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Cap

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47489
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Cap : woven, sewn, machine, printed : beige, purple ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 13 cm x De: 28,7 cm
Date
1940
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Cap : woven, sewn, machine, printed : beige, purple ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 13 cm x De: 28,7 cm
Other Title Information
Clothing, Headwear
Date
1940
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Notes
Woven canvas with different panels sewn together. In the shape of a half circle, with straight ends; one end is wider than the other. 3 main panels: outter brim, sides and top. The outter brim is attached at the bottom edge, but is loose at the top and follows the shape of the side panels, only is slightly smaller. When opened, the top is an oval shape. Narrative: Cap made in camp Athlit, Palestine. Material used came from ship S.S.Patria which was sunk in the port of Haifa. Original owner, Erich Winterstein, did not know how to swim; he clung to the wreckage until he was rescued by the British army.
Accession No.
1991.19.02
Name Access
Winterstein, Lilli
Places
Athlit, Palestine, Asia
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail

Card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51195
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Card : Paper : Pastel; Pencil; Ink : Black, White, Yellow, Blue ; Ht: 5,25 in. x W: 4,25 in.
Date
1939-1940
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Card : Paper : Pastel; Pencil; Ink : Black, White, Yellow, Blue ; Ht: 5,25 in. x W: 4,25 in.
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1939-1940
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Hebrew
Notes
The front shows a photo of Erich Winterstein with a drawing of a house with barbed wire fence in front of it. The inside shows another photo of him, this time with a broom and a bucket. Narrative: Erich Winterstein left Europe for Palestine with the Youth Aliyah movement
Accession No.
1991.19.1
Name Access
Winterstein, Lilli
Places
Athlit, Israel, Asia
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail