Ruth Wiener Klemens collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn514941
• English
• 1940-1945
• overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

The pin was made by a friend and given to Ruth Wiener as a birthday gift at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn514961
• English
• 1944
• overall: Height: 38.000 inches (96.52 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

The belt was created by Ruth Wiener from leather scraps found in her workplace in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn514962
• English
• 1944
• overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

The bouquet was created by Ruth Wiener from leather scraps found in her workplace in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521848
• English
• 1941-1944
• folders 6
• Updated 11 months ago

The Ruth Wiener Klemens papers consist of biographical materials, registration correspondence and forms, and a Westerbork map and bath ticket documenting the status of the Wiener family from Berlin in Amsterdam, their deportation to Westerbork, and their transfer to Bergen‐Belsen. Biographical materials include identification cards, passes, notices, receipts, and a prescription documenting the Wiener family’s status in Amsterdam, their confinement at Westerbork, Ruth’s work harvesting potatoes and in the laundry, her sisters’ health, and their transfer to Bergen‐Belsen. Registration corresp...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521859
• English
• 1944
• overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

The pin was created by Ruth Wiener from leather scraps found in her workplace in Westerbork concentration camp.