Doll apron
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The doll apron was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Ruth Loewenstein.
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Doll apron
overall: Height: 8.071 inches (20.5 cm) | Width: 2.165 inches (5.499 cm)
Floral patterned apron for a doll handmade by Annie Loewenstein (donor's mother) in Munich, Germany. The Loewenstein family: Willy (donor's father) [b. 1894], Annie [b. 1904], Ruth (donor) [b. 1929], and Marianne (donor's sister) [b. 1932], were able to leave Germany in August 1939 for England. Ruth and Marianne were wearing thin gold bracelets on their wrists and each carried a doll. The German guard at the Dutch border tore off the bracelets, but did not pay any attention to the dolls. Upon arrival in New York on September 10, 1940, Annie took the heads off the dolls, in which she had hidden valuables. She sold the valuables and used the money to rescue her parents from Germany. Also included in the collection are additional clothing for the doll and"Kleine Bibe" a children's Bible carried by Ruth from Munich.
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Floral patterned apron