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Embroidered white handkerchief with crocheted border brought to Palestine from prewar Poland
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Handkerchief embroidered with her initials owned by Ella Brecher Lieberman when she emigrated with her husband and 9 year old daughter, Hanna, from Stanislawow, Poland (Sasiv, Ukraine), to Palestine in 1939.
Details
- Title: Embroidered white handkerchief with crocheted border brought to Palestine from prewar Poland
- Location: Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Poland--Emigration and immigration.
- Provenance: The handkerchief was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Hanna Levi, the daughter of Ella Brecher Lieberman.
- Subject Keywords: Jewish families--Poland. Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
- Type: Dress Accessories
- Rights: Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: White cloth handkerchief with a crocheted border. One corner of the cloth has a crocheted square inset. The initials “ELB” are embroidered in the corner near the crochet inset.
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