German Sinti collection

Identifier: irn85109
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85109

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Melanie Keck Spitta.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of clothing articles owned by German Sinti.

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Displaying items 1 to 10 of 10

Blouse worn by a German Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1127
- English
- overall: Height: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm) | Width: 17.500 inches (44.45 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The blouse belonged to Maergeler Rosenberg.
Copy photograph of a Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1129
- English
- overall: Height: 17.010 inches (43.205 cm) | Width: 12.010 inches (30.505 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Image of older woman holding book; seated at table
Scarf worn by a German Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1130
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
The scarf belonged to Maergeler Rosenberg.
Apron bag given to a concentration camp survivor by a Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1131
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Apron style patchwork pocket given to Mrs. Keck, the mother of Melanie Keck Spitta, during the 1950s by a Sinti girlfriend frm Germany. Mrs. Keck was a survivor of Bergen Belsen and other concentration camps.
Apron worn by a German Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1132
- English
- overall: Height: 27.520 inches (69.901 cm) | Width: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The apron belonged to Gampe Franzen, a Sinti who was interned in Marzahn, a Romani camp in Berlin.
Apron worn by a German Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1133
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
The apron belonged to Gampe Franzen, a Sinti who was interned in Marzahn, a Romani camp in Berlin.
Scarf worn by a German Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1134
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
The scarf belonged to Meerweib Metback.
Purse used by a German Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1135
- English
- overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Depth: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The purse belonged to Meerweib Metback.
Hair comb used by a German Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1136
- English
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Thhair comb belonged to Meerweib Metback.
Hair comb worn by a German Sinti woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1137
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 2.010 inches (5.105 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
The hair comb belonged to an unnamed Sinti woman. The woman who owned this comb was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The comb was safeguarded by her family while she was in the camps.