Luggage tag

Identifier
irn735990
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2022.24.2
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 3.130 inches (7.95 cm)

Archival History

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Anne Miodownik Fried.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anne Miodownik Fried

Scope and Content

Luggage tag from the Ernie Pyle during the donor's family's voyage to the United States. Ani Miodownik (donor), along with her parents and sister, were sent from Sosonoweic to the Srodula ghetto, where they went into hiding. Ani's father was killed while out trying to get water, and Bina made multiple attempts to escape the ghetto with her two small children. She found a hiding place with a Polish family, but Ani's younger sister Ruth who was 2.5 years old was placed in an Catholic orphanage. Bina and Ani remained in hiding until the war ended. Their attempts to find Ruth were unsuccesful. Eventually they left Poland and moved to the Zeilsheim DP camp, where Bina remarried. They immigrated to the United States in 1947.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Blue and white paper luggage tag from the Ernie Pyle

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.