Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Emilie Russier Boit
Physical Details
- Classification
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Materials
- Category
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Plant materials
- Object Type
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Corsages (lcsh)
- Materials
- overall : felt
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The corsage was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Emilie Boit.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:09
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The collection consists of items made and used at the Gurs internment camp.
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Handmade raffia bags made by a Jewish refugee woman
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Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war
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Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.
Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war
Object
Stool made by refugees from old wooden crates during the war and covered with fragments of gray fabric cut from blankets brought back from the Gurs internment camp. The stool was left behind by Jewish refugees when they left the Coteau Fleuri.
Jacket
Object
Jacket made by Jewish refugees made from a gray blanket from the Gurs internment camp.
Stove from the Gurs internment camp
Object
Small portable cooking stove brought back from the Gurs internment camp by one of the refugee families. The rectangular metal stoves had a grill on top, a receptacle to make the fire in, a small drawer underneath for the ashes and a little chimney pipe.
