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German Sinti collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of clothing articles owned by German Sinti.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Melanie Keck Spitta.

Geography: use: Germany
Date: use: approximately 1930-1939
Geography: use: Sinti camp; Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: use: approximately 1930-1939
Date: received: approximately 1950-1959
Geography: use: internment camp; Marzahn (Berlin, Germany)
Date: use: approximately 1930-1939
Geography: use: internment camp; Marzahn (Berlin, Germany)
Date: use: approximately 1930-1939
Date: use: approximately 1930-1939
Date: use: approximately 1930-1939
Date: use: approximately 1930-1939
: Record last modified: 2019-12-04 14:44:49
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