Luggage label used by a young girl on the Kindertransport
Extent and Medium
overall: | Diameter: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
Creator(s)
- Margot Loewenberg (Subject)
Biographical History
Margot Loewenberg was born in 1922 to Julius and Lily Stern in Frankfurt, Germany. She also had a younger brother named Werner. Her family managed a wholesale clothing store in downtown Frankfurt. As anti-Semitic laws began to take hold in Germany in the 1930s, the Hebrew schools which Margot attended were closed. She was sent to a children’s home in Cologne, where she learned child care. She stayed there until the Kristallnacht, where many nearby Jewish synagogues and businesses were destroyed. Margot was then sent back to her family in Frankfurt, where the Germans had confiscated Julius’ business. With not many options, Margot was accepted on a Kindertransport, and was sent by herself to Holland, and took a boat to London. Once in England, she helped acquire affidavits for her brother and parents. After the family had made it to England, they acquired visas for immigration to the United States, and set sail in March, 1940. It was while living in Chicago that Margot met her future husband John, and they were married after his return from deployment in the U.S. Army. Margot passed away in 2013.
Archival History
The luggage label was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Margot Stern Loewenberg.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Margot Loewenberg
Scope and Content
Luggage label Issued to and used by Margot Stern in December 1938 for sue on the Kidertransport.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Circular pre-printed paper label with adhesive residue on the back.
front, colored pencil : Stern, Margot / [Nr.] 16/2688
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object