Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Kline
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Luggage
- Object Type
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Briefcases (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Brown leather briefcase with brass-colored metal fittings.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The briefcase was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Ruth Kline.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:27:17
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn96359
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Also in Charnitzki family collection
The collection consists of a briefcase, purse, an autograph album, correspondence, a digital file, documents, photographs, and a prayer book related to the experiences of the Charnitzki family in prewar Königsberg, Germany, in Shanghai during the Holocaust, and in the United States after the war.
Date: 1902-1956
Purse
Object
Charnitzki family papers
Document
The Charnitzki family papers consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, and an autograph book related to the experiences of the Charnitzki family of Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad). Includes documentation of pre-war life in Königsberg, life in Shanghai, and their emigration to the United States in 1947, including correspondence with family members who perished during the Holocaust.
Oral history interview with Ruth Kline
Oral History
Ruth Kline discusses the experiences of the Charnitzki family of Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia); their life in Shanghai, China during the war; and their immigration to the United States in 1947.
