Red felt heart with name Ruth
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
Archival History
The patch was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Glenn Meyers and Debbie Smith, the children of Ruth Engelhardt Spivack Meyers.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Glenn Meyers and Debbie Smith
Scope and Content
Red felt patch with her name, Ruth, owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Heart-shaped red felt patch with name "RUTH."
Genre
- Object
- Identifying Artifacts