Eva Hirschel collection

Identifier: irn538983
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn538983

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Sabrina and Richard Kahn on behalf of the Estate of Eva Hirschel.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an embroidered textile, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Eva Hirschel, her mother and stepfather Hedwig and Max Hirschel, and brother Horst who fled Bresalu, Germany, for Shanghai, China, in 1940.

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Eva Hirschel family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn552688
- English
- 1914-2006
- box oversize folders 1 2
- Updated 12 months ago
The collection documents the pre-war and Holocaust-era experiences of Hedwig, her daughter Eva, her husband Max, and his son Horst in Breslau, Germany (present-day Wrocław, Poland) until 1940 and Shanghai, China from 1940-1947. Included are identification and employment documents, testimonies, and photographs. Immigration papers primarily document Eva and Hedwig’s immigration to the United States in 1947.
Cloth rectangle painted with four national flags
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn552694
- English
- pictorial area: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Cloth rectangle painted with four national flags; owned by Eva Hirschel.
Embroidered textile
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561101
- English
- Updated 12 months ago
This object was made in Germany by Eva Hirschel.

Eva Hirschel collection

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Eva Hirschel family papers

Cloth rectangle painted with four national flags

Embroidered textile