Blue two-piece dress with multicolored hearts 2008.226.4_a front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Dress owned by 20-year-old Judith Kessler and made for her by a seamstress in her hometown of Subotica, Yugoslavia (Serbia.) It was originally a dress, but was modfied into a top and skirt during the war. Judith and her mother were interned in the Bacsalmas ghetto and then deported to Pest, Hungary, by the Hungarian police, following the occupation of the country by the Germans. They were told they were being sent to Palestine, but instead were taken to Bergen-Belsen by train from Budapest as part of a rescue effort organized by Rezso Kasztner. Later in 1944, they were transferred to safety in Switzerland.
Dress owned by 20-year-old Judith Kessler and made for her by a seamstress in her hometown of Subotica, Yugoslavia (Serbia.) It was originally a dress, but was modfied into a top and skirt during the war. Judith and her mother were interned in the Bacsalmas ghetto and then deported to Pest, Hungary, by the Hungarian police, following the occupation of the country by the Germans. They were told they were being sent to Palestine, but instead were taken to Bergen-Belsen by train from Budapest as part of a rescue effort organized by Rezso Kasztner. Later in 1944, they were transferred to safety in Switzerland.
- Title: Blue two-piece dress with multicolored hearts 2008.226.4_a front
- Provenance: The skirt and top were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Judith Stieglitz Kessler., The skirt and top were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Judith Stieglitz Kessler.
- Subject Keywords: Concentration camp inmates--Germany. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Yugoslavia. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary. Jews--Persecutions--Yugoslavia., Concentration camp inmates--Germany. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Yugoslavia. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary. Jews--Persecutions--Yugoslavia.
- Type: Clothing and Dress, Clothing and Dress
- 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: (a) Multicolored cloth top with short puffed sleeves that was originally the bodice of a dress. The cloth has a design with green leaves and yellow flowers with a red and white checkered heart in the center scattered over a blue background. It is a pullover with a clasp at neckline and 3 snaps hidden under the front opening placket. The pleated waistline has a wide band with 2 sets of side snaps. The inside of the sleeve hem has a strip of white fabric a with red geometric pattern attached, (b) Multicolored cloth skirt made from what was originally a dress. It has a small waist opening that flares out to the bottom hem. The waistline hem is unfinished. There is a dart opening at the side of the waist with 2 sets of snaps. The inside of the bottom hem has a strip of white fabric with a red geometric pattern attached., (a) Multicolored cloth top with short puffed sleeves that was originally the bodice of a dress. The cloth has a design with green leaves and yellow flowers with a red and white checkered heart in the center scattered over a blue background. It is a pullover with a clasp at neckline and 3 snaps hidden under the front opening placket. The pleated waistline has a wide band with 2 sets of side snaps. The inside of the sleeve hem has a strip of white fabric a with red geometric pattern attached, (b) Multicolored cloth skirt made from what was originally a dress. It has a small waist opening that flares out to the bottom hem. The waistline hem is unfinished. There is a dart opening at the side of the waist with 2 sets of snaps. The inside of the bottom hem has a strip of white fabric with a red geometric pattern attached.
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