Boxed Tisch-Tennis (Table Tennis) set with net, paddles, and 6 balls brought to the US by a young German Jewish girl 2013.495.8 h front

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States

Boxed Tisch-Tennis (Table Tennis) or ping pong set with net, 2 paddles, 6 balls, and instruction sheet brought with 8 year old Anneliese Centawer when she and her parents James and Recha fled Nazi Germany in July 1938. After Hitler and the Nazi regime's seizure of power in 1933, the Jewish population was subjected to increasingly harsh persecution. In 1936, Anneliese's family was forced to move from their home in Nuremberg when their block was declared Judenfrei (Free of Jews.) Anneliese was beaten up on the street by a Hitler Youth who accused the freckled, red haired girl of trying to pass for German. In July 1938, with sponsorship from Recha's half-siblings in the US, the family arrived in New York.

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Title: Boxed Tisch-Tennis (Table Tennis) set with net, paddles, and 6 balls brought to the US by a young German Jewish girl 2013.495.8 h front
Location: Emigration and immigration--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Emigration and immigration--United States--Biography., Emigration and immigration--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Emigration and immigration--United States--Biography.
Provenance: The game was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Anneliese Marx., The game was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Anneliese Marx.
Subject Keywords: Games--Specimens. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Nuremberg--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Jewish refugees--United States--Biography. Jews--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Popular culture--Germany--History--20th century., Games--Specimens. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Nuremberg--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Jewish refugees--United States--Biography. Jews--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography. Popular culture--Germany--History--20th century.
Type: Toys, Toys
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. Rectangular, offwhite cardboard box lid for base (b.) covered on the exterior with bright red, textured paper with the German game name in impressed, silver painted text. The sides are stapled at the corners. It has loose and detached sections. b. Rectangular, red cardboard box base for lid (a.) with a light brown interior. The short flaps on the long sides fold in and are stapled. c. Light brown, wooden table tennis racket with a wide, flat, oval blade and a short neck glued into the slot at the top of a beveled, cylindrical handle. The handle is worn smooth from use. d. Light brown, wooden table tennis racket with a wide, flat, oval blade and a short neck glued into the slot at the top of a beveled, cylindrical handle. The handle is worn smooth from use. e. Long, narrow, discolored strip of green net with white cloth binding tape sewn along the top. At each end, the tape is threaded through a small hole in the top of a silver colored metal bar with C-shaped bottom hooks. The hooks attach to table edges to create upright posts to suspend the net. During play, the ball is hit over the net. f. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with a large and small dent on one side. g. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with a large and small dent on one side. h. Small, hollow, discolored yellow plastic ball with a stamped name. i. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with a stamped name and small cracks. j. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with a stamped name. k. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with brown stains. l. Light brown sheet of paper with game instructions in German text printed in black ink on the front., a. Rectangular, offwhite cardboard box lid for base (b.) covered on the exterior with bright red, textured paper with the German game name in impressed, silver painted text. The sides are stapled at the corners. It has loose and detached sections. b. Rectangular, red cardboard box base for lid (a.) with a light brown interior. The short flaps on the long sides fold in and are stapled. c. Light brown, wooden table tennis racket with a wide, flat, oval blade and a short neck glued into the slot at the top of a beveled, cylindrical handle. The handle is worn smooth from use. d. Light brown, wooden table tennis racket with a wide, flat, oval blade and a short neck glued into the slot at the top of a beveled, cylindrical handle. The handle is worn smooth from use. e. Long, narrow, discolored strip of green net with white cloth binding tape sewn along the top. At each end, the tape is threaded through a small hole in the top of a silver colored metal bar with C-shaped bottom hooks. The hooks attach to table edges to create upright posts to suspend the net. During play, the ball is hit over the net. f. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with a large and small dent on one side. g. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with a large and small dent on one side. h. Small, hollow, discolored yellow plastic ball with a stamped name. i. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with a stamped name and small cracks. j. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with a stamped name. k. Small, hollow, discolored white plastic ball with brown stains. l. Light brown sheet of paper with game instructions in German text printed in black ink on the front.