Wood Cigarette Holder
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
Archival History
The cigarette holder was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by John Otto Kessler.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Otto Kessler
Scope and Content
Wood cigarette holder contains two cigarettes and pack of papers. Part of a collection of documents, photographs, artifacts and film illustrating the experiences of Alice and Jakob Kessler and their son, Hans Otto, who was born in Vienna, Austria and raised in Baden, Austria. Their experiences fleeing to the United Kingdom in 1939 and then immigrating to the United States in the early 1940s, as well as the experiences of the extended family are also documented in the collection.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Cigarette box
Genre
- Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Object