School supply metal box inscibed in Yiddish received by a Polish Jewish girl in a displaced persons camp 2006.479.3 closed
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Metal box received by Judith Wagner when she was a teenager living in the Wels displaced persons camp in Austria from 1946-1951. It is inscribed in Yiddish: "To our Jewish brothers and sisters from the Jewish community of South Africa". The boxes were sent to school children in the DP camps, to whom "they were luxuries." It originally held crayons, scissors, thread and needles, and writing materials. Judith, with her parents and younger sister, were deported, with all other Jews, from Rudnik nad Sanem, Poland, to Soviet territory, in 1939. When they refused to accept Russian citizenship, they were exiled to Siberia. After 16 months, they were permitted to move to Kazakhstan, where they stayed for the remainder of the war. In 1945, they were repatriated to Poland; after 6 months, the family moved to the Wels camp. With the aid of an affidavit of sponsorship from Judith's paternal uncle, Avraham, they were able to emigrate to the United States, in 1951.
Metal box received by Judith Wagner when she was a teenager living in the Wels displaced persons camp in Austria from 1946-1951. It is inscribed in Yiddish: "To our Jewish brothers and sisters from the Jewish community of South Africa". The boxes were sent to school children in the DP camps, to whom "they were luxuries." It originally held crayons, scissors, thread and needles, and writing materials. Judith, with her parents and younger sister, were deported, with all other Jews, from Rudnik nad Sanem, Poland, to Soviet territory, in 1939. When they refused to accept Russian citizenship, they were exiled to Siberia. After 16 months, they were permitted to move to Kazakhstan, where they stayed for the remainder of the war. In 1945, they were repatriated to Poland; after 6 months, the family moved to the Wels camp. With the aid of an affidavit of sponsorship from Judith's paternal uncle, Avraham, they were able to emigrate to the United States, in 1951.
- Title: School supply metal box inscibed in Yiddish received by a Polish Jewish girl in a displaced persons camp 2006.479.3 closed
- Provenance: The school box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Eddie and Judith Weinstein., The school box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Eddie and Judith Weinstein.
- Subject Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Biography. Jews--Persecution--Poland--Biography. Jewish refugees--Austria--Biography. Jewish refugees--Soviet Union--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Russian--Personal narratives., Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Biography. Jews--Persecution--Poland--Biography. Jewish refugees--Austria--Biography. Jewish refugees--Soviet Union--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Russian--Personal narratives.
- Type: Containers, Containers
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Metal box painted a muted orange. The lid has 3 lines of Yiddish above a map of the lower portion of Africa painted in white. The map shows Rhodesia and the Union of South Africa, as well as the major cities. The right edge of the lid overlaps the right side of the box; the other 3 edges go inside the box. The lid is hinged at the left, with metal nails attaching it to the sides. The right edge of the lid has an indentation in the center to secure it against the side of the box. Inside the lid is the corner remnants of a paper label adhered to the metal with text in English and Yiddish., Metal box painted a muted orange. The lid has 3 lines of Yiddish above a map of the lower portion of Africa painted in white. The map shows Rhodesia and the Union of South Africa, as well as the major cities. The right edge of the lid overlaps the right side of the box; the other 3 edges go inside the box. The lid is hinged at the left, with metal nails attaching it to the sides. The right edge of the lid has an indentation in the center to secure it against the side of the box. Inside the lid is the corner remnants of a paper label adhered to the metal with text in English and Yiddish.
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