Overview
- Brief Narrative
- A linen table runner embroidered with the initials "M.H." that once belonged to the donor’s maternal grandmother, Mirka Hausman (nee Levine), who perished during the Holocaust. The runner was later acquired by the donor's mother, Cila Hausman Knaster (1908-2007), when she revisited her hometown of Jasionówka, Poland after immigrating to the U.S. in 1949.
- Date
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acquired:
after 1949
- Geography
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acquired:
Jasionówka (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rebecca Knaster
- Contributor
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Owner:
Cila Knaster
- Biography
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Cila Knaster (1908-2007) was born Esther Cila Hausman on December 22, 1908 in Jasionowka, Poland. In 1942, Cila’s mother Merka Levine Hausman (1883-1942), her husband Jossel Radzi (Yossl Radzi, 1909-1942), and their two children Razel Radzi (1935-1942) and Sholomas Radzi (1939-1942) were taken away and likely shot by Nazis. Cila Knaster survived the Holocaust.
After the war, Cila met Baruch Knaster in a displaced persons camp and they married on August 20, 1946. Their daughter, Mirka Knaster, was born on May 11, 1947 in a DP camp in Bari, Italy. Their second daughter is Rebecca Knaster. The Knaster family immigrated to the United States aboard the SS Marine Jumper, arriving on November 21, 1949. Baruch Knaster died in 2001. Cila Knaster died on December 20, 2007.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Household linens
- Object Type
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Runners (Household linens) (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Textiles.
- Physical Description
- A long, narrow, off-white linen runner featuring a border and the initials "M. H." embroidered in red thread in the bottom corner.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 36.000 inches (91.44 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)
- Materials
- overall : linen, thread
- Inscription
- bottom corner, red thread : M.H.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Jasionówka (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Knaster, Cila, 1908-2007. Knaster, Baruch, 1905-2001.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The runner was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Rebecca Knaster, the daughter of Baruch and Cila Knaster, and granddaughter of Mirka Hausman.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-19 15:24:11
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn725631
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