Dinner knife used by sisters who were interned in a series of concentration camps
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
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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
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives.
- Women concentration camp inmates--Poland--Biography.
- Women concentration camp inmates--Germany--Biography.
Genre
- Object
- Household Utensils