White armband with a blue embroidered Star of David worn in the Drzewica ghetto

Identifier
irn510337
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.49.2
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Sven Sonnenberg.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sven Sonnenberg

Scope and Content

Sven Sonnenberg was forced to wear this armband in the ghetto in Drzewica, Poland. Sven Sonnenberg was born in Grudziadz, Poland, on 17 Oct. 1931 to a Jewish father, Martin Sonnenberg, and a non-Jewish, German mother, Louise Theophil. In Nov. 1939, Sven, his parents, and his younger sister, Sylvia, were deported from Jablonowo, Poland, to the Płock ghetto. When the Płock ghetto was liquidated in 1941, the family was transferred to the Drzewica ghetto. During the liquidation of the Drzewica ghetto in 1942, Louise, Sven, and Sylvia escaped to a nearby forest where Martin was supposed to join them, but he never came. Louise found jobs as a cook first in a Polish conscript camp and then at the Helenówek orphanage. She died in 1949 of tuberculosis, and Sven and his sister were raised at the orphanage. Sven emigrated to the United States in 1968.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Armband made from white fabric with light blue embroidered edges and a Star of David in the center

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