Dorien Grunbaum family collection

Identifier: irn35803
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Dorien Grunbaum, the daughter of Manfred and Rita Grunbaum.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the experiences of Manfred and Rita Grunbaum and their daughter, Dorien, in the Netherlands, Westerbork transit camp, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before and during the Holocaust, and in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States in the postwar period.

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Dorien Grunbaum family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36255
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Documents, correspondence and photographs illustrating the experiences of Manfred and Rita Grunbaum, and their daughter Dorien [donor], before, during, and after the Holocaust in the Netherlands and Germany; includes letters sent between Manfred in the Netherlands and family in Mexico, pre-war photographs, and post-war writings. Dorien Grunbaum was born in 1942 in the Netherlands and was deported with her parents to the Westerbork internment camp and then to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. From there they were sent by train from which they were liberated in April 1945.
Lace doily with net semi-circles and floral design recovered by Dutch Jewish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36256
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Lace doily with large net semi-circles and embroidered flowers recovered by Rita Grunbaum in the Netherlands after the war. She was living in Rotterdam with her husband, Manfred, when Nazi Germany invaded the country on May 10, 1940. Jews became targets of official persecution. Manfred was arrested but quickly released in October 1941. Rita and Manfred decided to have a child to show faith in the future and their daughter, Dorien, was born on August 28, 1942. A year later, two SS men and a Dutch policemen came and arrested them on September 29, 1943. While in the local police station, they ...
White net doily with embroidered flowers recovered by a Dutch Jewish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36257
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Embroidered floral net doily recovered by Rita Grunbaum in the Netherlands after the war. She was living in Rotterdam with her husband, Manfred, when Nazi Germany invaded the country on May 10, 1940. Jews became targets of official persecution. Manfred was arrested but quickly released in October 1941. Rita and Manfred decided to have a child to show faith in the future and their daughter, Dorien, was born on August 28, 1942. A year later, two SS men and a Dutch policemen came and arrested them on September 29, 1943. While in the local police station, they considered giving their baby to a ...
Flower patterned crocheted doily made by a Dutch Jewish woman after the war
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36258
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Embroidered floral weblike doily made by Rita Grunbaum after the war. She was living in Rotterdam with her husband, Manfred, when Nazi Germany invaded the country on May 10, 1940. Jews became targets of official persecution. Manfred was arrested but quickly released in October 1941. Rita and Manfred decided to have a child to show faith in the future and their daughter, Dorien, was born on August 28, 1942. A year later, two SS men and a Dutch policemen came and arrested them on September 29, 1943. While in the local police station, they considered giving their baby to a non-Jewish woman abo...
Matzoh cover with an embroidered Star of David, kiddush cup, and Hebrew inscription recovered postwar by a Dutch Jewish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn36259
- English
- 1919
- overall: | Diameter: 20.500 inches (52.07 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Embroidered white matzoh cover with a Star of David, goblet, and Hebrew inscription recovered after the war by Rita Grunbaum. The inscription includes the date 1919 and the blessing over the matzoh that is recited at the seder. Rita was living in Rotterdam with her husband, Manfred, when Nazi Germany invaded the country on May 10, 1940. Jews became targets of official persecution. Manfred was arrested but quickly released in October 1941. Rita and Manfred decided to have a child to show faith in the future and their daughter, Dorien, was born on August 28, 1942. A year later, two SS men and...

Dorien Grunbaum family collection

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Dorien Grunbaum family papers

Lace doily with net semi-circles and floral design recovered by Dutch Jewish family

White net doily with embroidered flowers recovered by a Dutch Jewish family

Flower patterned crocheted doily made by a Dutch Jewish woman after the war

Matzoh cover with an embroidered Star of David, kiddush cup, and Hebrew inscription recovered postwar by a Dutch Jewish family