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Armband

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51202
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Armband : Fabric : Ink : White, Red, Black ; Ht: 33 cm x W: 9,5 cm
Date
1944-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Armband : Fabric : Ink : White, Red, Black ; Ht: 33 cm x W: 9,5 cm
Other Title Information
Personal Symbol
Date
1944-1945
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
Rectangular, with a circular ink stamp along the bottom, and frayed edges. Narrative: Donor received this armband from German authorities upon entering the ghetto-camp of Terezin in April 1944. She later embroidered the names of the four different camps she had been interned to as a memento of a survival during the Holocaust.
Accession No.
2011X.263.02
Name Access
Reh, Edith
Places
Terezin (Theresienstadt), Czech Republic, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Eyeglasses

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48036
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Eyeglasses : cast (moulded), cut, coiled, screwed, set : gold, silver ; Ht: 5 cm x W: 11,5 cm x De: 11,5 cm
Date
1939-1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Eyeglasses : cast (moulded), cut, coiled, screwed, set : gold, silver ; Ht: 5 cm x W: 11,5 cm x De: 11,5 cm
Other Title Information
Personal Gear
Date
1939-1944
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Wire rimmed, oval frames. The nose piece is arched slightly at the middle; a small metal support is attached to each side, just below the nose piece, with plastic coverings. The arms are stiff metal for the first part, with a ridged design on the top and bottom edge. The part that goes around the ears curves and is flexible. Thick, concave lenses are set into each frame hole. Narrative: During all selections Edit Mautner kept her eyeglasses in her closed fist. She didn't work in Auschwitz or Bergen Belsen, but in a quarry in Leipzig.
Accession No.
2011X.263.03
Name Access
Reh, Edith
Places
Hungary, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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Eyeglasses case

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47528
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Eyeglasses case : woven, sewn, machine, metal work, imprinted : purple, black, silver ; Ht: 0,9 cm x W: 8,9 cm x De: 17,5 cm
Date
1939-1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Eyeglasses case : woven, sewn, machine, metal work, imprinted : purple, black, silver ; Ht: 0,9 cm x W: 8,9 cm x De: 17,5 cm
Other Title Information
Personal Gear
Date
1939-1944
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Rectangular case sewn closed on the side and bottom edges. The top edge has flexible pieces of metal inserted into the seam, which bend to open the case, and supports the case when closed. A black tag has been sewn on the inside. Narrative: During all selections Edit Mautner kept her eyeglasses in her closed fist. She didn't work in Auschwitz or Bergen Belsen, but in a quarry in Leipzig.
Accession No.
2011X.263.01
Name Access
Reh, Edith
Places
Hungary, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail