Bertl Rosenfeld Esenstad collection

Identifier: irn47414
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47414

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Bertl Rosenfeld Esenstad.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of four pillowcases and a suitcase relating to the experiences of Bertl Rosenfeld during and after the Holocaust when she and her three sisters were sent on a Kindertransport from Germany to Great Britain in 1939, and later emigrated to the United States.

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Displaying items 1 to 5 of 5

Black suitcase with leather trim used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn13892
- English
- overall: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 27.375 inches (69.533 cm) | Depth: 17.125 inches (43.498 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Suitcase used by 14 year old Bertl Rosenfelt when she and two younger sisters, Edith, 13, and Ruth, 9, left Nazi Germany in March 1939 on a Kindertransport to Great Britain. After Hitler assumed power in Germany in 1933, Jews were subjected to increasingly punitive restrictions. Bertl's extended family tried to get visas for the US, but were unsuccessful because of the strict US quotas. Bertl, Edith, and Ruth were sent to Aachen to live with Friederika in 1937 to attend the Jewish school. During the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10, 1938, they passed the burning synagogue and were told...
Drawn threadwork pillowcase with the embroidered initials KR used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn13893
- English
- overall: Height: 21.875 inches (55.563 cm) | Width: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Whitework pillowcase used by 14 year old Bertl Rosenfelt when she and two younger sisters, Edith, 13, and Ruth, 9, left Nazi Germany in March 1939 on a Kindertransport to Great Britain. It was made by her maternal aunt Friederika Lemberger and embroidered with Bertl's mother's initials, KR, Katherine Rosenfelt. After Hitler assumed power in Germany in 1933, Jews were subjected to increasingly punitive restrictions. Bertl's extended family tried to get visas for the US, but were unsuccessful because of the strict US quotas. Bertl, Edith, and Ruth were sent to Aachen to live with Friederika i...
Pillowcase with cutwork flowers and the embroidered initials FL used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn13894
- English
- overall: Height: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) | Width: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pillowcase with cutwork embroidery used by 14 year old Bertl Rosenfelt when she and two younger sisters, Edith, 13, and Ruth, 9, left Nazi Germany in March 1939 on a Kindertransport to Great Britain. It was made by her maternal aunt Friederika Lemberger and embroidered with her initials, FL. After Hitler assumed power in Germany in 1933, Jews were subjected to increasingly punitive restrictions. Bertl's extended family tried to get visas for the US, but were unsuccessful because of the strict US quotas. Bertl, Edith, and Ruth were sent to Aachen to live with Friederika in 1937 to attend the...
Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn13895
- English
- overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 26.375 inches (66.993 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Monogrammed pillowcase with an eyelet design used by 14 year old Bertl Rosenfelt when she and two younger sisters, Edith, 13, and Ruth, 9, left Nazi Germany in March 1939 on a Kindertransport to Great Britain. It was made by her maternal aunt Friederika Lemberger from a converted pillow sham with her initials FL. After Hitler assumed power in Germany in 1933, Jews were subjected to increasingly punitive restrictions. Bertl's extended family tried to get visas for the US, but were unsuccessful because of the strict US quotas. Bertl, Edith, and Ruth were sent to Aachen to live with Friederika...
Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn13896
- English
- overall: Height: 20.250 inches (51.435 cm) | Width: 25.375 inches (64.453 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Monogrammed pillowcase wth an eyelet design used by 14 year old Bertl Rosenfelt when she and two younger sisters, Edith, 13, and Ruth, 9, left Nazi Germany in March 1939 on a Kindertransport to Great Britain. It was made by her maternal aunt Friederika Lemberger from a converted pillow sham with her initials FL. After Hitler assumed power in Germany in 1933, Jews were subjected to increasingly punitive restrictions. Bertl's extended family tried to get visas for the US, but were unsuccessful bcause of the strict US quotas. Bertl, Edith, and Ruth were sent to Aachen to live with Friederika i...

Bertl Rosenfeld Esenstad collection

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Black suitcase with leather trim used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee

Drawn threadwork pillowcase with the embroidered initials KR used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee

Pillowcase with cutwork flowers and the embroidered initials FL used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee

Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee

Monogrammed pillowcase with whitework embroidery used by a German Jewish Kindertransport refugee