
- Object Type
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Suitcases (aat)
- Physical Description
- Stickers adhered from various hotels in Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Germany.
- Dimensions
- overall: | Width: 14.490 inches (36.805 cm) | Depth: 25.240 inches (64.11 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, metal, paper, adhesive, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The suitcase was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Kurt Baum.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:11
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn7192
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