Child's hooded sweater coat
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The sweater was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by the Estate of Leon Segen.
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Child's hooded sweater coat
overall: Height: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm) | Width: 25.250 inches (64.135 cm)
Child's navy knit hooded sweater or coat. Buttoned with tassles. Light gray knit details on the tassles and along neckline and hood. The sweater is part of a collection illustrating the experiences of Moses Segen (b. 1914 in Radom, Poland) and Berta (nee Silberbusch, b. 1920 in Borczow, Poland) and their son Leon who was born in 1948 in Stuttgart, Germany. Family lived in Ludwigsburg resettlement camp near Stuttgart. Moses was interned in the Radom Ghetto from 1941 to 1943 at which time he fled. Berta, or Betka was interned in the Borczow Ghetto from 1941-1943 at which time she fled. They were both separately liberated in May 1945, moved to displaced persons camp, married and gave birth to Leon, then immigrated to the United States.
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Child's navy knit hooded sweater or coat. Buttoned with tassles. Light gray knit details on the tassles and along neckline and hood. White buttons.