Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Brush received by each customer that purchased a suit or coat from Meier Harth.
- Date
-
issue:
1930-1939
- Geography
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distribution:
Giessen (Germany : Landkreis)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martin Harth and Rachel Harth
- Contributor
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Subject:
Meier Harth
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Object Type
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Clothes brushes (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Wooden handle with black nylon bristles.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, nylon, ink
- Inscription
- stamped, black ink : Harth / Feine Herren-Scheiderei / Giessen [Hart Fne Mens Tailoring Giesen]
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The clothes brush was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Martin Harth, the son of Meier Harth.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-15 13:12:32
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Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service medal
Object
Medal received by German veteran of First World War; Received by Meier Harth, who served in the German Army the First World War and was honored with this medal in Geissen, Germany, in March 1935.
Martin Harth collection
Document
The Martin Harth collection consists of a certificate issued to Meier Harth, a German Jewish Veteran of World War I, in Giessen, Germany, on July 13, 1934. Written on the side, in pencil (translation): "The enclosed Ehren Kreuz (Honor Medal)/may have helped my father's release [from a concentration camp]." Also includes a photograph of Meier Harth, seated, with an open book in his lap.