Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Metal plate from the donor's grandfather Max Morgenstern's lithographic printing business in Vienna. After the Anschluss, his business was confiscated.
- Date
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after 1938
- Geography
-
creation:
Vienna (Austria)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Evelyn Loeb
- Markings
- center, front : "K.J. Oroszlan"
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Plaques
- Object Type
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Plaques, plaquettes (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular brass plate with circular emblem in the center in black ink of a lion at rest and the name "K.J. Oroszlan" above and below it. There are holes on each side for mounting and a lined border.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 2.630 inches (6.68 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Vienna (Austria)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The metal plate was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Evelyn Loeb.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-03 09:17:32
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn737582
Also in Loeb family collection
The collection consists of some identity documents and Loeb family photos, primarily featuring the donor's mother Ilse Loeb (nee Morgenstern), as well as Ilse's mother, Elivra Froelich Morgenstern's, lacework and handicraft, and a metal plate from her father's printing business.
Date: approximately 1919-1942
Loeb family papers
Document
Consists primarily of prewar family photographs of the donor's mother, Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern) as well as some of the Loeb family's identity documents and affidavits. The papers capture their experiences in Vienna and then in the Netherlands, where Ilse was in hiding.
Crochet lace piece created by Elvira Froelich Morgenstern
Object
Crochet lace piece created by the donor's grandmother Elvira Froelich Morgenstern (b. 1881) for her daughter, the donor's mother, Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern). The piece was given to Ilse when she left Vienna.
Embroidered piece with crochet border created by Elvira Froelich Morgenstern
Object
Square piece of fabric with a scalloped crochet border that is possibly a handkerchief created by the donor's maternal grandmother Elvira Froelich Morgenstern (b. 1881) for her daughter Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern). The piece was given to Ilse when she left Vienna and is embroidered with her name.
