Dinner knife used by sisters who were interned in a series of concentration camps

Identifier
irn109042
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.471.2
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)

folder

1

Archival History

The knife was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Judith Weiss.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Judith Weiss

Scope and Content

Table knife used by sisters Esther and Helen Mermelstein as prisoners in a series of concentration camps. Originally from Cinadievo, Czechoslovakia, the sisters were deported in April 1944 to Munkacs Ghetto in German occupied Hungary. In June, they were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where they were selected as slave labor for the munitions factory Christianstadt, a subcamp of Gross Rosen, and then to Bergen-Belsen in Germany. They were liberated there by the British Army on April 15, 1945 and sent to Karlstad, Sweden, to recuperate.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Silver colored metal table knife with a maker's mark for a German manufacturer.

Subjects

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.