Overview
- Brief Narrative
- A pair of candlesticks that originally belonged to the paternal grandparents of the donor’s father, Leon Messer. They were given to a neighbor in Antwerp for safekeeping during the war. Leon survived multiple camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau and Sachsenhausen, and the candlesticks were returned to him after the war.
- Date
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recovered:
after 1945
- Geography
-
recovery:
Antwerp (Belgium)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jo Sanders
Physical Details
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Lighting devices
- Object Type
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Candlesticks (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Candlesticks.
- Physical Description
- Two silver candlesticks bearing an ornate, curved and looping pattern across both the base and body of each.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Antwerp (Belgium)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The candlesticks were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Jo Sanders, the daughter of Leon Messer.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-13 12:56:08
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn734477
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